My Anxiety!

[allimaan]

Hi all
I am new here and just happended to read some posts by members of the forum. What I read in the posts is exactly what is happening to me right now. 2 years back I had a severe panic attack that I though I am going to die. All of a sudden I felt a heavy feeling something like worriness in my stomach that continues up to my head and left arm. I start shaking mostly in the left side and I thought I am gonna faint or pass out. But, when I ran out of my room to seek for help after couple of minutes everything sattle down and I felt better and calm. I went to ER but everythings turned out to be normal. I had the panic attack for the second time as well. that time my left side went numb and I was shaking and my heart was racing and I had shortness of breath. It was so scary that I ran to hospital but again everything was normal. A doctor in ER recommended to see a psychologists.
I met a psychologist and he said I am suffering from Panic Disorder and anxiety and I start taking Cipralex 5 mg and later 10 mg. I was feeling good after that and no more panics for 9 month. After 9 months taking Cipralex I again fwlt not good, I was changing moods and the pill made me feeling tired, fatigue, and weak. So, I drop the medicine. after that I had a dental surgery to remove my wisdome tooth. I went through lots of pain and anxiety because of that and from then everything got worst.
right now I am feeling tired and week all the time, headache in left side of the head, sometime facial pain, racing heart, negative thoughts, nausea, bad mental moods, pain in left arm and shoulder, abdominal pain, Acid reflux, chest tightness, heart burn, tingling in arms and some times I think I am gonna die. Is this really anxiety?!?! I am really scared and tired of these symptoms.

[allimaan]

Thanks cj29. I wish I could control my symptoms but I get so scared at the time of having them that cannot think of anything except that I am dying. at time I think I am having a heart attack and sometime I think it s a stroke. Oh, so scary!
I do not see my psychologist any more because I moved abroad but It s been three weeks now that I am going for some cognitive therapy. till now I am feeling the same, I think I need more sessions to go.

[cj29]

Anxiety can definitely seem to come and go in my opinion.   I sometimes have periods of years between panic attacks, but I realize that when it does come back that I have the knowledge to confront and deal with it.  Having said that, I remember the first time that it came back after my first experience with panic.  I thought that I had gotten rid of it and was extremely nervous and mad that it came back.  Over time I realized that for me, that it does definitely come and go, but through the years, it has become less and less burdensome because I recognize it for what it is...anxiety.  

Anxiety is VERY powerful and can cause us to have so many symptoms that bother us.  Throughout this, have you been seeing your psychologist regularly?