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I feel like I'm dying always weak. Is this normal in anxiety/depression?

three weeks ago I suffered a major panic attack at work. I thought I was having a heart attack. Went to the emergency room and they told me everything was OK it was just a panic attack. I thought OK that's cool I've had these before. Now three weeks later I feel like walking death. I've lost some weight. I've been feeling very fatigued. Almost like I can't get anything done if I try to get out of bed and do anything it's very exhausting for me. I have severe episodes of anxiety where it feels like I'm going to lose my mind. I've been having some digestive issues. I have a little appetite. I get very weak and it feels like I just can't do anything I feel like I have some kind of disease. I got on Google and look up some of my symptoms of course the first thing to pop up is cancer. A few days ago I went for my yearly physical. Got all the blood work done to check liver function kidney functions cbc and a lot of other tests. Had a urine test and it came back that I had a trace of blood in it. The doctor didn't seem very concerned  he said that could be a false positive. As sick and weak as I've been feeling I was certain something would come back wrong on the blood tests. I got a call from my doctor yesterday and they said that everything came back normal. This was a great relief to me but for some reason in the back of my mind I'm still thinking that maybe something was missed. I went to take the trash out this morning and I felt so weak that I thought I was going to collapse. I came back in the house took a Xanax and set down and felt a little bit better later. Is it normal to feel this week in sick when you're suffering from depression and Anxiety. I'll be 26 this month and I've been suffering from depression since I was 15. I've had a few issues in the past with panic attacks but nothing like this.
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And yes, those are feelings that occur whenever I am depressed or anxious.  Don't be fearful, they are normal feelings when you are suffering from those states of being unwell.
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Try different meds.  Xanax is something I don't personally recommend.  It's like a parachute when dropping from the plane.  Helps, but wouldn't you rather fly the plane instead?  I take buspar (buspirone) and I was told it was the sole drug invented specifically and only for anxiety.  Accumulates in my system and doesn't sedate.  Speak to a p-doc as soon as you can.  We can't will ourselves out of anxiety until the skills have been developed.  Some people can never achieve being med-free.  Does that mean people who take meds are lesser?  Definitely not.  You want to live and enjoy life, so try something new if what you are doing isn't working.  Easy sailing sailor, everything is going to be alright. - Brett
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Yeah, unfortunately, the combination of anxiety and depression is very difficult -- the anxiety makes you not want to do things you enjoy and the depression makes fighting it hard and motivation hard.  You need therapy badly, and maybe medication as well if that doesn't work.  But here's what's happening most likely, given your doctors have been pretty thorough.  The panic attack so shocked you the world just seems much more scary now overall.  You feel out of control.  You're not any different really than you were before the attack, but you feel you are.  Think of it like PTSD, though it's not.  If you can learn to decondition your thinking away from feeling scared you can get to more solid ground; if you can't, medication may be necessary.   Good luck.
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