I have had panic attacks sporadically for nearly two years now. I fear that I will continue to suffer from it till the day I die. I get nasty palpitations so went to the cardiologists, luckily, they found nothing wrong with my heart. They also found nothing wrong with my thyroid and overall I appear to be healthy. But I still feel chronic anxiety and recurrent panic at times. Nothing really seems to work either. I tried antidepressents, meditation, relaxation exercises, aerobic workout, greatly lowered my caffeine intake to near zero, tried to maintain a positive outlook on life, and even tried acupressure. To no avail, it seems like all of those were nothing but just bogus remedies.

It seems like my "tolerance" to even the slightest anxiety has seriously waned. Every little change in my life and even my work habits constantly fuels a near constant state of anxiety. I can’t seem to handle the smallest of matters without getting some physical sensations. I can no longer drive on the freeway alone and doing so would be near suicide (I tried it on several occasions only to reach the nearest exit because a palpitation episode).

It really sucks, this panic and anxiety. It never really seems to go away. It often takes on different forms too, one week I’ll get palpitations, the next I could get stomach cramps or chest tightness, the next something totally different.

What are other people’s experiences? Are they similar? Is there an ultimate cure to this modern aliment?

Please do not send me some links to bogus websites, I’ve tried nearly everything for this and nothing really seems to work. My parents keep saying, "you get them when you’re young and they will go away with age". That’s reassuring, given that I’ll suffer anxiety and panic for the rest of youthful years and it will miraculously go away away when I start to get wrinkles and greying hair.

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Ok, so a few months ago, I went through this massive anxiety and possible depression stage. After I had a panic attack, my mum found out and took me to a counseller, and she has really helped with my anxiety, but I haven’t told anybody about the depression thing, because I don’t want to cause a fuss, and seem like an attention seeker, but recently I was googling depression and I found that:
The World Health Organisation classifies major/severe depression as including all of the first three symptoms and at least five others.

- Two weeks of an abnormal depressed mood
- Loss of interest or pleasure in activities that used to be enjoyable
- Reduced energy, or feeling tired
- Loss of confidence and self-esteem
- Feeling guilty and unworthy
- Recurrent thoughts of death or suicide, or any suicidal/self-harming behaviour
- Reduced ability to think or concentrate
- Agitated or slow movements
- Disturbed sleep (not enough/too much/poor quality)
- Change in appetite (increase or decrease) with weight change
- Decreased libido
- Unexplained physical symptoms

When I had my difficult stage (whick when for a little over a month) I had:
- Two weeks of an abnormal depressed mood
- Loss of interest or pleasure in activities that used to be enjoyable
- Reduced energy, or feeling tired
- Loss of confidence and self-esteem
- Feeling guilty and unworthy
- Reduced ability to think or concentrate
- Disturbed sleep (not enough/too much/poor quality)
- Change in appetite (increase or decrease) with weight change
- Unexplained physical symptoms ( I kept getting stomach cramps like period pain, but no period)
I’d never felt like that before, and I haven’t felt like that for more that a couple of days since. A few of these times, the only things that really kept me grounded was that I didn’t want to become a cutter or alchololic because I planned to become a doctor in a developing nation, and I couldn’t bear to let down all those people!
So I’m wondering if there is some explaination, like is it possible to get depressive stages and if so, how do I get rid of it?
Thanks so much for listening to my rant, I know it’s probably stupid.

Tags: anxiety, appetite, attention seeker, counseller, couple of days, depressed mood, libido, loss of interest, period pain, poor quality, quality change, recurrent thoughts, reduced energy, self esteem, self harming, severe depression, stomach cramps, unexplained physical symptoms, whick, world health organisation

So very early this morning I woke with a horrible stomach ache, and diarrhea. As the day has gone on the diarrhea has continued, but accompanied with shortness in breath/trouble breathing, a panic feeling, my heart feels like its going to beat out of my chest, hot flashes, nausea, and I have had a dull headache off and on. I have had the shortness in breath and heart pounding feeling before, but never all day. I looked it up on line and found this:
Common physical symptoms of anxiety include:

* Pounding heart
* Sweating
* Stomach upset or dizziness
* Frequent urination or diarrhea
* Shortness of breath

* Tremors and twitches
* Muscle tension
* Headaches
* Fatigue
* Insomnia
Symptoms of an anxiety attack include:

* Surge of overwhelming panic
* Feeling of losing control or going crazy
* Heart palpitations or chest pain
* Feeling like you’re going to pass out
* Trouble breathing or choking sensation

* Hyperventilation
* Hot flashes or chills
* Trembling or shaking
* Nausea or stomach cramps
* Feeling detached or unreal
What can I do to make this stop?
I got the info from http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_types_symptoms_treatment.htm

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I have recently been getting anxiety attacks alot, maybe 4 times a week. and i have the usualy symptoms; Shaking,Crying,Shortness of breath, and Increasing heart beats.

Im not sure what keeps causing them, b/c i havnt been stressed lately, and the weird thing is, along with these attacks, i have been getting really bad migranes and stomach cramps, but only AFTER i get an attack,

Im freaking otu b/c i dont know whats wrong……

any ideas?

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, heart, migranes, otu, shortness of breath, stomach cramps, weird thing

Every now and then I get a really sharp pain in my chest, like where my heart is, the pain seems to last quite awhile. It makes be basically stop doing everything and just clench at my chest.
It feels like a knife is stabbing into it, and my heart is racing when I feel the pain. It just randomly happens, like walking in supermarket. The pain seems to happen more if I’m angry and upset, like arguing with my grandfather.
Can someone please help me. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Symptoms of an anxiety attack include:
-Surge of overwhelming panic
-Feeling of losing control or going crazy – I get that.
-Heart palpitations or chest pain – I get that.
-Feeling like you’re going to pass out – I get that.
-Trouble breathing or choking sensation
-Hyperventilation – I get that.
-Hot flashes or chills
-Trembling or shaking – I get that.
-Nausea or stomach cramps -I get that.
-Feeling detached or unreal – I get that.

Tags: chest pain, chills, heart palpitations, hot flashes, losing control, nausea, sensation, stomach cramps, supermarket, symptoms of an anxiety attack

I am suffering horrid anxiety symptoms. Caused by my Driving -Test. Have my test in 5 days….

Pounding Heart
Feeling Sick
Stomach Cramps
Really tense Stomach, in knots
Trembling
Needing the Loo alot !
Dry mouth.

What can i do about this? Why do i experience these symptoms ?

Can i take something to stop my anxiety ? Or is that a bad idea ?

Need advice please. Really struggling. Please don’t tease me. lol.

Tags: Anxiety Symptoms, bad idea, driving test, dry mouth, knots, loo, pounding heart, stomach cramps

Like 24 hours

Now as a teen I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety disorder.

Well I’ve been real nervous and jumpy lately, my stomach has been quezy, and I’ve been dizzy. I’ve been on edge a lot in the last 2 days. And I think I’ve had several small anxiety attacks.

I was fine for a few years but suddenly I’ve been panicky a lot more lately (I’m in my mid 20s now and haven’t been on medication for it in years)

I don’t want to go back to a psychiatrist or therapist and get put back on medicine. I don’t like putting that in my system.

What else can I do is or is finally to the point where I need to see a doc?

My symptoms include: (On and off ofcourse then I go from this to Anxiety attack feeling, to calm for a bit and then it starts all over again. It started last night)

Feelings of apprehension or dread
Trouble concentrating
Feeling tense and jumpy
Irritability
Restlessness
Pounding heart
Sweating
Stomach upset or dizziness
Muscle tension
Headaches
Fatigue

Basically it goes from just being anxious to a full blown anxiety attack, to me being calm (for a short time) and back to being anxious

All of the above are anxiety symptoms….I know this I delt with it before.

And i keep going from being nervous and jumpy to some of the basic Anxiety attack symptoms (not all of these but I have experienced most of them)

Surge of overwhelming panic
Feeling like you’re going to pass out
Hot flashes or chills
Trembling or shaking
Nausea or stomach cramps
Feeling of losing control
Feeling like my heart skips a beat.

How can I get this under control for no I just need to relax.. I’m not even sure what triggered it this time. (Normally I know)

(I also have IBS irratable bowel syndrome and that and anxiety go hand in hand so that make it worse because I’m dealing with both issues at the same time, the more anxious I get the worse the IBS gets)
I don’t see a doctor for anxiety anymore because I got it under control years ago but the last few months its started up again.

And I really don’t want to take any medicines for it

Tags: anxiety attack symptoms, Anxiety Attacks, Anxiety Symptoms, apprehension, chills, dizziness, dread, generalized anxiety disorder, heart skips a beat, hot flashes, irratable bowel syndrome, irritability, losing control, mid 20s, muscle tension headaches, pounding heart, psychiatrist, restlessness, stomach cramps, stomach upset

If you have ever had anxiety, its not a good feeling at all. Some days Ill have it really bad and other days Ill be perfectly fine without an episode for several days. I always think that there is something wrong with me, my mother calls it "unwishful thinking".Last mth. I felt numb, tingling in arms and legs, felt like I couldnt breathe. Sometimes at night Id feel like when I began to fall asleep that I needed to wakeup right away cause I felt like I was gonna die. They told me I was fine, no blood disorders, diabetes, heart problems, nothing… Now Im beginning to think that I am becoming a hypochondriac. I cant even think straight some days. All this wk Ive had stomach cramps(except for last night) and lately Ive not had much of an appetite. As I sit here, I feel edgy and anxious!! Please help!! I have already been to the dr and said Im okay. And I know stress can do lots of weird things. I have also been praying. Please help!!

Tags: anxiety, appetite, arms and legs, blood disorders, diabetes, heart problems, hypochondriac, mth, stomach cramps, stress, tingling in arms, tingling in arms and legs, weird things

Everytime I get a panic attack, I not only have the overwhelming very scary feelings of panic and fear. But I also have very miserable physical symptoms that go along with the attacks these symptoms often include nausea, chills, shaking, stomach cramps, diarrhea, lightheadness, feeling disoriented. Does anyone else relate to this,and if you have ever had these physical symptoms as well what do you do make yourself feel better during the attacks? Or these physical symptoms all in our head, or are they our body’s way of reacting to being under such overwhelming fear and anxiety?

Tags: anxiety, chills, diarrhea, feelings, nausea, overwhelming fear, panic attack, stomach cramps