I'm getting so tired of these ONGOING symptoms, read

Mental health
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For the past 2 weeks now I've been having terrible symptoms:

Trouble breathing

Tight chest

Tight throat

Breathing fine but feeling like I'm not breathing at all

Severe lightheadedness

Feeling like I have no strength/am floating or barely controlling my body

Fatigue

Weird fuzzy feeling in my head especially when breathing in

Headaches

Blurry or foggy vision

Light looks like it's getting brighter

Trouble swallowing

Feeling like I'm just going to drop

Irregular heartbeat fast one second and slow the next, strong and then faint

Forgetfulness

And a few other things as well.

I've been to hospital SO many times now. Blood work after blood work, urine tests, an ECG, EEG, CT scan of my head, XRAY of my lungs, ultrasound of my kidneys, been on monitors for oxygen and heart rate and everything. They keep putting it off as panic attacks (and acid reflux as well). I've suffered anxiety since I was 7, and I'm about to be 19 in 2 days. I've suffered a panic attack a few times in my life. It's never been ANYTHING like this. And it's never ever been ongoing.

It has not stopped for 2 weeks now.

How can this be normal?

There will be times it is so much worse for around half an hour and I know that's likely a panic attack but the symptoms linger from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to sleep. It's insane. It also gets so much worse when I eat or drink anything.

I'm so afraid that I'm dying or that I have some sort of disease they just haven't picked up on. A few years ago I would be inviting this on myself but now? I don't want to die. I'm young I'm engaged and I have so many plans for the future. Somebody please tell me what I can do or reassure me that this has happened to them or tell me what it can be or anything really, I just need help.

Also, how can I stop worrying that I'm dying? It's taken so much out of my life. I'm scared to do anything anymore and I'm constantly checking my pulse or googling symptoms and freaking out. I can't keep doing this I can't handle this anymore.

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Been dealing with anxiety for 2 years now and yes it can make you feel like garbage around the clock , I wake up jittery don’t feel like eating some days I’ve felt anxious all day and had multiple panic attacks in a day. Took me a while to accept it was anxiety. I thought I was dieing then I went on medication t got better and I realized it was definitely my anxiety.   Just went off medication and it’s back. I too have the trouble breathing thing which is a new symptom for me so that’s been worrying me also. 

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Connor,

You're suffering the same thing as me I once thought there was no one in history that had this thing it's not true. The first time this happened I was 16 and so scared in the same way you are now. It is what it is and what it is is not at all dangerous, it's actually your brain trying to force you to give it some rest.

Look here's what you need to do to recover: your thoughts are thoughts and anxiety playing tricks on you,right up to thinking you are dying. Recognise that none of these thoughts have any weight behind them. Don't focus on your symptoms, learn to ignore them and put them under the bracket of anxiety, realise they are temporary, false and harmless. There is no quick fix to This, but by worrying about it you only keep yourself in the same place. For a short time you need to learn to be comfortable being uncomfortable. Once your brain gets the rest, you'll be back I promise, and before you think it. I know how hard that all is, but I practice what I preach. Also, I'm recovering

Al

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Wow I could have wrote this myself. I am dealing with ALL the symptoms and feelings that you have. I have severe health anxiety as well! Today my legs are weak, heart keeps racing on and off, I keep getting sweaty, and just keep feeling like something is SERIOUSLY wrong. The only thing I can say is to keep coming on here for support. You are not alone!

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I could literally write everything that you have said! I get every single symptom myself but I’ve just been diagnosed with severe health anxiety and generalised anxiety disorder! It’s such an awful thing to be experiencing! I’m constantly checking my body then i will use google.😴 I feel like a lot of the time when there is no pain I wait for it to come. It’s really exhausting and I’m emotionally drained from it. But you are not alone,we are here for you