Anxiety or something else?

[janetp77]

I have a warming sensation that starts in my throat and then my whole body and face starts tingling and becomes warm. It only lasts a few moments(less than a minute) and always comes with the sensation that I need to urinate or have a BM.  I also get a very dry throat and feel the need to drink water.  My first thoughts of why this was happening was due to either dehydration or constipation.
  The first time I had this was when I was a teenager, I was asleep in the car and the warm sun was shining on me and that feeling came.  For awhile it seemed to be associated with extreme weather changes, going from a warm house to outside or vice versa. I never told anyone about it because I couldn't explain it, and it since it only lasted a few moments, wasn't a problem.  As an adult it started happening when I would go to the printer stations at work, so I thought that maybe it was something to do with the electronics.  I seemed to always have this feeling at night so that didn't make any sense either. since there was no electronics around.  
  The past few months I have been having these sensations quite often,  6 or more a day on some days.  I don't feel anxious, other than when they happen, it worries me.  
  I also wonder that it may be a vitamin deficiency, because when I am hungry it also happens more.

[janetp77]

  Thanks for the replies.  
  I haven't asked my doctor about it yet, mostly because it is so hard to describe.  I don't feel stressed and don't have a history of anxiety, that I am aware of. After it happens often though, I do feel anxiety because it worries me.
  I never thought of it being a migraine. I think I handle stress well.  I have a lot going on, and maybe I just don't realize that it is stress.

   It happens sometimes when I am exercising, and does still happen after.  

  It has happened 3 times this morning already, and my face is feeling really numb, so maybe I need to go and ask my doctor about it.  I don't like to take medicine unless its necessary and am scared that is what might happen.  

  
  

[Paxiled]

Also, how does exercise affect it?  Ever gone out and exercised after experiencing this feeling?  Did it go away?

[Paxiled]

It could be something vascular, like a migraine headache without the headache.  Have you noticed that it tends to happen following a period of stress when you start to relax again?  You say that eating helps, migraines are like that -- they are more likely on an empty stomach.  You're not experiencing migraines, but you could be having some vascular constriction.  That's why I ask about your perception of your stress levels before and after this occurs.

[cj29]

What does your doctor say about it?  Have you been stressed lately or have you had a history of anxiety?  In my experience with anxiety, it can defiintely manifest itself in all shapes and forms.  If you can think of a symptom or particular feeling, it can have an immediate impact on how you interepret it in my opinion.