Plz read this hope it can help others

[riicky92]

This is a long ine but plz stick with it

My anxiety started about a year ago no worning signe it just came out of the blue one morning i got outta bed snd had a pain in my chest i freeked out so bad i went to the hospital after being there for 6 hrs i woes sent home and woes told there woes nothing wrong and from that day my life woes HELL all the symptoms started and so did the endless hrs on the computer serching and looking up all my symptoms THAT WOES THE WORST THING I COULD HAVE DONE from then i started to think i had something wrong with me all the time tumors cancer ms you name it and i thort i have had it after goin to dr after dr and hospitals after hospitals and never finding wrong with me i started to lose hope and give up and i most prob wold have if it wosent for my girlfriend and ppl on this site telling me to keep fighting so i did and i am happy to say at this point in time i am 95% better i still have some  things i got to work on but at least i am HAPPY

All i am trying to say is never give up and if you start on meds just because the first 2 or 3 dont work dosent mean you will not find one it took me 2 goes at meds and i HATE tacking meds but thy have helped me so much so if you a suffering from anxiety and you feel like there is no hope for you plz DO NOT GIVE UP YOU WILL GET THERE

[riicky92]

I woes the same when i started on my meds i woes on laxapro to start with and the side affecks were hard to deal with so i stoped them after 3 days then got put on zoloft witch is a good sent i woes all so told that the first month is the hardest but stick with it coz when it dtarts to kick in i dies help so much and as for the lump in the throat i had that and so has a lot of other

[nursegirl6572]

I'm glad to hear you're feeling so much better...keep working on it.  With anxiety, we have to be careful not to let our guard down.  It's always great to share your story so others can see that it IS possible to get better.

[nowhopefull]

Thank you for sharing your story.  It is so nice to hear a positive story.  Most people I think start to feel better and then go off the sites and no one hears the recovery aspect of it.

I am currently in a bout of anxiety after some stressfull events and not taking my medication propertly.  Ive been taking my meds with an increased dose for a while now and i'm so scared that I will never be myself again. I know i will because i've been through it before but this time i feel like its worse.

even if i have to switch medication its not going to take a ridiculous amout of time to figure something out rigth?  I have this vision of the entire 2013 going down the drain.. :-(

[pixie1010]

Thanks Ricky
I also at the start of my anxiety/panic attacks thought I had heart problems as there is history in my family.  I would get chest pains and my left arm would hurt... kept going to emergency room for ECG's which were of course normal.  So then I realised it is panic attacks and often gas as well as the gas moves around and can even sit in your chest.
I have tried SSRI's/anti depressants but the side effects all made me so nauseous or sleepy when I needed to get to work I was almost falling asleep driving (not cool)

I take alprazolam for anxiety attacks as its the only thing that quickly alleviates my symptoms without side effects but the doctors wont prescribe this as long term treatment due to the addictive properties.  I am now trying natural tranquilizers and they do help to some extent but not when full on panic attack so I am just taking them thru the day to try make sure I dont get to full on anxiety attack.  I do feel calmer but have this nasty feeling of something stuck in my throat..