do i have anxiety?

[jmoore18]

For about 2 months now I've been dealing with this feeling that I can't overcome. I used to smoke weed all the time and one night I got a feeling after smoking it that I only used to get sometimes. Now this was grown stuff and not the legal stuff that will mess with your mind. I just felt like everything and everyone around me was unreal and like dreamlike and slow motion just a feeling that is unexplainable. Like I said I got that feeling before but it never stuck with me like it always went away but this time it stayed. I quit smoking cause I thought it would help but a few days after I quit the feeling worsened. This is My senior year in high school and I just had gotten a job at mcds and was ready to start My life. Note that I did get that job and it was My first job before getting that feeling back. I've went to deffernt doctors and cardioligists cause they said My heart was beating to fast or to slow. And now My blood pressure is way to high and I'm only 17 years old. This feeling is just like I fill like My mind is not all there and I get cold chills often and like I fill unreal and stay quiet cause if I talk then It worsens that feeling. My family doctor has diagnosed me with anxiety and prescribed me to lexapro. But I've went to the er and they were trying to over rule that decision. My symptoms are feeling light headed, unreal, can't really remember things to good like one minute il be somewere then go someweere else and think like how did I get here, feeling like My mind isn't all there and My regular state of mind is alseep, can't concentrate to good, dizzy, and just its hard to explain. I really haven't took in the fact that thia could be anxiety but that's why I'm asking you nice strangers to please help me. Do I have anxiety or not? Thanks guys

[tonyttll]

If this is due to mental health issue, yes. It wouldn't hurt to see one, they specialize in anxiety and everything else related to mental health. What kind of meds are taking? Did you feel the weird feeling before taking the meds? Are you scared?, or just feel really out of it? Try to write down specifics on paper when you have this feeling, and try to explain it as well as you can. Even if you can't pinpoint whats its like, the more you write stuff down might help you identify what your feeling ,and it will help the psychiatrist know what your symptoms are. Therapy can also be really helpful for anxiety. Also let all of your doctors know your symptoms, so they can address physical and mental symptoms.

[jmoore18]

I'm on anxiety medicine and it seems to help but when I get up and leave my house and go do something I get that wierd feeling back and I just want to go back to the house and go to sleep but when I'm just sitting ay the house I usally feel fine. I don't know I wish this would have never happened but a question for you. Will going to a phycharist help?

[tonyttll]

I'm glad your getting tested. Yeah not feeling good, and having uncomfortable symptoms suck. But i'm sure you'll figure it out , and get better. When the physical is ruled out, go see the  psychiatrist for help with anxiety if thats  the problem. Just stay positive. Also if you want to ask me questions about anxiety and just talk about it, private message me. Take care

[jmoore18]

Thanks for the concern. I've been refered to a phychiarist but haven't gone yet. The cardioligists said nothing was wrong and they have did multiple ehcos, ekg, and blood work and yeah my.doc said that anxiety could be the cause of my blood pressure but I got to have more tests done in a couple days cause now I'm loosing weight. I don't know this is not Funn at all

[tonyttll]

I'm sorry to hear you going through this. This could very well be anxiety, but you need to rule out physical first. You should see a Psychiatrist to give   a diagnosis of anxiety. The fact that you have high blood pressure and up and down heart rates, what are the cardiologists saying? Do they think its due to anxiety. What kind of tests have had done?