Feel like im choking a lot, get very hot, chest gets cold, stomach tingles, heart races...head feels like im gonna float away or like im on a roller coaster.

[cwazychicken]

I have had severe problems during the summer. I usually feel like im on a roller coaster and i want off the ride. Like im gonna faint and sometimes it will come suddenly unexpected, sometimes it slowly builds up and boom. I have taken imipramine for depression, celexa but i had to get off celexa because it made me feel uneasy and did not help me. IT always happens more in hot weather to me or in long car rides.  I take meds where sensitivity to light but i panic a lot. It tends to happen when im around people and it scares me. I get back aches, headaches, feel like i have a bump in my throat, first thoughts i get are: am i having a heart attack or am i choking or do i have cancer in the throat or is something inside my esophogus. its horrible!!!  I tried celexa, zoloft, you name it. I am also ADHD....And when i was on adderall i never had this problem. I actually had more of a life and it didn't have bad side effects. However, it started in 2006, one summer i would rarely eat because it feels like my throat can not swallow my food. This has happened more since i had my teeth taken out. I am afraid i wont be able to chew so i end up feeling like i am choking. I have been told i have acid reflux, anxiety, depression, adhd. But its so hard to live this way. I feel like im gonna die when i go into this panic. Sometimes even just a little bit of indigestion sends me into a panic thinking im dying. I dont know what to do and would like to talk to someone who could help me.. It feels like my chest is gonna either explode or im gonna faint and drop dead. I also have family that think im faking it. My mom suffers from it, my grandma has been on aprazalam and it seems to work for them. I was wondering what i should do. I don't know what to do any more to get back on track. Tried kolonopin, did not work. Also, in 2003, i had surgery on my teeth....and since then it got worse. I Know when i was pregnant and stopped smoking, the symptoms were not as bad but i still panicked...but i started again and got worse again. Was wondering if smoking makes anxiety worse. I have tried to quit then i get fits......Is there any good way to figure out anxiety. I don't know...ive had a few fits where i felt i was gonna die right there. Only 3 severe ones. Sometimes i wonder if i have asthma because i start having these attacks. I don't know. But then everything is ok. I have a hard time getting to sleep, thats for sure. Thats a big problem.  Also my dad died at 42 from a heart attack suddenly, and i always worry im gonna die the same way....he smoked a lot. So i know i need to quit. I would just like some answers as ive gone to er, they said my heart was fine. I have had tests.....i don't have high blood pressure except when i was pregnant, so i don't know what this is.....my grandma had to get her esphogus stretched and im scared i may have to too.....or is it a thyroid? see, i think i have everything wrong with me....its hard to live life when i don't know how to...also have bad allergies like phlem, headaches, stuffed nose.....any ways, a lot of things that i worry about.

[cwazychicken]

Thanks for the comments i appreciate it. I also thought it could be my thyroid. I just worry because its been a problem. I don't eat very good. I rarely eat, so that may be another problem....maybe not enough iron so i feel weak. But yep, gonna cut back on caffeine as when i was pregnant this problem wasnt as bad. Thank you for responding!

[Paxiled]

angela, please don't shop at GNC.  They'll sell anything!  Please go to a good legitimate health food store, not a GNC.

[angela491]

Wow I hope that you do find a good doctor.I had some of your problems myself about 2yrs ago and when I went to the doctor he bacisally throw me a RX and out I went w/ this great I'm depressed thought lingering in my head.Well after taking my meds for a couple of days I felt even worse.I was a zombie but was told that would pass. After 6 months on the meds. nothing changed, I pushed myself through everything I had to do/get done.One thing did change my weight.I gain no lie 45lbs in 6 months.When the panic attacks would come I tried to get busy even at night in bed I would pull out pen & paper, a book something until I felt bettter. Needless to say I took myself off those pills everything. I went to GNC pick up GABA (helps w/mood)plus some other vitamins.I have been doing alot better but I still feel like something is off and I do believe that it might be my thyroid so I'm out to try and fix that now.At gnc there a book for natural cures and it's a great book, it tells you about all the vitamins and how they help.Sometimes if not all the time we know more about what's going on w/our bodies then the great doctors of the world. We just have to do some searching and testing of our own and hey sometimes the cure is as easy as that ol time chicken noodle soup recipe ,you never know things don't always have to be complicated.Maybe even a big smile or long hard good laugh will do the trick.Here the name of the book you can get at GNC-Prescription for Nutritional Healing(drugfree remedies using vitamins,minerals,herbs and food supplements)GOOD LUCK and I hope you start feeling WELL soon....

[Paxiled]

Caffeine is a stimulant, yes it's a problem.  Smoking is a problem for everything.  As for your digestive problems, it's common with anxiety.  Chew your food more slowly to improve digestion.  Stop taking tums, all those antacids force your stomach to produce more acid because it needs it to digest protein, forcing you into a vicious cycle.  Try aloe vera juice or DGL, a form of licorice that helps protect the mucosal lining of your stomach.  Peppermint oil gel caps can help with gas.  Digestive enzymes can help you digest your food.  And it very well could be thyroid, but despite what you read here sometimes not everyone has a thyroid problem.  So it might not be.  If you get it tested, make sure whoever's doing the testing tests for all the hormones, not just one.  If it turns out to be a little hypo, meaning underactive, try taking kelp or bladderwrack for extra iodine.  If it's hyper, that requires different treatment.  In other words, just because you suffer from anxiety doesn't mean you don't also have other problems, but it also doesn't mean you do.  You have to be assertive and find out, be wary of doctors, and get into therapy.

[cwazychicken]

oh and another thing, nexium and tums never help. I have tried everything for heartburn.....and i have a lot of gas. I do drink a lot of caffeine...could that be a problem too?