i dont know whats happening to me, all i know is i feel like im loosing control and no one is helping me and i cant go on like this! i will try and keep this as short as possible......i have had a fee occasions over the years where i have worried about my health and worried i might have some terminal illnes, as well as been anxious about other things i.e. my children going on trips etc but these last fee months something has happened to me and i am scared to death. i found out i was pregnant in june this year and instantly worried about the birth and my health, sadly i miscarried in august and passed the baby in quite a traumatic way. the few weeks that followed i couldnt sleep at all and survived on about 2 hours sleep a night the , i was very upset and started thinking about why it happened. the dr gave me citalopram which i took for a few days until i was shopping one day and my whole body went hot my legs went to jelly i went dizzy and my heart felt like it was beating out of my chest. my whole body felt shaky and this fear come over me and i honesty thought i was going to die there and then. after the first aiders calmed me down i was taken to hospital where they did ecg and blood tests (all clear) and finally told me it sounded like i had a panic attack - i dont know how as i have never suffered with these or been diagnosed with an panic disorder. since then i have had allsorts of strange sensations and symptoms happen to me - localised headaches, dizzy spells, trembling, memory problems, nausea, clicking noise in throat, palpitations, chest pains, and much much more. i have becone obsessed with my health and completley convinced i have a serious illness that i need diagnosing. i have had numerous tests - cheat x ray, ecg's, 1 week holter monitor, nasendoscopy, sigmoidoscopy and numberous blood tests (all clear). i have self diagnosed illnesses ranging from geart attack, stroke, blood clot, several cancers and now a brain aneurysm. i have been the doctors seceral times and hes reffered me to a cardiologist and ent specialist and i have another appointment on fri to ask to be referred for an mri on my brain. i google every symptom i get and they are all telling me i am ill but i cant get anyone to listen. i have spoken to a therapist who seems to think i have anxiety but surely all these symotoms cant be anxiety, and if it was why has my dr bot diagnosed me with this and why have i suddenly got it. i cant bare living like this i feel like i am watching myself slip away and have no control or way of stopping it. i have 4 children and a good job and i am so scared of loosing it all. what is happening to me? have i got an illness or is it anxiety please someone help
Hi Suzanne
It’s very easy to overthink every single symptom your body has but 9/10 these symptoms are nothing serious at all. You need to take the doctor’s word for it, if there was something seriously wrong with you they would have found it.
I went 3/4 days with chest and arm pain all day every day and it was all down to anxiety. Doctors are the professionals and it sounds like you’ve had a lot of test done, you need to trust them.
You wouldn’t believe what sort of symptoms anxiety can cause, it’s crazy!
thanks for replying - i just feel like i am going mad or having some kind of breakdown, if all this is doen to anxiety why wont the dr diagnose me with anxiety and help me, and how have i suddnely got anxiety. i just do t understand
Hey
I have friends that would experience shortness of breath, one experience intense pain in her head but in the end it was all anxiety.
I know it’s hard to believe but it’s a vicious cycle. You will experience a slight pain etc then worry about it but what you’re actually doing is making this ‘pain’ worse by worrying and increasing the anxiety. Obv course the worse you start to feel then the more you worry and the worse the ‘pain’ gets.
Just try not to worry about any of your symptoms as much and keep telling yourself it’s anxiety and see if that makes a difference
hey suzanne im in a similar situation i have had all kinds of things going on with me since february had all kinds of tests done went to a handful of specialists spent who knows how much this year on it all. All i can tell you is if you are convinced something is wrong with you explore every avenue leave no stones unturned rule everything be out and i say that for a few reasons… if it is truly anxiety like they say, until youve ruled everything out you will never be able let it go or forget about it you will always come back to it and it will drive you absolutely nuts and youll never be able to effectively treat your anxiety with the possibility of something being wrong in the back of your mind. If its not anxiety they will find it. If it doesnt come up on a blood test or some other type of diagnostic test ask for a full body mri or ct scan then when nothing comes up you will be able to move on from it and treat your anxiety. Message me if youd like to talk more and im praying for you.
It certainly sounds like anxiety. There are on line questionaires you can do to help indicate if you are anxious or not. I suggest you mention it to your doctor and see if he will prescribe you something to help calm you down xx
Hi Suzanne, I was a nurse in an A and E Dept, many years ago now, and I saw many patients arrive, in great distress with a variety of physical symptoms that were very real and disabling.
But after all the tests were done, ECGs, CXR etc and all came back normal. And the patient given time to calm down and talk to the doctor or nurse it was often anxiety that was shown to be the cause.
Anxiety causes the ‘fight or flight’ response to be initiated, fast breathing, raised blood pressure, loads of adrenaline to be released, heart pounding(palpitations) fast pulse etc.
Anxiety can cause loads of very real unpleasent physical symptoms.
I get head aches when I am particularly stressed. Its anxiety, I have had them for over 20 years.
I have a problem with anxiety and health anxiety so I have a lot of personal experience as well.
best wishes, Anthony
Hi Suzanne,
honestly, I think your hormones might be out of whack! Have you considered that at all? PMDD and PMS can elevate anxiety and cause the symptoms you describe above. Maybe mention all of this to your Obgyn. They might be able to help regulate your hormones 
take care of you !
Sounds to me like you had a panic attack. I was always high anxiety but never had a panic attack until AFTER I was but on meds. Honestly I was way better off before meds. Now I get panic attacks all the time. Seriously, you went through a lot. Talk to a therapist, take natural supplements. Last step should be a pill. Most of us get this backwards and get the pill as the first step. Wish you well. I went through h3ll on meds and never found one that worked. For some though it is the only thing that works. Good luck to you.
I hate that you ate going through this and sadly all of these symptoms can be from anxiety. i had a health scare when i was 16 and it threw me into a panic attack. ive had anxiety and panic attacks since then (im now 24) but you learn to cope. ive came a long ways since i was 16, so it does get better. sleeping was my biggest issue with anxiety (its still a challenge) which is the case with most people who suffer from it. its a time to relax, but spending all day panicky and anxious keeps the mind churning which then results into sleepless nights and nocturnal attacks. its always at its worse when it first starts because its new to the body. youve never experienced it so your body doesnt know how to react to all the crazy symptoms. over time you learn what triggers them and how to get through one of the attacks until pretty soon it doesnt affect your life anymore. i wish you the best