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Getting Better...maybe?
So today has been a little better than the past days. I finally got a really great night's rest last night. The problem now is that I keep having little moments where I feel spaced out. I hugged my boyfriend earlier and I could feel my heart beating in my chest and neck. When I get these feelings I start to feel nervous and then the headaches come. Is it normal to experience symptoms of anxiety while feeling completely calm? Now it makes me think it wasnt the marijuana that caused the panic attack but something more. I go to the doctor tomorrow but Im not hoping for any results. Since doctors seem to be failing me left and right. If it is the marijuana...will I ever be normal again or am I destined to be plagued by this forever? **SOMEONE PLZ HELP!!!!!!!!**
That's exactly what my boyfriend said. He also thinks that I have headaches everyday because I spend so much time googling things.
My situation is in many ways similar to yours. I recently moved into an apartment with my boyfriend. His son's mother is not exactly pleasant to deal with. There is alot of disfuction in his family and we spend alot of time with them. Come to think of it most of the time when I have my moments we're at his family's house. WOW!! I think you're on to something! Its amazing how ppl on the outside can make you realize things you should've noticed all along.
My situation is in many ways similar to yours. I recently moved into an apartment with my boyfriend. His son's mother is not exactly pleasant to deal with. There is alot of disfuction in his family and we spend alot of time with them. Come to think of it most of the time when I have my moments we're at his family's house. WOW!! I think you're on to something! Its amazing how ppl on the outside can make you realize things you should've noticed all along.
Getting laid off and financial problems are stress! I once had anxiety real bad for no reason at all. I stopped and looked at what was going on in my life at the time. Everything seemed to be ok with me.
When I looked at the past year and a half, this is what I come up with;
I moved from my apartment and in with my girlfriend, got married, bought a home, started a new job with added responsibilities, had a child, bought a new vehicle and was taking classes at night to better my career.
These were all MAJOR LIFE CHANGES! The anxiety I got was a slow overwhelming feeling and I felt lost. These were all good changes in my life. All positive things that still had an impact on anxiety. Why? Because these were all stressors.
After I realized the source of my stress that caused anxiety to flair up, I lightened up and began to feel better. What stressed me was the thought that I was "going mad" for no reason at all. Stress? I dont have any stress.
This is where we make our mistakes in judgement. We are under such a huge amount of stress that we dont realize the impact it has on us.
When I looked at the past year and a half, this is what I come up with;
I moved from my apartment and in with my girlfriend, got married, bought a home, started a new job with added responsibilities, had a child, bought a new vehicle and was taking classes at night to better my career.
These were all MAJOR LIFE CHANGES! The anxiety I got was a slow overwhelming feeling and I felt lost. These were all good changes in my life. All positive things that still had an impact on anxiety. Why? Because these were all stressors.
After I realized the source of my stress that caused anxiety to flair up, I lightened up and began to feel better. What stressed me was the thought that I was "going mad" for no reason at all. Stress? I dont have any stress.
This is where we make our mistakes in judgement. We are under such a huge amount of stress that we dont realize the impact it has on us.
Not anything too big. My grandmother passed a few years back but I thought I was dealing with it. The panic attack happened as result of smoking because its happened before. But it was never that severe. The anxiety doubled when I was diagnosed with high blood pressure because that waws the beginning of the end for my gma. All I want is my life back. But thanks....I hope I feel better too. :)
I have a very large family so Im surrounded by alot of kids everyday of the week. I recently got laid off from my job so Im goin through financial problems. But I never viewed those things as stress. I guess I've been living life in a blur. I feel so out of touch with me. I think that is what scares me most.
I was given meds for high blood pressure and I didnt need it. It made my blood pressure drop to low which gave me chest pains and made me itch. I went to the hospital for an allergic reaction and they gave me prednisone and it made the anxiety worse. I also had bouts of depression and developed swelling in my face. I felt really spaced out and irritable. They put me on a diuretic that I didnt need and it made my chest hurt also. My blood pressure is rarely over 137/79. Its been a rough ride.
i completely agree with @edgyboy. if it isnt the marijuana, have you had anything stressful happen recently or anything really big or overwhelming in the last few years? when i was in grade 11, i had a panic attack because a supply teacher reminded me of my ex-step dad who abused my mom, so it could even be something like that: a reminder of something traumatic that happened in your life. hope you feel better soon and good luck with the drs. i know the feeling of having bad doctors.
I think it was the marijuana that triggered a pre-existing condition of anxiety. This would have happenned at some point in your life eventually.
Anxiety can hit at anytime. I have gone years without it and then got hit with it when I thought things in my life were fine. From all that I read over the years, it appears that a buildup of stress over a period of time triggers anxiety to begin.
I lost my Father last year and believed I was dealing with it in a healthy manner. But what I didnt realized was that his death changed many other areas of my life that I didnt think about. In the past 6 months, I have gone through 2 anxiety episodes that have lasted a month or more. This has never happenned to me before. Dad's death had more of an impact on me than I realized.
The key to controlling anxiety, and this is probably one of the easiest things to do but I still havent mastered, is to manage your stress to prevent anxiety from starting.
Anxiety can hit at anytime. I have gone years without it and then got hit with it when I thought things in my life were fine. From all that I read over the years, it appears that a buildup of stress over a period of time triggers anxiety to begin.
I lost my Father last year and believed I was dealing with it in a healthy manner. But what I didnt realized was that his death changed many other areas of my life that I didnt think about. In the past 6 months, I have gone through 2 anxiety episodes that have lasted a month or more. This has never happenned to me before. Dad's death had more of an impact on me than I realized.
The key to controlling anxiety, and this is probably one of the easiest things to do but I still havent mastered, is to manage your stress to prevent anxiety from starting.
sometimes even when I am at my calmest I have the feelings--since you have linked your anxiety attacks to marijuana I am unsure as to how to answer. Get checked out to eliminate other possibilities...but what do you mean Drs are failing you?
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