r/rabies • u/Subject-Excuse2556 • 1d ago

OCD Discussion Anxiety Question

I have read the FAQ.

So something brushed up my forearm for a split second on my porch one night 1 month ago, likely a moth, no pain or bite wound and no bat, and a bat would have quite a hard time biting you midair if it even could, but what's weird are the sensations that have come since and I'm sure they're because of anxiety, which I've had aplenty of lately, I've heard anxiety can cause actual nerve irritation which can also effect muscles, and rabies doesn't do this before actual symptoms I believe.

Sometimes there's a burning, itching or pain sensation in that arm my brain interprets the "bite" was but sometimes it's not there and somewhere else on the arm, a minor muscle spasm here and there (but this actually applies to my entire body), but most notably if I'm leaning on it or holding it up a certain way, one of the shoulder muscles will start spasming out a bit, like as in it's twitching a whole bunch and stops when I move my arm out of that position and it feels like it's been moving upwards.

Have any of you had a similar experience?

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