anxiety making me want to rush to the emergency room

[erin626]

My anxiety is at it again. I ate a sandwich and the noticed that one slice of bread in the loaf I used has a small spot of mold. Immediately I thought that I was going to die from it. I called poison control and they said that aside from an allergic reaction, which I'm not having, ill be fine. Yet my anxiety is making me want to rush to the ER. I can't afford another trip to the ER so I'm trying to calm myself down. Anyone else have a small trivial occurrence happen that just causes their anxiety to skyrocket? I mean...this is the stupidest thing to freak out about yet I can't get myself to stop getting anxious over it. I can't live like this everyday bc sometimes dumb things happen such as accidentally eating bread that may have had a small bit of mold on it.

[jul04]

You will conquer your anxiety.  It is really hard to do but you can do it.  There are going to be days where you are doing great and then all of a sudden you have an attack over nothing and you get knocked down again.  The key is to not give into it just accept that you had the attack and move on.  Don't dwell on it or try and analyze why you had the attack just forget about it and focus on the positive.

I know how hard that can be sometimes but when you are finally able to then you will feel so much better.  You don't know how many times I sing songs to myself like Bright Sunshiny Day to get my mind off the anxiety/panic.  It seems silly but it helps me especially when I am really thinking about the lyrics.

It is great that you have to use the xanax less for your attacks.  Eventually you will get to the point where you don't even need it.

Hang in there.  Happy Holidays!!!  Stay happy.....

[r9c]

I completely understand how u felt,last march i think my anxiety symptoms were so bad,those lightheaded and palpitations,i went to the A&E (ER) in the morning,where they did an ecg and blood test and were then sent back home after all came out normal execpt ecg shows sinus tachycardia,and in the late evening i went to the A&E again because i just felt my dizziness just got worse and again the doctor at the A&E did an ECG and told it was normal,then of course since i went to the A&E twice in a day,weird isnit it? he finally refer me to the cardiology just to make sure everything is fine and assured me its likely to be normal.

[erin626]

I made it through the attack and of course I was completely fine. Nothing happened from the bread. I've slowly but surely been conquering my anxiety. I've been getting through more attacks without xanax than having to take one. I even went to the grocery store by myself a couple of times in the past couple weeks. Sometimes I can feel my old self coming back but then I have moments like the "bread incident" that throw me for a loop and start the anxiety all over. I hope I can get over this again. I was anxiety free for 5 years and it hit me hard again. But I got through it before so I can do it again.

[beana491]

Hey Erin,
   I know how you feel about panicking about something so rediculous. When I first started having panic attacks, I brushed my teeth one night but then decided to read the warnings and stuff on the tube, and in the warning part it said "DO NOT SWALLOW"..... I freaked out, cuz who doesn't brush there teeth and not swallow some of the tooth paste? I thought I was gonna die! I was only 12 at the time but I wanted my mom to call 911. It took like 3 or 4 hours for my mom and sister to calm me down. That was about 13yrs ago and when I think about why I was so freaked out it makes me laugh and it's a story for my sister to tell everyone, but I will never forget the fear was so real. I still have panic attacks everyday, usually about "stupid things" but I just sit there and tell my self it's gonna be fine and it's just a panic attack. I don't why my mind does this but it does and you just gotta tell your self that it will stop and you will be fine!

[sgately11]

Hey Repo,

I hope your doing ok. Post back to us and give us and update of how you feel today.

[jul04]

I get anxious over little things too.  Anxiety is just so horrible to live with, I would never wish it on anyone, not even my worse enemy.

You just have to keep picking yourself up and moving forward.  When you have attacks you can't dwell on it or over analyze it because it is only going to bring you down again.   Just tell yourself that you had the attack and move on.  

As long as you are not allergic to penicillin then you don't have to worry about eating the mold.  I am sure that we all have done the same kind of thing before one way or another.  You are human and things happen.  Don't beat yourself up over this situation.  

You are going to get through this.  I know it might not seem like it now but you can get better.  

Try and stay positive.  Happy Holidays....

[loveymom3]

Hi Erin. I hope you are feeling better than you were when you first posted. Just remember the worst panic attack that you have ever had and keep telling yourself that you pulled out of that one, and this attack will have the same outcome...you will be fine. I hate living with this as well. We all have good days and bad days. I have been doing better and I contribute that to alot of self talking and positive feedback. I am still not able to go out on my own but it is baby steps. Good luck and happy Holidays!

[erin626]

Ugh...at least I'm not the only one who gets anxiety over things that really shouldn't cause anxiety. Although I'm sorry you have to deal with it too. Its been almost 3 hours since I ate the stupid thing and I'm still anxious. Rationally I can think how silly it is to be worried over this yet somehow my anxiety overttakes my rational mind and scares me.

[repo0104]

Well I can tell you that bread mold is just penicillin in its most basic form and is not harmful to you. And yes I can relate, I just posted a question about controling my anxiety. Im having a panic attack myself at the moment over something stupid. I played ring around the rosey with my daughterand got dizzy (which is expected) and nautious, but it did not go away right away and my heart startedracing, and everything just took off. Its been 15 minutes and im still dizzy and sick and my heart and head are racing. I cant seem to stop it. Ive had a long history of panic attacks and im usually able to control them but this one is getting the better of me and I myself cant get the thought of the ER out of my head.