is this Anxiety? i'm kinda scared...

[ShinigamiDeathscytheSan]

so i'm a 17 year old girl, and i'm really worried that i might have anxiety problems of some sort. my mom has a panic disorder, and according to her, i dont have any problems. but for a while now [[about 8 months since i first noticed]] i tend to get intense feelings of dread when i sense that my best friend [[we're really close]] is upset. it's not the fact that i get upset when she does that bothers me, it's that i get very scared and my heart starts beating a mile a minute. i am very quick to assume the worst, and so this rapid heart beat and dread happens a lot. it's hard for me to calm down, and i get upset like this very easilly for other things as well.
i'm just starting to get worried, because when this happened last night, my heart was pounding, and beating faster than it ever has before. i was feeling almost dizzy and it felt like if it beat any faster i would pass out. i have problems with depression, and i'm not on any meds, if that's relevant at all. i also get head rushes a lot, but i think that's just because i dont really eat.... XP

if someone could please just give me some advice, it would be greatly appreciated. i wanna know what i'm looking at before i mention it to my parents or try to talk to a doctor....

[ShinigamiDeathscytheSan]

alright. and my head rushes dont feel like what you're describing, so we can hope they're irrelevant, i guess. i'll definetly be keeping an eye out for any other symptoms, or the worsening of ones that i already have. thank you so much...

[mandapanda928]

It sounds like it may be a small start of a panic attack, and yes they can be very scary but there are medications that help a lot. The head rushes i used to get but i would feel a cold sensation running down the back of my head, i went to a neurologist and he said that was normal for anxiety. Sometimes our minds just take on too much, and need to release stress maybe you have too much going on and being around your friend and getting really upset is contributing, and worrying about what your mom has. When your heart starts beating that fast it's usually anxiety it may not be a panic attack but it does sound like anxiety. And since anxiety and depression go together that would be my guess. But you'll be ok just don't hold anything in.

[Dailynews]

You dont have to lose your sleep over this....