recent changes

[FrankX]

Hello i,m new to the site and to posting my problems online. While i have been having attacks for about 2-3 years now, i have been feeling some major changes in how the attack's come and last. Most recent has been major ear pressure and hot flashes lasting for hours my heart rate spikes and i go nuts, my wife tells me to clam down its nothing, and there in line is the problem if i'm having these attacks and the added stuff ( might be something might be nothing)  how am i to determine if what is new is nothing or my over reacting to well anything as anyone whos had these attacks for a long time anything NEW will only make it worse in trying to find out is what now mind the reason im posting is casue i cant afford to go see a doctor but i need help. Now i will say when i do take some meds the pressure backs off and i feel ok again, but the ear and heart pains are new should i worrie or not?

[MrGreen]

I always say that anxiety evolves the longer we have it. For example. I may have began with panic attacks only. Now I don't fear panic attacks at all. They don't bother me in the slightest. I have evolved into someone who has a fear of throwing up. That has now become the more dominant aspect of my condition. So changes do take place. Be they big changes or small changes. You might notice something that is new to you and begin to focus in on that. Thus making it more regular. While that becomes new to you, you might find some other symptom you had might go away. We just tend to focus / find new things to worry about. So things can change over time. The mind is a powerful weapon. We see that by what it is doing to us. But it can work for us too if we learn how to use it. All about how we react to various emotions. We feel a twinge. We think ' oh no '. We begin to sweat. The whole thing is linked. If we can learn to alter one we can learn to alter the lot. Hence they say to alter the thought would alter the feeling and change the mood.

[br2509]

I been having panic/anxiety attacks my bf is like your wife when i have them he gets onto me and tells me everything will be fine i have gone to the ER because of them which everything has came back fine with all the test x rays and ekg i have gotten.But anxiety/panic attacks have some crazy symptoms and for me its like i experience something new everyday.But i have learn to try to deal with it and tell myself its just a attack you will be fine and that does work a little..

[FrankX]

thanks for the info. I have tryed my best to do the whole mind over matter it dose work, but i have lost control of it. I even kicked the meds out right then i had a laps back hard! i have also gone to the E.R thinking it was a heart attack only to find out it was nothing. Though i havent been in to see a doctor in a while, i feel so lost, i want this **** to end im sick of being chained to a drug to make me feel better i want to wake up and feel normal. my ears hurt my chest hurts my lungs hurt and in my head i know its nothing but i cant do anything to stop it.

[br2509]

I understand where you are coming from i am the same way and it seems like everyday its something new that happens to your body..I wish i had my normal body and my normal self back its like i can't do much because i always feel weird.Its like i tried to ignore it as best as i can but then there is always something new to come along..I am so sick of these things myself...

[amish1979]

We would ALL like to not have to rely on medication to help us deal with our ****, but unfortunately that's not how it works sometimes.  You may need to see your dr and get back on something or you may just continue to spiral downward.