I have never suffered from anxiety until now. I'm in my late 20's and it seems to be taking over my life. It's all health related worries. I ALWAYS Google and think the worst when I feel a pain .
I expierences my first attack in April. I thought I was having a heart attack so I went to the ER, blood work and EKG came back good. I don't have health insurance, so now $3000 later, I was told it was anxiety.
I was doing pretty good after my visit until another attack hit me out of nowhere. Now I'm terrified thinking I'm going to die all the time or die young. (No, I'm not suicidal. I love life and am really confused why I'm going through this).
This passed week I've had muscle aches and pains all over, tingling all over my body like pins and needles, fast heart rate, and now that I've got those to go away, I feel super dizzy and I cannot get that to stop! So of course, I googled it...it said it can be reduced blood flow to heart and now I'm freaking out all over again, and I feel hungry but nauseous.
I miss living a normal life, but is this anxiety or worse?
Hi Ashley you have all the symptoms of an anxiety disorder and you need treatment for that.My advice is to stop googling it is not a diagnostic tool.Anxiety is not just mental the physical symptoms are very real however it is all coming from your mind and you need help with this disorder.Go to your doctor and tell him how you are feeling and don't waste anymore money on tests.
Hiya , you suffer with typical symptoms of anxiety disorder. You keep winding yourself up and making symptoms worse. You are scared of getting another panic attack and thats the vicious cirkle. You can die from it. I know when you ge one it feels like it but it will pass. Its "only" panic attack. Anxiety sucks. Have you tried meditation? Mindfulness courses or CBT therapy ? There is loads of things that can help you bring relief. You are not alone with this sweety . It will go away😘😘
Hi Marlene! I don't have health insurance at the moment, I guess I just wanted to know it was anxiety and not something worse. It's a scary ride for sure. I woke up feeling a bit better today, but I also haven't gotten out of bed yet.
What about selfhelp websites, books with autotherapy, meditation on youtube. This forum is really helpful 😘people here are kind and supportive amd going thru the same thing as you. Herbal remedies are really good. Lemon balm, wild lettuce extract, L-theanine, valerian root, vitamin B complex, 5HTP, kali phos 6, change of your lifestyle. I know it sounds easy but you can do this. Books with selfhelp help a lot.
I can relate to you I also have health anxiety and every day I find it hard I've been drowning myself in tv programmes and earfones in to listen to talks or music simply in a bid to stop my brain freaking me out I had good day the other day and then next day bad again ever since been have dizzyness past few days which isn't helping me every time a have the dizzy turn I panic I was put in sertraline at my worst but it made everything worse and been suffering ever since coming off it's like my brain is just broken now and a can't seem to fix it I get therapy but a don't feel it's helping me any to be honest I feel it's making me worse as when a have bad day and just can't face it I feel guilty for not attending like a feel their annoyed with me so it adds to my anxiety now they're coming to my house... hope you some how work around it but just wanted you to know your not alone... its debilitating and ruining my life at the min a forget what normality is.. am 29 married with three beautiful girls and I feel robbed
Ashley, I'm very guilty of googling my symptoms. I've yo-yo'd back and forth that I have some kind of cancer, to blood clots, to heart problems. One thing I've learned, don't google with your symptoms. Look up "why googling your symptoms is a bad idea" and read a couple of those articles. You can't trust the internet.
I still seek comfort from checking that my symptoms are anxiety related and not something else, so what I do now when I just can not calm down without assuring myself is I google, "Can anxiety cause...." and list my symptom after. Such as "can anxiety cause trouble swallowing?" You'd be surprised, but yes, it can.
Once I see that anxiety can cause my symptom, I step away from google. When I feel the need to really google more, I google random funny things. "Cats in hats" or "10 reasons cats meow". Something completely unrelated and light hearted.
What you listed sounds like classic anxiety symptoms. And the more you worry about it, the worse it'll get.
When you feel anxiety building, or feel lightheaded, dizzy, or nausous, find something to distract you. Something mental. Again, googling random silly things (not your symptoms) is good here. Read funny things, silly things. And it'll take your mind off of it. Another good thing, when symptoms hit is to control your breathing. Breathe in for 7 quick counts, and out for 11. Do this for 2 or 3 minutes.