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March 10th, 2010 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Panic Attacks

I am 16 years old and i just started birth control for the first time.

in the past, i suffered from panic attacks and anxiety. i didn’t have a panic attack disorder or anything, but i would constantly get them because i would over think about getting them,

and thats when they would start up.
i used to do ecstacy a lot, and when i stopped cold turkey i got withdraws and that’s where my panic attacks even began in the first place.
i stay away from that drug, and haven’t done it in a number of months now,

they went away and i had no problems. sometimes, even would i would over think about having another panic attack.

i have been taking birth control for seven days so far,
and the first two days were good, i had no pains, no change in my mood or body.

lately, i have been getting shortness of breath,
a few episodes of panic attacks here and there
i can’t sleep at night because i have shortness of breath
and i over think about what’s happening to me

i have bad aches in my eyes,
shoulders,
neck,
back,
head(sometimes)
numbness in my legs, and hands
cold sweats
real bad side pains in my left rib cage- i feel the ache of it when i cough or sit down or move a certain way
random little jerks through my body
random aches in my legs out of nowhere

and i’m sure a few more sypmtoms that i can’t remember right now,
but those are the mains ones i suffer with daily.

and i don’t know if i’m getting all this from over thinking,
because i tend to over think especailly after expiercings panic attacks,
or if birth control is just not for me.
what should i do?

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February 26th, 2010 by admin | 8 Comments | Filed in Panic Disorders

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.

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February 16th, 2010 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Panic Disorders

when i have a panic attack this is what happens, always in this specific order:
well first, it always seems to happen when i am driving, i guess i feel like i have the least amount of control due to the people around me, especially when there is a lot of traffic i guess…
1. i get this throbbing, tight feeling above my knees
2. my legs will get a pins and needles sensation, plus foot cramps
3. after that, my hands tingle, then kind of go numb and lock into a fist, and this is all very difficult to deal with be cause i have a stick-shift car and it’s a scary sensation
4. the derealization sets in. (basically when you are detached from your own mind and it feels like you are watching a movie of what is going on around you). it is a very odd feeling, hard to explain… kind of feels like you are going nuts
5. i will feel like i am not getting enough air. i can breathe but i need to keep taking deep full inhales and exhales
6. i can’t tell if my heart is beating fast but it feels like someone is pressing on my chest and throat
7. my facial muscles seem to quiver or twich slightly, which is really freaky
8. the worst part is the slurred speech, the first time i ever experienced this i thought i was having a stroke
the best thing i can do is pull over and chug water until i calm down, which sometimes takes a while
note: i am only 22 years old, i take 10mgs of adderall twice a day for my adhd, this panic attack all seems to happen after a night of hardly any sleep, it’s really only when i’m alone, and it always is when i’m driving my car. i think it is brought about by feeling like i am losing control of the situation and feeling uncomfortable with my surroundings, but i couldn’t pin-point it exactly
does anyone ever have things like this happen? what should i do?? it’s been so intense a few times i almost drove to the ER

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February 6th, 2010 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

I had a laproscopy surgery (they found endometriosis) yesterday morning and was given an intravenous general anesthesia. As I came out of it though, I had an anxiety attack. I don’t know what caused it as it was how I woke up and I am wondering if this is a normal reaction. Also I have asthma and have had occasionally wheezing since I have been home. As far as I know I had no tubes down my throat, only the face mask on.

There was another thing as well, this morning I got up and went to the bathroom and changed my dressings without assistance. My legs were a little shaky but I held fast to the wall and was very cautious. All of a sudden I got a wave of nausea, and then a bad case of cold sweats; something I’ve never had before. The cold sweats then morphed into this super-hot feeling like somebody was heating my blood and then I got a hissing, static-like sound. Think of that black and white channel and the static from that. I managed to sit myself on the bathroom floor before I took the header I knew was coming and waited a couple minutes until my brother came inside and rushed and got dad. He ended up carrying me back to my bed where I remained for the better half of today. Does anybody know what could of caused that or what it may have been? I wasn’t moving around much at all. Thank you.

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January 29th, 2010 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Panic Attacks

I’m an 18 years old female.
For the past month, i’ve been getting panic attacks.

Symptoms.
dizzy
lightheaded
vomiting
heart beats racing (VERY FAST)
numbness in the hands and sometimes legs
shortness of breath
fear
nausea
chills… and then it gets really hot at the same time

That happened for two weeks straight.
for the last two weeks none of that stuff happened, and i felt extremely normal.
Today i was walking out of the class and all of the sudden i felt like i am going to faint. i felt dizzy through out the day. Just about half an hour i felt dizzer and very light headed more than I’ve ever been. it did not feel like a panic attack because my heart beat was not racing. i got the chills. and now i feel as if the room is burning. i just vomited about 5 minutes ago. What is this? i also still feel very dizzy… and just now it feels cold.
No 100% sure not pregnant

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January 22nd, 2010 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Relief

My arms are numb so are my hands and my hands are stiffening up,
My face and legs are going numb to

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January 18th, 2010 by admin | 3 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

I have been diagnosed with panic disorder about two weeks ago before i was diagnosed I had been up under a great deal of stress for about two weeks straight. Then I noticed one day that my muscles were twiching more than usually then that same night my muscles twiched in my chest and scared me. I thought my heart was doing somthing weird so this caused me to have a panic attack. For the rest of the night I felt really weak and had a head ache. Then next day I woke up feeling really weak and tired and I had chest pains. The next day I went to the doctor and told him how i was feeling and what happened and he put me on Effexor. For the past two months I had had tremors mostly in the legs, Chest pain in different parts of the chest, twiching muscles all over the body, Feeling real jittery at times, Feeling dizzy or light-headed from time to time throughtout the day, I have had this pressuer on the leftside of my head for 2 weeks, headaches, neck aches, heart speeds up 57-64bpm to 77-86
well I am not on effexor any more I been off it for over two weeks now I am on the generic brand of zoloft (Serlaline) because My family doctor up my dosage to 150mg form 75mg and I was almost sleep 2 nights after wards and rolled over and felt my heart racing with no symtoms of a panic attack so I went to the ER room and they did an EKG and said to find nothing wrong with my heart at the time but when i first got there my pulse was like 111 then after being there a while the nurse check it and she said that it was down to 81 and she asked me did it still seem to be beating fast and i said yes because usually at rest My puse ranges form 53bpm to 63bpm So I am really scared right now I am a 21 year old male in college was an athelete until all this came about. At times i wonder is there somthing wrong with my nevous system cause by stress. I wish I wouldn’t never started taking any kind of Anti-depressants.
I also sweat real easily esp. at night during sleep My legs sweat more than anything else. Then I also get cold real easy. I have always been a hot natured person every since i was a little kid. I havent really had any test done on my heart or any besides an EKG and a BLood test. The frequent coming a going chest pain that come and go really scare me at times. I has feel as if I have the little episodes of being short of breath when i am not doing nothing I also be trying to fall asleep and at time i will either jump or awake with a snort or gasp for a breath

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January 12th, 2010 by admin | 9 Comments | Filed in Panic Disorders

How does the ER know which is which? Are they supposed to run certain tests or something?

Convinced I would either faint or die, I made it to the ER with my symptoms; tingling right arm, sick to my stomach, couldn’t breathe, heart racing so much you could SEE it through my shirt, dizzy, disoriented, weak legs, could barely walk or talk. I stopped and sat on the floor while waiting for an attendant.

My usual 120/70 blood pressure was measured at 159/90.

No tests were taken.

I was sent home with a diagnosis of panic attack and some "mellow you out" pills.

Does that sound like the proper methods and treatment?

If so then cool; I just thought they were supposed to run tests or something, not telepathically diagnose you. I mean, what’s all that equipment for? Isn’t this supposed to be a science, not a "fortune telling" session? Just because I don’t normally have high blood pressure doesn’t mean I don’t have plaque or something else going on. And the best time to catch something is during the occurrence, right?

Just wondering.

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January 12th, 2010 by admin | 4 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

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

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January 11th, 2010 by admin | 3 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

So I have bronchitis and I was planning on going to the doctor.
and ive been on break from school for the past 2 weeks. and since then ive had nothing to do except sit at home and lay here and think all these negative thoughts

I used to be active (i was on the swim team for the entire season :D )
and now i havent swam in over a month

I had my first panic attack when nobody was home, and i was FREAKING OUT AND LOSING CONTROL.
and i keep reading and reading and reading, and im seeing a therapist soon
bottom line, i think all this has given me depression and GAD panic attack stuff.
im panicky all day long until i go to sleep (and its hard for me to fall asleep because im basically worrying myself sick)

can these worries lead to something more?
because I have wierd feelings in my left arm that are EXTREMELY exaggerated when im nervous.
my left arm also feels heavy (if i think about it)
now bear with me, i know this sounds crazy
because i believe im going crazy when this happens.
i try to stand and feel all jello-like in my legs and i have to sit down.

sometimes im scared to go in the shower because i had an attack in the shower.
(every place i have anxious feelings about i want to avoid)
this is the most scary thing

i have school on january 5, and when i went to the doctors office i wanted everyone to leave,or me to leave, or just to escape the room. then i went and saw the doctor ad i was very nervous……….>.< AHHH! i just want to SCREAM.
(which i have done ;D )

but…my sister is in a treatment facility and she has been for the past year or so, and all the stress form that has been eating away at me. (maybe thats a big thing)

but are these physical symptoms something more?
because they seem to go away when I dont think about it….i think…..GAHH I DONT KNOW

for the past month i keep imagining myself in an asylum screaming and crying that nobody can help me.
and mom and dad are like "why….why did this have to happen….etc." and my SISTER is already away for massive problems with mentality, and i dont want to be insane.

AM I INSANE?!

(sorry this is so long…..and bless you if you read it all xD)
but i feel crazy rambling, but im trying to explain just how scary this is.

SO! when i went to the store yesterday, i felt trapped and scared
and if im like, going to school, how the HELL am i supposed to feel being away from home, etc.
but i AM going to go.
I HAVE TO.

therapy can help?

please.
any body out there as scared and confused as I am?
i mean…I want my life back
im only 15…..

>.> my heart goes out to anyone who feels this way
and will these feelings pass?
by the way, my sister and i are adopted from different families in Russia, and we dont know anything about our heredity.
were in america now.

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December 31st, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

I noticed lately I’ve been shaking and twitching uncontrollably (my legs mostly), within the past few days. I’ve been diagnosed before as having a panic disorder (and prescribed to Lexapro though I haven’t taken it) so is this just another symptom associated with anxiety? I often confuse my symptoms and blow them up into something much bigger and this causes me to get even more anxious and nervous. How do I determine when or whether or not my anxiety is bothering me? How do I counteract it? What are symptoms of anxiety I should look for?

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December 24th, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

I have extreme anxiety and very bad allergies and asthma. So The symptoms are not that hard for me to get. I have been taking the doxycycline for 4 days now and I get chest tightness at times, itching of eyes, fingers, legs, head.. I guess what I am saying is is this mostly in my head… wouldnt I have went into shock by now If I have been getting these symptoms for the past few days instead of it coming and going?

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December 15th, 2009 by admin | 4 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

Ok, last Monday I went to the ER because I had dizzyness, a rapid heartbeat, and chest tightness. I have had a history of panic attacks but I had also been stuffy and just not feeling good. The doctors did all kinds of tests, and they said my bloodwork tested positive for blood clots, but that there are a lot of false-positives with that test. They did a CT scan of my chest and my legs and said all of my tests came back looking great! So…fast forward a week later. I am STILL thinking that I have blood clots. I never thought about blood clots until I got that "false-positive" test, and now that is all I think about, which is making my anxiety worse! Is it possible I still could have a blood clot? I am overweight and I have a desk job, so I have a pretty sedentary lifestyle, but I do try to get up and walk around the office every few hours or so. Should I still be worried about clots, or is it just my anxiety? Should I go back to the doctor’s and demand more testing? Please help!!
I don’t have another doctor’s appointment until July 29th, but I am afraid to wait that long! What should I do?

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December 3rd, 2009 by admin | 3 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

Besides the obvious ones?

I have been in a very stressful situation dealing with hypochondria and havin anxiety attacks(I was on medicine for it for a while,but i’m out now)

Every once in a while..my hands will get tingly..or my foot for no apparent reason. At my apartment it is up and down stairs and every time i walk down them my legs feel like they are going to collapse. Sometimes when I stand up,I will get extremely lightheaded,and sometimes when i am just sitting down.

What is wrong with me?

Is this anxiety or what?
A few weeks ago when I was really depressed,I was holding a piece of paper reading something to someone and my hand would not quit shaking.

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November 24th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

I have taken Paxil for four years now after having an aweful panic attack at the age of 21. It has worked wonders for me. I went down to 10 mg back in August and it seems anxiety kinda comes and goes now. But the last two weeks it seems as if the anxiety has constantly stayed with me. Numbness and tingling in my legs and arms, worrying thoughts, chest tightness, headache, stomach ache. Is it possible to get my doctor to up my dosage back to 20 mg and see if that works better again? Any other suggestions? I do know to help the thoughts you have to replace them with positive thoughts which is hard. Please help?

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November 20th, 2009 by admin | 7 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

hi im 16 years old and ive been having what i believe are panic or anxiety attacks for about the past two weeks my symptoms are i feel dizzy and it gets hard for me to breath i get shaky my palms sweat and my legs get kind of cold sweats sometimes i get headaches and i start getting bad thoughts and i have a fear of death and i get really TERRIFIED i am going to the doctor on monday 12-24-07and today is 12-17-07 what can i do in the meantime to calm myself when i or make my attack go away when i have one i have school tomarrow and i get them at school to what can i do to calm myself? but my most problem is i cant breath thats the worst part of it but i dont have any lung problems cause the doctors took x-rays of my lungs got a blood sample and i dont have neumonia or any lung infections i mostly get attacks when im in i big place with alot of people i went to the mall yesterday and it was packed and i got really bad i feelt like i was gonna stop breathing and pass please help me!

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November 20th, 2009 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

Ok, last Monday I went to the ER because I had dizzyness, a rapid heartbeat, and chest tightness. I have had a history of panic attacks but I had also been stuffy and just not feeling good. The doctors did all kinds of tests, and they said my bloodwork tested positive for blood clots, but that there are a lot of false-positives with that test. They did a CT scan of my chest and my legs and said all of my tests came back looking great! So…fast forward a week later. I am STILL thinking that I have blood clots. I never thought about blood clots until I got that "false-positive" test, and now that is all I think about, which is making my anxiety worse! Is it possible I still could have a blood clot? I am overweight and I have a desk job, so I have a pretty sedentary lifestyle, but I do try to get up and walk around the office every few hours or so. Should I still be worried about clots, or is it just part of my anxiety disorder? Should I go back to the doctor and demand other tests?
I don’t have another doctor’s appointment until July 29th! I really don’t want to wait that long!! I am scared and worried every single day!! What can I do NOW?

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November 13th, 2009 by admin | 21 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

Having a lot of physical & mental problems since last October. I’m being treated for GERD but my mental state started going down around the same time as my gerd symptoms showed up so one may have caused the other. I’m a single mother with two small children and I live in a city with no family or friends. I started having anxiety attacks at night with hands/legs shaking and an overwhelming sense of fear that my body is going to give out and I’m going to die. These attacks happen like once a month but these waves of fear that something is going to happen a lot. In my day to day I try to forget about my worries at work but when I’m with the kids or even by myself I sometimes feel like my life is not a real life. It’s hard to explain but I don’t know how to be happy with my life and raising my kids alone.

As a kid I remember having waves of fear sometimes and not being able to fall asleep even when nothing was really on my mind. Could I have always had a problem and not known it?
I returned from a plane trip last night and I freaked out on the plane. I wasn’t always nervous about flying but now I am. I sat down on the plane and I overheard the woman next to me saying on the phone to say a prayer for us since it was snowing where we were. I jumped up and told the flight attendant I wanted to get off. I was trembling and crying and she ended up taking 5 minutes to convince me that the plane was safe. For the rest of the flight, I had to pre-occupy myself by doing a crossword puzzle and not think about the fear. I’m worried this fear will get worse and worse with time and I’m too embarrased to talk about it with family or friends.

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October 27th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

i’ve had anxiety for a long time now, more than bad enough to cause panic attacks. also my dad has them alot. but when my anxiety has gotten bad, i would experience muscle spasms in my head, neck, jaw, and legs and also immflamation in certain places, both of which slowed down my thinking process and caused me to be unable to feel anxious feelings.
lately i’ve been taken clonazepam for these spasms, which stopped anxiety and the spasms (which i think are some form of myoclonus). but, now when my anxiety gets bad i don’t have the muscle spasms and immflamtion as much, and i’ve been having panic attacks. is it possible that these physical symptoms have been my body’s defense mechanism against panic attacks?
you didn’t read my question carefully :/ second answer.

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October 19th, 2009 by admin | 3 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Attacks

This afternoon in my college class, I’m simply working on my project & listening to music, when I suddenly feel I can’t breathe as deeply. My chest gets tight. I start to feel terribly faint & get tunnel vision, convinced I’ll pass out. The more I tried to focus on my breathing, the worse it got.
Felt very warm, couldn’t feel my legs from the calves down, and my fingers felt lifeless. Hard to speak to my classmate about what was going on.
I then take a walk around for a while, go have a cigarette, and feel well enough to continue working.

Since this afternoon, I’ve felt detached, tired [yet sleepless], and have been emotionally drained. My chest also still feels tight. If I think about the incident and wonder if it’ll happen again enough, I will start to feel faint again.

– could this be an anxiety attack?
– if so, how? nothing immediate triggered it at all.
– what else could this be? anything dangerous?

I have no allergies, asthma, or history of panic/anxiety attacks.
I’m currently on 20mg daily for Prozac.
I have been having sleeping troubles for the past two weeks.
I’m 18, don’t drink often at all, don’t abuse drugs, and’ve only smoked a half a pack of cigs a day for 2 years.

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October 4th, 2009 by admin | 3 Comments | Filed in Panic Attacks

I have almost no strength in my arm or hands, and I feel like a need to be supported by something (i.e.; leaning).

I also have a pain somewhere in my back, and I feel very much "off in the distance". I feel like I’m going to drop any second, but I know that I won’t.

It started this evening when I was walking down a dark road to the store. All of a sudden, right in front of me was a huge deer, with red glowing eyes. I got scared. I guess I might have thought it might charge at me. I don’t know. My mind was in a fog. All of a sudden, I began hyperventilating and I couldn’t stop. Then I began shaking and just trembling. Soon after, I was inside the store, and I lost almost all of my upper body strength. I had to lean my upper body on the handle
of the cart for support, and just use my legs to move myself about. I also noticed when I went to pick up a box of disposable plastic food containers, that my hands weren’t opening, and I couldn’t move them, so I used my wrists to pick up the light weight box. When I got home, some of it subsided, but I still feel very distant, and I’m having to type in a strange way because of lack of strength.

I’ve had panic attacks before, many times. However, I normally only get a tight, clamping feeling in my chest and I hyperventilate.

Do these sound like panic symptoms to you?
If not, do you have any idea as to what’s going on?
I feel like there’s something wrong with me.

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September 21st, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

1. jumpy feeling in my legs
2. scared of death
3. some head pains
4. funny feeling in my head or eyes
thanks for ur help
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i also wear glasses
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August 29th, 2009 by admin | 4 Comments | Filed in Panic Attacks

I have GAD and currently in the process of changing my meds. and have been having panic attacks everyday. im just wondering if these symptoms are normal for panic or if there something else. I get heaviness that radiates from my face, to my shoulders to my legs. it feels like these body parts get so heavy, and ive never expierenced that before. i dont want to call the doctor just yet, because im such a hypochondriac. so pleas anyone who has had these symptoms, or if you think its something worth going and getting checked out. thanks

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August 27th, 2009 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

I do know I have had anxiety and been on paxil for 4 years. I recently went down in dosage to 10 mg back in August I believe it was. Anyways the last week or so I have been having leg and foot pain. Could my anxiety be causing this? Its affecting my sleeping at night. Just my legs and stuff feel weak. Any help please?

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August 16th, 2009 by admin | 5 Comments | Filed in Anxiety Symptoms

I keep getting numb in my legs and feeling sick. I also keep dwelling on past events for no reason, been happening every day now. Also I can only sleep for about 7 hours and no more. I never used to be like that, i could sleep in afternoons too.

Does that mean I have anxiety. I don’t really want to take pills though.

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