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can anxiety come on for NO reason?
About a year ago I had a couple panic attacks one night out of the blue. Since that time I have been battling anxiety. After lots of doctors (convinced myself it was a heart issue) and lots money spent on them, I am still trying to find the "root" cause or any triggers but can't. Being COMPLETELY honest, I can't find not one. The feelings (I've been told are anxiety) come on for no reason and are getting worse.
I did try Lexapro for about 8-9 nine months but never thought it was helping....at least until I went off of it. I continued to have chest pain during this time but not the anxiety to the extent it is now.
I guess I am just wondering if anxiety/panic can happen for NO apparent reason and if so, will it ever go away?? I know this forum is a support forum and so most people on here are struggling with anxiety too but is there anyone that knows of anyone that has had anxiety/panic at one time but now is anxiety "free"??
Also, has anyone attended any support groups? I am wondering if that would be helpful. From reading the posts I see a lot of similarities in symptoms with other people but I still question it. I know the symptoms from other websites too but does anxiety feel like a soft motoring running in your chest? Does anyone ever have horrible burning in the chest (that isn't relieved with tums and is unrelated to food)?
This just seems crazy to me. I know my thoughts are irrational but the physical symptoms are so real, the "what if" is driving me insane!
Thanks for letting me ramble-it's been a rough week.
I did try Lexapro for about 8-9 nine months but never thought it was helping....at least until I went off of it. I continued to have chest pain during this time but not the anxiety to the extent it is now.
I guess I am just wondering if anxiety/panic can happen for NO apparent reason and if so, will it ever go away?? I know this forum is a support forum and so most people on here are struggling with anxiety too but is there anyone that knows of anyone that has had anxiety/panic at one time but now is anxiety "free"??
Also, has anyone attended any support groups? I am wondering if that would be helpful. From reading the posts I see a lot of similarities in symptoms with other people but I still question it. I know the symptoms from other websites too but does anxiety feel like a soft motoring running in your chest? Does anyone ever have horrible burning in the chest (that isn't relieved with tums and is unrelated to food)?
This just seems crazy to me. I know my thoughts are irrational but the physical symptoms are so real, the "what if" is driving me insane!
Thanks for letting me ramble-it's been a rough week.
HI Justlooking
The fast racing is the adrenalin rush your getting and the more you think about it the more it happens. I have studied this for 45 years and fond that yes it can come out of the blue for no reason. Don't spend your life wondering about things you cant change. When it happens just stop relax and let it happen if your healthy nothing is going to happen to you.
The more you panic the more adrenalin you produce the more intense the panic... just stop let it happen and in a few minutes it will go away... once you see this you will understand what is happening to you but you must practise and learn from it.
there are a lot of chemicals other than adrenalin released but the adrenalin rush you feel is from that.
The fast racing is the adrenalin rush your getting and the more you think about it the more it happens. I have studied this for 45 years and fond that yes it can come out of the blue for no reason. Don't spend your life wondering about things you cant change. When it happens just stop relax and let it happen if your healthy nothing is going to happen to you.
The more you panic the more adrenalin you produce the more intense the panic... just stop let it happen and in a few minutes it will go away... once you see this you will understand what is happening to you but you must practise and learn from it.
there are a lot of chemicals other than adrenalin released but the adrenalin rush you feel is from that.
I came across this forum today after doing some research on anxiety. At the start of this week I all of a sudden started feeling anxious and having what I assume to be mini panic attacks. I have never felt like this before and it's really throwing me for a loop as I am usually a very happy-go-lucky type of person. I have felt like this for five days now but today was definitely the worst, I just started gagging and almost threw up. Has that ever happened to anyone before? All of a sudden (the day this started happening) I felt like I started questioning my sexual orientation and I don't know if all this just stems from that or vice versa. Can the whole sexual orientation thing cause all of this? I feel like I just constantly have a million thoughts going on in my head and I can't turn them off and I feel like I have a constant beating in my chest. All of a sudden I just started feeling indifferent about things, whether it be a tv show, something I'm reading, whatever, and I don't know if that is all anxiety related? I'm also wondering if this could all just be hormones in that I am starting my menstrual cycle at the same time all of these symptoms appeared? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I would love to join this group.I do ave phobia and its taking over my life.I do not leave the house,dont see my family,they live an hour away,and I have a omfort zonr in town.If I get out of my one,i panic.This has gone on for years,i really need some help with this..please,i would love to join this telephone group..Cant get to a therapist because of this terrible phobia.I WANT MY LIFE BACK.PLEASE
I am currently experiencing the same feeling. Sometimes it slightly comes and goes. However, I've been feeling constantly stressed and worried and I don't know why. I find it hard to concentrate and sometimes my body temperature can make me feel like I'm burning up and I start sweating. My body temperature also has the tendency to rapidly change. I just want it to go away, because it makes me feel like I'm not in control.
It's AMAZING this thread is continuing some 7 years later! Wow.
Short answer: yes. Unexplained anxiety/panics can come out of nowhere and hit you like a ton of bricks.
There's some underlying reasons, however, that brought about the manifestation of your sudden anxiety. In my case it dates way way back to the way my mother put fear about things in me at a very early age, and for years. Why it came out years later at a specific point in my life? Who knows? Probably many variables such as where I was in life, certain stresses, etc.
Short answer: yes. Unexplained anxiety/panics can come out of nowhere and hit you like a ton of bricks.
There's some underlying reasons, however, that brought about the manifestation of your sudden anxiety. In my case it dates way way back to the way my mother put fear about things in me at a very early age, and for years. Why it came out years later at a specific point in my life? Who knows? Probably many variables such as where I was in life, certain stresses, etc.
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