Hello everyone this is my first time posting here I thank everyone who would help me but it started a month ago ! Back in Mexico I got down out of the car and started feeling hot suffocating , I felt like I was dying i let it go the same night I woke up shaking I told my mom I was scare it lasted like 10 minutes since than my life sucks I've been to the hospital 4 times in a month ! I've done 2 eK, 1 echocardiogram , blood test and all came normal I thought it was my heart but I'm relived knowing it's not but lately I've been experiencing symptoms like dizziness , weak legs , twitching muscles , pain in my chest , left arm pain , headaches, stomach pain ! And this are 24/7 symptoms I don't wanna take medicine because I'm scare I've read all the side effects that can cAuse and I just don't want to this is ruininnng my life , my relationship with my girlfriend because I don't wanna go out because I'm scare I use to love playing soccer now I just stopped enjoying it , im also sitting and I can hear my heartbeat so strong that moves my body , i can see my stomach moving with heartbeat my resting rate is 53 is that normal ? I'm just trying not give up I don't have suicidal thoughts but it's just to hard to deal with if anyone can help me please let me know how it's ruining my life !!!
Hello Josue
I am going through some of these since last Dec. Believe me, you are fine.
eat well ( preferably veg diet ) , Meditate at least 30 min, deep breathing whenever you feel some discomfort. Drink plenty of water, More fruits (berries esp ) 1 hr physical activity ( brisk walking ). Talk to your family and friends as much as possible.
no medications required .and don't take antidepressants. Try to minimise your stress levels and do sleep at least seven hours ( i know it is difficult ).
Hi I'm Charlie I'll suffer from health anexity and it's completely sucks,mine is mainly from the fear or believing I have cancer like righ now I think I'm dying it's horrible feeling sense of doom,the mind is incredibly strong and will completely mess your life up and cause physical pain but TEST don't lie and if you showed any admoraties the doctor would of reacting immediately TRUST ME,if u can't shake this worrying feeling then see your doctor and explain your not alone l!!!!!
EXACTLY the same symptoms as myself and trust me when I say, you are fine...the symptoms are horribly and scary but are a natural reaction by your body against anxiety and/or panic disorder. To be quite honest, I thought I was going around the twist and saw no way back and no end to it all - I was put on a concoction of different medicines all to combat what the Drs felt was wrong with me - which was where the whole thing went wrong as different Drs put it down to different things - from hormonal imbalance to stress to a chest infection?!? The different drugs given consisted of 3 types of antibiotics then steroids; the progesterone only pill; and then a course of Fluoxetine and Sertraline which basically mashed my whole head and system up - oh, they also gave me zopiclone as I just couldn't get to sleep as I was shaking on and off/frightened that I was going to die in the night/anxious etc and some beta blockers too lol - I felt wretched - I eventually contacted one Dr and broke down and told her all the above and she was lovely - she gave me a course of Diazepam to take for a couple of weeks, very low doseage, and it worked wonders - within 24 hours I felt much, much better - she diagnosed me with post natal anxiety which had led on to full blown panic disorder and this had caused my body to react the way it was doing - (the concoction of other drugs hadn't helped at all either) - now I am much, much better and she has allowed me to have Diazepam on a need to have basis - basically, if I feel as though I am getting overly anxious or in danger of having a panic attack, just take one! This alone has helped me so much and I rarely need to take them now - maybe if I'm going on a long journey on a motorway for example. The mind is a very powerful thing and it can wreak havoc on the rest of your system and the physical side of it can make you feel as though you are extremely ill! I hope you start to feel better soon as I 100% know how you are feeling - I felt as though I would never be the old me again - but I did do, despite it taking time!
Just to add on to my already lengthy response, lol, as a result of all the physical ailments I was experiencing, solely from the anxiety and panic, this lead to me also having Health Anxiety and that was driving both myself and my whole family around the twist! I kept thinking that I had some awful, terminal disease that the Drs hadn't picked up on etc - and this caused the anxiety levels to go through the roof and made the situation worsen - everything I read up on always had horror stories attached to it, which my imagination ran wild with - this is much better now as I have realised that if I had everything I thought I had, I would a) already be dead or dying OR b) I was a walking miracle
Thank you Charlie means a lot yes I also worry about my health I feel you it is hard but we got to keep going right ! 😅
it looks like you were in a lot of medications but I'm happy you fine , say i see all this people saying give it time it will pass so I'm just waiting not patiently but waiting lol hope this doesn't ruin my holidays
Yes ! Ive done that before Also look up on the internet and for some reason it looks like I really have a disease when I don't google is the worst enemy when it comes to this but you right we walking and we still alive
I was only put on so many different medications due to the fact that I could never get an appointment with the same Dr and therefore the different Drs I did see were just putting their own diagnosis on things and just handing the drugs out like sweeties - it was because of the cocktail of different things I was put on for the wrong diagnosis that were turning me into the mess I became - thankfully, one Dr realised this and told me to stop anything and everything and just to take the one, initial, short course of diazepam - it literally saved my mind lol - the one thing I realised from the Diazepam was that is relaxes, (hence why given to people with back problems); and so I deduced from this, that if I could just learn to relax by myself and hit the panic/anxiety head on then it would loosen it's tight grip on me - and it worked! I think other people refer to it as the "F You Anxiety" moment!
Yes, Dr Google can be good as long as you keep a calm head on things and look at any advice with a rational and logical approach lol - unlike I did for a very long time!! It did help when my family, who found my constant hypochondria highly amusing, told me, without mincing their words to get a grip on things! Harsh but it worked!
Josue it's normal for your stomach to move it's the heartbeat. Mine does that too. I have the same thing that's why everytime I used to take medication I wouldn't see the side effects or Google them. That's what helped me. Good Luck👍
What you experienced was a panic attack. All the other symptoms could be because of your Anxiety.
Hi. I am sorry you are suffering. I am new here too but not new to anxiety and depression. I understand you not wanting to take medication because of side effects, but you might need some anxiety medicine for a while. There are other things you can try if you want to such as meditation. Yoga, breathing exercises , etc. Look up alternative healing for anxiety. There is a program called “anxiety no more or DARE” available but I haven’t tried it yet so I can’t say how effective it is. But many testimonials say it does. I am wishing you healing and recovery. Posting here is a good start.
Deb nyc
Thank you for your reply 😄
Thank you ! Yes I think I'm just going to start on medicines because it's been getting worse I've been doing yoga but it still don't work , I also try to focus on breathing and for now it hasn't work ethier hopefully medicine would do something !! 😕