don't know if this is my anxiety or true please help!!

[caitlinxx]

nxiety please help??? need answrrs?
I need someone to answer this question with good answers please because I'm really struggling I have been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks for years 6plus to be percise now 6 months ago they got so bad I couldn't leave my house one day at around 10pm I had chest pain I automatically thought heart attack!! All tho I've had chest pain and been checked out before but it still scared me so I called an ambulance everything was fine as always got back home that night was still shook up I went in to shock my panic was that bad after that u just wasn't the same and haven't been since now I'm constantly having a bad bad bad feeling in my tummy that I'm going to die 'soon' or wenever its really scary the feeling just feels so real i have never had it before in my life that's why it scares me s much its not like the normal anxiety I don't get any other symptoms when I get this feeling I just get this bad gut feeling that its gonna happen and there's nothing I or anybody can do about it to help me my mind is driving me nuts I don't feel like me I don't know who I am I just feel Like everything around me is different and weird and changing and in my mind I think this is happening because its the dying process like its happening because I'm gonna die I've never felt like this before in alll my life I'm twenty Years old BTW!! And I don't want to die and I hate this I just want to be me again I want to enjoy life but I can't not with this death feeling its really haunting me :(:( I also wake up in the middle of the night I feel like I've left my body and thats me I'm dying it feels so real please help!!

[caitlinxx]

I feel a lot Better reading all these comments really gives me reassurance that anxiety can do things like this I have been prescribed ativian witch is easing my anxiety symptoms and citalopram for depression thanks again every one hope u all are doing well to x

[caitlinxx]

Thank you everybody so much for all the comments much appreciated x

[nursegirl6572]

Have you addressed the anxiety yet with a mental health professional?  If not, that should be your next step.  What you describe is textbook panic, complete with derealization/depersonalization (both common effects of anxiety...while scary, they're completely harmless).

Fear of death is very common among young people like yourself.  That goes hand in hand with health anxiety, heart related anxiety.  You need the help of a professional who can help you formulate a treatment plan that will probably include therapy, and maybe medications.

Keep us posted on how you're doing!

[NEEDRELIEFASAP]

N try looking up breathing exercises before bedtime or just regular breathing exercises whichever...n remind yourself that even though u don't think ur in control u r in control n that this is not an emergency it's just an anxiety attack m the more u face and learn to accept ur anxiety ur life will get back to normal my attacks were constant for about two almost three weeks n I'm now getting control. It affected my life, my n my fiancee relationship, my sleep, n my appetite. I've lost 20 lbs almost in two weeks but I'm not too worried BC I could lose a few pounds after just having my n my fiancee fourth baby since 2010 that's when I went off my medicine n I haven't had an anxiety attack til about 3 weeks ago out of the blue. So, four yrs went by without medicine n attacks n then it just spikes up out of nowhere for two weeks. So,I don't c a Dr til the fourth n a therapist til the fifth. So, I've had to find coping mechanisms for when my fiance works third shift BC I've got for babies under age 5 depending on mommy day n night mostly. N I will be 23 in April. I went to ER even though I thought it was anxiety hoping to find medicine til I got to a psychiatrist buy that just gave me more stress BC one EKG was normal n my chest xray was normal but my second EKG was abnormal n yea I smoke cigarettes but only for about 2 1/2 yrs n the ER Dr wants to say, "I'm gonna send u to a cardiologist just in case but I think ur fine n don't worry." Of course I'm gonna worry!!!! But I c cardiologist this Friday but I've had two Drs tell me not to worry so I'm trying to linger on that positive thought. BC one Dr even said,"don't worry about that I don't think anything is wrong with ur heart ut too young n healthy." But I'm a little overweight since having my fourth baby two months ago but I've lost weight due to anxiety n I smoke which I'm trying to cut back. N the only things I've been diagnosed with its bipolar, depression,n anxiety (which all fall hand in hand) n asthma (which doesn't give me much trouble). But best of luck to you hope u try n find some relief til u get to a psychiatrist (therapist who prescribes medicine for anxiety n such. Don't do psychologist they r just there as therapists they can't prescribe anything.i found out the hard way). But, get urself some medicine to help calm yourself... Some medications I've read u don't have to take every day if ur worried about depending on medications to live ur life.... Hope this helps

[NEEDRELIEFASAP]

I get the same feelings it's scary. Try breathing exercises before bed n yoga. Yoga really helps just look up anxiety relief yoga moves online n I found a page posted by Huffington Post that has 10 moves to relief stress n they work which is shocking to me BC I'm hard to relax. I don't read n I make myself soak. Or try soaking in Epsom Salt it relaxes u... Hope this helps u like it helps me

[Godistheway]

I must say, Prayer is very good! The understanding that we, "I" am not in control of everything is also good... for example, I woke up this Sunday worried about how my girlfriend is going to get to church since she normally stays the night...

I mean, she's old enough to drive herself... I can not make someone do something, that's up to her.

Anyway, I want to say that LRon made a good point. I too will see a psychologist.

[LRon]

I had a similar experience with a series of panic attacks one shortly after another that sent me to the ER, absolutely convinced I was dying. I was praying out loud like never before in my life, because in my mind I knew I was going to meet my Maker. I learned later that being convinced you are dying is one of the symptoms of panic attacks.

Take comfort in the fact that you are 20 years old, so the likelihood that you are having some kind of serious medical issue is extremely small. And since you know you have anxiety, that makes it even more likely to be what's really going on.

The derealization and depersonalization you're going through are also common ways that anxiety manifests itself.

You should find someone to help you as soon as possible. I would start with a psychologist or other therapist who can help you discover and address the underlying cause(s) for your anxiety.

Anxiety/panic is said to be a very treatable condition, so you'll be just fine. Hang in there!