Do your anxiety symptoms last for days/weeks?

My physical symptoms of anxiety seem to never go away 😟 does anyone else have the same thing and is this normal? I'm sick of it and because it's always here I think there definately is something wrong with me! It's horrible living like this.

Also, when you start to obsess with one symptom (me chest pain mainly breast) I feel like it's actually something serious and its like I'm seeing more symptoms of it being serious. It's hard to describe but if you obsess that much always lookin etc if it possibly for you to make up new physical symptoms in your head?? I'm making myself go mad. Want my pain to

Go away and it won't which makes me more anxious.

Thanks for reading, Nicola xx

Hi I've had severe physical symptoms everday 24/7 for 16 months now not a minute passes I feel well I have at least 5 symptoms a day.mainly severe dizziness pain allover especially chest, tingling, can't focus eyes, nausea ,short breathe,shaking oh I could go on and on I struggle to believe this is all anxiety even after lots of all clears.my life stopped 16 months ago and I want it back

 

Hi Mango. Thank you for your reply, hope your well. Life is a struggle when we have to put up with anxiety and the horrible symptoms. I'm new to it and I think it all started when I had my second baby (15 weeks ago) not sure if my hormone changes have liked this off. It's really hard to cope with anything just now. I'm constantly asking for doctors reassurance. X

Becoming a mum is life changing itself.i also am forever asking for reassurance even though I don't believe what the doctor says.my family and friends are sick of me talking about it.do you take meds? I can't tolerate anything now my anxiety is so bad can't even use a hayfever spray.enjoy your baby my little boy is 5 and I've missed out so much with him this last year I feel so bad I can't take him out and have fun anymore take care xxxx 

Hi Nicola I like many have had the symptoms your having.Theres no quick fix wish there was,just try and reason it out and say its anxiety nothing else.Make yourself move around ,defy this anxiety taking your days away from you. That's what it does stops you in your tracks. I've had it for long time to but I struggle on won't give into it.Tomorrow could be the day it disappears for good stay on site and talk its contact with ones suffering this miserable condition.big hug x

 

Thank you ladies ☺️ it helps to know I'm not the only one. For now we will struggle but we will beat anxiety soon enough. Night for now xx

Nicola,  You are NOT alone.  I'm sorry you are going through this.  I understand.  It has been 6 months and I get little breaks here and there throughout the day, but haven't had one full day without the anxiety.  You are not going mad.  The chest pain and physical pain are real.  I also have them.  But I"m trying to accept them, knowing that this can't last forever.  When I try to make it go away, it get's worse.  So that's not an answer.  You are right WE WILL BEAT ANXIETY...Just being on this site has helped me deal with the pain of it.  As Marlene said, tomorrow could be the day it all goes away.  For today, we need to continue on.  Gnite.

Hi Nicola, I've just read your post and you mentioned having a young baby - I have a 7 month old boy and my anxiety started when he was 3-4 months old.

the doctor suggested post natal depression. I don't know about you but I don't feel 'depressed' I just have physical symptoms constantly. Maybe it could be something to do with having new babies? I'm the same, always wanting reassurance from the doctor. Have you been to hospital with your symptoms? That's one thing I always want to do! 

Take care x

Thank you Sue and Chatlotte. 

I've been to my doctors of several occasions about the pain I had an ECG and blood tests done along with a chest X-ray. They the pain was mainly my breast and now I e asked for an appointment at breast clinic. I won't rest until

i know I'm okay. I can then accept it as health anxiety. Someone else mentioned it being that Charlotte, could well be right but I'm not sure I want to do anything else until I've been to breast clinic. It's all came out the blue. My doctor thinks the pain I'm breast is hormonal. 

Thanks xx

How old are you if you don't mind me asking?

my chest pain seems to be on the left side uner my boob and also into my armpit.

I had blood tests ECG and chest X- Ray too - everything was normal! I promised myself once I had that done that I would just accept that it's health anxiety too but I haven't! It's a lot harder than I thought it was going to be.

Mine too came out of the blue. It's a very strange and scary thing to have! x

I'm 25 Hun and have two young children (almost 2 year old and 15 weeks) that's where my pain started on left side exactly where yours is and now I have breast pain mainly in the right one. It's scary and annoying. Hopefully once I've been to clinic I can start to get my life back. It's running everything xx

Yep hi i have hi I have symtoms all day everyday mine is throat can't take much more it's quite knackering all day I just want to sleep xx

Hopefully that will put your mind at rest.. At least they will be able to rule out anything.. Hope everything goes well smile x

Hi Nicola go and chat with a midwife at your clinic,she will give you some answers to your anxiety.i was told years ago it takes a few months for your hormone levels to sort themselves,and no 2 pregnancys are the same so just maybe this anxiety is hormones that would account to breast discomfort go see midwife is my advice and go from there ,write it all down what's been wrong on health side.Midwives hear all sorts  Go do it hey Big hug x

Hi Nicola:  I am new this as well.  I was finally dignosised with GA/Panic for the first time two months ago at the age 31.  I had never had any major health problems accept I visited my GP when I have an infection etc.  Usually healthy.  My body went out of whack and never new what was going on.  I honestly felt I was dying or going to die.  I started with a Panic with heart racing and than went further.  Each day different symptoms appeared and didn't know what was going on.  I visited the ER 13 x's and my GP 6 x's.  I did numerous tests and everything came normal.  What trigger the Anxiety, I don't know, I'm still trying to figure it out.  Did the symptoms ever stop, NO, still every day i have different symptoms and they are still present, some days are better to deal with and others are very intense.  I developed Health Anxiety and also Depression and the fear of being on my own, driving...etc.  I was a independent person who didn't dwell on things and was working etc.  Than on February 20 of this year, my life had changed.

I read a book called "At Last at Life", Dealing with Panic/Anxiety by Paul David.  I reccommend this to anyone for suffering from this mental illness.  It home to me and he talks about dealing with it and accepting as it was your best friend.  It worth the read.

When you accept your which is hard to do because I am still struggling to deal with.  What I have read that you eventually ease it off.  All based and how much we feed our subconsicous.  I know its hard not worry and fear, its like your battling with your enemy but the less you battle the easier it gets and eventually will disappear.  BUt i can understand that it is tough because i'm going through it and its so hard .  I always said they way mental illness is written on piece paper is so different when you actually are going through it. 

I never thought I would go through this, but I realized that you never know what tomorrow is going to bring.

Take Care of Yourself I wish you all the Best Nicola and I hope that one day you and everyone who is suffering from some sort of Anxiety will feel at peace.

Keep positive and remember THIS TO SHALL PASS"

 

BTW--Sorry for the grammar and error had glich with my computer and it automatically sent without proof reading.

sorry to hear you are still getting pains in the chest. are you on any medication for Anxiety at all?

Richard

I just read this and I've been having a hard time with these after-panic symptoms too! Like, days after the attack, I'd get bad headaches, I couldn't breathe normally too, and I feel like there's something generally wrong with my body. It's depressing and I'm getting really upset about it. I'm 22 and I want my life back too.

Hi Nicola, I am in the same situation with you in this last 4days. I was absolutely fine till 4days ago. I had a headache and neckache it started my anxiety and panic attacks back again. I am like a ghost, cant eat cant sleep properly, gagging, shaking, trembling, feeliing down, anxious, depressed, crying non-stop. It's horrible. But believe me, all of this stupid symptoms are fake we are totally healty. I am fighting with this terrible illness nearly for 9years and it always come in unexpected times. Symptoms vary every time. It's tyring

I'm in the same boat but still not sure it's anxiety and the doctor has never suggested it.

I've had 24 hour ECG, chest X-ray, ultrasound and blood tests and all came back fine but my symptoms are:

Pressure on chest

Niggling ache on my upper right chest

Hot chest sensation

Tingly lower face and lips

Spaced out feeling

Symptoms seem to get worse as the day goes on but usually get worse when I stand up and start walking around. If I excersise my symptoms disappear whilst I'm doing it so I guess I'm physically "working" ok?

Anyway, these symptoms have been pretty much constant for about 3 months now.

The doctors latest idea was to take ibuprofen for 3 weeks and rest thinking I had a chest muscle issue.

All my symptoms seem to point to anxiety but the doctor doesn't seem think its that, but also not really prepared to offer any other ideas.

The symptoms are so acute, could it really be anxiety?