Jo, As you can see you're not alone. Dry mouth alone isn't conclusive. Dry mouth can be caused by many other things such medication. As for your shakiness when exercising, it could be you're a little out of shape. If you're concerned about a symptom your experiencing, consult your doctor. Until then, use this as an experience to practice challenging those anxious thoughts. Keep persevering! Danielle ____________________ The PC Support Team

Hiya Jo, well I don't know how useful my reply will be as I see your main fear is diabetes and I know nothing of, well, diabetes. All I know about it is that it has to do with sugar and that my grandma had it... Anyway, but I wanted to let you know I know how it feels to have many weird symptoms you don't know what to make of. I sometimes get very dizzy out of nowhere, or suddenly feel like I will fall over for no reason. (I keep thinking it is because when I am stressed I breathe all wrong). First, I would tell you, if any symptom is persistent and scaring you there is no shame in having it checked out. Actually checking out persistent scary symptoms seems logical to me. As for not doing stuff or going out, well I wish I had great advice to get rid of your symptoms so that you can but I don't. I will tell you this though; you can learn to do the stuff even with the symptoms. I now work very hard on that. For example, I feel dizzy and short of breath and my heart is beating way to fast, I have a twitch in my leg, I need to have bowel movements every 15 minutes and my mouth is dry. Well I still go to school. I do what I can to make myself comfortable like deep breathing and drinking water for the dry mouth etc...) But what helps me most is just accepting it, not resisting what it happening to me. If I resist this I create tension in my body and it makes things worse! I figure oh well I accept the lack of comfort of my present moment and I keep going. Also, most important of all, am I accept myself as I am in that present moment. If I am there telling myself that my present moment is horrible and that I suck for feeling that way, I am sure to make myself feel worse. When I tell myself the truth which is yes this is no fun and it is scary and uncomfortable but I accept it nonetheless and then accept myself totally as I am at that moment, somehow even if I feel bad, it makes things better. It helps me relax faster and the more relaxed I am the lesser the symptoms are. They don't necessarily all disappear (although sometimes they do after a while lol) but it just helps me a lot. So be kind to yourself. And don't call yourself a freak. You are not a freak for any of this. Heck I learned in school that almost 50% of all North Americans will suffer from mental illn

Hi Guys, I like the new look with the relaxing flowers. Anyway for the past few months my mouth (and inside my lips) have felt like either I have eaten to much salt (I do not have salt on anything and do not eat crisps either well rarely eat crisps) but however I do eat mints its my coping thing if I feel funny in any way I pop the tic tacs, I am now convinced that because of this and a dry mouth although I am not thristy at all I think I am a diabetic and cannot get this out of my mind so constantly have a funny mouth, as I constantly thing there is something wrong I keep getting this image of having a fit and then finally finding out what had been causing this for years, also lately I get nearly all day especially if I have to go out anywhere which I am avoiding to a certain extend I feel drunk totally not with it might as well be floating as I cannot feel myself at all this is really scarey cannot function at all and try really hard to occupy myself to get rid of it. My vision is also not as good always seems bit hard to focus and find myself opening my eyes wide I have had to eyes tests in the past couple of week and do have one eye slightly higher than the other and lots of floaters which apparently are normal I have had this for all long as I can remember but never seemed to be so bad maybe I am just noticing everything to much. I do not want to have to go to the doctors as I did have glocouse tests last year which were fine where I had to strave for so many hours before and only drink water. I feel like life is passing me by because I have so many problems that have never been able to get rid of and seem to get worse not better. Am I being a freak as I feel like one. I don't even like going swimming as every time I exercise I feel shakey after only for a little while but again this makes me think I am diabetic when a couple of years ago I would do 40 lengths 4 times a week 10 miles on my bike and not think anything of it. Whats wrong with me. Sorry to go on.