This is crazy - any advice?

[rondoo]

I just about went to the emergency room.  Just sitting watching TV and I get up to go to bathroom.  I feel dizzy, heart starts to race, and hear comes the panic attack which brings on belching and severe heartburn.  Hands get sweaty and clammy, I am as white as a ghost and I feel like I am losing my mind.  So lucky that my husband is so understanding and he came and sat with me and helped distract me.  That was third time today.  The severe panic is gone but I still feel anxious.  I told my husband it feels like I always have too much adrenaline running through me.  Has anyone ever had their serum adrenaline tested?  Do you go back and forth about going to the ER...should I go , am I going to die,  will they put me in mental health...I took an ativan and it helped a little but this is getting crazy.

[jenna_baby87]

i have the same thing, but my heart is constantly always feeling like it is racing... and wanting to beat out of my chest,,,

[rls27]

You have to learn how to trust your doctors and health professionals. You've had tests done and everything came back ok. As is very common with anxiety sufferers, we tend to let our emotions and fears override the bill of good health that our doctors pass on to us. They've had years of medical school, endless hours of practicing medicine, hundreds or thousands of patients, and the latest and greatest technology at their disposal...yet often, anxiety sufferers will comletely disregard all of that while suffering through an attack.

Next time you feel symptoms coming on, remind yourself that you've been given a clean bill of health. You must also realize that today more than ever, doctors will actually do more tests than perhaps necessary to be on the safe side and avoid any lawsuits. It also doesn't hurt revenue for the hospital either. ;-)

When you feel an attack coming on you have to tell yourself that it is just that, an anxiety attack. It's not a heart attack or anything fatal. In a few minutes it will pass. Until then, relax, control our breathing and repeat the mantra that it's only anxiety tapping on your shoulder. You're not dying or going insane and there are millions of others who are suffering through the same symptoms.

[rondoo]

Thanks for the quick reply.  I have had a lot of tests done already.  Echo and EKG.  getting bloodwork tomorrow.  It is hard to accept that anxiety could cause all of this.  I pray for God to relieve me of this anxiety and depression every day.  I am not living the kind of life that I am used to right now.  Can barely work a few hours a day, exhausted, sad, don't want to go anywhere.  I know God has bigger plans for me and trust that he will pull me through this.  I pray for anyone who has to suffer with this.

[99saleen87]

FIRST OF ALL YOU ARE NOT GONNA DIE!!!! Im not god to tell you this, but those were the same exact symptoms of my first panic attack. Yes I ended up in the ER, but try to breath as deep as possible and hold it in. First thing first. Get a good check up, EKG, heart screen if possible, blood test. And if all this comes back positive, then  most likely  its gonna be anxiety. Sorry but in the early stages of anxiety docs usually put you on meds to calm you down. You're gonna be fine ok? by the way have faith in god, and trust me you'll be fine. Get better soon. =]