When I get these infections, I dont have the normal symptoms. The only way I know I have one, is urgency and i get anxiety. I get the lump in my throat, can’t breathe feeling.. I already have a diagnosis of Panic Disorder, but am medicated for that. Just wondering if anyone has heard of this before. (My friend is a nurse and says her elderly patients experience this – UTI and Panic) but I’m 29. Just wondering what is up with that?

Tags: anxiety, diagnosis, elderly patients, lump in my throat, nurse, panic disorder, urgency, uti

A few days after my cesarean, I experienced an anxiety attack, but didn’t know it at the time; I started trembling and hyperventilating. The nurse came in and gave me oxygen, and after about 10 minutes of everyone freaking out, I calmed down.

I am now one year post partum, and have become progressively more of a homebody…..I only go out of the house once every 2 weeks. I went to the store with my husband last night, and wasn’t nervous…in fact it was nice to be out, but by the end of our shopping, I was distracted and irritable, and happy to be back home.

I was fired from my job because I had pneumonia due to collapsed lungs after my cesarean, and I didn’t have any more time off available. I can’t even imagine going out job-hunting.

Have any other moms gone through this? Did you seek professional help? Are you better now? What did doctors tell you? What experiences have you had with these symptoms?

(I have not seen anyone yet, and feel that I will slowly improve)
I suppose I should mention that I was taking zoloft and stopped 6 weeks before getting pregnant. I found that I actually felt BETTER without the depression medication.
Another reason I feel that I might get better is because I found that I was hypothyroid and that can cause some problems with depression. I have been on that for about 5 months.

Tags: 5 months, anxiety attack, cesarean, collapsed lungs, depression medication, doctors, experiences, few days, homebody, hyperventilating, job hunting, medication, moms, nurse, oxygen, pneumonia, post partum, shopping, time off, zoloft

As of recent I have been suffering from what I think are panic attacks. They seem to fit the criteria for what panic attack is (increased breathing rate, faster heart beat, choking sensation, tons of anxiety, looking like I’m about to faint/that I’m sick) but they tend it last quite a long time. They can be anywhere from 5 minutes to the longest one which was nearly 3 hours of pretty constant symptoms which eventually landed me in the nurse.

I guess the first time I was aware of myself having panic attacks was this february when in class I was suffering extreme anxiety and the various other symptoms untill I eventually started sobbing and then collapsed right in the middle of class.

They are always triggered in social situations like in the class rom or when I need to approach someone.

With deep breathing I generally can keep them under control, but all the anxiety I feel is just hell.
I’d like to add some more details

I’m an 18 year old senior with solid grades. I really have no close friends and suffer from this anxiety with pretty much everyone, no exception.

I can handle just being in a group usually, but that is when I don’t have to actaully confront anyone or anything.

I have been on Zoloft for 2 week nows to treat my depression and anxiety, but it really hasn’t done anything yet (I know it may take longer). As of Decemeber I just feel that all of my problems have been getting worse (the ammount of anxiety experienced, depression) even though I have been getting help.
My doctor mentioned anxiety reducing medecine that is not addictive, but they said they wanted to see if the zoloft alone would make a difference once they increase the dosage one more time and give it some time.
me and my counselor have tried the visualization technique, it really doesn’t help me.
The zoloft is for depression and as an SSRI can help reduce anxiety in some cases (or that is what I have been told).

Then yes there are lots of other things bothering me. I have extremly low self esteem, poor self image, lack of social skills, lots of stress and well me and my counsolor haven’t been able to really get very far in resolving anything. I don’t know what is the source of the problem, when I originally went to seek help I thought I have social anxiety disorder, but she doesn’t think so and says that it is the depression that is the cause for most of the problems, but I don’t really know the source for the depression.
to make it clear the zoloft is for my depression

Tags: ammount, breathing rate, close friends, counselor, deep breathing, depression, extreme anxiety, heart beat, long time, low self esteem, medecine, nows, nurse, panic attack, Panic Attacks, sensation, social situations, ssri, visualization technique, zoloft

I love my new baby, but for some reason i have been having a few anxiety attacks the last few days… There not that bad, but I really dont want to go down this road again!! im freaking something is gonna happen to me… I had a great labor expierence, and a wonderful birth, no complications, but im scared ill get a blood clot and die…. My nurse told me that rarely ever happens with a vaginal birth, you have more of a chance with a c-section. She told me I really have nothing to worry about… anyone have a blood clot after birth and did you know?? would I know, because im aware of the symptoms… I just need some reassurance to ease my anxiety!

Tags: anxiety, blood clot, c section, few days, new baby, nurse, reassurance, vaginal birth

I love my new baby, but for some reason i have been having a few anxiety attacks the last few days… There not that bad, but I really dont want to go down this road again!! im freaking something is gonna happen to me… I had a great labor expierence, and a wonderful birth, no complications, but im scared ill get a blood clot and die…. My nurse told me that rarely ever happens with a vaginal birth, you have more of a chance with a c-section. She told me I really have nothing to worry about… anyone have a blood clot after birth and did you know?? would I know, because im aware of the symptoms… I just need some reassurance to ease my anxiety!

Tags: anxiety, blood clot, c section, few days, new baby, nurse, reassurance, vaginal birth

have social anxiety disorder..hasn’t been diagnosed but ive been anxious enough in social situations to know I have this. It has gotten worse throughout the years to the point where I am nervous around my best friend who I used to tell everything to, and sometimes even around my parents. My mouth gets numb to the point where I can’t talk or smile, and my heart races. Will celexa help/reduce these physical symptoms of anxiety. I am asking this because I am studying to be a nurse. I want to help people and I have the grades I just don’t know how I can deal with people when I have this social anxiety?

Please don’t give me answers like try therapy (I have doesn’t work)…and don’t tell me stuff like its bad because it can lead to increase risk of suicide..thats only for people who are depressed and already on the verge of committing suicide..i am not depressed..i am a happy person just socially anxious

Tags: best friend, celexa, committing suicide, heart races, nurse, parents, physical symptoms of anxiety, risk, social anxiety disorder, social situations, symptoms of anxiety, verge

think I have anxiety (I haven’t been diagnosed yet, but I match all symptoms and scored a 34 on an 38 point anxiety test) and I’ve had many (including my first) anxiety attacks in the last year.
I also notice my heart occusionally skips a beat when I’ve been active.
Two days ago I was in a class and my heart started skipping beats. I thought nothing of it at first, but then it just continued until I was having 5-7 skips per minute. I checked my pulse even when I had these sensations, and let me tell you, it scared me to death. I went to the nurse after 20 minutes of waiting for a lecture to end and she said it might have been something to do with the sinuses. I don’t think that could be it, though because she said it was a one-time-occuring thing. The nurse was then stumped when I told her I doubted her guess was right. I haven’t been to a doctor yet, but plan to go soon.
Should I be worried? Or is it nothing serious? Was it another form of an anxiety attack?

Tags: anxiety attack, Anxiety Attacks, anxiety test, beats, guess, heart, nurse, sensations, sinuses

My 23 year old daughter is the youngest of three children. She is a lovely girl who graduated from a fine University one year ago. She took a job right after graduation with a large retail company and was hired into a management training program. Within a few months she started to suffer from anxiety attacks and her health started to fail. She developed all kinds of somatic complaints including some physical problems like severe acne which she had never had before. All physical exams and blood work came up negative. She would not take antidepressants but tried exercise and yoga. She quit the job and things improved but now I notice she is starting to suffer from anxiety and hypochondria again. She calls me on the phone every few days telling me she is sure she has skin cancer or lymphoma. Because I am a nurse I know her symptoms are not related. In the past we determined that 24 hours after any alcohol she would go through these fragile times. Any ideas or similar experiences?

Tags: acne, alcohol, antidepressants, Anxiety Attacks, blood work, exercise, experiences, few days, fragile times, graduation, job, lovely girl, lymphoma, management training, nurse, retail company, severe acne, skin cancer, somatic complaints, yoga

on Tuesday morning i had an asthma attack that literally lasted all day. later that night, i went to the ER and i was told that it was just an asthma attack. they gave me a breathing treatment which didn’t help and sent me on my way. i stayed home on Wednesday. because i left the ER at 2am, and since I have to get up at 6am i just decided to stay home from school. i felt better on on Wednesday. today i had the same problem as Tuesday but with worse symptoms and i had to go to the nurse twice and eventually left to go to the doctor. what i have noticed about the two days i did attend school is that my attacks started around the time i went to PE. PE gets me very jittery and panicky and freaks me out. i am wondering if it is possible i had a panic attack [on the two days i attended school] around the time i started my gym class [on Wednesday, the day i did not have gym i was fine], and that caused me to have asthma attacks?

Tags: 2am, 6am, asthma, asthma attack, asthma attacks, breathing treatment, freaks, gym class, nurse, panic attack, tuesday morning

Hey.. I have a serious problem and I don’t know what to do. I get panic/anxiety attacks. It;s really startin to ruin everything. I can;t even beleive i’m resulting in posting this up on yahoo answers but I don’t know what to do. I always think i’m going to have a heart attack. Ive gotten checked a lot at hospitals and they never find anything wrong with my heart. Recently I’ve been getting sharp pains in my my finger tips or my hands etc and then I start to think that there heart attacks. If some one could tell me how to know if I was ACTUALLY having a heart attack opposed to a Anxiety attack. I know the symptoms are similiar but thats what gets me and then i start to think to much and feel like im gonna pass out or actually get a heart attack! This is horrible its ruining my life. A nurse once told me to drink green teat…he said that helps with anxiety? Please some one help me. Thanks you
P.s somtimes when im sleeping i feel like a jolt go thru my hand or side and then I wake up and get really nervous and have a hard time sleeping? Can this be all anxiety attack symptoms!? Im really scared I dont want to freak out again.

Tags: anxiety attack symptoms, finger tips, freak, hard time, having a heart attack, heart attack, heart attacks, hospitals, jolt, nurse, panic anxiety attacks, somtimes, yahoo, yahoo answers

I’ve otherwise been healthy, but woke up this morning with what feels like an anxiety attack that isnt going away. I feel the blood rushing in my veins, then it gets a little hard to breathe and my heartbeat raises and muscles get sore all over and have a burning sensation.. it lasts a few minutes then if i focus on relaxing i can get it to go away… im not in any pain just annoyed – any ideas about whats going on? Im going to drink a lot of water and see if it goes away otherwise im going to call the nurse.

Tags: anxiety attack, burning sensation, few minutes, heartbeat, lot of water, muscles, nurse, veins

What are the symptoms of Anxiety Attacks, or how do I know if I am getting them?

Don: I think what I’m having is a panic attack. See, I hate being in front of people. I get super nervous. Today I had to come home from school because I wasn’t feeling well- and when I got to Lunch, I just couldn’t stand it. I found a teacher and went to the nurse. She told me I could go home, and when I got home, after 10 minutes or so, everything was fine again.

Tags: nurse, panic attack, symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of anxiety attacks

I know this is probably a question only Drs would know but I can’t find anything on it. My dad went to the Dr with anxiety attack symptoms (fast heartbeat, worrying something terrible is wrong) and the nurse rushed him for blood work to check his white blood count and the Dr said if the Xanax didn’t work they’d run more tests. This worried me a little because I have no idea what it would be if it wasn’t anxiety/panic attacks. If anyone has any ideas…thanks

Tags: anxiety attack symptoms, anxiety panic attacks, blood work, dad, drs, fast heartbeat, nurse, white blood count, xanax

I am taking meds for anxiety and depression.I have been checked over by several doctors with no real physical problems according to them.Lately I had the flu which took me awhile to recover.I recovered doing better than I had been with the flu.I realize that most of what I feel is anxiety.Most days im ok around the house but get a little winded now and then but find myself laying around alot.For the last few days I have been preparing for two dogs that we aquired and they came today..I have been really nervous more than usual the last two days especially today.We went out to visit with the man that brought them here and I got winded and felt weird and very tired.Its very cold outside and I felt weak and heart raced..I got nauseated and felt a little breathless..and got anxious because of the way i was feeling..tonight i worry that there was some illness they didnt find..other than anxiety.Is it normal to experience anxiety from being active after not being and fear due to anxiety?
Was the extra stress due to the arrival of the dogs.. and was the fear of anxiety the contributor to the way I felt today.? I get worried about the weirdness of how I feel sometimes and wonder if they were incorrect in their diagnosis and worry if there is something really wrong with me and they don’t know.I have a nurse friend that says I dont have symptoms of serious illness ,we see her every couple of days..She says its depression to get out more but the harder I try the worse it seems to become .Im really getting worried here.I see a therapist but doesn’t really seem to help.Should I worry about being anxious or worried about being ill .. its depressing situation and dont know why its happening.. What should i do ?

Tags: alot, anxiety and depression, contributor, couple of days, depressing situation, diagnosis, doctors, few days, flu, heart, meds, nurse, stress, two dogs, weirdness