I was about 22 when the doctor told me my symptoms pointed to General Panic Disorder. It began when I was about 18, in my last year of high school. Sometimes I had a hard time going to sleep and I felt anxious and i felt like i could hear my heart and I would breath faster. It didn’t happen that much but it has been getting progressive ever since. I am now 24, and about 30 times a week I have feelings of what I call "being displaced". I get really anxious, I feel dizzy and I feel like I am not really there. I concentrate too much on breathing and scare myself more. It happens mostly when I am at a movie theatre or watching an intense movie. When I look up at the sky. When I am sitting in class in college and its quiet. And now I’m more scared because just to pass the stress of the attack I twitch, like a mini seizure or something, i dont know but its scary, like i make a fast jolt with my shoulders. Is it just panic attacks or should I be more worried?

Tags: feelings, hard time, heart, jolt, movie theatre, Panic Attacks, panic disorder, seizure, shoulders, sky, sleep, stress, twitch

a few weeks ago i had the symptoms of a panic attack. it happened very suddenly.. my heart was beating faster than normal, it felt like it was hard to breathe, and my body felt really hot, especially around my neck. i was also sort of shaky and a llittle dizzy. i wasn’t doing anything at the time that would’ve brought it on.. actually i was just watching tv.

ever since then, on some days it still will feel harder to breathe and my heart will race. it feels like there is a lot of pressure on my heart. it seems to help when i stand infront of my air conditioner for some reason. the one big difference from all the small things i’ve been having after this panic attack is, i don’t really freak out like i did during the panic attack.

these feelings also go away when i’m not at home which is really strange

i’m scheduling a doctor appointment, but i was just wondering if anyone knows what could be wrong?

Tags: air conditioner, doctor appointment, feelings, freak, heart, symptoms of a panic attack, watching tv

Hello,

Im a 21 y/o female and have no previous medical conditions or diseases to date. The past few months i have ot been myself at all. I lost my job at the end of January, OD on on a combo of Dextromethorphan / Acetaminophen… I was sick for a 3 days and then fine. Since then i have been havin all of these "issues" with myself. I have been to the hospital and they cannot find anything wrong with me. They have done blood work and chest x-rays and they inform me that they can find nothing wrong at all. I have also been to my DR on 2 occasions and he also ran blood work and EKG and NOTHING came back as anything being wrong with me. The only 2 things that were options told to me for my symptoms were: Muscle pain, and Panic Disorder.

For me, these symptoms happen randomly. Some days more so than others. Some days my chest will get very tight as if i cant breathe and my heart will pound so hard i feel as if im having a heart attack…along with this, i will get "chills" or "spazims" where i cant control my legs and they shake as if i am cold, but i am not. ***These types of symptoms typically occur at night, more so before i fall asleep in bed***

Then there is the other set, where i feel sick to my stomach like i will vomit, but dont. I never get any fever, but i get light-headed or just bad stomach pains… and whenever i get these feelings, i always feel like im dying, and then this creates a fear of dying for me. Its a vicious circle for me once that happens.

Please, can anyone understand this? or does anyone else experience these as well? If so what do you do to resolve it? I DONT WANT TO FEEL THIS WAY ANYMORE!!! i miss the old me, and want me back!!!

Please Help!!! as i am feeling as if im going crazy… b/c people are telling me "its all in my head" but i KNOW what im feeling… How can i be told that im not feeling it???

–Thanks,
Confuzed girl
I was given a RX by my DR for Clonapan, or something to that spelling… to try to take when i get an "attack" to see if it will stop it. I’m not sure if it does ot doesnt work, as when i’ve had the bad attacks its usually before i go to sleep… and when i feel it, i just take the pill and try to go to sleep… so im guessing it does work, and enables me to get to sleep ??? But i wonder if there is ever a way to STOP them, as i never had them before, why now? you know? ***PS- Thank you Abby, and everone who offered advise and support, im very upset with this situation and yet am glad to have such understanding people reply… i was worried i would just get made fun of on here or called crazy instead of taken serious…

Tags: acetaminophen, blood work, chest x rays, chills, clonapan, dextromethorphan, diseases, ekg, feelings, fever, having a heart attack, heart attack, medical conditions, muscle pain, panic disorder, rx, sick to my stomach, spelling, stomach pains, vicious circle

i have anxiety to the highest extreme.
It affects everything in my life.
I feel tremendous pressures being around people.
I feel unaccepted when im around them
People tend to give me hard looks all the time
i have many complexes
i have many physical symptoms of anxiety
by the time school is over im completely sick
with low energy, where i need to sit down
relaxing with my mind on other things
it runs my life and makes me miserable
i dont know what to do nothing seems to help
i just can’t relax, its frustrating

In 2006 i went to the emergency room because i didnt know what i was experiencing. Which btw i also have panic attacks where your heart speeds up for an amount of time. I still didnt know at the time so they referred me to a heart specialist because i was having chest pains. When i got to know that it was anxiety i did go to a therapist for a year. I keep relapsing and im the worst at calming myself, nornally conversation with another person calms me, but its just really bad. Im having trouble dealing with it. Im trying to deal without meds because i dont want to be addicted and i dont like the side affects. School is terrible with it my blood pressure goes up when im in class, and i feel like im going to collapse while im walking to class. I get so sick of my mind and body ugh

i have aghoraphobia although i do go places but the only place im "comfortable" really is home. I dont feel like myself i want to do things but i just dont have the energy because my anxiety takes it all away. I need to find something fun to do so i can have a outlet. Im trying to keep my grades up but i can’t participate in discussions because i feel tremendous pressure when people are focused or not focused on me when im around others. I can’t ask questions in class either which is contributing to my math grade and my feelings keep me from telling the teacher about myself i dont want to make it a big deal, or have people pity me or feel sorry for me i just want to be happier with myself.

Tags: amount of time, blood pressure, btw, chest pains, emergency room, feelings, heart specialist, low energy, math grade, meds, mind and body, Panic Attacks, physical symptoms of anxiety, something fun, symptoms of anxiety, time school

Okay I’m really hoping someone can help me out here.
I’m going to try and make this as brief as I can.
It started about a year ago; I was driving with my friends on our way to a concert, and all of a sudden I blacked out, had to pull over, and was really dizzy. I thought I was having a heart attack at 19 years old. I then felt very sick to my stomach, and felt like I was going to throw up.
The next day I was having on and off chest pains.
For months and months after that, I was having on and off chest pains, dizzy spells, stomach pains, and just overall feelings of unwellness and extreme fatigue. I went to the doctor several times, and they always ended up telling me it was anxiety from my new job.
Now, for the past few weeks, I’ve been having chest pain radiating from the left to the right side, to my back, to my throat/glands. At times, when I yawn I feel like I’m gagging. I also feel like at times I have to force myself to breath in a deep breath or I’m not breathing right. Yes, I do believe I get panic attacks and I have some anxiety, but is it possible to have these physical symptoms constantly? I went to the ER the other day and they tested my heart out and said everything was fine with it.
Any input is appreciated, thank you.

Tags: 19 years, anxiety, chest pain, chest pains, deep breath, extreme fatigue, feelings, having a heart attack, heart attack, new job, Panic Attacks, several times, sick to my stomach, stomach pains, throat glands

ever since somthig happened to me which was about 3 years ago, I’ve been getting panic attacks. Just recently they have been comming out full blown. I had my first panic attack(an intense one) and ended up in the emergency room convinced that I was going to have a heart attack. The type of things that trigger these panic attacks or like little pinch feelings at my finger tips and toes. I then start to think a heart attack is about to come and then I get a panic attack and then im not sure if its a panic attack. The hospital gave me an ekg and an x ray on my chest and said everythign was fine and then gave me xanex. The question is. Can a panic attack START OFF with tingling fingers then get worse from there and also,can panic attacks come on with different symptoms at first. There was one time I felt like I wasnt getting enough air and then I started freaking out until I took a xanex which helped eventually. I just have this little part of me telling me that (what if its a heart attack) I dont know what to do. Is this normal in panic attacks? PLease any positive helpful advice would be awesome. I am not exargeratting my symptoms. this happens and its very scary. thanks for ur time
-Tony

Tags: 3 years, ekg, emergency room, feelings, finger tips, heart attack, panic attack, Panic Attacks, tingling fingers, toes, x ray, xanex

Hello. I am a 24 year old male who has been suffering the effects of anxiety over the past few months. I had a couple of bad panic attacks back in March, one of which resulted in me going to the hospital because I was convinced I was having a heart attack. Since then, I have had 2 EKGs, a stress/echo test, and blood work. Each test came back negative and showed I was in perfect health and do not have any heart problems. The thing is though, I continue to have daily symptoms such as chest discomfort (mainly in my left side, but has now begun on my right side), back and neck aches, and most recently some tingly feelings in my arms. These feelings mostly come at night when I am trying to sleep and I have to convince myself that it’s just anxiety so I can get some sleep for the night. I have read countless articles and message board posts online of people asking similar questions and the answer is usually "when in doubt, get checked out". Thing is, I can’t be calling 911 every single time I feel anxious because I think it’s a heart attack. If I already have a history of having panic attacks and feeling anxiety all the time, should that be enough to calm me down and help me attribute all these aches and pains I’m feeling to extreme anxiety?

P.S. I am going back to the cardiologist tomorrow to get hooked up to one of those 24-hour heart monitors, as well as going to a general practitioner next week to discuss my symptoms.

Tags: blood work, calling 911, chest discomfort, countless articles, echo test, extreme anxiety, feelings, general practitioner, having a heart attack, heart attack, heart problems, message board posts, Panic Attacks, perfect health, sleep, stress echo, when in doubt

Iam 22 years old male.
I have kind of severe problems stacked together.
When I ended high school..and entered university my life started to get dark, feeling depressed many times a day..after 1 year, I started having panic attacks..which let me out university so i started work thinking that this will solve the unknown problem.There,i didn’t ask myself a lot.I was going through life.But I didn’t have a life.I have some few friends but I don’t think i have friends.When working also..i had many panic attacks..but i was kind of manager of anger and the unknown feelings.I worked 8 months.I always been at work or uni not social..I don’t know why.I had troubles in making friends or even opening a conversation.basically iam kind of shy guy but not to that much.
many things i lost since my entrance to college and i don’t know how i lost them..concerning hobbies,interests, and mostly sex desire.When I stopped work in June I became isolated.and i started questioning myself on many things..i became so self concious..to a limit where i started feeling concious about the way i walk or talk..so feeling not manly i don’t know what is that..i got fears of turning to a gay.well,i never felt sexual attraction to a man.but i used to compare celebrities to myself..in a way want to be like them..in dressing for example..i think this is common and normal..anyway,those fears were a little..now they conquer my mind and my life.I dont know how to solve this problem.I lost the desire to women since the university.and i cant get it back..i cant imagine myself having sex with a woman..and morever,i used to do a bad habit which is masturbation..why bad because i think it is bad when u do it with no desire..i used to and still doing it every day or every other day..with no desire or imagination .i think this became addiction…
i feel isolated more and more..my dreams turned off..and my hopes are down..i cant accept my life this way.when i go out..i have tension in my body and anger..i cant make eye contact..what is this? i cant control it.
so in conclusion..having depression from since 3 years..with severe anxiety or social anxiety disorder..and unwanted heavy thoughts..which all has physical symptoms too..like sweating,fast heart beats…losing concentration,weaknesses in muscles and bones,unable to sleep,thinking and thinking,isolation,and having no pleasure in anything..moreover ,looking outside at people and hatred increase…everybody is happy only me.and plus,the family…put pressure on me.to work..but i didnt tell them that i have this problem (sexual problem)..i have a good family..

What do you think my problems is?

i forgot to mention that i went to doctor..and he gave me two bottles..one vitamin b and the other herbal antidepressent…containing ginseng ,camomile,borage,hawthorn,wild rose,verbena,liquorice,officinalis, ..it is called "B free" … these two bottles sometimes having good effects in relaxation..only relaxation..and sometimes no.
I didnt mention how i feel too in details…but suicide thoughts come very often..
today iam feeling better than yesterday..thats why iam asking

Tags: 22 years, addiction, anger, bad habit, celebrities, dreams, eye contact, fears, feelings, having sex, hobbies interests, imagination, many things, Panic Attacks, self concious, sex desire, sexual attraction, shy guy, tension

I have some anxiety feelings and sometimes panic attacks, is this symptoms common in low sugar spells?

Tags: anxiety, feelings, Panic Attacks

i have anxiety to the highest extreme.
It affects everything in my life.
I feel tremendous pressures being around people.
I feel unaccepted when im around them
People tend to give me hard looks all the time
i have many complexes
i have many physical symptoms of anxiety
by the time school is over im completely sick
with low energy, where i need to sit down
relaxing with my mind on other things
it runs my life and makes me miserable
i dont know what to do nothing seems to help
i just can’t relax, its frustrating

In 2006 i went to the emergency room because i didnt know what i was experiencing. Which btw i also have panic attacks where your heart speeds up for an amount of time. I still didnt know at the time so they referred me to a heart specialist because i was having chest pains. When i got to know that it was anxiety i did go to a therapist for a year. I keep relapsing and im the worst at calming myself, nornally conversation with another person calms me, but its just really bad. Im having trouble dealing with it. Im trying to deal without meds because i dont want to be addicted and i dont like the side affects. School is terrible with it my blood pressure goes up when im in class, and i feel like im going to collapse while im walking to class. I get so sick of my mind and body ugh

i have aghoraphobia although i do go places but the only place im "comfortable" really is home. I dont feel like myself i want to do things but i just dont have the energy because my anxiety takes it all away. I need to find something fun to do so i can have a outlet. Im trying to keep my grades up but i can’t participate in discussions because i feel tremendous pressure when people are focused or not focused on me when im around others. I can’t ask questions in class either which is contributing to my math grade and my feelings keep me from telling the teacher about myself i dont want to make it a big deal, or have people pity me or feel sorry for me i just want to be happier with myself.

Tags: amount of time, blood pressure, btw, chest pains, emergency room, feelings, heart specialist, low energy, math grade, meds, mind and body, Panic Attacks, physical symptoms of anxiety, something fun, symptoms of anxiety, time school

I’ve realized that I have a lot of the symptoms that are associated with anxiety after doing a little research, but I still don’t think that it is what wrong with me beause what i am experiencing is not "attacks" that come and go but rather I ALWAYS feel this way..All of the stuff that I once loved to do, I don’t any more because I never feel good and always just want to lay around and do nothing…I used to drive everywhere, but now I can’t because i just sorta zone out and just think about everything…from is that car going to swurve in my lane and hit me to what if I had a heart attack while I’m driving and there is no one in here with me to help me…and for some reason if I go out and drink with friends, I feel good that night once I drink a little, but then the next day, the feelings i have are worse than ever than if I didn’t drink that day before..I used to really think that I had a brain tumor or something and was really going crazy, but I’m still in college and can do my homework and get it right, i’m not dumb or nothing now, i can still recall stuff and look at problems and figure them out, it’s just that I don’t ever feel right and even want to get up and do it..so other symptoms I have are that I just get kinda dazed, I’ll be talking or such and be fine (not fine like i used to be, but as fine as I have been here lately because I just deal with the way I feel)and then I’ll just kinda blur out for a few seconds and think that something really bad just happened like i had a stroke or something, and then just think about that and have to sit or lie down or something…also I’ll just start sweating or just feel bad all of a sudden, i can’t sleep at night hardly, some nights I’ll lay there and be almost to sleep when I just jerk up because I think that if I go to sleep I won’t wake back up…I have swore so many nights that if I went to sleep that it was going to be my last night alive and that I wouldn’t wake up, that is why i have finally decided that it may be anxiety and not something really serious like a tumor or heart attack, since it has been going on for two years and I am still alive..If anyone can PLEASE help me, I don’t want to have to be put on medication, I would rather do something natural that helps me, but it is just getting so bad lately that I don’t even want to get up in the mornings because I know I am going to feel like sh*t the whole day..I have been stressed alot lately, but as far a being depressed, I don’t think that I am because I have no reason to be, I have a great family that loves me, and awesome friends, but I just can’t explain the way I feel, and it seems that it is never going to get better…anyone that can give me advice please do..thanks soo much! also another symptom that i have been feeling lately since it has gotten worse is that my arms will go "to sleep", so to speak, if i just have them in a dif position for just a few minutes..I’ve had my legs go to sleep back when I felt "normal" if I set on it for a LONG time or something, but now it is just like every little wrong way I lay my arm or somethinng it get tingly or "go to sleep"…ANY advice would be great..Thanks

Tags: anxiety, brain tumor, feelings, heart attack, homework, sleep, stroke

i have anxiety to the highest extreme.
It affects everything in my life.
I feel tremendous pressures being around people.
I feel unaccepted when im around them
People tend to give me hard looks all the time
i have many complexes
i have many physical symptoms of anxiety
by the time school is over im completely sick
with low energy, where i need to sit down
relaxing with my mind on other things
it runs my life and makes me miserable
i dont know what to do nothing seems to help
i just can’t relax, its frustrating

In 2006 i went to the emergency room because i didnt know what i was experiencing. Which btw i also have panic attacks where your heart speeds up for an amount of time. I still didnt know at the time so they referred me to a heart specialist because i was having chest pains. When i got to know that it was anxiety i did go to a therapist for a year. I keep relapsing and im the worst at calming myself, nornally conversation with another person calms me, but its just really bad. Im having trouble dealing with it. Im trying to deal without meds because i dont want to be addicted and i dont like the side affects. School is terrible with it my blood pressure goes up when im in class, and i feel like im going to collapse while im walking to class. I get so sick of my mind and body ugh
I have aghoraphobia although i do go places but the only place im "comfortable" really is home. I dont feel like myself i want to do things but i just dont have the energy because my anxiety takes it all away. I need to find something fun to do so i can have a outlet. Im trying to keep my grades up but i can’t participate in discussions because i feel tremendous pressure when people are focused or not focused on me when im around others. I can’t ask questions in class either which is contributing to my math grade and my feelings keep me from telling the teacher about myself i dont want to make it a big deal, or have people pity me or feel sorry for me i just want to be happier with myself.

Tags: amount of time, blood pressure, btw, chest pains, emergency room, feelings, heart specialist, low energy, math grade, meds, mind and body, Panic Attacks, physical symptoms of anxiety, something fun, symptoms of anxiety, time school

It’s very hard for me to talk about this. I am in therapy but find it very difficult to talk to my therapist because of deep embarrassment. I was traumatized twice as a child by my mother. I used to sweep my feelings under the rug, even resorting to sexual releases, of the experience. Recently, I’ve been under stress, and about 10 years ago began to suffer with gripping panic attacks. I sought to treat the panic attacks separately. Instead of me getting full blown panic attacks, I started getting this constant state of feeling lightheaded, overwhelmed and depressed. Medications just don’t work for me.

The reason why I’m asking this question is because I had no idea why I was having all these physical sensations. I am seeking answers to possibly a supressed childhood trauma – because although I am very close with my mother, any reminder of this experience either leads me to feel slightly agitated, anxious or something cry. I’ve also sometimes had reminders of this and expressed it in a sexual manner (i.e. fantasies, etc).

I know I need help, so please don’t say "get professional help", I am in therapy. Has anyone gone through this and seen a therapist that helped them (what’s the best way to handle it?) or is anyone a therapist that can offer advice on how to cope with this.

When I just think about what happened, I get very dizzy and get shortness of breath. Please help if you can, and be sensitive

Tags: 10 years, asking this question, childhood trauma, embarrassment, fantasies, feelings, medications, Panic Attacks, physical sensations, reminder, reminders, sexual manner, shortness of breath, stress

Hello,

So for the past 2 months I’ve been having bizarre symptoms regarding my vision, and this all happened after I had a few panic attacks and started to have really bad anxiety.

My vision seems sort of… "grainy" is the best way to describe it I guess. It’s mostly when looking at white walls or black surfaces; they kind of seem to be shimmering. It’s really hard to describe but it looks weird.

I’ve also been having pretty bad derealization. When I go outside or around town everything looks just…weird, kind of like I’m in a dream. It also seems like my depth perception isn’t very good, and things just look slightly unreal.

I have been to a psychologist/psychiatrist and my psychiatrist says that he thinks my vision symptoms/derealization are caused by anxiety. I’ve been doing CBT and taking Fluoxetine(Prozac) and Ativan(only when I really need it, just a few times a month) and my symptoms are slowly slowwwwwly getting better, but not all the way yet.

I’m just trying to reassure myself that it is just anxiety and not something horrible (other doctors have said my eyes and general health are fine). Has anyone else with anxiety ever had vision problems or feelings like everything looks unreal??

Thanks a lot guys.
I have taken Prozac before (for depression) and did NOT have visual side effects. The visual symptoms all started after I had 3 panic attacks and after I started to get really bad anxiety.

And I don’t have very much stress in my life; the only thing that is stressing me out are these visual symptoms and derealization!

Tags: anxiety, ativan, bizarre symptoms, depression, depth perception, derealization, doctors, feelings, fluoxetine, general health, Panic Attacks, prozac, psychologist psychiatrist, stress, surfaces, vision problems, visual side effects, weird kind, white walls

I am 16 years old. I have been having anxiety attacks for the past couple of months.?
I have never had any mental health issues in my life before these last couple of months. Ive never been to a therapist or any other mental health doctor because i was perfectly okay. I have been feeling guilty and scared. I have weird fears and I keep thinking about them through out the whole day, and i try to keep myself from thinking about them which is exhausting. I cant sleep due to my anxiety attacks. I dont know what is happening. I am scared I might be going insane or something. Please help. One of my fears was that I might still have feelings for a boy I used to talk to while being with my current boyfriend. I felt guilty about having thoughts about the boy I used to talk to, and it would scare me all day. My boyfriend tells me to go see a doctor, but i am too embarassed and ashamed. I have looked up my symptoms, and I think what this is might be OCD. Please help. I am really scared and so tired of this.
nothing dramatic happened in my life to have triggered this. just fear of losing my current boyfriend. my father thinks i am a crazy person for wanting to see a therapist, he will take me, but i am ashamed because he is making it seem like its not something "normal" people do. thats why i am ashamed. im also afraid a doctor wont help.
i am scared to go on medication, my father says it will mess me up and change me. my mother is schizophrenic, and ive seen what medication has done for her. i dont understand. i was perfectly okay a couple months ago. how could this have started out of no where?

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, crazy person, current boyfriend, fear, fears, feelings, medication, mental health issues, sleep

I assume these symptoms are related to stress but i have no idea
they include; uncontrollable thoughts, mood swings, racing heartbeat out of no where, shaking hands, tingling hands and arms, headaches, feelings of doom, depression, stomach aches, anger, tension in back and neck and insomnia. Nothing seems to help ive taken valium for anxiety but that doesnt help, ive tried hot baths to relax ive tried deep breathing nothing seems to help and these anxiety attacks seem to make my stress worse i seriously had two in one day in a three hour period yesterday and its scaring me i feel like something is seriously wrong. does anyone know what this sounds like or what i can do?

Tags: anger, Anxiety Attacks, baths, deep breathing, depression, doom, feelings, headaches, heartbeat, insomnia, mood swings, shaking hands, stomach, tension, tingling hands, uncontrollable thoughts, valium

I can’t even type right now. I’m having a bad anxiety attack or a stroke, I’m not sure which one. I’ve had depersonalization disorder for months now..atleast that’s what i think it is, everything seems to match up. I feel out of it all the time, I don’t feel like myself, I feel like I’m detatched from everything and everybody..my family, my friends, my home, my mind. I’m so scared..this feeling has manifested itself into a disabling feeling. I feel nothing. I feel no emotions, i’m blank. I feel dead. I have no thoughts or feelings. My head is empty.

The last couple of weeks have been horrific..i feel like i can’t speak. Even though i am, and my family says everything I’m saying is coming out perfectly clear and i’m making sense, i don’t feel like i am. I feel like i don’t know how to physically talk, everything that comes out of my mouth i’m not connected to at all.

I’ve been going to therapy for a month now..it hasn’t helped. Everyday i feel worse and worse. I don’t want to take meds. All i keep thinking is that i have a brain tumor. Do you think it gives you these symptoms? I don’t get headaches or anything like that all. I have bronchitis right now and a bad head cold.

I was sitting at the computer this morning and suddenly i feel so disoriented, like i don’t know whats going on. I went out this morning but it feels like i didnt, like it wasnt me. Its like my memory is shot. I’m sitting here, I feel like i’m going to die..when i look around my home, it feels like i don’t know where i am. I feel cold, I’m freaking out…

I can’t go to the hospital, i dont have a car, and i dont have money to pay for it if its just anxieties. i have a doctors appointment in a week to get a blood test and have a physical. someone please tell me uve been through this : ( im so scared right now. i feel like i dont know whats going on..

Tags: anxieties, anxiety attack, appointment, blood test, brain tumor, bronchitis, depersonalization disorder, doctors, emotions, feelings, head cold, headaches, memory, money, stroke

hello i think im having anxiety attacks and or panic attacks idk know what to do but its scary and i dont like it. it all started when my aunt died in march and then i got sick of some sort and never felt the same since thn i also am the type of person to bottle up my feelings anger and emotions.my symptoms are a detachted and unreal feeling almost all the time a slightly fast heart beat and i feel like even when i sitting down i have this burst of energy and it makes me jumpy to were i could go run a mile and when my heart beats fast i think im having a heart attack or im just gonna sudendly drop dead but this really makes me feel weird.and i cant even go have fun because when something comes up and im lik ohhh sweet im going to go do something i love doing all those things start happing to me and i just like nevermind i dont wanna go i more less get drained of all energy.but im 18 years old i have a six month old daughter and i cant even go get a job because of this even though i want to real bad its like theres 2 of me.ohh and i feels like i get shorted of breath to.but hey now i kinda relize why i think im gonna die if this happend to you guys you would think it to but what should i do take the xannax the doc gave me a nd see a therapist but if i do do these things will it go away so i can have my normal lif back plz

Tags: 18 years, anger, Anxiety Attacks, burst, emotions, feelings, happend, having a heart attack, heart attack, heart beat, job, Panic Attacks, xannax

I’ve been a little stressed and worried the last few days. Can stress and anxiety cause nausea? I haven’t actually vomited, but I sometimes get minor nausea feelings.

Tags: cause nausea, feelings, few days, Stress And Anxiety

for your distressing symptoms?

i have bad persecutory paranoia, where i dont trust alot of people, i think people are out to get me, are ostracizing me, want to ruin my life, prevent me from accomplishing my goals, im being talked about…..people know who iam..

i have racing, obsessive thoughts each day, where i cant hold a train of thought, i keep forgetting…100 thoughts, anxieties, insecurities, racing round my mind all at once…cant concentrate or organize anything.

i have high levels of panic and anxiety which has prevented me going out anywhere…i dont feel safe outside, feel ill be attacked or something will happen to me…i have panic attacks, where i cant catch my breath…im startled by loud noises..i only go out when i have to.
i have flashbacks to traumatic times, bullying times, when i was victimised and attacked.
i have rage and anger feelings constantly still, years ago i used to have rage outbursts regularly, but now i contol it, but get the feelings alot
i have disocociation when outside, when im in panic
and anxiety mode…i sort of just zone out..

these symptoms are very dibilitating and are impairing
my ability to go out, live my life or function…
i cant even leave my apartment now, unless i gots to.

my psychiatrist has organised some ”psychotherapy”
and an occupational therapist..
but he wont perscribe meds because he said their
addictive…..plus i heard the proper treatment
i should be getting is DBT dialectal behavioural
therapy.
so i feel as though im missing out and not getting the right
help, treatment or support.
can anyone give ‘ clear ‘ advise on what i should do?
i feel i exibit symptoms of PTSD , anxiety disorder, depression…..although ive not been diagnosed with these things.
just the BPD
ive suffered like this since 16…..im 30 now
i just want to get well and recover, accomplish a happy life.
this is why im so frustrated

Tags: anger, anxieties, Anxiety Disorder, bpd, depression, distressing symptoms, feelings, flashbacks, happy life, loud noises, obsessive thoughts, occupational therapist, panic and anxiety, Panic Attacks, paranoia, psychiatrist, psychotherapy, rage outbursts, train of thought, traumatic times

I have had depression and anxiety but I’v been having weird symptoms like a heavy head, drowzy and dizzy feelings, could this all be because of depression and anxiety? can the mind create imaginary symptoms? thanks

Tags: anxiety, depression, drowzy, feelings, heavy head

i get lots of these symptoms, I was wondering if even anxiety without panic attacks can cause some symptoms…Like jelly legs, headaches…Unreal feelings…and do you know why the body respons in that way? Thanks these are the symptoms: http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-symptoms.shtml

Tags: Anxiety Symptoms, feelings, headaches, jelly legs, Panic Attacks, respons

I have done vigorous workouts for years. Just recently, I was diagnosed with Anxiety disorder — after visiting the ER with a whole lot of scary feelings/symptoms.
Since that time, I have had issues with feeling like I can’t catch my breath and/or light headedness during certain workouts that are fairly intense. …But although these are tough workouts, they wouldn’t have bothered me like this before.
I welcome any input.

Tags: Anxiety Disorder, feelings, vigorous workouts, whole lot

So recently I’ve been suffering with anxiety attacks, with the following symptoms:

- trouble breathing
- feel detached, like i’m not real.
- shaking
- fear of going insane
- nausea
- extreme fatigue
- loss of feelings/emotions
- easily irritated

I’m unsure what to do about it, it’s happened twice now. Should I talk to a doctor about it.. I’d feel kind of stupid and weird about talking about it. Any idea what I should do, is there some natural way of calming me down and getting me back to myself again when I have an attack?

Thanks.

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, emotions, extreme fatigue, fear, feelings, trouble breathing

I have been on benzos (ativan and klonopin before that) for acute anxiety disorder, and though I have figured out how to stop the mental panic, I am still getting physical symptoms (chest pain, "butterflies" ) and I am in summer grad school, so I usually do not have time for the fogginess of benzos.

I have avoided taking this due to the necessity to study, but today has been almost an entire "out of body experience". I feel disconnected and well, weird. I have checked my BP all day, and it is in the 130/80 range (it is usually in the 115/70 range). Is this what is causing my feelings?

I have known people with BPs in the 200s, and they don’t feel this way. Is it the change from normal? What is going on?!?

Has this proven to be an effective means to address acute anxiety?

Tags: acute anxiety disorder, ativan, benzos, body experience, bp, bps, butterflies, chest pain, feelings, grad school, klonopin