anxiety

hi i'm kristina, i'm 17 years old and ive been diagnosed with GAD. i was wondering has anyone who has anxiety ever felt like they dont have anxiety at all and then out of nowhere you get lightheaded or dizzy or your chest starts to get twinges and it starts this whole cycle of "oh my god there must be something wrong". ive had ekg's done, blood work, CT scan, lungs checked, blood pressure checked, basically everything and all of it came back fine. but its like still ill just be relaxed and trying to just be myself and out of nowhere ill get these feelings. ive had 3 doctors now tell me its anxiety but its so hard for me to accept that it is actually anxiety. i have 0.5mg xanax to take if i feel a panic attack coming on but ussually i dont know when its going to come. and its not an attack its just these symptoms out of nowhere. also this anxiety has made me so much more aware of my body so every little thing i think oh it must be something. i really wish i could go back in time when i had my first anxiety attack which was a month ago now and tell myself to just relax. the reason why i had an anxiety attack was because my left arm went completely numb and i thought it was something to do with my heart, so i looked it up online and everything was like heart attack or stroke and call 911 so i worried myself into a panic attack. sometimes with this anxiety too i feel i cant fully be myself as much as i try. ive had alot of stress in my life lately though but i thought i was dealing with it pretty well....i guess not. anyway i would love to hear anyones stories with dealing with anxiety or any tips or experiences. or even if your like me and are having a hard time accepting that anxiety can cause all these symptoms. well thanks for reading and id love to hear from anyone.

[elleana]

hi kristina,
i completely can relate to you . I am 25yrs old i have never had panic attacks until this feb. of this year i had my very first panic attack. i was so scared i thought i was going to have a heart attack. i have been taking xanax prn and went to see a psychologist for over 8 weeks. i am trying to get off the xanax though because i was really aiming for no med route. but at times when i feel anxious and felt like i am going to have another panic attack i have to take the medicine i just feel overwhelmed. i try really hard to not take the xanax especially my husband who wishes me to stop taking the xanax. i only take 1/2 tablet of .25mg when i have the feeling. right now is am still trying to find ways to get it under control. at least now i can accept that the symptoms that i have is from anxiety because at first i thought i was going to have an heart attack or blood clot. it does not help me that i am a nurse and know so much about when i have these symptoms. i agree with you, i didn't realize i was under a lot of stress until i had my first panic attack because i thought i was dealing my stress pretty well. hang in there and you are not alone.

[alliecat_84]

Yes, I can totally relate. I'm 24 and my anxiety came from my first panic attack (which happened in the middle of the night). I thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital, but of course everything was 'ok' medically. Since then I have thought every pain or weird sensation I feel is some serious medical condition, like a heart attack, stroke, cancer or tumour! And that was only 6 months ago. My doctor also took about 4 months to properly diagnose me with having anxiety, so I've only just started treatment and seeing a psychologist!
I have days when almost every 5 minutes I have to reassure myself I'm not dying from some disease and it's just my anxiety.
I hope you are able to push past this!

[kalmkidd]

your under my watch now kristina lol.

[kris0007]

hi Kristina,

Most of this is psycholoigical I guess, but doing some yoga and being vegetarian would surely bring you great benefits for your mind and body.

-Kris