Re: Need advice

Posted By Sandy on August 10, 1999 at 09:56:57
First off i want to thank you all for being there and helping. I have been posting here quite regularly and it has helped me wuite a bit. I am n theropy and on meds right now Ativan and Zoloft.
I have a thing about pain...I get a chest pain wich sets me off worrying wich sets me of in a panic. I have been to the Dr .i have been to the Er....EKG's are all normal had a Echocardiogram..all they found was a Minimal Mitral Valve Regurgitation wich they said not to worry about.
My theropist keeps telling me it is stress that caoses the pain wich causes the panic...and she says that until i can accept that answer i will not recover. I cant help it , when i get a chest pain i have that " what if " nagging that goes on and on. Is this normal? Should i accept or try to accept her oppinion? Its very hard for me.

[Susie__0__0]

Posted By Susie on August 10, 1999 at 21:56:57
It does sound anxiety related. I've read a lot about anxiety since I suffer from it myself. I definitely understand the whole "what if" I think I go through that every day. I've read that it helps to start saying "so what" instead of what if. Sometimes that helps me sometimes it doesn't. It's awful how physical symptoms which are benign can start off intolerable panic. I can usually control it so that I don't have a full blown attack, but I can still be wretchedly uncomfortable for hours on end...because I won't take any meds which would probably help. Sometimes with anxiety and panic I think it's hard to accept someone saying "you have to accept it's anxiety" because you're so keyed up all the time. It's hard to evaluate it from a neutral stand point and there is that fear "what if they're wrong?!?!?!?!" But that is all part of the insidious anxiety. Somehow letting go (if possible) and accepting probably would be helpful (I just don't know how to do that)Somewhere someone posted a good site on anxiety...Mandy I think her name was.Good luck!

[Wanye]

Posted By Wanye on August 15, 1999 at 01:36:54
Sandy,
      I have just gotten back to the forum.And when I read what you have been going through it was very close to what I have experienced myself.
      I thought that I was having a heart attack the first time I had a
anxiety attack,went to many dactors and in the end I found out  it was stess
related after all. Mostly I had night attacks with some during the day  
I would only  
think about my attack. My advice is to try not to fix your mind on these attacks.This I call going in a circle, over and over I would think about the  last attack.I would look at what caused the attack and then remember to control those thoghts. I was medicated but this takes time to calm down so have patience
and you will get better! I have not had a attack in a few years and if I'm careful I don't feel like it will ever be back.
      So just remember you can get by this ,but give it some time and don't worry about it.
                       Wayne










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