Hi sorry if this sounds a bit odd but im currently (as i speak) experiencing something I've not experienced before. I've been diagnosed with chronic/ severe anxiety and now I'm convinced I'm going to die. I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I am supposed to fly to Tunisia in the morning but I'm not going because I cant face it.
Is this normal?
Yes its all normal effects from anxiety. Are you taking meds or therapy? I know meds aren't always the answer but they do help. Your not alone and this site is very helpful. You tube has some great meditation videos too. Good luck hun xxx it does it better
Normal yes and awful. Do u feel spaced out or in a bubble? X
Yes I do.. Its an awful feeling.. I just want to be normal again.. I've had this anxiety since sept. And I'm gonna win the fight. I have to much to live for.. And you can beat this to. Positive thoughts ❌❌❌
Mine started September too after a panic attack because my sight went due to migraine, told myself I had a brain tumour and bang the bubble depersonalisation hit so along came depression too. Took sertraline had a reaction making me a wreck. Now on fluoxetine which is helping me function but I still feel in a bubble and dazed and hate the thought of facing people. Its not me at all I'm normally happy, loving and want to b out all the time. I was so scared I couldn't b alone. It was first day alone yday was OK but ended up in tears later on
I feel peed off with it now I don't get way it won't do one I'm not even worried no more well only about been normal again!!!!! I blamed the meds but so many people feel spacey without meds
Mine started with health issues to. Then it escalated from there. I hate the dizzy spacey feeling too. I've come to realize what causes my anxiety but can't seem to feel normal. I don't even wanna get off the couch but I force myself. I take lexapro 10 mg at night and a beta blocker. Then .5 ativan as needed which helps take the edge off.
I don't like being alone either. But my bf works so much so its me and my 9yr old son home alone a lot..
Mine took 3 weeks off unpaid. OK have a 8 and 5 year old but ther at school i'm also 37 weeks pregnant and hoping I'll feel normal for the baby. I don't feel spacy whilst I'm laid down. It increases around people and In shops etc it's just so weird as I'm not a anxious person its like my brain is playing with me. I'm not a dull spaced out weirdo with no personality left. How do we make it go???? Feels like forever and that scares me. Hope u feel better soon. Helps to hear others r the same not that I'd wish it on anyone x
That's when mine gets bad. I force myself to do it in fear I will never be normal. I go to therapy hoping it helps. Are you a stay at home mommy?
No I'm not on meds or therapy. I'm going to book a Dr's appointment
Yes i am. I started therapy but she now wants to wait till after my baby as things might change then. I feel spaced out all the time non stop. Its like if I close my eyes tight when I open them it will all look normal again. It doesn't 
least iv chilled out a bit just wish it would move on. Iv a family meal Friday and I'm dreading it coz I'll be sat there in my own bubble which feels like I'm under water and can't communicate x
Meds are not bad its how you choose to let them work.. Some people can deal with it I ain't afraid to admit that I take meds for help.. It does help and I can deal with it easier..
I'll take what ever makes it go! Anyone would who feels insane anxiety or depression
What meds are you on? Do you eat right? I don't so that's why I feel spacey and dizzy a lot.. We will get better.. All of us can help each other. ❌❌❌
Fluoxetine for 5 weeks. I'm better then I was so I need to be thankful x
Its your life, tell her that you dont agree. Its your therapy and not the counsellors. If you need to talk you tell them. What does you partner do, can he help at all ?
I'm better then I was and I don't help myself. My doctor left my blood results and my iron is low which I knew but also my red cells and my platelets are low so now I'm worried iv lukemia or something dreadful. Total loon! My partner helps he's been doing the house work and cooking etc x
Someone i know had the same feelings as you!!...she used to follow her partner round the house because she was convinced something awful was going to happen. of course....as we all know ...it never did!. we all know this underneath...but try telling ourselves that at the time!. she has since been on tablets.....helped her a lot...and now she is off the tablets and back to 'normal'. i have been having counselling for anxiety...i also had irregular heartbeats the other night...ended up in casualty...all ok. but now of course i sit and 'listen' to my heart....if it seems to change at all....i start to get a little panicky....then i get too worked up and am convinced im going to have a heart attack!...which im not. but saying that doesnt help......but me worrying ...it all ends up in a vicious circle. i am sad that you wont be making your flight. reading things on here and on ther forums has helped me a lot...to know many others are going through simelar and worse things than me......but what i read on nearly all of the posts is people know....underneath its all in the mind...and we are causing it....from past experiances...situations etc etc. .....and its the chemicals mostly that are released when we get like this. i had no idea....for over a year....that the physical symptoms i was having were from depression and anxiety!....i was even demanding a brain scan!. it is so frightening...and scary.....but it is better when you know you are not the only one feeling like this. one thing i was told by people who have been through it..it does get better. goodluck