Please Help

[tom219]

Today and the past couple days have been the worst days for me, I really dont feel like myself and I feel as if I get very frustrated easy and feel as if I am going to hurt someone because I am irritated so much. I know I wont but the thought of it really scares me. I feel as if I am loosing my mind.Like the past couple days really convince me that I am. I am taking .5 mg of xanax and that really does not seem to help anymore. I am so confused i cannot think straight please I am 20 years old and I cant take anymore I just need some advice. Please

[doublek180]

Hi Jackie. sorry youre going through this awful thing called anxiety..i know its much more than doctors realize..its life changing. Have you tried xanax? or buspar? I know that its even scary to try new medications when your fears are there, worried that the medications could even harm us...but until we figure out how to at least calm our minds we wont be able to get a grip on what has triggered all of our attacks to begin with. most times our attacks are deep seeded...meaning..something or someone has either caused us to fear the worst..which in most cases is the fear of death. we dont even know when or how it was triggered i know...sometimes it is brought on by the fear of losing our jobs, spouse, kids doing something we know will harm them..or actually the loss of one of them. our attacks can even seem as if they come out of the blue..for unknown reason. but truely they havent. i have found that its the..now listen closely.."the stronger willed people who have anxiety,ie..panic attacks!"  we "have the need to be in control"...and when our attacks hit..we have zero control. I hope you are understanding all of this. YOUR STRONG..we all need to get rid of ALL THE NEGATIVE IN OUR LIVES! easy to say i know..but it can be done..it all starts with our thoughts.

[jackie198824]

my anxiety attacks are just like this i was on zoloft for 5 years and iot helped then all of a sudden stopped/ i started effexor and they are worse!!! help!!

[doublek180]

Hi...to all that are new to anxiety attacks...Ive had them for such a long time myself...i too had gone to the hospital when it first happened to me thinking i was having a heart attack..had even gone to a heart specialist thinking the docs at the hospital didnt know what they were talking about because i thought for sure it was my heart..the heart specialist had me wear a holter heart monitor for several days...(my heart would flip) ..or skip beats...found out that was all from panic attacks! I even had a doppler done to check my valves...all okay with that too...id get light headed..sweat...have the feeling of wanting to run..just to catch up with my heart..it got so bad that i was also having flashes of lights..they called it pre migraine symptoms. so as you see...there can be so many symptoms of anxiety attacks...just know that you will not die...and yes...reduce your stress as much as you can so your blood pressure wont be a problem. I would find myself not wanting to go anywhere thinking id have a panic attack so i became a prisoner in my own home for almost 5 months! I had small kids at the time as well. and a not so good marriage. which didnt help at all...i think that had alot to do with what brought the attacks on in the first place. try bio feed back for alot of your symptoms when having an attack...like..when your heart is beating fast run cold water over your wrists..when your heart feels like its skipping beats ..cough, that puts your heart back in a normal beat pattern. Just know you are not crazy and you will be ok.  ;-)

[thenewguy09]

so, I am very new to this whole anxiety thing.  I had an anxiety attack over the summer, but thought I was having a heart attack and went to the hospital.  The doctor sent me home and said nothing was wrong with me.  So i went home and thought nothing of it.   The past couple of weeks, I have experienced many strange symptoms from anxiety.  I was really light headed, and I felt really spacey.  I did not feel like myself and thought that I may be going crazy or dying.  I went to the hospital and told me I was experiencing anxiety symptoms.  i felt better that I knew what it was, but the symptoms did not go away.  I feel alot better now, but not 100%.  The doctor told, me that in needed to do things for myself, and try to find time to relax and unwind.  They think my anxiety was due to too much stress.  So i have been trying to relax more, and exersise as well.  I am feeling better, but still a bit wierd.  So I am trying to just take it easy.  I am 27, and this is the first time I have ever experienced this.  It really surprised and scared the heck out of me.  I still  have like week hands, and wierd pains in my chest area sometimes.  But I know it is due to anxiety and am trying no to freak myself out.  trying is the key word.

hope this helps some