hello im a 16 year old boy, i have refrained from joining these sites for the last 2 years as i refused to accept that i had something wrong with me but now i am here and ready to face whatever it is straight on so here is my story and if anyone can identify with any of what im experiencing please let me know; i smoked a herbal prdouct over 2 years ago (legal high) and it left me depersonalized for a few months, i got over this however and was fine, then one night about 2 months ago i was lying in bed deep in thought and i started feeling very uncomfortbale as if i didnt belong where i was and started questioning if i was real or not etc, so i took this as being my deersonalisation returning and got on with things as best i could as i done before, i was then playing a football match last month and i started feeling dizzy, having heart paplpitaions and just feeling very scared in general.. since then i have developed what i hope is just anxiety but im not convinced, im extremely depersonalized and think im going inasne, my heart is under investiagation because of the dizzy episode and i have fears about that, i also fear i have some sort of brain tumour which attributed to the dizziness and now im left in fear almost all the time, i find the world to be overwhelming and i feel overwhelmed when outside, its like everything is fake when i know it shouldnt feel like this, i also feel as if sometimes im doing things just to appear normal and because i know a 'normal me' would be doing them, as i said im only 16 and am relatively new to these feelings, are these feelings typical of anxiety or could it be something more? i also have what i can only describe as momentary lapses and its like i blink but my eyes are still open, basically a flash of black which then sends me down the road of worrying that i have a brain tumour or possibly schizophrenia, i just want to feel normal again and i dont want this to take over my life and i dont want to have schizophrenia or a brain tumor, is what im experiencing now linked to what i smoked 2 years ago? is it a different problem? is this the start of schizophrenia? please someone give their thoughts, i would be so appreciative, btw just for the record i have a mum and dad who sort of know whats going on, my mum is very supportive, im currently studying for exams so theres a tad of added stress i suppose, i dont know sometimes i feel like im trying to use exams as something to hide behinf what im feeling, i cant help but think its something much more and much worse like a serious mental illness, i dont want to lose my mind and i dont want to be overwhelmed and not recognise the face looking back at me in the mirror, thank you very much if u read this far down
Hi Ollie
I'm also having the same problem I still not convinced I have anxiety or something else maybe a heart problem it's been a 1 year since I first felt this in my heart and today I'm feeling really bad I don't want to go to emergencies cuz they would let me die there I have gone so many times that I don't know who to ask for help anymore I just started seeing a psychologist on Thursday he said to go to a cardiologist so we could be sure is anxiety and not a heart problem and this way we could know what we are dealing with so I need to go to a cardiologist but my doctor is no carrying about my problem for a straight year I been trying to get help but no one is willing to help for free they take my insurance and make me wait for like 6 hours just to give me a pill and tell me is anxiety and I'm sure is not anxiety they just don't want to help I hope u get better by the way I'm 24 years old
First off your sixteen live your life dude! Seriously i wish i had these problems then as i had much more. I was dirt poor didnt even know what family meant. And i was addicted to coke and pills. I overdosed when i was 13. Go to your doctor if you dont feel as if its anxiety but ive been battling over it for awhile now and ive grown to execpt it. i have a 7 month son and i try everyday to be better. Im manic biopolar and gad disorder and im an alcohic but always remember somesome has it worse. Message me if amything else. Im 21 dude things could be much woorrrrsssseeeee !
Hey Ollie. I have been dealing with anxiety for 7 years. It makes you feel like nothing is real. And makes you dizzy and makes your heart beat funny. I have been in and out of the hospital so many times. I've seen the cardiologist and wore heart monitors and had every test and scan known to man. Anxiety us a terrible thing to have. I wish I had my life back! Ativan is the only thing that helped me but its also very addicting. So you have to be careful taking it. I still have racing thought and sometimes I think this isn't real but the reality of it is its anxiety. Its a misfire in the brains fight or flight response. You should google anxiety on web md. I know how you feel cause I have had the same exact symptoms. Hope this helps
Hi Ollie. Your very young. Tbh I think what your describing is only anxiety. When people are going through an episode any ache, or pain,heart palpitation or dizziness we experience we automatically think the worst. We think we have some awful illness that we will never recover from, when in actual fact it is all part a d parcel and symptoms of anxiety. I don't know if your symptoms have been triggered by what you smoked. However these weird and worrying episodes don't last forever, but I would say go see your GP. Hope your OK though x