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[base09]

hey guys im just wondering if anyone else does this well for the longest time i get these weird intense feelings like im gonna drop faint collapse and just be lights out i doo this all day some days i dont do it at all but it happens really bad when i do some work or  in the shower when im driving it gets really scary i dont know what to do ive been top the er for it and they say its anxiety i am doing it right now as we speak i feel if i take another step i feel like im gonna collapse but i never do and i dont know how to reaLLY explain it its just an intense feeling im gonna collapse i get thisweak feeling and dont know what it is its not a panic  attack cuz im not panicing but can anxiety really do this what im feeling all day cuz also i feel like my heart is just gonna stop beating and im just gonna drop dead im scared can anyone relate to this and explain how anxiety does this to me

[nursegirl6572]

FYI guys

The OP hasn't posted on this thread since May....I'm not entirely sure he would even be reading this.

[Needalothelp]

They have took my blood alot of times i think they checked for that already they checked my blood count levels and all that stuff still nothing come of it i dunno.... I know feeling this way every day is a big BIG major put down i never thought such a thing could drag life down so much.......

[peggy64]

have the dr check your thyroid levels.

[Needalothelp]

i have systoms like this to only i'm watching my two kids when it happens and it's really scary it's so bad i don't wanna be by myself or i can't drive anywhere by myself i also get real bad blood rushes to my nose like someone hit me...I also see lil floaters all the time i've been to i bet over 50 doctors and had alot of test ran and still they haven't found nothing wrong i'm dizzy all the time and feel like i'm a robot that i'm not in my body it's weird it's ruined all my hobbies and even starting to ruin my marriage cause i can't work or nothing it's all starts with a really bad head ace then my legs start go to numb along with my left arm and i get hot flashes all through my body and i feel like i'm gonna pass out and die  i don't know if its anixtey related or not but i'v had all my bad teeth pulled cause i though it might of been poisoning i dunno what it is i just wish it would all go away it's driving me crazy....

[marshmallow]

CXheck if you're in menopause base don your age and experience, the doctor can also do a blood test to see. Even if you are younger, still have them check. I also get this sensation, but it is anxiety which started happening when I went into menopause and also from my thyroid which is hyperative. Get your doctor to check the thyroid too.

But my main advice would be to try to realize that alshtough you've had this snesation many, many times, it is only a SENSATION. It dos not mean you will faint, you will not die, you haven't fainted or died yet have you? So as long as medically there is nothing else wrong, blood pressure, thyroid, etc. then know that this too is another funny symptom of anxiety.

I used ot get it all the time, I would think that my knees were about to collapse and I would think that I could not take another step and then sure enough here I was still walking!
Just goes to tell you what our minds can make up.
Remember with anxiety FEAR false evidence appearing real....the mind sees the sensation and thinks it is REAL evidence and that there is something really wrong when there is not.
Our human bodies are tough! They can take so much. Same with our hearts, they can take so much!
Hang in there and as long as you are medically OK, then know that this too will pass and don't give it too much of your energy because that will just keep the cycle of sensation and fear escalating.

[jaide987]

im the same, my heart does not race and all i think about is "right this is it im going to faint or die" but it never happens, even still each time you get that wave of panic that makes you feel like this is the time you still think that its going to happen then you spend half a hour thinking that your stupied cos you know its anxiety lol!!
It kind of makes me feel like im really detached from everything as well, like im in a dream and nothing is real, its not a nice feeling at all but i just try and go with it now and zone out the best i can, ive kind of got to that stage where im not trying to cure my anxiety but trying to accept it and cope in the best ways i can without it trying to affect my life!! Its hard but i believe that anxiety sufferers are always going to be aware of anxiety even when it does get better but we just need to focus on whether it is normal anxiety or not! Living a healthy life helps extremely as well!!

[base09]

but my heart dose not race i just get this feeling that im gonna drop out likem i will collapse like i dont know hoe to explain it its like weird and really bad like im just gonna drop out my heart dont race or nothing

[cmw0421]

when my anxiety first started, it was after a long weekend of hard drinking.  It came out of no-where and was so intense I thought I was going to die.  I thought I was in another world or dimension or something.  Now ive been dealing (mostly with no problems) for over a year and I know what it is, and realize that there actually isn't anything wrong with me.. its only a chemical imbalance in the brain (im not a doctor so don't base medical help on this).  Honestly, I don't think this has anything to do with your heart.  When im anxious, my heart is racing, all of ours is.

[suzi-q]

Do you feel like your heart skips a beat?  I know that stress brings on this "prolapse" in the heart. I get a "skip a beat" feeling every now and then and it kind of feels like my heart is going to stop. However, I know it isn't  (for I have had these for years now!)  The more stressed I am, the worse it gets.  When I am de-stressed, I don't get it hardly at all.

Also, you are dead on right when you say that worrying about it will bring it on. YOu have yourself stuck in a terrible cycle of worry with your symptoms.  Go out and have fun and get your mind off yourself.  That is the only way to move forward.  Keep diverting your mind no matter how you are feeling...diversion diversion diversion..It takes practice but it does work....

[trickysituation]

As I said its difficult to explain...but here goes, generally it would happen when i was anxious about something even tho at the time i thought things were ok. I would focus out on everything except what i was feeling, dizzy, short of breath, tingling hands, racing heart, like i was going to faint basically, I would do anything to get me out of the situation that i could, sometimes i would wish that i could faint and that would get me away from it all.
Well that was kind of my experience.
Please remember that your not alone with this, as i am slowly learning more people than you would ever imagine go through periods in there life like this.
Take care of you and good luck x

[nursegirl6572]

Hon, we've all told you that many many people go through the same thing you are.  I know it is scary....but it is all very common anxiety symptoms.

When is your next therapy appt?  If not soon, maybe you ought to bump it up a bit?

[base09]

what is goin on when you do this and can this feeling ever send you into a panic attack and when you do this do you feel like your goin to drop dead like lights out or collapse and dose it make you feel like you cant move another step or you will faint out or collapse

[jaide987]

i get this all the time, i just feel like im going to faint, mainly in places that i feel that no one can help me like the shower or when i am outside where i would find it embarassing to faint, it is anxiety but i have never in my life fainted so even though i worry about it i know deep down it aint goin to happen!!

[base09]

can you tell me your feeling when you did this what exactly did you do and feel and are you sure it was like mine

[trickysituation]

Hi there.
When my anxiety and depression started i definately had the same feelings as you. Its kind of wierd to explain isn't it cos it just seems to come from nowhere.
I dont feel this way so much now and i think that is because i have accepted that i am depressed and suffering from anxiety and i am trying to learn how to cope with the major feelings of being overwhelmed with life in general. Breathing techniques have been really helpful for me maybe you could look into this if you havnt already..

[base09]

WELL IT SOMETIME COMES ON SUDDEN AND I GUESS ME WORRING ABOUT IT MAKES IT LONGER I DONT KNOW BUT IT HAPPENS ESPECIALLY WHEN IM DOING SOMETHING OR WHEN IM SITTING DOWN AND YES IT GOES AWAY BUT LATLEY ITS BEEN HAPPENING ALOT LIKE ALL DAY OFF AND ON I IT FEEL LIKE MY HEART IS GONNA STOP LIKE ITS WEAK OR SOMETHING BUT THE MAIN SYMPTOM IS I JUST GET THIS INTENSE WEIRD FEELING THAT IM GONNA COLLAPSE OR FAINT BUT I DONT FEEL LIGHTHEADED ITS LIKE I JUST FEEL IM JUST GONNA DROP AND LIGHTS OFF AND DIE  IM IN THERAPY IN THEY TELL ME ITS ANXIETY BASED BUT THATS JUST NOT BELIVABLE CUZ ITS EVEN HARD TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING EXPECTING IT TO HAPPEN AND IT DOES SOMETIME SO BAD THAT I CANT BARL;EY MOVE CUZ IM TO SCARED IF I MOVE IM GONNA DROP OUT

[suzi-q]

It most definitely can be anxiety...Does it last a long time or does it go and come and for how long?  You could be having anxiety attacks and worrying about it makes it worse.  Tell us more.