new to anxiety

[panther_spawn]

Hello, I am a 30 year old male who has recently started having pvc's. The PVCs by themselves are rough enough, but even when im not experiencing those i have what seems to me to be anxiety almost 24/7 for the past week. Ove never had any emotional or mental problems in the past and am not sure how to cope with all of this. I havent slept much in the past week and some of my symptoms are lightheadedness, tingling in my extremedies, fuzzy and faint feeling from time to time. slight chest pains and what seem to be "ghost" pains. I keep telling myself that im stressing over nothing, but no matter what I do i cant seem to get the thoughts out of my head and move past the anxiety. Even when im feeling ok for a bit and occupied, my mind will still drift back to fear. I dont have medical insurance and with a wife and 3 kids am on a very limited budget, help!

[br2509]

Well i just experienced anxiety attacks a few months ago wow never experienced them before in my life and there something not good to have..I have been to the ER twice because it was just a onset scared me thought i had a medical problem which i have gotten 2 EKG everything came back fine and some blood work that came back fine..But they have given me some zoloft and klonopin which i don't take neither i know that is crazy i don't do well taken med..So i am fighting these anxiety attacks on my own..So good luck to ya....

[panther_spawn]

That's one of the problems, I don't have health insurance. Have no clue how to come about it I can't afford to purchase it and have been denied for medi-cal and don't know where to turn. I have tried the paid clinics, but nobody there seems to care about problems not cold or flu related.

[cj29]

When I first experienced anxiety it came out of the blue overnight and basically spiraled down from there.  My original anxiety was from concerns with my heart and I went to go get checked out with an 'all clear' from the doctors.  But the 'what if?' questions started to constantly take over.  It can be confusing, scay and hard to confront sometimes.

Does your health insurance allow to go get counseling?  Can your doctor refer you once it is determined you are fine medically?  For me, learning about the anxiety cycle helped me confront it and deal with it.  Keep us posted!