what is wrong with me...anxiety?

[don82]

Hello..i have some serious concerns on my mind..I am 23 years old and feel like I should not have these problems. To start I have acid reflux and allergies to ragweed (this season) , grass, dust mites. I have been getting a tightness/pressure in the left side of my neck and I am so worried about it. I am planning on seeing a neurologist asap. What can this be. I know that acid reflux/heartburn can cause burning in the throat but I feel like a pressure/tightness in the left side of the neck. One of my doctors have said I had anxiety in the past. Can this be it? stress? I am always tired and feel like I'm not in my body. Kind of like I am groggy or just out of it all day. What can this be? Please help me out. I had a CT early this year which came back fine and a chest x-ray. Why do I always feel run down and this tightness. Can it be like a caroded artery. Would that feel like this. Any comments would help since I am paranoid about this feeling. Thanks for your help out there. Also, do you think ragweed can attribute to me feeling like run down and dizzy/out of it/tired? I have taken xanax before and they help to calm me down but I have been experiencing this pressure in the neck more lately.  Please help me out . Thanks again.  Also, I am constantly getting sinus infections.  Please try to make sense of all this.

[Aruba417]

I'm sorry, but I tend to disagree with you. I'm sure that the Linden Method works for some people, but others have no choice but to try medication. I've tried CBT and have seen many doctors. And to say that people "create" a chemical imbalance is messed up. I come from a family that has a history of Anxiety disorders. It runs in the family. You can't say that we all "created" it. And it's not like we learned from our family members either. I never even knew so many people in the family were suffering until I got diagnosed. On the OTHER hand, I DO believe that SOME of our ways of thinking can be changed with CBT. I've learned certain things that have helped me. But I can't do it all on my own. I need help. And so do a lot of people.

[LDMAN60119]

Mellisa, I sense some anger in your tone.  That is what I am talking about.  Dealing with anxiety.  If you are taking meds and that works that is great.  But you must deal with the problems causing the anxiety.  That way you anxiety will disappear.  Have you tried CBT, or did some doc tell you only meds will help.  Look at the PDR for many anti-anxiety drugs, many are only meant for the short term.  At least try something like CBT.  Only you can fix your self.  Not drugs,not MDs, only you.  Doing something like CBT will help you with that.  I was as bad as you could get with anxiety.  Now I don't have it.  If you want proof look up the numbers.  See how effective CBT is.  Don't forget that meds are not a cure.  Any doctor will tell you that.  The are suppose to assist while you fix and cure your anxiety.  And it is fixable and cureable.  You are creating any chemical imbalance.  Its not your fault, the anxiety is causing it.  But only you can help the anxiety go away.  In the long run you are fighting a battle in your mind that you are sustaining.  Did your doctor tell you to try any therapy, or did he just give you the drugs and say take these forever?  Take every step you can to cure yourself.  You don't have a disease, you have a mind that has formed habits that are keeping it stuck in anxiety.  Good luck

[donn82]

Hey guys..im sorry but I am new to this..What is CBT..is xanax better than konopin?  Is there a difference?  Has anyone used the Linden Method.  Can u give me examples of what it is? and is it worth the money? Thanks
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[moondog]

I went to the the ER again today because I was determined that I was not normal. I knew I had some form of Vasa Vagal Syncope. That was diagnosed by the doctor. Problem was I waned to know why! I had them run a cat scan. Praise God everything came back normal and my sinuses were clear. I am also please to say I had a fantastic physician that not only did what I asked, he allowed me to make some choices wnd when he smiled and gave me an antihistamine and a motion sickness pill I took them gladlyI refused however to take the valium. I went to the CT scan and when I got back my ears had stopped ringing, my head was clear, I was a little groggy but. . I wasn't dizzy. He did some motion tests and to make this story shorter. He sent me home with Vertigo. Now I dont mean tovsimplify; I still have Vasa Vagal! I am extremely sensitive to stimulats that alter my mood. (alchohol, cigarettes, etc). and any medication that could lower my blood pressure ie. Motrin, viagra, etc.)  But the initial symptoms of me passing out during a Vagal are almost identical to a dizzy spell. The Vertigo is just another trip wire! Anyhow ,I hope I am at a balance here that I can live with. I can work on the Vagal, I can controll ther vertigo. Here's how I feel like it's working: (ON ME) sometimes when I sit or ly down I get dizzy and I panic, (because I think I'm Vagaling), my heart races, my blood pressure goes through the roof, and when my vagal kicks in nad I am in a relaxed position or sleeping BP drops too low and I pass out. (Vasa Vagal Dyncope)At least this is how I feel about it. We'll see.
Thank you for this site. It probably helped me more than anone just being able to talk about this.

[kloedanser]

okay, this first part of this post is to everyone.  First of all, there are some symptoms that are anxiety related and some that arent.  When you have a REAL(read: identifiable on tests done at the docs) disorder (heart, lung, BP, etc. ) you will indubitably experience anxiety due to theses problems.  You will, no doubt, be given anti-anxiety drugs.  Take them.  Your docs have been to school (most of them recently ) and they KNOW what they are dealing with.  
THis part is for Idaman:  Nobody is exactly alike.  What works for you is terrific.  If it gets you through your day, you are one step ahead.  Please dont, however, rule out meds in general, because just like meds didnt work for you, maybe the Lindamn method wont work for everyone.  I need my meds to helpme cope with my life.  Hatred, predjudice and boxes are not what we should be doing here.  We should be helping each other cope.  If a special method worked for you (and excuse, me, but I am going to look up on the ******* internet your idea) I am happy.  Klonopin helped me.  I am not suggesting that the world in general start takingdrugs (it took me four years to finally agree to take klonopin or any other drug, or DOPE as I see it ) but what works is what matters.  I believe (maybe wrongly so) that if you catch VD there is no other method than antibiotics (thank god if youonly got the less serious kind) to help.  I also beieve that like any kind of infection, your body needs neds to help you fight the INFECTION off.  Do I say take drugs for ife? No.  But it can give you the edge you need to right yourself.  You talk about the brain in your post.  The brain workls on electrical impulses from neuron to neuron.  Which is why my spelling is ****** because I am on meds and that is ne of th e side effects.  Ocassionally, the brain ( due to stress, physical or mental) will go "off" balance.  I work out at all american gym three times a week with a personal trainer and I take no cafeine, alcohol, tobaccco, or fast food.  I eat clean, and nourish my body cleanly.  So. There is a CHEMICAL IMABALANCE in my brain that needs help. Meds help that.  Yes, I have unwanted side effects.  I type funny.  I cant spell and could care less about punctuation.  I am sleepy.  I slur.  But on the whole, I feel better.  No, no, Im sorry, I feel NORMAL.  Will there be withdrawls? I am certain.  But I would rather stay on this drug for the rest of my life than ever feel the way I did three weeks ago.  Scientific medication is there for a reason.  It will help some people.  I will quote to everyone who has posted now.
To everyone, Donna, esp.  When I learned I had cervical cancer, one of the posts I was on a person posted back to a post stating "I will try homeopathic therapy only." And the other woman replied "Absolutely. BUT USE ALL OF THE TOOLS IN THE BOX." That one sentance changed my life.  Use the Lindman, use Belinda Bassett, use yoga, exercise, use meds use everything that you can find to find a way out.  And USE WHAT WORKS FOR YOU.  Use all of the tools in the box.  Dontput down one persons treatment for another.  You are all (with me ) suffering.  Use everything you can find.  I will look up the Lindman treatment.  I will try it.  One more tool in my box.  But lets all try to help each other, not hate.  Sorry I didnt make any one laugh this post.  But I Have a ditry joke about an old lady whose cherry rotted and got friut flies if anyone is intereted.  LOL.  Email me for support.  ***@****.

Love and likeness,
Melissa

[LDMAN60119]

Sorry one more thing.  I never had allergies till the anxiety started, and have not had them since I fixed the anxiety.