What kind of anxiety is this? or is it?

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Hi this is my first post and I am really interested in what you all think about this.  The more and more I look at it, I feel like I am just suffering major anxiety and it is just turning into more things.

I have been completely healthy up until about a month ago.  I am a 26 year old male and I recently moved back into my parents house after living completely on my own for three years.  I also lived almost 400 miles away from them not really having to deal with them.  I wanted to pursue a different career so I moved back in with them so that I could pursue it.

I moved back in and had to quit my job where I used to live.  So I had no income.  I had credit card bills due, cell phone bill due, my parents riding my back about how my progress in my classes are for a new career.  I am extremely active, I used to run 4-5 miles per day, play multiple sports.  When I moved home I was unable to play sports because I didn't have the money to join the leagues and could only run.  Still every night I would come home and have the weight of all the money I had to pay for my bills, the stresses of my classes, pleasing my parents and girlfriend, having no money to go out for enjoyment, and I basically felt guilty if I did anything but sit at home at my parents house.  I also left the majority of my friends when I moved back home and do not get to talk to them too much.  So my life took a complete 180.

One morning after being extremely stressed out from the night before I woke up with chain pain I was a little weirded out.  But about a week before this I think that I actually started having PVC's (the feeling like your heart skips a beat and you feel like you lose your breath) a few times, the more and more I started thinking about all my obligations.  Then one night I laid down and went to bed and had excruciating pain in the center of my chest, I thought I was going to have a heart attack, this lasted a few nights, after this night I changed my diet to completely vegan no meat at all no sugar at all from just general eating although I was eating a little bit less because I was trying to lose pounds because the new career I am trying pursue is an active one.

It scared me half to death and this continued hurting for about a week.  I was so worried I went to my school nurse and got my BP and Heart Rate done which was 62bpm ~120/80, which is normal.  Then I also got a CBC(Complete Blood Count) done to see my general overall health.  On the blood count I was completely normal and healthy in every single category the doctor said you look completely normal nothing looks wrong with you.  I was still not convinced and I started searching all over the internet trying to figure out what was wrong with me.  I convinced myself I had hernias, cancer, and every horrible disease imaginable.  

My symptoms in the last month have been these and I have never been like this before:
Raging Heart Beats ( early on, I have started to calm then down)
Bowel Movements Changed (Once a day from almost a movement after every meal)
Lost all appetite (Went to about 1000-1500 calories from about 3000 calories daily) - About 2 meals a day
Lost weight (Went from about 227 down to 212)
Didn't want to do anything ( No running, didn't enjoy spending time with anyone not even my girlfriend)
Nervous Hands
Nausea - Felt sick to my stomach numerous times, my stomach made extremely loud noises while digesting.
Constantly worry that there is something horribly wrong with me.
Dry mouth
Headaches
Can't sleep at night due to my constantly worrying mind thinking something is wrong, I usually go to sleep at 10 then wake up around 3am-6am worrying and can't fall back asleep.
Tense neck
Lump in back of throat
Went from being extremely social to not wanting to really converse at all
Sore muscles all over, chest and back.
Muscle twitches late at night when finally laying down.
Just wanted to ignore everything and lay in bed.
Heartburn
Felt tense all day - like I was constantly nervous and flexing every muscle in my body.

The last 4 days, I barely slept at all 2 hours max and last night the fourth night was the night I had a full 7-8 hours of sleep.  I still find myself searching up things on the internet trying to find out what is wrong with me and even though the doc said I looked healthy and of course by searching on the internet, I find everything that is horrible and applying it somehow and stressing me out more.

Does this sound like anxiety?  What do you think?


Also, I stopped running and lifting weights for almost the entire month of March.  I have been trying to start working out again and it is almost like I am scared too.  I lifted a few weights yesterday and today I am extremely sore as is my chest.

If this is all due to extreme anxiety of the past month. How long does it take the body muscles and general nervous system to feeling like it used to where I had no pains only pains from running hard and lifting hard?  Does it take a while to get your head back into it and your body?

Thank you for your responses in advance.

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25 male here... totally have the same symptoms as you... It's TOTALLY ANXIETY...

You are stuck in a cycle of fear that is feeding off of itself. Quit looking up stuff... you can search stomach pain, and the first thing that comes up is stomach cancer... don't do that to yourself... your anxiety loves that stuff... and feeds off of it.

Also, don't be scared to work out again, it does WONDERS, and gets natural serotonin working in your brain, to help ya feel better. =)

I would go see a Dr. and a therapist or counselor... you def. need a little help it sounds like. And it's okay, doesnt mean anything is wrong with you at all. You are just experiencing anxiety! I think most people go through this atleast once in there life. But the anxiety you are having sounds pretty rough... I know how you feel. There is no reason you should feel like this, this day in age. =)

You need sleep. Sleep is important. Tell the Dr. you havnt been able to sleep at all, and he will probably give you a little something to chill you out and night before bed. I take an ativan before bed from time to time... and it relaxes me...

I'm having the same symptoms right now actually as you are... but I know I will overcome it, b/c I've been through this before.

I only weigh 130.... but now I weigh 125 b/c I can BARLEY eat anything! My stomach is so nervous all day... and im pacy... It's a struggle man... and I'm so happy at night, b/c I made it through one more day... and the day is over...

but life will be good again for you! I promise!

I broke down crying today dude... that's how tired I am of all this anxiousness.

But I also just started on Lexapro, it's an antidepressant, but also helps with anxiety. It has worked in the past for me, and I have high hopes it will work again... and the Lord will get me through this spell too. =)

If you have ANY QUESTIONS, whatsoever.... let me know! =)

Here for ya! =)

ps: have you told your folks about this?

[CJane24]

This definitely sounds like anxiety to me, and maybe a little depression too. My anxiety started with chest pain. I thought something was wrong with my heart so I went to the Dr. and all the tests came back fine. Then when I got shortness of breath, racing heartbeat, unrealistic feelings of doom or like I was dying, and more...I realized it had to be anxiety. I also had a couple panic attacks. I can relate to a lot of your symptoms, even the lump in the back of throat. I'm on Lexapro now, which is an anti-depressant and anti-anxiety, and it seems to be working. Xanax works for me when I'm having an anxiety attack. Good luck. :)