I have been having intermittent anxiety symptoms for the last 18 months. Some days, I feel fine and I am able to go out and do things and then another day, my heart races all day and I feel terrible and trapped, unable to go out of the house. I am taking benzos and antidepressants but they aren’t doing much to make me feel better. If I am suffering with generalized anxiety, how can I feel good one day and so terrible the next? I keep thinking that something is physically wrong with me and that the doctors are missing what ever it is. I have had all kinds of blood tests, heart tests etc. Does anyone have any input?

Tags: antidepressants, Anxiety Symptoms, benzos, blood tests, doctors, generalized anxiety, heart races, heart tests

no…you’re not "ill". chances are you are experiencing the natural symptoms that are part of the decline in reproductive hormones as we all age (both sexes)-for females, you can get this & still have your period. these things can be mild or even disabling in some people. hormone treatment will rid it.

what this hormone decline is called is andropause in men & perimenopause in women, this falls under the category of menopause in general. this can start as early as age 5 in people. the symptoms are the same for both sexes.
there are more symptoms than those listed above, 35 to be exact that you can get (if you’re not having some now). Also, if you have sleep issues, it can cause "voices". For reference on this, you can see these websites:

andropause (male menopause)

http://www.geocities.com/stuffs2read/male.html

35 symptoms of menopause

http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml#doom

—posted to help people who may have this; not asking for help for me.
Sorry, guess I didn’t phrase the sentence correctly regarding "hormone treatment will rid it". I meant any hormone treaments that ARE NOT HRT. I don’t recommend HRT to anyone due to risks as well as the likelihood of side-effects from the pills (these pills have about 20 side effects with them that you can get).
Speaking of my goofing, I just realized I never gave a link to a website that medically explains the "hearing voices" part. You can "hear voices" and/or experience a host of mood, behaviorial, emotional, thinking changes if you’ve had any "sleep troubles". Information on what symptoms sleep issues can cause and some examples of how these symptoms can show up (in what ways would you feel or think or behave differently), you can refer to this website on sleep information facts:

http://sleepinformationfacts.ebloggy.com/

P.S. Generally, doctors tell the public that sleep issues can cause things like "sleepiness, having trouble taking tests, trouble concentrating, or falling asleep while driving" but they don’t give the full list of symptoms unless asked for it much like they don’t tell the public every change the body has during missing meals. There’s just so much medical information to share about the body it would fill a library so they limit what they say unless asked.
To the person who says they see shadows and point of light zipping around, this can be caused by having a sleep issue of some kind (a sleep issue can even include when you lose some sleep regularly to talk with friends or other activities). The reason sleep can do this is because they body & brain needs its full 8 hours (or 7.5 to 9 in some people) and can’t have it interrupted very much (like getting up to go to the bathroom no more than 3 times a night, generally). Also true, if you’re only getting this problem while you’re about to go to sleep then it’s hynagogia which is when the mind prepares for sleep the brain waves can register as being asleep with your eyes still open & you can even be moving around still. Hynagogia is like the dream cycle starting up but sometimes you’ll be aware of it occurring, & it includes visual effects when you see things and can even hear & feels things as well. In my next post I’ll leave a website about hypagogia since I’m running out of room.
A good website to start with about hynagogia is:

http://www.geocities.com/stuffs2read/genmed/hypna.html

Tags: amp, both sexes, decline, doctors, ebloggy, experience symptoms, females, hearing voices, hormone treatment, information facts, likelihood, male menopause, menopause, perimenopause, phrase, pills, reproductive hormones, sleep, sleep troubles, sleepiness

After 20 years of severe anxiety attacks and phobias, countless doctors and multiple diagnoses, I have decided to try to do my own research. My symptoms are of such broad ranges and different physical and mental conditions may exist… So I have no way of narrowing down which go with which, which may cause some, so on and so forth.
I have constant anxiety and depression.
Severe muscle and joint pain.
Dizziness and vertigo issues.
Sensory overload/overstimulation.
Mood swings.
I had stopped having periods until recently when I had 3 months of regular periods (only after medication to start)
I cannot drive more than 1 mile away from my home without having a severe anxiety attack.
Hyperventilation.
Shakiness and check pain. (most of which I know is anxiety related).

I will not live another day of my life not knowing what all of this is and why.
I was resistant to medications, but right now, I’ll try anything.

Please respond only if you have something meaningful and helpful to say.

Be respectful.

Thank you.

Tags: anxiety and depression, anxiety attack, Anxiety Attacks, dizziness, dizziness and vertigo, doctors, medication, mood swings, muscle and joint pain, phobias, regular periods, sensory overload, severe anxiety, shakiness

This morning I had my first panic attack and it was extremely severe. I really and truly thought I was going to die at any minute. My legs were numb. My arms were heavy and tingling. My face and neck tingled. I was short of breath. I had chest pain and my heart was palpitating (it was going really fast, then slow, then skipping beats, then fast, slow, ect ect ect). You don’t realize how loud your heart is until you don’t hear it anymore.

I went to the ER and did all the tests (EKG, blood, ect), spent 10 hours there to find out it was a panic attack. I didn’t even believe the doctors until I got home and read all the symptoms.

It was an INCREDIBLY scary experience. I am so afraid it is going to happen again. I mean, if this starts happening how am I to know I am not actually going to die?
And i forgot to add, the panic attack was triggered by me vomiting blood. I never had an ulcer until today and I started freaking. Then I the chest/heart/breathing symptoms arrived. I thought i was bleeding out and running out of blood and couldn’t decide which was worse – having a heart attack and not taking aspirin, or having an ulcer and taking aspirin only to make the bleeding worse.

This was by far, the worst experience of my life.

Tags: aspirin, chest pain, doctors, having a heart attack, heart attack, legs, panic attack, scary experience, short of breath, ulcer, vomiting blood

I did it with the help of Allen Carr’s book – found it relatively easy for the first few weeks and then hit a massive brick wall. I have still not smoked so that is a positive but my mind is playing such strange tricks on me. Is the following symptoms normal after 7 weeks – I went to my doctors who gave me beta blockers but I would prefer to find some other way to get over this. Are my symptoms nicotine withdrawal after 7 weeks or am I having anxiety attacks?
Symptoms – jittery, nervousness, huge waves of adrenaline rush, shortness of breathe, tight chest, irritability, thoughts I am going over the edge??? If someone can reassure me that this is normal it would help me to del with it better rather than thinking I will be like this forever!!

Tags: allen carr, anxiety attacks symptoms, beta blockers, brick wall, doctors, huge waves, irritability, massive brick, nervousness, nicotine, rush, symptoms nicotine withdrawal, tight chest

I went to the doctors and was diagnosed with Anxiety although my doctor didn’t really seem to be too confident on Mental Health and probably prefers working with Physical Health problems, I don’t know.
I’ve sort of diagnosed myself with Depression, there’s no way I don’t have it. And also I think I can be sure i have Social Anxiety Disorder.
I was just wondering if I could have anything else? I took a personality quiz and it seemed positive I had borderline Personality Disorder, i’ve read the symptoms and it’s possible.
This is me;
- always nervous, on edge, feeling like escaping
- panic attacks
- self harm/suicidal intentions
- don’t have many friends anymore
- get annoyed by the friends i do have really easily and know they don’t understand me
- hate attention
- have to sit in the middle of a row in assembly so i can’t be seen as easily/hate walking by myself, when i do i clench my hands into fists so my nail dig into my palms
- really don’t want to go to prom because i’ll have to socialize
- takes 1 – 2 hours to get to sleep at night but always tired during the day/fall asleep in class
- always feel unhappy but try not to show it so i don’t get asked why because i hate attention
- sometimes can’t make myself speak
- can’t concentrate
- can’t go out by myself to public places

I can’t think of anymore right now but can anyone suggest some names of problems to me? At least if i know what i have i’ll be able to treat them.
Thanks x
I got pains in my chest last summer which were said to be palpitations from my nerves. I went to the Doctors in October so it has been 6 months. It’s so hard to deal with all this especially as i’m only nearly 16.
Also, i don’t really have highs at all. I have different levels of lows but i can’t say i ever really feel happy. I do laugh and joke with my friends in lessons but it’s all a facade really.

Tags: borderline personality disorder, depression, doctor didn, doctors, facade, fists, joke, laugh, lows, mental health, nerves, palms, palpitations, Panic Attacks, personality quiz, physical health problems, self harm, sleep, social anxiety disorder, suicidal intentions

i have been having headaches, on the left side of my head mainly, like around where your jaw is right above your ear. it feels like a achy throbbing pain. Also my head hurts on top, back, sides, in my neck. Everywhere. Although its not too bad, i worry daily, and i cant get this out of my mind! Its like a slight achy pain, and somtimes is worse then others. I have had some sinus problems, and also some ear infections. However, the first thought was a brain tumor.. and now im worried that thats what it is. I see these people online talking about how they went to the doctor and was diagnosed with depression/andxiety over these symptoms and turned out to be a brain tumor. Which is why i worry so much.

I get dizzyy, like lightheaded feeling. I sometimes feel weak (i think a little bit of it is phsyological though..) I sometimes feel weird, like im not myself too.

I see floaters a lot in the morning, not so much to where i cant see in my vision feild but enough of them, i see shadows that cross my eyes, like see through black small shadows. I sometimes see like "colored lights", like how it looks when you stare at a light for too long then look into a darker spot. Sometimes my vision feels shaky, but i have never blacked out, had real bad blurred vision, no doubled vision, ect. ect. I googled these, and it said there harmless. i should mention that my right eye had always been worse then my left eye

There is no history of any cancers/brain tumors in my family, but anxiety does run in my family. The only reason im second guessing the anxiety thing is because i dont have anxiety/panic attacks. Just feel anxiety symptoms. I have been to the doc for a check up, and also because of my symptoms i was experiancing and they said i am healthy, it was 2 diff doctors. MD’s. And both said i am healthy, checked my reflexes, blood work, strength, and gave me a physical, checked my BP, and everything.

I feel that i am a hypercondriac, but what if im not and these symptoms are real??? Im just scared im going to wait to long and die. For some reason thats what i always think about, is the worst of sintuations. If i have a head ache its a tumor, if i have a stomach ache, its stomach cancer.
I hate feeling this way, ive always been a little bit of a hypercondriac, i guess it was just the way i was raised. But do my symptoms sound like anything i should be running to the ER for? Do they sound like i should see a neurologist? I havnt yet cause my mother doesnt think i need too, and she says i am a hypercondriac. She wont take me to the doc again, cause they keep telling me im healthy, and have nothing to worry about.

Tags: achy pain, anxiety panic attacks, Anxiety Symptoms, blood work, blurred vision, bp, brain tumor, brain tumors, cancers, depression, doctors, ear infections, first thought, headaches, hypercondriac, left eye, little bit, reflexes, sinus problems, somtimes

Ive been suffering from he following symptoms

anxiety attacks
joint pain
abdominal discomfort
nausea
dark urine
massive migraines so bad im dizzy
racing heart rate
shortness of breath
face muscle tighten
fatigue or tiredness
seeing things hearing things (im not mentally ill)
thirsty 24/7 (cotton mouth feeling)
Car sickness when driving (never happened before till recently)

Ive been to the doctors and ive gotten no answers, i feel like im being shunned because i have Basic Health Care. All they do is prescribe medication that makes me feel worse

I

Tags: abdominal discomfort, Anxiety Attacks, basic health care, car sickness, cotton mouth, dark urine, doctors, fatigue, hearing things, heart rate, joint pain, medication, migraines, nausea, racing heart, seeing things, shortness of breath, tiredness

I think im suffering from panic attacks i think! im too scared to go to the doctors so can some help me diagnose im tired of readin ivilliage symptom solver! my symptoms are feeling light headed, cold wet palms, racing or slower heart beat fear of dying makes it worse last about 10 plus minutes please can someone give me some advise not just go see the doctor because thats what i am trying to avoid. thanks
Thanks everyone for your answers just so you know i phoned the doctors today and made an appointment Thanks again :0)

Tags: appointment, doctors, fear, heart beat, Panic Attacks, symptom solver, wet palms

About me: I’m 35, male, 5′7", 165lbs, Stress & General Anxiety Disorders since 2003. Tri-glycerides level 240+ in 2005 and now has come to 190. BP stays within 120-130 / 85-95. Cholestrol is on borderline. No physical activity for last 9 yrs after leaving college & joinging software development.

In fall of 2005 I ran after my son for about 40 yards and when I stopped, tangling started from left toe and went all the way up to the left eye. It statyed there for about 5 seconds and then went away. Couple months later, I lost the vision for about a minute at my home while moving my head up from down. Stayed calm and eye-sight came back (thanks God!)

Went to see a Dr. who said I should start physical activity & should bring tri-glycerides level down.

Last couple yrs I did not get anything bad but had a pin like feeling moments ago after eating doughnuts. I guess my question is Am I getting mild heart attacks? How to confirm? I am now really woried after reading symptoms. Thanks!
I must say every doctor I go to, seems to be blaming stress & anxiety for every symptom. Isn’t it crazy? or it is such a disease which can cause so many things?

Lately I am having some chills in body here and there (sometimes knee, sometimes thigh, etc). Then some areas of body got very sensitive to temprature. For example, if my cloth is wet and touches my lower left abdomen, it feels like someone has put ice cube on it. Then I am having this 2" diameter spot on my back under right shoulder where there is always some tangling/nimbness…

Whenever I talk about anything like this doctors keep blaming stress and anxiety.

I agree that I am under lot of stress and have bad habit of sitting on computer for extended hours because I am working on some personal (dream) application, but is stress & anxiety so bad? Why I have all these nasty symptoms? Am I working more than rest of the world?

Tags: abdomen, amp, anxiety disorders, bad habit, bp, calm, chills, cholestrol, diameter, doctors, eye sight, god, left eye, many things, personal dream, physical activity, rest of the world, software development, Stress And Anxiety, tri glycerides

have been having headaches, on the left side of my head mainly, like around where your jaw is right above your ear. it feels like a achy throbbing pain. Also my head hurts on top, back, sides, in my neck. Everywhere. Although its not too bad, i worry daily, and i cant get this out of my mind! Its like a slight achy pain, and somtimes is worse then others. I have had some sinus problems, and also some ear infections. However, the first thought was a brain tumor.. and now im worried that thats what it is. I see these people online talking about how they went to the doctor and was diagnosed with depression/andxiety over these symptoms and turned out to be a brain tumor. Which is why i worry so much.

I get dizzyy, like lightheaded feeling. I sometimes feel weak (i think a little bit of it is phsyological though..) I sometimes feel weird, like im not myself too.

I see floaters a lot in the morning, not so much to where i cant see in my vision feild but enough of them, i see shadows that cross my eyes, like see through black small shadows. I sometimes see like "colored lights", like how it looks when you stare at a light for too long then look into a darker spot. Sometimes my vision feels shaky, but i have never blacked out, had real bad blurred vision, no doubled vision, ect. ect. I googled these, and it said there harmless. i should mention that my right eye had always been worse then my left eye

There is no history of any cancers/brain tumors in my family, but anxiety does run in my family. The only reason im second guessing the anxiety thing is because i dont have anxiety/panic attacks. Just feel anxiety symptoms. I have been to the doc for a check up, and also because of my symptoms i was experiancing and they said i am healthy, it was 2 diff doctors. MD’s. And both said i am healthy, checked my reflexes, blood work, strength, and gave me a physical, checked my BP, and everything.

I feel that i am a hypercondriac, but what if im not and these symptoms are real??? Im just scared im going to wait to long and die. For some reason thats what i always think about, is the worst of sintuations. If i have a head ache its a tumor, if i have a stomach ache, its stomach cancer.
I hate feeling this way, ive always been a little bit of a hypercondriac, i guess it was just the way i was raised. But do my symptoms sound like anything i should be running to the ER for? Do they sound like i should see a neurologist? I havnt yet cause my mother doesnt think i need too, and she says i am a hypercondriac. She wont take me to the doc again, cause they keep telling me im healthy, and have nothing to worry about… so what should i do, should i stop worrying, do you guys think i SHOULD worry?? any advise, im worried sick. I have been depressed, my bf got locked up, and ive had some other issues too… I was having like twitching, in my arms legs head ect ect, but that went away, do you think it could be a BT (brain tumor)????

Tags: achy pain, anxiety panic attacks, Anxiety Symptoms, blood work, blurred vision, bp, brain tumor, brain tumors, cancers, depression, doctors, ear infections, first thought, headaches, hypercondriac, left eye, little bit, reflexes, sinus problems, somtimes

So Ive been to 10 doctors all said i have anxiety and panic attacks because i was getting shortness of breath (have It Right now) and dizzy they gave me breathing test chest xrays ecg paps physical and blood work from the wrist to check oxygen and neurological with got a a+ so why can i stop thinking im dying and how can i control it a bit so i go to a doctor for the 11 time in the past 3 weeks also im seeing a physicist hes telling me its anxiety but how come i have shortness of breath still I’m 20 years old Any tips would help me alot
the doctor told me its all in my head am i dying ?

Tags: anxiety and panic attacks, blood work, breathing test, chest xrays, doctors, oxygen, physicist, shortness of breath

Not long ago i was rushed to hospital after lying down in bed and feeling like something was wrong 10 minutes later i felt dizzy cold but hot my hands were sweaty by heart felt like it was bursting from my chest i immediately thought i was having a heart attack i sat down and managed to talk myself in to calming down i went to hospital and had blood tests nothing was found to be wrong they gave me no help no answers i have been suffering like this for 5 months i have constant pains i my chest that fee like sharp needles… then the next day it feels like i have been punched in the chest but over the last couple of days i have been short of breath and feeling sick having headaches i have stopped sleeping as just when i nod off i wake up as though someone has made me jump and my heart is pounding i know alltheseesymptomss are symptoms of anxiety attacks i no there is nothing wrong in my mind i talk myself out of them but its getting hard having this feeling of dread in my life when i had the first attack it was the worst, i thought i was dying its the mostterrifyingg feeling i have ever had i cant sleep anymore i know there is nothing wrong but still i cant control it im a strong minded person very strong willed i think that is what has got me through it this but its getting harder lately im only 28 im a single parent i was told it can be common in men my age it cant be good for me or my little girl i know this may not be the most appropriate place to ask for help or advice but the hospital an doctors dont seem to care they brush it off i had no help from them or advice i have asked an asked but nothing…..if anyone has been through this please your advice would be so help full… i dont know where to go with this or wot else to do….

Tags: 5 months, blood tests, couple of days, doctors, feeling of dread, having a heart attack, headaches, heart attack, little girl, minded person, needles, short of breath, single parent, sleep, symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of anxiety attacks

I had a lot of anxiety attacks before, now it’s because i lost somethin in the sea and i can’t find it anymore; how do i get this anxieties away, can i seek mental doctors; what can be done to stop anxiety, i have had depression, is this causing my anxieties?
i need urgent help because i am in an anxious state right now, who can i call for help, is their any meds for anxiety attacks, i’m really scared and having severe anxiety attacks , it is making me sick, i want to commit suicide sometimes, the anxiety wont go away, who can i call for help, or what can help me?? thx if you answered!

Tags: anxieties, Anxiety Attacks, anxious state, depression, doctors, meds, severe anxiety, somethin, suicide

I recently have been on this site for quite some time asking and I moved say maybe 21/2 years ago and I got so stressed and depressed from the move. My best friends all moved also I don’t talk to them a lot anymore. About a year ago I suffered from an anxiety attack at a dinner table it was horrible followed by a week of depression. I believe it has to do with stress related anxiety. Its weird because I’m nearly always fine in the summer but something always happens in the winter. This winter was the winter of hell. Me and my friend got into a fight after being together everyday she’s a girl and im a boy. We don’t talk as much now. Okay ive experienced mostly all anxiety symptoms including stress. Im worrying constantly about brain tumors now and before it was all the other serious diseases and ive never worried about this before. I get headaches but there like nothing at all. I keep getting these weird feeling in my head that last about 4 seconds there horrible it feels like someone’s squeezing my brain in but they go away followed by pressure from the amount of anxiety. Ive been getting tension headaches followed by no Nausea at all, no fever, no vomiting!!! I CANT STOP WORRING!! Ive been to the doctors already they told me that its allergies and my age???I don’t see anyone else in my school accept for like 2 ppl that have anxiety..What is this
Okay i will talk to my parents. It is becoming a serious problem.

Tags: allergies, anxiety attack, Anxiety Symptoms, best friends, brain tumors, depression, dinner table, diseases, doctors, fever, hell, nausea, parents, ppl, quite some time, tension headaches, weird feeling

K background info: hes 23 imm 20. We went on a break because of his busy schedule. He coaches two soccer teams and goes to college. To top it off hes stressed with school, soccer, his parents always on his back. I didnt believe this was the reason 4 the break. Well recently he told me he thought he was having a heart attack one night and they rushed him to the hospital and there they told him it was due to stress and anxiety, it was all mental… He said he had another episode like that again where he said he was convinced he had cancer or something, and his heart would hurt, hed get light headed… he researched anxiety attacks online and said he had most symptoms and was going to do to the doctors last thursday to see..

My question is could I send him a message asking how hes doing? I don’t want to keep sending him messages (i did this the first few weeks of the break) But im worried about him and want to know how hes doing.. Would it be alright? what would you say in the message

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, background info, busy schedule, cancer, doctors, having a heart attack, heart attack, hes, last thursday, parents, school soccer, soccer teams, Stress And Anxiety

Started zoloft about 6 weeks ago and yesterday I had some anxious feelings.I was so…disappointed because I thought I had this under control.Just went to the doctors on Monday and told him I felt great.I do sleep well but today I also feel anxious. Anyone have the same experience?

Tags: anxious feelings, doctors, sleep, zoloft

If so, how long did you suffer from each, and how long has it been since you’ve overcome each? Also, if you’re someone who has PTSD have you returned to work? I’ve been confirmed as having the other disorders, but a few doctors have also suspected PTSD.

Tags: doctors

I have xanax for this (which helps) but do NOT want to take antidepressants because I know I’m not depressed. I want to find something that really works but really don’t have a ton of money to spend on this after paying for the doctors, and the couciling that I’ve already had (that hasnt helped). I don’t have them everyday but It’s been about two months now of having them off and on and I’m at my wits end!! Please any advice is apprciated!! Thank you

Tags: antidepressants, doctors, money, wits, xanax

have been having headaches, on the left side of my head mainly, like around where your jaw is right above your ear. it feels like a achy throbbing pain. Also my head hurts on top, back, sides, in my neck. Everywhere. Although its not too bad, i worry daily, and i cant get this out of my mind! Its like a slight achy pain, and somtimes is worse then others. I have had some sinus problems, and also some ear infections. However, the first thought was a brain tumor.. and now im worried that thats what it is. I see these people online talking about how they went to the doctor and was diagnosed with depression/andxiety over these symptoms and turned out to be a brain tumor. Which is why i worry so much.

I get dizzyy, like lightheaded feeling. I sometimes feel weak (i think a little bit of it is phsyological though..) I sometimes feel weird, like im not myself too.

I see floaters a lot in the morning, not so much to where i cant see in my vision feild but enough of them, i see shadows that cross my eyes, like see through black small shadows. I sometimes see like "colored lights", like how it looks when you stare at a light for too long then look into a darker spot. Sometimes my vision feels shaky, but i have never blacked out, had real bad blurred vision, no doubled vision, ect. ect. I googled these, and it said there harmless. i should mention that my right eye had always been worse then my left eye

There is no history of any cancers/brain tumors in my family, but anxiety does run in my family. The only reason im second guessing the anxiety thing is because i dont have anxiety/panic attacks. Just feel anxiety symptoms. I have been to the doc for a check up, and also because of my symptoms i was experiancing and they said i am healthy, it was 2 diff doctors. MD’s. And both said i am healthy, checked my reflexes, blood work, strength, and gave me a physical, checked my BP, and everything.

I feel that i am a hypercondriac, but what if im not and these symptoms are real??? Im just scared im going to wait to long and die. For some reason thats what i always think about, is the worst of sintuations. If i have a head ache its a tumor, if i have a stomach ache, its stomach cancer.
I hate feeling this way, ive always been a little bit of a hypercondriac, i guess it was just the way i was raised. But do my symptoms sound like anything i should be running to the ER for? Do they sound like i should see a neurologist? I havnt yet cause my mother doesnt think i need too, and she says i am a hypercondriac. She wont take me to the doc again, cause they keep telling me im healthy, and have nothing to worry about… so what should i do, should i stop worrying, do you guys think i SHOULD worry?? any advise, im worried sick. I have been depressed, my bf got locked up, and ive had some other issues too… I was having like twitching, in my arms legs head ect ect, but that went away, do you think it could be a BT (brain tumor)????

Tags: achy pain, anxiety panic attacks, Anxiety Symptoms, blood work, blurred vision, bp, brain tumor, brain tumors, cancers, depression, doctors, ear infections, first thought, headaches, hypercondriac, left eye, little bit, reflexes, sinus problems, somtimes

Hi everyone. I am currently in treatment for dealing with depression and anxiety and it has helped so much. I feel like I am a completley different person from when all of this started. But today and yesterday my anxiety has really been at it’s peak. I am really not to sure as to why but when my anxiety goes up I tend to think of all these bad things that are happening and then I feel like I lose all reality that it is just anxiety. I am not within a doctors reach until Tuesday and it is only Sunday night. But i haven’t left my house in 2 days and I know for a fact that I am not relapsing to my old ways but I don’t really know how I am supposed to deal with this considering I have school tomorrow morning. I haven’t felt any real anxiety attacks for a little while now so I really don’t remember how I handeled them. Does anyone have any advice to get me through until I see my doctor?? Just some suggestions to help me realize it is just anxiety?? thanks

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, dealing with depression, doctors, school tomorrow, tomorrow morning

have been having headaches, on the left side of my head mainly, like around where your jaw is right above your ear. it feels like a achy throbbing pain. Also my head hurts on top, back, sides, in my neck. Everywhere. Although its not too bad, i worry daily, and i cant get this out of my mind! Its like a slight achy pain, and somtimes is worse then others. I have had some sinus problems, and also some ear infections. However, the first thought was a brain tumor.. and now im worried that thats what it is. I see these people online talking about how they went to the doctor and was diagnosed with depression/andxiety over these symptoms and turned out to be a brain tumor. Which is why i worry so much.

I get dizzyy, like lightheaded feeling. I sometimes feel weak (i think a little bit of it is phsyological though..) I sometimes feel weird, like im not myself too.

I see floaters a lot in the morning, not so much to where i cant see in my vision feild but enough of them, i see shadows that cross my eyes, like see through black small shadows. I sometimes see like "colored lights", like how it looks when you stare at a light for too long then look into a darker spot. Sometimes my vision feels shaky, but i have never blacked out, had real bad blurred vision, no doubled vision, ect. ect. I googled these, and it said there harmless. i should mention that my right eye had always been worse then my left eye

There is no history of any cancers/brain tumors in my family, but anxiety does run in my family. The only reason im second guessing the anxiety thing is because i dont have anxiety/panic attacks. Just feel anxiety symptoms. I have been to the doc for a check up, and also because of my symptoms i was experiancing and they said i am healthy, it was 2 diff doctors. MD’s. And both said i am healthy, checked my reflexes, blood work, strength, and gave me a physical, checked my BP, and everything.

I feel that i am a hypercondriac, but what if im not and these symptoms are real??? Im just scared im going to wait to long and die. For some reason thats what i always think about, is the worst of sintuations. If i have a head ache its a tumor, if i have a stomach ache, its stomach cancer.
I hate feeling this way, ive always been a little bit of a hypercondriac, i guess it was just the way i was raised. But do my symptoms sound like anything i should be running to the ER for? Do they sound like i should see a neurologist? I havnt yet cause my mother doesnt think i need too, and she says i am a hypercondriac. She wont take me to the doc again, cause they keep telling me im healthy, and have nothing to worry about…..help please.

Tags: achy pain, anxiety panic attacks, Anxiety Symptoms, blood work, blurred vision, bp, brain tumor, brain tumors, cancers, depression, doctors, ear infections, first thought, headaches, hypercondriac, left eye, little bit, reflexes, sinus problems, somtimes

PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP!! I have anxiety. I used to be on medicine for it, but my attacks became so seldom the doctors said I didnt need it anymore and they taught me some techniques for handeling it. They dont work. Within the last six months I have been having anxiety attacks on average 2 to 3 times a week. They are getting worse and worse. Last night I was laying in bed about to go to sleep and an attack came on out of nowhere and has not stopped since. I got all the normal symptoms, racing heart for no reason, shortness of breath, blurred vision and tingling in my lips, hands and legs. But some new symptoms accured, My fingers and toes statred cramping my pupils were very dialated, and when i finally did fall asleep I woke up 5 or 6 times feeling like I had not been breathing. my head was pounding my heart was racing and i was gasping for air. I also have a lot of pressure on the back of my head. Does this sound like a normal anxiety attack? If so do you have any tips on how to get it to stop? Please dont waste your time with rude answers!! thanks so much

Tags: anxiety attack, Anxiety Attacks, blurred vision, doctors, fingers and toes, legs, lips, medicine, pupils, racing heart, shortness of breath, six months, sleep

He has it set in his mind that everyone would be better off if he was gone, and that everything he touches goes wrong. We are having financial hardships since his job relocated back to California leaving him unemployed, and his car’s engine just blew. Things arent perfect, but they certainly arent terrible either. Any suggestions on how to help? I’m running out of ideas. My insurance plan is terrible and it costs alot everytime he has to go for a doctors visit. HELP!

Tags: doctors, financial hardships, insurance, insurance plan, job

I know, there are a lot of questions related to anxiety already, but I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.

I’m 22 and I’ve suffered from anxiety (or so I’m told) for approximately 4 years now. And, like many people who suffer, I’m still finding it difficult to accept that it is anxiety.

I’ve been to many doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, hypnotherapists… Nothing seems to be helping me. On a side note: I absolutely refuse to take antidepressants. I’ve tried a few and they don’t sit well with me.

Now, my question is: What symptoms do you get? (anxiety sufferers only please). I want to know because I get so many symptoms, some that are "typical" anxiety symptoms and some that aren’t. The one that scares me most is chest pain. I’ve been assured that my heart and lungs are fine though… Very frustrating. If anyone else gets chest pain, could you please describe it for me?

And please don’t give me links to websites. I’ve been to them all, trust me. I want to hear from REAL sufferers, not people trying to sell me a product.
It’s not that I don’t want to be "labelled".
I find it difficult to accept that this is anxiety because I often feel so ill, and it feels like it just gets brushed off by doctors when I mention anxiety.

Tags: antidepressants, anxiety sufferers, Anxiety Symptoms, chest pain, doctors, heart, lungs, psychiatrists, psychologists