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A 40-year-old female asked:

Can severe anxiety and depression cause neuropathy symptoms in legs feet and just numb feeling inside abdomen?

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Dr. Linda Callaghananswered

Addiction Medicine 55 years experience

NO.: Severe anxiety and depression may cause hazy vision, muscle spasms, "butterflies" in the stomach, gas pains from shallow breathing when anxious. Some of the symptoms can be explained by you multiple sclerosis

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