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Please help i need reassurance!
Hi i am 31 and recently found out i have anxiety/panic attacks.I found out from being in the ER many times,I havnt been to see a DR yet but since then i feel anxiety coming on all the time.I wake up everyday feeling horrible (even when i feel calm) the worse is feeling lightheaded like i could faint and i am a stay at home mom with 2 little boys so im afraid something will happen to me when im alone with them! My eyes also bother me alot and everything seems like a dream almost like out of body thing.Of course it doesnt help im always thinking there is something else wrong with me and im slowly dying from it.anyone else have this? i could use some reassurance im not alone!
I went through the same thing after having my fourth child. I couldn't eat or sleep. I was constantly dizzy, had heart palpitations and was scared to stay with my children alone. I was told that I had an anxiety disorder and would need to be on medication the rest of my life. I did take Paxil for abut 10 months, but invested in the program Attacking and Anxiety by the Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety. It is a behavior modification program that helps you deal with your anxiety/depression. It really helped me. Two of my teenage daughters have also had symptoms of anxiety, and I have been able to help them by teaching them what I've learned. The best thing I have found is to distract myself when I start feeling amxious. Sunglasses help with dizziness and out of body feeling. I think maybe our eyes dilate from the adrenaline and allow in too much sunlight or something - not sure. Anyway, I have learned to be thankful when I feel anxious because I start praying for people or practice being thankful and it just goes away. Everyone has anxiety now and then. Accept it and it will pass! By the way, it has been 12 years now since I first started having panic attacks. I just had a hysterectomy and the hormone changes caused new anxiety, but I used what I had learned in the past and didn't let it get to me.
Be strong!
Paula
Be strong!
Paula
You sound just like me a year ago. I'm a stay at home mom and daycare provider and I had the same fear what if I die and I"m alone with the kids. I thought my son how to dial 911 and we did scenarios.
Anyway, I tried the meds and didn't like the side effects so I decided to search the internet in hopes to find another way to deal with this. I tried tapping (help change my mind during a panic attack but it wasn't very easy to do with kids around), I tried relaxation, writing a though journal (write whatevver comes to mind until you don't have anything else coming every morning first thing) this helped. What helped me what the Panic Away from Joe Barry, they have news letters that are super helpful and doesn't cost a thing. Within the first 3 newsletters and applying what was said I started seeing a difference.
I'm not panic\anxiety attack free for 2 months now, I still have generalized anxiety but that is more manageable. Seeing and talking to a therapist was also super helpful in overcoming the attacks.
Good luck with whatever you try, there is a way out and tell yourself that if those test say your fine you are don't double guess the test and doctors.
Anyway, I tried the meds and didn't like the side effects so I decided to search the internet in hopes to find another way to deal with this. I tried tapping (help change my mind during a panic attack but it wasn't very easy to do with kids around), I tried relaxation, writing a though journal (write whatevver comes to mind until you don't have anything else coming every morning first thing) this helped. What helped me what the Panic Away from Joe Barry, they have news letters that are super helpful and doesn't cost a thing. Within the first 3 newsletters and applying what was said I started seeing a difference.
I'm not panic\anxiety attack free for 2 months now, I still have generalized anxiety but that is more manageable. Seeing and talking to a therapist was also super helpful in overcoming the attacks.
Good luck with whatever you try, there is a way out and tell yourself that if those test say your fine you are don't double guess the test and doctors.
No they gave me something that started with an A i cant remember what it was called but it didnt help all i got was the side effects.The next time i went to the Er they said i would need something stronger but i would have to get it from my DR because the side effects could be worse then the anxiety.anyone have any good results with prescription meds?or even non prescription?
Us peeps with anxiety all need reassurance... way too much of it. haha. I'm learning that in therapy right now. I never used to need reassurance, I could always reassure myself... thats why I love therapy, I'm diggin deep to see when this all started for me.. and I think it started with going from being super secure, to slowly insecure... and need reassurance. I find when going through a bad anxiety spell, I cant get ENOUGH reassurance. But if my Dr. assures me I'm okay, I feel better. But also, I have a TOOL BOX to help me too. Medhelp is one, my tracker, lexapro, klonopin when needed etc. You will find your tool box. You will be back to your old self I have faith.
My advice, go see a Dr. Get a clean bill of health, which I'm sure you will. =) Then see if that helps. If you are still having anxiety, then talk to your Dr. about what you should try to help that.
Keep the faith. You'll be good. ;)
My advice, go see a Dr. Get a clean bill of health, which I'm sure you will. =) Then see if that helps. If you are still having anxiety, then talk to your Dr. about what you should try to help that.
Keep the faith. You'll be good. ;)
Did the ER doc gave you a prescription for Xanax? That's what they usually do after they rule out any other physical illness. I'm 33 and suffering from panic attacks/anxiety as well. As if life wasn't difficult enough....hang in there.
I have had every symptom that you described. For the longest time I didn't feel like life was real. As if maybe I was in a coma and I was reliving my life. With time I got better. I'm not a 100% yet but it does get better. You can look at my profile and read some of my journals and check me out, we can talk if you'd like. I think you're going through the toughest part of anxiety right. Sent me a message if you want to know how I've dealt with it. I've only had this for 4 1/2 months So i too am just starting off with an anxiety problem. God bless you.
No i havnt seen a DR,i have been in the ER a few times and have had EKG and bloodwork done which have all came back fine which is why they said its just anxiety (well they make you feel like ur crazy).I am hopeing to see a DR soon and maybe i will start feeling better thanks!
I hope you have seen your doctor and have had a good physical exam and blood work.
Symptoms that may seem to be anxiety can also be symptoms of something else so you should have those possibilities explored and ruled out. At the very least this will ease your mind that it isn't something other then anxiety. Anxiety is bad enough in and of itself and not to be taken lightly. Have you sought help for it? There are good treatments available for it and you don't have to suffer alone. Let us know how you make out.
Symptoms that may seem to be anxiety can also be symptoms of something else so you should have those possibilities explored and ruled out. At the very least this will ease your mind that it isn't something other then anxiety. Anxiety is bad enough in and of itself and not to be taken lightly. Have you sought help for it? There are good treatments available for it and you don't have to suffer alone. Let us know how you make out.
Thank you so much! I didnt relize how common this was till i got on here.Now im relizing how much of an effect it can have on a person.I also have those floaters as you called them and the headaches but as i said i think i have every symptom you can get. It makes me feel better to know im not crazy! Did the Kalms work at all that you took? and do you find it at a heath food place?
You definately aint alone,your dizziness i can so relate to that was my worst symptom as well as real bad headaches and floaters in my eyes,like you i was afraid to be alone,in the end i took myself to the doctors had a good talk with her she offered me meds but i didnt want them so she recommended herbal kalms which i did take,she told me that even though i am thinking the worst that it is infact my mind convincing me of it all and she was so right once i started talking topeople about this i was surprised how many people actually have suffered this and it was such a relief to talk and for people to just listen and understand,please remember you are never alone whilst you are on this site.
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