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Iam going Crazy!
hey guys ok letme start by saying that ive been suffering from anxiety for 2 years now. but iam no longer taken meds nor any help on it.ok i just wanna know ive already had 3 ekgs since my 1st anxiety attack done including one in decmeber all fine 4 blood work done 3 in the u.s. 1 out all perfect even said by doctor they were perfect. iam now 23 yrs old and my life is at a stop no job no shcool iam turning into a bum because my anxiety which i still think is wrong, lately tho i kept getting these body rushes all thru day sort of like a feeling when your going down on a big rollercoaster and is driving me nuts this also includes a tightness of chest with pains in my arm also pains in my temple and in and out headaches with nausea. when i lay down i feel like my bed is shaking and i dontknow if iam asleep yet or awake so i become jumpy like how u get right before your gonna fall of your bed.i do that about 10x a night. also followed by shortness of breathe. now i do have a post nasal drop i havent token care off. now guys my question is should i have another heart exam done ive also done another exam in which they put a gel and pass like a microphone looking thing thru my chest perfect also (sorry dont know the name of test)..or should i check my anxiety i also feel like is a stroke or brain tumor should i relax or seek emergency fast. plzz guys help ive havent slept in a week i dont smoke nor use any drug i dont excersise i usually use my cmputer alot so maybe thats y i have lots of headaches my life feels ruined iam 178pounds 5'9 hispanic male. handsome young man who wants his life back iam really nervous all my nights might be my last.....!
I have a few answers for you but many of us feel a hundred times better when someone reassures us, but most of us let our anxiety raise more questions and feed into our fear. We have talked about your medical fears and now you wonder if you've developed something since. Remember these are the same symptoms that got you all of the medical tests in the first place, so really nothing medical has changed, you are still physically healthy. The shaky feeling you describe is often the aftermath of the adrenaline rush we get during a panic attack. We need to talk about your treatment little more though. We can reassure you all day but that won't stop your anxiety from coming back. There is great therapy out there that can teach you all about how to deal with anxiety, and possibly end it. You CAN feel better, but it's going to take more than what we can do. Talk to the dr that gives you the meds and ask them to refer you to a therapist. Also, maybe you should talk to your doc about what meds you should be on and how long it will take them to work. We'll be here for you and you can always talk to me, but I can't help you like a dr or therapist can. Keep me posted hun!
dude r u ableto sleep. @ nights i laydown and i have that twitching affect about 20x before i got to bed feels like my head getting pushed in and ahuge pressure acumulates omg is hell on earth...
hi there well your problem to me sounds like anxiety which myself as to, if you let it it can affect your life in a big way just like it as with me, im only 29 and have had this since a teenager but back then i just didnt know what it was or didnt talk to anyone about it! head ahces come from anxiety and the chest pains to...i have head ahce most days some are bad... i have also now become afraid of shopping centres and busy places incase i start sweating and cant breath it all sounds silly but from one anxiety person to another all symptons are simialr.....
go to your gp and ask for councilling , thats what im doing now i wished i had known as a child what were going on and maybe now id be sorted, good luck :0)
go to your gp and ask for councilling , thats what im doing now i wished i had known as a child what were going on and maybe now id be sorted, good luck :0)
i really didnt do 6 weeks. i wanna noe what makes u so sure is anxiety ok i understand the test and all. but maybe it developed dureing the period of time. when i laydown it feels weird like someone shaking my bed when i walk i feel lighteaded like something missing u understand.hit me up 4 more details!
how long were you on the medications before you stopped them? These meds often take 6 weeks for you to feel their full effects. Also as greenlydia often points out, medication just masks our symptons, we need therapy to get better.
thanks you guys uhm i stop my meds because iam stuburn i been a very negative person since my teenage yrs. i hate meds i feel they dont work besides clonopin i never like anything else and clonopin was removed from me. xanax was givining instead and only 1/4 of a bar. so that dosent work. i drank on sunday yea it dose screw u up also had sex saturday night but wasnt able to sleep. ima never hold a relationship lol. and today iwas in my friends room when i just felt pressure in my head and a certain drop in my body like it was gonna go numb. i wanna thank all u guys for your help yes i understand that iam young. lol. but it ruines my life!
You had said you suffered for anxiety for 2 yrs but you are now off meds. May I ask why you stopped? Were they helping? If you were being treated for anxiety I guarantee what you have is anxiety. As for vertigo, stress can bring that on as well and it can produce many anxiety like symptoms. I had a bad ear infection last summer and had terrible vertigo. I could not stand up straight i was so dizzy. How are they treating that? Are you having the wax removed? That may lesson some of your discomfort.
Please do yourself a favor and seek talk therapy. You are way too young to let this consume your life. You should be out enjoying life!
Be well :)
Please do yourself a favor and seek talk therapy. You are way too young to let this consume your life. You should be out enjoying life!
Be well :)
hmf pretty much said it all....all of us that deal with anxiety think we have every disease in the world... whether it be diabetes, cancer, heartattack, whatever the case we feel some little pain somewhere and we automatically think we have something. We go online, search for our symptoms and GOSH the symptoms for cancer are the same exact symptoms you are having!
So you freak out, you exam yourself constantly certain you have a disease, you go to different doctors and they all tell you the same, that there is nothing wrong with you, but you know they have to be wrong certainly you have cancer!
I've been there, we've all been there. I think the most difficult thing we all deal with is knowing what symptoms are just us being anxious and what symptoms are real. Obviously, I don't reccommend going to the doctor for every single little pain you think you have but if something is truly bothering you go to the doctor, get checked out and if there's nothing wrong with you then that's that! Deal with it!
Don't be afraid of medication or therapists... I refuse to take medication for my anxiety but that's because by going to a therapist I think it's all the help I need my therapist was also amazed at the progress I have made from where I was 2 years ago until now. Sometimes a combination of therapy and medication is what people need, like hmf everyone is different and just because you've been through 20 different therapists keep trying! You WILL find someone who you feel comfortable with and that will help you eventually.
Avoid certain triggers like alcohol... right now I'm going through a pretty bad anxiety attack due to overdoing it last night. I feel that I am short of breath, so I take deep breaths. I think there's something wrong with me, because I've felt short of breath for the past few days without doing an excessive activity. but I know the fact that I pay so much attention to it is why I feel short of breath... when I'm out and doing other activities I don't even notice it.
I guess my point is, if you've been to a doctor or doctors take their word for it and believe you are ok. Go see a therapist, doesn't have to be a psychiatrist at all and get help.
So you freak out, you exam yourself constantly certain you have a disease, you go to different doctors and they all tell you the same, that there is nothing wrong with you, but you know they have to be wrong certainly you have cancer!
I've been there, we've all been there. I think the most difficult thing we all deal with is knowing what symptoms are just us being anxious and what symptoms are real. Obviously, I don't reccommend going to the doctor for every single little pain you think you have but if something is truly bothering you go to the doctor, get checked out and if there's nothing wrong with you then that's that! Deal with it!
Don't be afraid of medication or therapists... I refuse to take medication for my anxiety but that's because by going to a therapist I think it's all the help I need my therapist was also amazed at the progress I have made from where I was 2 years ago until now. Sometimes a combination of therapy and medication is what people need, like hmf everyone is different and just because you've been through 20 different therapists keep trying! You WILL find someone who you feel comfortable with and that will help you eventually.
Avoid certain triggers like alcohol... right now I'm going through a pretty bad anxiety attack due to overdoing it last night. I feel that I am short of breath, so I take deep breaths. I think there's something wrong with me, because I've felt short of breath for the past few days without doing an excessive activity. but I know the fact that I pay so much attention to it is why I feel short of breath... when I'm out and doing other activities I don't even notice it.
I guess my point is, if you've been to a doctor or doctors take their word for it and believe you are ok. Go see a therapist, doesn't have to be a psychiatrist at all and get help.
I totally agree with everything hmf has already told you and I concur that what you are experiencing is anxiety/panic. Your symptoms are classic.
As hmf pointed out, you have had some incredibly extensive testing done so we know your heart is sound. They obviously did bloodwork as well and that was fine or they would have done more tests. So that pretty much leaves us with the anxiet/panic cards on the table.
I would call your doctors office and ask for a referral to a good therapist.............a psychologist or psychiatrist. They may put you on some medication that will make you feel better, but please don't stop there. Pills will just mask whatever the deeper problem is, and that is what you need to fix more than just the symptoms you are experiencing.
Also as hmf has pointed out, your symptoms are very familiar to all of us here. We have all felt many of the same things, so you are not alone there. I know they can be very frightening, but try to remember that's it's just your mind making you feel all these things. And we know how difficult that is to accept but that is something you will learn to cope with in therapy. And you will learn ways to make it stop.
Please call your doctor and begin to get your life back.
Please let us know how you're doing and post any time you need to talk, we're always here.
I wish you the very best
Peace
Greenlydia
As hmf pointed out, you have had some incredibly extensive testing done so we know your heart is sound. They obviously did bloodwork as well and that was fine or they would have done more tests. So that pretty much leaves us with the anxiet/panic cards on the table.
I would call your doctors office and ask for a referral to a good therapist.............a psychologist or psychiatrist. They may put you on some medication that will make you feel better, but please don't stop there. Pills will just mask whatever the deeper problem is, and that is what you need to fix more than just the symptoms you are experiencing.
Also as hmf has pointed out, your symptoms are very familiar to all of us here. We have all felt many of the same things, so you are not alone there. I know they can be very frightening, but try to remember that's it's just your mind making you feel all these things. And we know how difficult that is to accept but that is something you will learn to cope with in therapy. And you will learn ways to make it stop.
Please call your doctor and begin to get your life back.
Please let us know how you're doing and post any time you need to talk, we're always here.
I wish you the very best
Peace
Greenlydia
Well alot of things influenced my opinion. First the "rollercoaster" feeling is very common with anxiety attacks, I get it really bad and I hate it, but I know it is just my anxiety. The brain tumor/ stroke worries are VERY common with anxiety, I along with many others on here have had these worries from the headaches and weird feelings we get from anxiety and panic. Also, look at all the medical tests you've already had. Your dr's have extensively examined you and would most likely have found any physical problem by now. Headaches, chest tightness/pain, dizziness, shortness of breath, these are just a few of the physical symptoms that come with anxiety, I've gone through them too. The feeling your getting in bed, I used to get all the time right before I went to sleep. You get nausea, I get diarrhea. I have been where you are, that's what "makes me so sure". I've had the tests, the ER visits, and the misery that comes with anxiety. I am by no means a doctor, but I can tell you my personal expirience has been very similar. I also have OCD, so I too feel like a bum because the anxiety and ocd have made me tired and a little agoraphobic, so I'm not working and have to do college from home. Why are you no longer taking medication? Your anxiety sounds pretty severe, there are great ssri's that help this as well as other meds if need be. I've found therapy and medication to be best for me, but everyone is different and not everyone needs medication. It seems you were on medication before, so I'm curious as to why you stopped. Anxiety is a very difficult disorder to have. I am not an expert, nore am I out of the woods with my own anxiety, but I have learned as much as I can about the disorder via books, therapists, psychiatrists, anxiety programs, internet, my pcp, and the wonderful people on here. Please keep in contact with me and let me know how you are doing. Did you seek out a therapist and/or a psychiatrist?
how are you so sure this morning i woke up and my jaw was tight i felt the pressure on it. iam rwally trying to get my life together i wanna enter anew relationship etc etc. i do have a vertigo problem due to supposbly a ton of wax build up which i think is false. dude plzzexplain more to me why u sure is anxiety it would help me a Ton. thans 4 the concern!
I'd bet a ton this is anxiety. The extensive testing has shown there is nothing physical. You're symptons are similar to ones that most of us have gone through. You are not alone. Try taking some deep breaths and calming down a bit. I would definantly find a psychiatris and psycologist to address your anxiety. Your insurance company should be able to give you a list of them in your area. Feel free to message me. Hope it helps.
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