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I Need Some Help
Hi,
I am an 18 year old male and I have suffering with anxiety related problems for about a month now. It started off as the usual with constantly being afraid of everything (death in particular), chest pains(which was the start to all this that was really a chest cold), and feeling very uneasy all the time that something serious and terrible could happen. I have only ever had 2 anxiety attacks (the second the night right after the night of the first one.) I didn't go to the ER during any of those attacks since I knew I wasn't having a heart attack and I had gone to the doctor the day after the first attack and nothing could be found wrong with me. That night I had a second even stronger panic attack and decided I had to go back to the doctor the next day because it was just getting to be ridiculous. I saw a different doctor this time and that's when he diagnosed a possible anxiety problem that was the cause of all this. He issued a chest x-ray, EKG, and blood work to be done just in case there may something else. (All the results then came back normal and completely fine.) He said anxiety can cause a lot of these things and I will admit I had been very stressed over the two months before then. (I guess I hadn't realized what could eventually happen because of it.) I do admit I have been under a lot of stress, especially through last October and November. (dealing with college apps, SAT's, my graduation project, and problems with getting my now previous job to cooperate with me. Not to mentions school tests, grades, and homework since I'm trying for the best possible Senior year as far as grades go.)(I am also not usually not stressed very often either.) But anyways, during the two weeks after my doctors visits and three days of missed school, I started to feel much better and I was learning to relax more. My chest pains for the most part subsided and I felt very good. I always had this very very small uneasiness feeling but it kept getting better day after day and I though I was finally getting over all this ****.
When the week of Christmas began I started to have problems again. I was getting the chest pain and uneasiness feeling back along with fear that something could seriously be wrong with me. (no anxiety attacks though) Christmas eve while I was laying in bed I had a terrible shaking fit that lasted about a half hour. It was almost to the point of exhaustion. During Christmas day I felt very uneasy the whole day and I was also suffering from a lot of fatigue since I had only gotten 3 hours of sleep the night before due to the shaking fit. I had taken a nap in the afternoon Christmas day and it seemed to help a lot. That night I had also had a terrible sneezing fit which I get sometimes (more rarely during the winter months but does happen once or twice) due to my allergies. During the entire day Friday and Saturday my entire face hurt terribly along with my head. It has gotten better since then but now it feels like my forehead is going to explode and I feel pressure in the top of my head along with some very dull pains down the sides of my face. My nose isn't very stuffed up now but it was. Could this possibly be a sinus infection and I should see a doctor about it? (my anxiety with this is almost driving me crazy too, it is causing me to fear a doctor visit this since somewhere subconsciously I feel its something else more serious but consciously I know I'm fine.) My forehead also feels very warm from time to time but not always. When I wake up I feel fine. It seems throughout the day the pressure in my head gets worse and it feels even worse while I'm typing this up looking at a computer screen. So to relieve my anxiety with this, could this be a sinus infection of some kind? I have had sinus infections before but I have never felt anything like this.
I also have one more problem that I really do not understand at all. Just this week, maybe last Sunday too I'm not totally sure, I started having random pains all around the left side of my chest. (I think I have had 2 in the right side though.) They would come and go at random times and would last maybe 20 or 30 minutes. Other times they could just be a dull pain in one particular area lasting maybe an hour or two. These REALLY leave me with a very uneasy feeling that I think is provoking more stress and causing even more chest pain and overall uneasiness. (And probably more head pain.) Along with these pains I have also been feeling a lot of fatigue all week long. That may be due to my trouble sleeping at night which is also another problem I am having. Sometimes I find myself not falling asleep until 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning and sleeping until noon the next day. This isn't what I experienced when all this anxiety stuff began.
So does anyone have any thoughts or ideas that could help me out? I really hate this uneasy feeling and it makes me feel like my heart could stop or something any minute and that I am going to pass out or something. (Stupid I know but I guess this is anxiety and I hate that I cannot control this feeling.) I am almost to the point where I fear I have developed an anxiety disorder and that I am very scared of stressing my self doing anything physical for fear of something bad happening to me. I want to get up and do something but I can't.
Please help me!
Thanks a bunch!
-Alex
I am an 18 year old male and I have suffering with anxiety related problems for about a month now. It started off as the usual with constantly being afraid of everything (death in particular), chest pains(which was the start to all this that was really a chest cold), and feeling very uneasy all the time that something serious and terrible could happen. I have only ever had 2 anxiety attacks (the second the night right after the night of the first one.) I didn't go to the ER during any of those attacks since I knew I wasn't having a heart attack and I had gone to the doctor the day after the first attack and nothing could be found wrong with me. That night I had a second even stronger panic attack and decided I had to go back to the doctor the next day because it was just getting to be ridiculous. I saw a different doctor this time and that's when he diagnosed a possible anxiety problem that was the cause of all this. He issued a chest x-ray, EKG, and blood work to be done just in case there may something else. (All the results then came back normal and completely fine.) He said anxiety can cause a lot of these things and I will admit I had been very stressed over the two months before then. (I guess I hadn't realized what could eventually happen because of it.) I do admit I have been under a lot of stress, especially through last October and November. (dealing with college apps, SAT's, my graduation project, and problems with getting my now previous job to cooperate with me. Not to mentions school tests, grades, and homework since I'm trying for the best possible Senior year as far as grades go.)(I am also not usually not stressed very often either.) But anyways, during the two weeks after my doctors visits and three days of missed school, I started to feel much better and I was learning to relax more. My chest pains for the most part subsided and I felt very good. I always had this very very small uneasiness feeling but it kept getting better day after day and I though I was finally getting over all this ****.
When the week of Christmas began I started to have problems again. I was getting the chest pain and uneasiness feeling back along with fear that something could seriously be wrong with me. (no anxiety attacks though) Christmas eve while I was laying in bed I had a terrible shaking fit that lasted about a half hour. It was almost to the point of exhaustion. During Christmas day I felt very uneasy the whole day and I was also suffering from a lot of fatigue since I had only gotten 3 hours of sleep the night before due to the shaking fit. I had taken a nap in the afternoon Christmas day and it seemed to help a lot. That night I had also had a terrible sneezing fit which I get sometimes (more rarely during the winter months but does happen once or twice) due to my allergies. During the entire day Friday and Saturday my entire face hurt terribly along with my head. It has gotten better since then but now it feels like my forehead is going to explode and I feel pressure in the top of my head along with some very dull pains down the sides of my face. My nose isn't very stuffed up now but it was. Could this possibly be a sinus infection and I should see a doctor about it? (my anxiety with this is almost driving me crazy too, it is causing me to fear a doctor visit this since somewhere subconsciously I feel its something else more serious but consciously I know I'm fine.) My forehead also feels very warm from time to time but not always. When I wake up I feel fine. It seems throughout the day the pressure in my head gets worse and it feels even worse while I'm typing this up looking at a computer screen. So to relieve my anxiety with this, could this be a sinus infection of some kind? I have had sinus infections before but I have never felt anything like this.
I also have one more problem that I really do not understand at all. Just this week, maybe last Sunday too I'm not totally sure, I started having random pains all around the left side of my chest. (I think I have had 2 in the right side though.) They would come and go at random times and would last maybe 20 or 30 minutes. Other times they could just be a dull pain in one particular area lasting maybe an hour or two. These REALLY leave me with a very uneasy feeling that I think is provoking more stress and causing even more chest pain and overall uneasiness. (And probably more head pain.) Along with these pains I have also been feeling a lot of fatigue all week long. That may be due to my trouble sleeping at night which is also another problem I am having. Sometimes I find myself not falling asleep until 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning and sleeping until noon the next day. This isn't what I experienced when all this anxiety stuff began.
So does anyone have any thoughts or ideas that could help me out? I really hate this uneasy feeling and it makes me feel like my heart could stop or something any minute and that I am going to pass out or something. (Stupid I know but I guess this is anxiety and I hate that I cannot control this feeling.) I am almost to the point where I fear I have developed an anxiety disorder and that I am very scared of stressing my self doing anything physical for fear of something bad happening to me. I want to get up and do something but I can't.
Please help me!
Thanks a bunch!
-Alex
I think I will go doctors
cos It's very ******* annoying
and Im SO sad an pissed
an ma I cnt swallow atm an its scary very scary
if at lest it was what I sayd in ma comment be4 I can whatever ... kinda handle it
but swallowing is bad for me wayy.
:(;(
cos It's very ******* annoying
and Im SO sad an pissed
an ma I cnt swallow atm an its scary very scary
if at lest it was what I sayd in ma comment be4 I can whatever ... kinda handle it
but swallowing is bad for me wayy.
:(;(
The afraid thing has to be delt with.Their is something that is sticking around you for some odd reason...You have unresolved issue..that could be birthed for guilt. You are afraid because you are voulnerable and weak. YOu need to get you mojo back..Keep your head up and think, fearlessly. You need security, control, and assurance. Get out and do somethings for yourself..Reward your self...people may treat you like you're not so value, or you may not feel like you are where you need to be in life; However, you need to make you feel good.
What up! It's good to hear the your first day back in school went all right. It could've worst but your mind told you that everything is going to be okay. Yeah so i went to that meeting w/ my psychiatrist and he told me I definitely have anxiety-not anxiety disorder. The room was definitely nice. There was a couch (kind of cliche). Then we discussed pretty much my experience and what I have been doing about it. I even mentioned him about the thought stopping techniques that I have used and he was pretty surprised that I have knowledge of them (Whoa he just gave me a call a few seconds ago). Other than that its pretty much about getting rid of the thoughts that come in out of nowhere plus some meditation techniques which I'm not to familiar w/ yet but when I have the power to use them I should be able inform you a few. I had some lower abdomen pain today (hopefully not my ulcer) but I'm trying to not focus on it which is pretty hard. And later on tonight I'm about to go to the gym w/ my dad and do some cardio exercises like treadmill jogging, etc. (all the good stuff). I like the passion that you have for the fact that you're going to do something about your anxiety too. It's like we're on the same page. To mel I think overall the main goal is to get your mind off of the negative thoughts and keep your mind occupied on things that'll make you feel good. Alex is working on his car, exercising, and I'm doing some counseling plus exercising and reading some inspirational books. I believe its the best thing to do! Well I'm glad that we call all discuss about something very similar and lets keep ourselves positively FOCUSED and work our way back to the top again. Everyday is a good day and let's keep it that regardless of what type of symptoms we have. Keep in touch-I'll post something down tomorrow if anything.
-thepilot
-thepilot
Hey man! I'm sorry your still having those pains dude. I wish I could tell you something to help them go away but I don't really know what to say. Hopefully the psychologist can help you out. :) I am very interested to learn how that went today so please be sure to tell me about it. Your idea of visually throwing away the pain or ripping it up is far from silly or weird. It actually works amazing! Anywhere I got a little bit of pain in my chrst tonight, I just used that technique and it worked like a charm. Thank you a TON for that idea. My first day back after break was actually pretty decent. It wasn't amazing and I did have some dull all around chest pain from time to time but I felt pretty good and it was nice to be back. Even when I got home I felt pretty good. I decided to go out and work on my car when I got home since my garage was actually somewhat warm for some reason and that really took my mind off things. Aftet I had dinner I went and chilled at my buddy's house for awhile whicb was even better. I always seem to get the uneasiness again though before I go to sleep. Tonight is not quite as bad as other nights though so I think may finally starting to fade. (yay!)
For your other questions there I can't really say there is anything that I enjoied doing before the whole anxiety issues that I either wouldn't or would enjoy doing now. The only thing I have really started to get into the past couple of weeks is photography. But even that has been more of a hobby of mine for a few years now. One thing I really usee toi be able to do before all this anxiety started was take naps a lot. Now I almost fear it. I think thats just more of a trust issue with myself that I need to get over though. Learning to trust your body again or so they say. But anyways yeah, I cant really comment too much on that. Okay well I need yo go now. Please let me know how the psychologise appt. went and remember to use all your awesome techniques as they really do work!
Think positive,
Alex
For your other questions there I can't really say there is anything that I enjoied doing before the whole anxiety issues that I either wouldn't or would enjoy doing now. The only thing I have really started to get into the past couple of weeks is photography. But even that has been more of a hobby of mine for a few years now. One thing I really usee toi be able to do before all this anxiety started was take naps a lot. Now I almost fear it. I think thats just more of a trust issue with myself that I need to get over though. Learning to trust your body again or so they say. But anyways yeah, I cant really comment too much on that. Okay well I need yo go now. Please let me know how the psychologise appt. went and remember to use all your awesome techniques as they really do work!
Think positive,
Alex
okay I was totally random on here before
so I'll just tell u's how this all started ...
About the last week of school
I developed something to do with my sinuses and couldn't eat and had no appetite and just wasn't happy like I usually am . So doctor gave me a sinus spray thing and I read online heaps of people had it and yeah it passed sort of.
Then when I had my blood test taken out doctor said she'll call back even if it ain't dangerous (as they don't call back if it ain;'t but my mum knows her :P ..)
but she never did and that day I started worrying omg what if .. this.. what if that..
you know ... and ever since that day I was constantly thinking of dying and was sacred of it so much.. So now that I read what you guys wrote and some other sites i went on I realized it ain't only that but constantly thinking of \things and
I cannot sleep nor eat nor anything.
Even when going out shopping whatever
I'm just like this ever since that bloody throat thing happened which was bad as I am veryy sensitive to anything with my neck and throat.
Now I'm going to start yr 12 in 2 weeks (I'm only 17)
and think I won't be able to concentrate
I know this is like no point 'cos people shouldn't worry about things they cannot control and I just wanna be myself again ....
I think My mum has it too. I - kind - of told her what's bugging me ..
and she said it might be 'cos of our way of life at home ( Dad makes trouble)
but that was since ever... she said it might be affecting me now 'cos I'm older and yeah ...
anyways yeah I wish
I wish it can go away from me and anyone else
'cos this ***** **** bad.
x
so I'll just tell u's how this all started ...
About the last week of school
I developed something to do with my sinuses and couldn't eat and had no appetite and just wasn't happy like I usually am . So doctor gave me a sinus spray thing and I read online heaps of people had it and yeah it passed sort of.
Then when I had my blood test taken out doctor said she'll call back even if it ain't dangerous (as they don't call back if it ain;'t but my mum knows her :P ..)
but she never did and that day I started worrying omg what if .. this.. what if that..
you know ... and ever since that day I was constantly thinking of dying and was sacred of it so much.. So now that I read what you guys wrote and some other sites i went on I realized it ain't only that but constantly thinking of \things and
I cannot sleep nor eat nor anything.
Even when going out shopping whatever
I'm just like this ever since that bloody throat thing happened which was bad as I am veryy sensitive to anything with my neck and throat.
Now I'm going to start yr 12 in 2 weeks (I'm only 17)
and think I won't be able to concentrate
I know this is like no point 'cos people shouldn't worry about things they cannot control and I just wanna be myself again ....
I think My mum has it too. I - kind - of told her what's bugging me ..
and she said it might be 'cos of our way of life at home ( Dad makes trouble)
but that was since ever... she said it might be affecting me now 'cos I'm older and yeah ...
anyways yeah I wish
I wish it can go away from me and anyone else
'cos this ***** **** bad.
x
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