Hello,
I have suffered from anxiety since I was about 19, on and off and from what I can tell the bad anxiety comes typically when I am dealing with a lot of stress.
The first anxiety attack I had was when I was stuck on a subway. Underground for about 40 min,started thinking the worst;fires, crashes, not being able to get out. After that I did not use the subway for 8 years. Back to using the subway again now. At the start it was hard but I got over it.
In the mean time I had a few experience with anxiety, breathing problems especially in traffic (in a car), or when I got worked up thinking about stresful situations.
More recently the anxiety has retuned. But this time its health related. I had been jogging for some time and once it got too cold I started using the treadmill. I was running and pushed myself hard, then felt off so I put my hands on the heart rate monitor. I forgot the exact number, but it was around 180 maybe 190. That set off a huge anxiety attack. Since then I have been freaked out about using cardio equipment. I tried taking classes but then I get worried about my hr and passing out in front of a class. This also trigers more anxiety. Has anyone experienced this?
Now, I have been going thought a very stresful time. The past two weeks when at work I get anxiety about brain hemorages, strokes...each time I have a headache I think I am having symptoms of one or the other and it scrares me. I worry about passing out, being disabled, blind, paralized and all the rest. I look at symptoms on the internet and each time I find something that I have it give me more anxiety. This has been going on for the past couple of weeks. Now I over analyze everything; what I see, how I feel, how I type, how I hear, how I walk, I think about every pain every muscle twich everything. Its really anoying...does anyone else suffer from these symptoms.
On a side note, the worst attack I had was last week, I had 5 hours of sleep, worked all day (started at 6am) and had 2 coffees.