Anxiety Symptoms

[Bambi1979]

Does anybody think that anxiety could present itself with same symptoms as Meniere's Disease?  Doctor diagnosed me with Meniere's, but after I had normal ENG, he now knows it's not Menieres.  

[Bambi1979]

I'm not sure if it's that easy for some of us though!!  That's AMAZING that you have the willpower to overcome yours like that.  I have tried to go out walking, getting up and at least going 1 place everyday.  Just baby steps really.  But, I'm at the point in my life right now where it has gone untreated for soooo long that I need more than just NATURE to cure me!!  Also, it's a little harder for me, since I lost my mother 8 mos. ago.  It was just unexpected and I guess I feel some guilt and that makes things worse.  Thanks for your advice, but I wish I had the strength that you do!!

[Use_Condom]

I am glad to see that I put some dimensions on the debate. And I am happy to see the surprising flashes of "oh my God you feel the same symptoms?" on all of your faces. So what? Now you know what is going on in your mind and I know how to solve it up to %80. Here comes the items :D Tell yourself that you will never surrender. Whatever you feel(down,weird,like an alien,like you are in a dream, like your eyes going to rip off etc) go after it never stop, never think that if you were home in your bed you would feel fine. Never stay at home lying like a couch potato. Catch the life, work muscularly hard, feel the sun,smell the soil. Take trips to somewhere you have never been before, try to feel worse while you are away because that's the key for your body to develop a cure for that. And beleive me that any syndrome you are facing will be gone when you are ok.

[shnin]

yeah,  and trying to break the cycle of what is going on is very hard.  

I read these forums and my heart goes out to all of us.  this is hell.  the constant pressure of needing to change something to be better.  it can drive you mad.

I have tried to focus on love instead.  Love of me, love of life, love of everything.  Because the other alternative is me dying in an ungly way.  racked with pain for years.  and i do not want that.

so, onward we go.  and pills can help us,  but never solve it.  never get rid of this thing that hanges around.  and as the doctors say,  we are absolutely normal.

I have even had a doctor tell me 2 years ago that I was so fit and healthy.  yet, my body was like i had ben shoved in an ants nest upside down and covered in honey. not fun.   and you feel like kicking the doctor around the room for half an hour.

so, I am trying to learn how to live in the now adn be present.  sounds easy, but the little old brain has diferent ideas on this.  

And, Bambi, people do not understand.  even my best friends do not get it.  and this can lead to anxiety as well.  becuase everyone treats you like an idiot.  if you said you had cancer, then they would understand.  and we could also do somethin to cure it.  but instead it is a disease that has no cure, and cannot be seen.  it sucks

good luck,  and lets leave it up to God.

[Bambi1979]

Yeah, I know what you mean.  Mine IS there all day, unless I take a xanax, and I still don't feel "normal".  

It is nice to know others know what u are going through, but it's still no fun feeling like this period!!!!!

I have tried to get out and walk and go out more often, but it doesn't seem to help me, so, now it's on to the meds!!

People don't believe me when I try to explain stuff either.  They are like, it's all in your head!!  I'm like, it is LITERALLY!!!

[shnin]

yeah,  i agree with you totaly.  it is so frustrating having no energy,  no matter what you do.  I wake up feeling funky, and it stays there all day sometimes.  

It is at least nice to know others feel like I do.

so, I have decided to try doing a few different things.  I have taken no pills and will continue down this line.  

I have stopped work,  and going to do only what I need to.  changing diet and exercising every day no matter what.  Get out in the sun,  smell the floweers and also, not owrry about the things that are going on.  and se what differnce it makes, if any.

The big problem that I have also found is that the majority of my friends think i am just wacked in the head, and so, my circle of confidants is very small.  and even they wonder what is going on with me.  makes it all the much harder.

anyway.  good night and good luck to all of us not fighting this horrible thing.

[Bambi1979]

Hey girl!!  I normally keep all the lights off in the house and if I'm in the living room we have one switch that will cut on only one recessed light.  So, it's really dim.  Even cloudiness bothers me.  Yes, the t.v. in the dark bothers me too.  Along with lighting in stores and just about everything it seems like!!!!  Do you think thats from anxiety?  I went to an Opthamologist and he didn't see anything wrong.  So, I figured it was coming from the anxiety!!  How are things going for you?

[Bambi1979]

Hey!!  I know one of the reasons I'm having such a hard time coping with this because I constantly feel this way, so it is constantly on my mind.  

I guess we have no other alternatives besides putting it all in God's hands!!

You are definately right!  Rest does not help.  That's all I've been doing for the past yr and a half, and it has not made things easier.  I've never had a real stressful life anyways!!  I still live at home with my dad and he pays ALL my bills and ALWAYS has.  So, I've never had that to worry about!  God Bless Him!!!

But, you just can't work when you feel like this.  Some people would tell me, you could go get a desk job.  I say don't you think I would if I could.  I get SO TIRED of sitting at home all the time instead of doing things a 28 (29 in May) would be doing!!!

God Bless You for thinking of you!!  

[Jade59]

Hi honey. Use_Condom had a good thought about dimming your lights.  I have had this problem with my eyes for so long, I tend to forget the tricks I use to deal with it.  There is one lamp in my living room that is 40watts.  That's for reading.  Everything else is 15 or 25watt max.  The flickering of the TV can be bothersome too if watched in the dark.

I also have a dimmer switch in the kitchen.  Or, if you don't have a dimmer, just turn on the overhead light on the oven.  That's usually enough to navigate and keeps the kitchen nice and soft.  

Your eyes sound like mine.  Super sensitive to light.  I may have said this before, but sunglasses, even when it's overcast can be a life saver.  

Thinking of you.......

[shnin]

Then believe it with all your heart.  get rid of all your negative things.  i know it is hard.    But we spend so much of our time thinking of how bad it is.  start thinking about the good things in your life.  

But what are our alternatives.  I know why I have mine.  or I think I do.  and i have had to change my life greatly.  I too am not working at the moment.  I handed my company over to my managers, and am taking 3 months off.

I find that rest does not help it.  Instead it is stress.  Just letting go of all our bad thoughts and feelings i the only thing that keeps me straight.

and i write this ony to help.  I too have not figured it out,  But am working on it,

[Bambi1979]

I do believe in God and my I have put all my faith and problems in His hands.  I know he does it all in His time.  I have been going through this for 9 yrs and I'm fixin to be 29.  I am at the point where I would rather take something to make things better until it comes my time for a healing.  I believe with ALL of my heart that God WILL heal me.  It's just all in His time.  i don't rely on drs. for my healing.  I went and prayed with my preacher and he told me that God was gonna heal me miraculously or send me to a dr. that could.  I haven't been able to work in over a yr because of this!!  I would like to know why I am and what brought this on 9yrs ago, but I can't think of ANYTHING that has brought this on except I lost my momma to Cancer 8 mos. ago and it has gotten worse since then, BUT it all started 9 yrs ago.  I am gonna keep my faith in God and I know he will heal me!!!

[shnin]

I have also had anxiety for 3 years.  Really bad at times.  Stress related.

I have only tocuhed the pills for one day.  did that about 2 years ago,  I felt really weird.  so, i decided to not take any.  

I have struggled with it, have gone down a spiritual path and tried to understand why I am like I am.  and found out many things about myself,  but always come back to not geting better.  

Bambi, I have very little advice.  as i am not better yet.  I know I will get there.  But it takes time.  

I had a friedn who started taking anti depresants,  do not know the mixture.  and she said it took over a year to get the right mix of meds.  I can see in her eyes that it hurts her taking them.  but she has to live with it.

I have not gone there because i want to know why i am like I am.  the engineer in me.  

and I think faith in god,  even though he takes his time, is the best approach.

[Use_Condom]

Anxiety symptoms, as my doctor said can be in many many forms that will bereally hard to list down. For eyes yes I have eye problems. In bright white light my eyes are getting really tired, I feel sleepy, I want to go somewhere dark and my vision is foggy but those are of course an outcome of the problem that is urging your mental system. Don't worry you will not use your eyes lol. Try to make some peacefull places for yourself in your house and use warm lighting or maybe dark. Try to feel relaxed and turn to yourself and think about how you feel when you are a child and how you feel now. Try to understand what has changed. DonT worry thinking the good days that you werenT an anxietic.It is really important to understand what the problem is and then you will achieve an acceptance level and then comes the cure itself.

Coming to the medication, depression meds will not be your main issue(That is my thought) They will inflame anxiety. The first drug that I used was Xanax. It is built for reducing anxiety to zero. When I took it all the symptoms were gone no weird feeling,no dizzines,no tiring. But as you may guess that med is higly addictive so I never took it again. Its use for me was that the understanding of my illness.

[Use_Condom]

Anxiety symptoms, as my doctor said can be in many many forms that will bereally hard to list down. For eyes yes I have eye problems. In bright white light my eyes are getting really tired, I feel sleepy, I want to go somewhere dark and my vision is foggy but those are of course an outcome of the problem that is urging your mental system. Don't worry you will not use your eyes lol. Try to make some peacefull places for yourself in your house and use warm lighting or maybe dark. Try to feel relaxed and turn to yourself and think about how you feel when you are a child and how you feel now. Try to understand what has changed. DonT worry thinking the good days that you werenT an anxietic.It is really important to understand what the problem is and then you will achieve an acceptance level and then comes the cure itself.

Coming to the medication, depression meds will not be your main issue(That is my thought) They will inflame anxiety. The first drug that I used was Xanax. It is built for reducing anxiety to zero. When I took it all the symptoms were gone no weird feeling,no dizzines,no tiring. But as you may guess that med is higly addictive so I never took it again. Its use for me was that the understanding of my illness.

[Bambi1979]

Hey!!  That's all I need for these symptoms to get worse (when I start taking the meds)!!!!  It's driving me crazy as it is.  So do you feel your symptoms 24/7?  Does yours affect your eyes alot, kinda like the nerves behind your eyes are haywire?  That is the most bothersome thing to me is my eyes.  Anxiety and depression only make sense to me now ONLY because I've had every test possible done and every thing comes back normal.  Did you try anti-depressants also?  And meds for anxiety?  My main concern is my eyes bothering me ALL the time.  I know anxiety affects your central nervous system.  Maybe mine went untreated for so long (9yrs) that it now affects my eyes.  What do you think and do you have the same thing going on with your eyes.  It makes me worry that I'm going blind, even tho I can still see.

[Use_Condom]

BAmbi I forgot to tell you that the meds at the first few days will make anxiety worse. Keep that in mind and help medicines by accepting that your problem is anxiety and try to understand what anxiety is by measuring your feelings. Best regards

[Use_Condom]

Dear Bambi1979 donT worry the symptoms are all the same in every body. Especially that weird feeling was the worst of all. A feeling that is impossible to describe.It feels as if you are watching the world from a step behind your eyes, from your brain window :D. It is still making me nervous.After the diagnose of Anxiety and Depression I made an insight look of me and Anxiety diagnosis made really a good sense. Remember a time of yours for example. Especially a time that you were in fear and anxious but in an intense situation.You will realise that it is the same feeling, the only difference is that we are living it all day.This is a vicious circle. Before realising this that weird feeling was making me anxious and anxiety was forcing this feeling. Now you are about to break the circle. Sorry for my English. Best regards. I will be here to debate about this and help you identify the best weapons against that illness.

[Bambi1979]

Thanks for the vote of confidence.  I'm starting to come around and believe that it is anxiety and depression.  I just lost my mother to cancer so suddenly that I was just sure the drs. were missing something with me too.  By the time they found her cancer, they gave her 3 wks. to live.  But I have my faith in God and not in drs. so I do believe we all can make it through these difficult times!!!  

[savygaby]

Good luck I hope you feel better soon, I understand what you are going threw and I also had a hard time excepting that what i was going threw was anxiety, I still sometimes have a hard time believing it. I think we will make it threw these hard times.

[Bambi1979]

So, you went to the dr with all of those SAME symptoms?  They diagnosed that as an anxiety disorder for you?  I though I was the only one feeling so WEIRD ALL THE TIME.  I've been going thru this for 9 yrs now and I think meds will be the only thing that will help me right now.  I'm just to the point right now that whatever works, I will try.  Have you tried any herbal meds that have helped you any?

[Bambi1979]

I went to a psychiatrist for the first time today. She put me on Paxil and Klonopin.  I am trying to accept that all of my problems are stemming from anxiety and depression, it's just so hard because I'm always worried that it's something more.  All of my tests have come back normal, but it's so hard to believe that anxiety can be causing ALL of my symptoms.  But like I've said, I have gone to EVERY type Dr. I can think of and have had EVERY imaginable test done.  They find NOTHING wrong.  So, that's when I started to think, maybe it IS anxiety and depression!!  Hopefully these meds will help me get back to normal!!

[savygaby]

I believe you have anxiety, all tour symptoms are anxiety, have you been to a psychiatrist. I believe if except that you have anxiety and learn how to deal with it you might start to feel better, you should read Dr Claire weekes books, I think they would be helpful to you. It is a very hard thing to except, but seeing all the tests you have had it seems anxiety is what you have.

[Use_Condom]

My symptoms are dizzy, lightheaded, bouncy feeling as I walk, off balance, nervous/jittery, can't go into stores or shopping because I feel like I will pass out, zaps/shocks in brain?, problems with eyes-like they are not getting enough O2, eyes shaky, things don't look real when I look at them, I feel like I'm out of place, not sleeping at nights, can't drive, can't concentrate or focus


When I read this I felt shocked. I thought I was the only person in this world having those problems.After five years of every single death like days I went to a doctor and diagnosed Anxiety Disorder. I used Cipralex or smth like that and Atarax. The drugs didnT make any use but only a blank mind. I quit the drugs and got over that terrible enemy alone by understanding what anxiety is. I am now %80 better. It damages your daily life that's a truth. I found the cure in Sunshine, nature and muscular exercising.

[Bambi1979]

Hey!!  I just posted on your other comment too.  Don't let yourself get worked up over this until you find out the final diagnosis.  What symptoms would a benign pituitary tumor cause and how come you got checked out for it in the first place?  I think I need to have my hormone levels checked also.  I am gonna pray for you and please let me know what happens. Maybe you will get an appt 2moro and get good news.  Just don't freak out yet.  I know that you probably still will, because I do myself, but I've learned it does me no good to get worked up over things until I know for sure.  Please know that your are in my prayers, and that the power of God is awesome.  He has the final say so, not these drs.  

[sue3708]

OK now i am really freaking out...I asked my doc to check some hormone levels and my prolactin level is 165 very high, he thinks i may have a benign pituitary tumor and I am scared.  I am waiting for an appt with an endocrinologist now.