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someone please help i dont know whats wrong with me!

So last week on a tuesday i was playing soccer when this all happened. Out of nowhere my heart was racing un normally fast and my body felt like shutting down, i was so scared i was shaking and i kept screaming "call the ambulance i dont want to die". Ambulance comes and im less tense then i was. We get to the hospital and they tell me im alright just my blood pressure is a little low because im an athlete but they run an ekg and all these tests and they send me to another hospital where they do it again and they said everythings fine and that ill be fine. I leave the hospital and i start to freak out and i cant breathe, and i cant feel my arms and legs and im getting dizzy. i tell them to call the ambulance and they come once again and tell me breathing is fine and my vitals are good and everythings fine. Im not fine.... this time we speed to my house and i get slightly anxious but not to the point where i freak out. Ive layed in bed, drank a lot of water for the past days and when i felt good i went to the store with my mom and it was horrible... my left arm was getting numb and my legs wanted to give up. So i ran out the store and into the car. I was shaking but my mom said its all in my head and that i can control it. So we go to another store same senario but i went through it all withiut panicking so much still numbess of course but ive been getting better. days go by and i felt good. My brother takes me to the movies to watch the New star wars movie and we had to leave half way through the movie because i almost had an attack, more severe then the slight numbess i experience and i have to calm myself down severly at home and my heart races until i fell asleep. after that day ive been feeling great. Relying myself on god and his promises and ive been good. I get slightly anxious but when i do its just my left arm that gets a little numb but thats about it. i was playing soccer again and driving i thought i was cured and i probably was until this tuesday where i go to church and i got sort of anxious, my body was shaking and everything but i didnt over react and kept myself calm until i was good again. i get home and get ready to sleep when i get the curiosity to masturbate because i read that it helps relief stress and i had this desesperation to feel better( Note this whole time ive had so much stomache acid its uncomfortable sometimes) So i masterbate and once i release my whole body felt weird, aside from me feeling guilty of doing it because ive been getting closer to god. I started to shake and i havent stopped i feel like the weird things are going around my whole body. Like if i just showered and i go into cold dry air, little weird zaps going around my body and i dont know what to do. I was already feelig good but now i cant stop shaking and im desperate for help, could masturbating have damaged my nervous system?
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Sorry to hear you are going through this.  I want to say that anxiety is terrible and can feel exactly as you describe.  The good news is that you have been through many tests and your heart appears fine.  My husband thought he had heart problems.  He went all the way through careful testing with a cardiologist.  He was fine but still doubted it.  He is just an anxious guy.  (he's a lot older than you and heart conditions run in his family and he felt pains here and there and thought the worse).  But once he got the Aokay from specialists, he moved on and accepted it.  We also can become hyper sensitive when worried about something.  We feel every ache and pain and notice EVERYTHING that we normally wouldn't when anxious about it.  

So, what about just accepting that you have health anxiety?  What about treating the anxiety?  Your mom's words are incorrect that you 'can just control it' because it isn't always that easy.  You may really benefit from seeing a psychologist to work through this.  Can you talk to her about that?  I think this would be the best course of action!
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Im a 16 year old male and i wish i never had these problems but ust recently i dont panic as hard as i usto now its just the numbness and cold sweat when i play and i get cold on my left arm very often and sometimes begin to sweat. Should i see a doctor if these different symptoms came up ?
Ive had a lot of stomache acid lately and pains under my shoulder.. ive been eating alright healthy could this still be anxiety
You are over-analyzing your body looking for clues to your bad health fears which likely are just in your mind. Anyone can get itch, ouch, twitch, numbness, hot, cold etc feelings if they bother studying themselves.
You play sports so you sweat and your body cools down.
You need to relax to make the "symptoms" disappear, and stop  keeping track of the because they are just baggage on your mind, fueling your fears and making you tense up and sweat in fear. Not easy for some people to relax but it is the only way to peace.

If the "symptoms" don't disappear after you relax then see doc but these pains you complain of are classic anxiety so that is my guess that they are just in your mind.
How do i treat it, Please help me
See a therapist like paxiled said because they will talk with you to see if you might like to look at things differently.
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Your profile doesn't list your age.  You say you're female -- is that true?  Since you've seen doctors and they don't notice anything, it could be that first experience was caused by not eating properly that day or perhaps not being sufficiently hydrated or having enough electrolytes in your system.  The experience unnerved you, so now whenever you feel similar things you expect something terrible to happen.  This is how chronic anxiety gets going in those prone to it.  I'd say it's time for you to see a therapist about this who specializes in anxiety so you can get past it before it becomes your normal way of thinking.  
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I'd also add, your emphasis on God and fear of masturbating being sinful suggests you have something bothering that has pushed you hard in this direction.  Whatever that is could be responsible for your anxiety as well.
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