Ive suffered with anxiety for years. Lately though when im walking my heart starts racing and i start to feel funny. My blood pressure goes high and my vision goes slightly blurred. It takes me a while to calm down then i feel like crap.i also feel a bit unsteady on my feet. I start to panic thinking it’s my heart. I have quite high blood pressure in general and I’m convinced anxiety is the cause. A lot of the time i have low mood And low energy. Anyone else get these symptoms. Really scary. I feel a total mess
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I’m not your doctor but I’ve suffered from gad, agoraphobia, panic attacks for 25 years and if I was you I’d get a physical test, full blood works and all that. If it’s not physical it seems like anxiety attacks and or panic attacks. Anxiety attacks can last for days whereas panic attacks last no longer than 10 minutes or so. Panic attacks are known for making people feel they are having a heart attack or are literally about to die. But it’s hell and after 25 years I’ve learned to deal with panic attacks tho they’re MUCH less frequent. But generalized anxiety is harder because it’s not a few minutes that I’ve learned to deal with. When I have a panic attack I literally get vision like I’m looking thru a tunnel and can’t see peripheral, I can’t stand up and usually get in the fetal position, sweat like crazy and ride it out. My trick I use that works half of the time is as soon as I feel like it is coming on I talk $h!t to it. I’ll be like, here is this crap again. Get the hell out of here I don’t have time for and am sick of you! This will stop it in it’s tracks sometimes. But like I said, it took 2 decades to get this down. If I get one full blown I have to lay down because I can’t stand up and I ride it out. After which I’m so worn out that I fall asleep and have no anxiety for an hour or so because I’ve used all that energy up. Generalized anxiety and agoraphobia is something that I struggle with and I’m on meds. Don’t try to self medicate. It’ll make it worse in the long run, TRUST ME!
I had very similar symptoms, I would call 111 and they seemed to see it as a heart issue, however, on looking at when these attacks occurred, I began to see a pattern.
My last one happened in a restaurant, I was feeling absolutely fine, relaxed, happy, chatting with family, then suddenly, BP up, chest discomfort, weird feelings, palpitations, shaking etc. and I suddenly realised that it was caffeine!
I am seriously intolerant to caffeine and it makes me very unwell indeed.
Have you looked into possibe allergies and intolerances? They can be from foods, drinks, chemicals in toiletries, household cleaners and so on.
Hi Andy, hope today has been good to you. Anxiety is exhausting and plays a huge role on your CNS, Immune, and metabolic system. When you feel depressed or low mood you may start to feel indifferent from others. This is the catch yourself before you fall scenario. Once you start feeling indifferent then you might feel judged. Even though people around you want to enjoy your company you may be thinking thoughts that are not relevant to the situation. These thoughts can continue to impact your mood. Then your energy level begins to dwindle. After awhile you might notice that your mood affects people you care about around you which furthers your measures to self isolate. As long as you start to see this patten trending downward you can do something about it. It’s not gonna be easy but it can be done. I need you to gather some resources. 1) Your most extroverted family member or friend willing to spend time with you. 2) Kimchi One capsules from bright core 3) Eliminate sugar and processed foods from your diet. 4) Strong Omega 3 from BSN nutrition 5) Human beet root powder.
If you can do at least 1, 2, 3 it should help. If you can eat Kimchi that’s great don’t the capsules. What you want from that is the best gut health boost money can buy. This will help your mood and energy level tremendously. Andy I’ve struggled with Anxiety and depression for 40 years and it only gets worse the longer you hide from it. We all have our own journey getting through this so I hope by sharing this helps you start your journey. The silver lining with Anxiety is this: Stay uncomfortable until you’re comfortable. Repeat that in your mind when your uncomfortable until your comfortable.
I’ve been having same problems for years and had additionally added labels to me that are totally untrue.
Now you need you to be safe at all times in some information I want to share with you to do. I want you to feel safe firstly second and always.
Now complete a full SAR on your medical records and see if this anxiety has been added properly or misplaced on any current or previous issues went to any GP or out patient appointment s for. It’s free first time but can be critical to your future health care you might need.
My own care has had when I said I suffered anxiety the words Functional Disorder attached without any testing or their field of experience. These two words cause more anxiety when you need real help and hinder it in reality. I’d abide anyone to do the same. Check what is being written about you behind your face.
Anxiety is a real problem for some more than others at different stages. If you feel unwell and are not getting right care always ask for another opinion. Your the wine needing help if required get a family member or real friend to speak for you if you dislike confrontation.
I’ve only found out instead of anxiety anytime I went to a hospital and GP functional is way down in records which means they think it’s all phycological in your head when real symptoms could be happening which I hope are not.
It is one thing I learned last year is it nearly cost me my sight these words, because unless you be more aggressive worded wise, you will just get pushed aside. Now I don’t mean losing temper, speak clearly saying do not want anything other than anxiety being my formal open illness I describe. Now please check to see are any other issues underlying to make this worse in how I feel now in reality in testing please.
Anxiety on its own feels like your heart is about to burst or head. The place you feel it is likely where head and neck joint to your body. It is a common trigger for me and slows you up badly in thinking and task completion.
It can cause sweats coldness Raynaud’s to happen on hands or toes that is a nasty condition that can be very bothering to people sensitive to the colder weather. Anxiety is real and if you can please don’t be scared to ask for phycological help to unload your stresses every day life throws at you.
It’s not an embarrassing asking for help. Had I years ago I wouldn’t be as ill with other secondary or primary conditions that I juggle daily with.
I don’t want anyone else to be feeling anxious alone or scared. You don’t have to be and don’t accept anything other that the care you deserve. Always save a little for yourself. Never give anyone 100% of yourself every day otherwise you will burn out and anxiety loves that process of driving your mind and body too far. Anxiety causes damage however you release it do it from music to reading a great book or television programme. Try to make the last 30/60 mins at night down time from phones Tv etc for a better night sleep is one thing that really does help.
If you can’t do that then I’d advise glasses with an anti blue glare on them to protect your eyes, from damage these screens do to anyone. If finding it hard to read no matter your age Macular degeneration can happen to anyone whereas I thought it was people 70+ years old. Not anymore. This is a new condition I thought was related to vision issues from the anxiety but it wasn’t. I to the macular society and use Amsler grid to check if your vision is ok. Not sure if I spelt that word right but please do to help reduce worry you think eyes might be it be causing you also. We are so fragile one little thing goes wrong and the gates open.
Keeping your headspace free from terrible people, is another thing I would advise doing too. People who upset you upset your anxiety I’ve found out. Make sure put you number one first always helps reduce anxiety just a few percent is a win for everyone there. I really do hope you find comfort for yourself even just going to get checked over and an annual check up does no harm either once in a while. Take care if you need any specific answers please just reply.
I really wish everyone well who all need an extra comforting hand once and a while from a complete stranger.