Anyone else feel this way?

[Fers404]

I am a 25 year old female. I work full time as an EMT and have been suffering with anxiety for the last 4 years. I've literally been on every medication and Paxil worked well but I can't take it because I take Metoprolol. I had a bout of SVT a few months back, my heart rate got up to 198 while driving so I saw a Cardiologist. They did blood work and an EKG at the ER and found really nothing.  I did a stress test at the Cardiologist and he said he saw nothing but I have a fast heart beat, so he Gave me the metopropol. My problem is my anxiety hasn't gotten any better. I literally feel like I am going to die every single day. I'm constantly checking my pulse and worrying. My heart skips beats and it takes my breath away. I always have chest pain, stomach issues, feel light headed and sometimes I feel out of touch... I can't do it anymore. I am so sick and tired of worrying about dying that I can't enjoy my life. I'm always on Edge. Someone please help me...

[Fers404]

Breathing exercises don't really help me. I guess the  best way to describe it is I just never feel good. I always feel like ****. Ando maybe I'm naive but I just don't see how going to a therapist or counselor is going to take away my physcial pain

[Paxiled]

I think you're missing the point -- if anxiety is causing the pain, getting rid of the anxiety and your obsessiveness gets rid of the pain.  If it's being caused by something else, you need to fix that, but you state here it's been diagnosed as anxiety.  That's how therapy can help.  And breathing exercises have to help at least momentarily -- if you're doing abdominal breathing, it just relaxes you for a moment at least -- just biological -- so maybe you haven't learned them correctly.  But they won't cure your anxiety.  If there is a cure for it, it's only through therapy -- everything else just treats symptoms.  I'd give it a try.  But it has to be a therapist who specializes in anxiety treatment, and you have to be willing to work at it.  If you're not, then the magic pills are your only hope.

[Paxiled]

You haven't mentioned therapy.  Have you tried a psychologist who specializes in anxiety treatment?

[Paxiled]

Also, has anyone taught you relaxation techniques such as meditation, breathing exercises, and exercise before you tried medication?  They might not get rid of your anxiety, but they might get rid of the heart worries.