Can't sleep

I've been deal with anxiety since last October. My doctor has me on zoloft (100mg) and i'd been doing fairly well until recently. I'm vacationing in Italy by myself and am petrified. I can't sleep, I'm so worried. I walked up some steep stairs in the Colosseum this morning and my heart was pounding and now I'm back to worrying its my heart. I can't sleep, I feel uneasy my heart rate is up and I threw up a little. Also my heart keeps skipping beats, it's happened more than 10 times tonight. I cant stop worrying that it's my heart.  I'm do far from home. Is it normal to skip beats when you have anxiety??

[emery_217]

Hey there I myself get heart palpitations from anxiety it can cause it. I know it's scary  have you talked to your go about it?

[lsam84]

I have. No matter how many times my doctor tells me its just anxiety I worry...

[lsam84]

I'm having another horrible night. :(
My left arm has been feeling tingly and numb/heavy on and off the last few days. I don't know if its hypertension or something? I think I made it worse by mindlessly eating a bag of mini rice cakes and then freaking out over the salt I just ate. :(
I was falling asleep and then suddenly i felt a weird squeezing in my chest (not a painful one) and shot up now I can't go back to sleep and my arm feels heavy all over again.

[Ms_C]

I'm not having much of a good night myself. I'm feeling dizzy and just weird. I've caused myself to have the heart palpitations. I've been on several different heart monitors, had a stress test and echo. Those all gave me a piece of mind for about a month but I'm back to worrying all the time. Here are just a few symptoms that anxiety may cause, heart palpitations – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat, Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or‘skipped beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough.

[lsam84]

Yes I know what you mean about getting a months piece of mind. I've had a stress test and ekg's but I'm still so worried. I feel terrible today, all I ate of my lunch was the salad and never got around to the sandwich cause I have a horrible stomach ache and nausea. Doctor said my anxiety is causing excess acidity in my stomach that makes me feel this way. Not having a good day. I just feel queasy, my stomach hurts and my chest keeps having weird sensations... which I could stop worrying about it all :(

[Ms_C]

I'm so sorry!! I know the feeling. I was also have stomach issues when my anxiety started, I'd wake up every morning gagging just so sick to my stomach. I even had a scope done. I wish we would all get better!!

[lsam84]

"I wish we would all get better!!" - co-sign!

my stomach ache and nausea were going away, but its back. Omg i had to get up an out of bed because I felt like the acid was burning up my chest and i've heard laying down makes it worse. So tired, and have to get up in 5 hours and multiple doses of maalox is not working!!