my physical anxiety symptoms come up in many ways. lately ive felt like my head has pressure on it and in my ears too. i camt even go run or on walks bc ill feel short of breath. im a heslthy 21 year old. my anxiety has been sround for years but i hate these feelings especially everyday 24/7. all i want to do is cry. i get lightheaded too. breathing feels tense and shallow.
I get head pressure, I feel it in my ears too. I also get a “womb womb womb” sound, kinda like when you have your windows down and cars are driving past quickly. It only started after having health anxiety. It sucks. I think it’s because I tighten my chest and neck when I’m anxious, and it’s pushing on my nerves and veins that go to my head.
I’ve had exactly the same! been on medication for almost 5 weeks now and on day 11 of feeling so much better.. anxiety symptoms are minimal, some try creeping back but I’m learning slowly to control them
Hi theyayav!
I can relate to what you are experiencing and I am also 21 years old! I have suffered with physical anxiety and social anxiety which can often feed into eachother alongside Generalised Anxiety and it has created some quite terrifying things for me.
I had to drop out of University and a job I had due to the anxiety and it felt like everything in my life crashed and burned with it. I was really bad immediately after which triggered all sorts of anxiety, mainly the worry that my family will not be around forever to help me pick up the pieces and it still does frighten me.
I overthink a lot of the time due to one day forgetting what I was thinking about which caused me to spiral into my first case of health anxiety thinking I had dementia of some kind when I was 12. It was attributed to stress at the time but I did not get told anything more than that which left me thinking that I was broken. I suffered through this for a couple of years and it took a lot to realise it was ‘only’ anxiety.
I often still find myself overthinking and I have suffered periods of heightened anxiety on and off since 2017 at a debilitating level and I get headaches where it feels like a pressure across my forehead and top of my head. I can sympathise with that 24/7 feeling of anxiety because all it takes is for me to lose my train of thought and there it is.
I find myself taking deep breaths like I am sighing and this is a sign of breathing changes which is also associated with anxiety.
Perhaps you should consult a doctor and get referred for some therapy and perhaps discuss medications. I am currently under a psychiatrist and CPN and just got prescribed Propranolol. They say it helps with the physical anxiety but not with the mental part so I am unsure but maybe it will work if I challenge myself more..
Best of luck to you! I hope you find the thing out there for you!
do the medication have side effects .?
they do, some people dont get any others do, it all depends on the person and the dose of the medication. I had my side effects for about a week but nothing now and I’m 5 weeks in.
are they working for do you feel different ? i want to take them but scared i will hooked on them for a long time
I’m on antidepressants and they aren’t addictive, they are just a prescribed medication to help with anxiety, depression, OCD etc.. yes they are working, I feel extremely differently, 5 weeks ago I lived in my pyjamas and would barely move. now I’m up and dressed, housework, shopping, everything is back to what I would normally do. having the odd day where I feel a bit funny but I just distract myself again and ignore it the best I can. it’s a long journey but you can get through it