so I (like many) have been dealing with panic attacks and anxiety for a long time. I had a couple years where it went away and then came back and now this time it's not letting up I am on medication, which has been a battle, each Dr has their view on meds and one thinks one is bad another is good (it gets very confusing) I am also back to seeing a counselor, same stuff as last time, write, listen to mindful meditation, exercise. It's all great, but nothing is helping. I feel like I'm walking bomb, my body is on edge, my chest feels like it's gonna beat out of my chest, I feel like someone is sitting on my chest and restricting my breathing, I have intrusive thoughts, I worry about everything, feel foggy most days, I'm exhausted. The one med I've been on to take as needed when I get a bad panic attack, of course one that has been abused so I being punished for others misusing it and it took me a long time to try and now they want me to try other stuff and I have a fear of starting new meds. Any advise would be great. So tired of feeling like this
hi there, was just reading your post and i can so relate to it everything you are going through is the same as me at the moment my dr has just put me on 100mg of sertraline i dunno if you have had this medication? i have a fear of taking medication and i worry too. i just want you to know your not alone i hope you feel better very soon.
I haven’t tried that med. I’m on paxil and take xanax as needed, and now they are cutting the xanax out, so that has been hard. They want me to try other meds, but I don’t want to be drowsy and I’m afraid. There are some days where I just want to give a different medicine a try cause I’m just drained, but I just can’t do it. It’s such a horrible feeling and drains ya.
I hope your new med helps
i have all those symptoms.. i woke up two nights ago with my heart pounding out of my chest! i thought i was going to faint.. my chest feels heavy & i cant breath.. right side of my neck i get sharp pains & it feels like someone has their hand around ny neck like i cant breath.. i had chest xray.. ekg.. yesterday i did echo stress test & it was normal but i stopped during my treadmill test after 6 minutes so i didnt do what i shoukdve but they still did two echos one before & aftr & normal… im not on meds & i used to take xanax but stopped.. so i feel you im sick of all these symptoms.. the heart palpiations are so bad i cant even work out anymore cause if i lift heavy my heart starts pounding bad & i run out pf breath.. i feel like thats not normal so idk now what to do
yeah I get told to exercise, that it will help, but it is scary when you already feel your heart is racing. I tell myself that when I’m active that my heart is gonna beat faster, but then my mind takes it to another level. Have you found anything that helps? Did the xanax not help?
yea me too… but mine never used to be like that until recently ive been under tons of stress! dealing with an alcoholic husband the stress is way more than i can take… and now like i said i cant even work out… i literally lift something heavy and my heart doesnt race it PoUnDs fast and its so scary.. thats why im scared to do anything at all… im not satisfied with the answers i was given… but i also have high cholesterl… so i do need to exercise alot mainly walking… and i didnt wanna get addicted is why i atopped.. i started CBD OIL! but stopped when they started doing tests cause i fidnt want it to hurt my bloodwork .. it helped me yo relax tho alot and more of the gummies helped me to sleep real good
Been there with the husband part, he stopped drinking, but found out it didn’t change his abusive way. Left and took our son, the divorce was a long drawn out process because he’s a jerk.
The Dr’s don’t seem to understand the feeling, yes we understand the exercise is good but in the moment it doesn’t make ya feel good and when ya feel like your chest is gonna burst, the exercise making it beat even harder makes the anxiety kick in more. Such a viscous cycle.
Honestly if the cbd oils help, you should use them, it’s legal most states and some drs just won’t prescribe certain meds if your using it, which if the meds make ya nervous to take then I would do what helps u