Severe Anxiety

[inneedofhelp82]

I have been struggling for a while and i think i am going crazy and i am so scared even sitting at home i am scared, last week was terrible i was at the doctors so many times and they told me it was anxiety but i find it hard to believe that anxiety could leave me feeling this bad. My head is numb i am shaky and dizzy and i feel sick and nervous, my ears are sensitive every noise hurts them, my legs and feet and hands feel numb too. I did feel better for a few days but then i got sick with a throat infection and now i am panicking again, does anyone else have this all the time like this. I have had anxiety for years but never this bad.

[cj29]

I believe anxiety and panic can definitely "ebb and flow" in my opinion. In my experience with anxiety and panic it can spike at random times and cause us to feel run down both physically and mentally. In my opinion, we can also spiral downward sometimes when we constantly worry about it. To add it to it, you said you had a throat infection which can make you feel bad on its own.

You went and saw your doctor, which was the right thing to do in my opinion, but now that you know you are physically fine, focus on confronting the anxiety part of it. How did you deal with it in the past?  Have you received or are you in counseling for it?  

Anxiety and panic can make us feel downright horrible and make us wonder how it could possibly be anxiety when we feel so bad. In my experience with it, you can feel like you do and to make it worse I tended to focus and become hyper-aware of any symptoms that I noticed and probably misinterpreted them as something physically wrong with me. Anxiety is powerful and scary, but you can definitely confront it and deal with it in my opinion.  

[gofio]

Anxiety can cause all kinds of symptoms. Having had it bad enough to be confined in a Psych Hospital several times I can offer you the hope that you need not suffer as you do.Get some professional help, no diagnosis on here  at present with very similar conditions to yours.I can relate to how bad you feel, but thanks to meds/therapy I cope very well. Life will be good for you again if you get your Doc/Psych involved. No shame in that. Best wishes.George.

[inneedofhelp82]

Thanks for the replies, i have had anxiety and panic attacks for years but it was never this bad i don't even know what happened to make it this bad, i was admitted to hospital two weeks ago i was very suicidal and i just got worse from there, i was even given anti-psychotics by my psychiatrist.
I think i find it hard to believe that it is anxiety but i suppose i know until i do it will get worse. I feel very out of control and scared with it, probably focusing on the symptoms is making me worse but its so hard to stop, i am scared of everything, like you say then i think then that i have something physically wrong with me. I really hope it goes away soon.
I get CBT for it but i have other mental health issues that need to be seen to as well. Thanks again.