for some years i have been feeling dreadful but now i have got to the point where i cant cope.with it any longer.
doctor says its just anxiety but doesnt realise i am on the verge of getting myself sectioned.
i am constantly on edge, i cant eat as i feel like i cant breathe and feel like i cant swallow.
when im not thinking about it i can eat fine with no problems but not felt normal for over 12 months. im living off soup and soft things like mash etc.
from the moment i wake up i feel extreme panic.
im forcing myself to go to work even though the walls feel like they are caving in, i.get pains in my chest, i feel dizzy, my heart sometimes races or sometimes i cant feel it and think im going to.die. im always googling things and finding myself experiencing more awful symptoms.
i have found myself in extreme panic over irrational things like isis. to a point where ive not wanted to leave the house in fear of being blown up.
im convinced im dying and my family and everyone know about it but they arent telling me.
Hi Tara, sorry to hear you are having problems, it seems more than just anxiety, are you loosing weight?, unable to eat? Panic? Seems like depression, I am not a doctor but I started with same symptoms like you. Was diagnosed with depression. Now I am on medication and little by little getting better. Don't panic go to your doctor, he will help you.
Oh no, i don't want to be sectioned, thank u very much, I just want a bit of a relief during the day, when I am at my worst. If prescribed something I would take it on a need basis, or nothing at all, certainly not regularly. I'm terrified of getting hooked
What you have described sounds like pathological anxiety. I'm surprised that you are still working. The fact that you are suggests that you have a very strong character.
Are there times of day when it gets worse? What you are describing sounds more serious than anxiety. When anxiety begins to affect your eating, sleeping, and forces you to make changes to your lifestyle. It is time to reach for professional help.
Please see you GP and explain how you feel and the severe impact it is having on your physical and mental health. You can ask to be referred to a psychiatrist.
I agree with Richard. I think you should consider asking for a voluntary admission. Your levels of anxiety sound severe and unmanageable. Some time on a therapeutic ward, away from the stresses and stimuli of everyday life, where your condition could be observed, and a specific treatment plan drawn up, would be good for you.
I really hope you start to find some relief and get the right help.
Im surprised you can still go to work aswell. Maybe getting out the house and focusing on work is a good thing. I quit my job becoz of anxiety plus depression and now i cant seem to do much at all let alone work, i sometimes think i made a mistake with that. I think you should try getting more nutrition, i know its hard to eat but try a protein shake?? Brain needs all the help it can get when we are going through like you sound to be, look after it and dont starve it of its needs.
Write down these anxieties then next to them write down what you would tell your best friend or family saying this. A reassuring voice.
I print out worksheets that i try to do one a day. Its my self therapy and i find it calming.
Hey tara i feel same like you i have sever problem --i feel what you feel to but didnot reach to the point why i feel fear when ever i think to travel by plane my anxiety become much more and in fact few days back i was on train station waiting for bullet train and i saw bullet train run so fast though it was not my ist time but i feel what if in bullet train i have an heart attack thats it my fear starts and when i sit in train i have travel 4 hours in the train 4 hours i think what if i have heart attack and my severe anxiety start i start burps---i feel likei have heart attack----i visit more then 20 doctors no one will solve my problem but one doctor will keep me on depression tablet for 2 months but he take me to the peak i feel sleepy every time i stop taking medicine and now its hot i have fear when ever i work in company i work on daily basis 8 to 11 hours its hot now and every day like l3 pm my fear starts what if i have heart attack then i feel pain in my neck and some time burps will come------you are not alone even on small thing i make an issue for my self in my country i pass stool 2 to 4 times a day i was thinking why and now i shift to another country for a work herei pass very small stool and i have fear why my stool will go thin why i have loose why i feel pain here google will make me totaly crazy to be very honest ist of all stop googling every thing it will you mentally sick-----on saturday i am planning to go to the doctor i will discuss all of my problems hope dotor will understand me well bcoz i don,t know the local language of here very well i will use translator hope if i got some positive response i will also update you here
Hello Tara! I'm sorry to hear about all of this and I'm only 16 so I can't really help buttt make sure to get a blood test done because changes in it can have a lot of physical symptoms. If you haven't already done one. And ask your doctor about health anxiety.
That is also my question people who are holding down a job and functioning dont need sectioned having been in a psych hospital 3 times it is not a nice environment.
Having had depression for 16 years and the majority of the time I managed to hold down a job with the help of meds but in December
You are stuck in a frozen state of anxiety. You have to let go. Accept it. Accept you have a panic disorder so you can begin the journey to inner peace. Staying in denial or fear of this is now your life is hurting you. Your nerves are frazzled. It is possible to get mental exhaustiin but know you will recover from that. You just have to accept all this and look at it from..how do i make the best of this now kind of thinking, it comes with symptoms, fears, ailments, it accompanies chronic conditions, trauma. You start feeling the world is your enemy and people are bad and feel very trapped and alone. It gets labels as many things along the way. Depression, ocd, ptsd whatever label they want to give it. Its a panic disorder and with that comes a lot. Theres no magic bullet. There are some people that hit the jackpot with meds, seems that way anyway so if needed try them maybe youll be ine of thise people. Half do not get relief with the meds available today. Its an emotionally based disorder so its a fifity fifty kind of thing. Therapy, cbt, eft, meditation, form of hypnotherapy, self acceptance and your will to survive will play a role. Your support system is important as well. Many have a good one at first but people get annoyed by it if they cant relate to it. Panic disorders are intense and unless one has had one very hard to relate to it. It isnt explained well to the public but its getting better with each generation. Lets all pray and hope some scientists figures this out very shortly can all find relief and live a happy productive life. heqlthcare needs to change to be compassionate. Whoever decieded its a buisness and we are car parts made a tremedous mistake.
name less anxiey i have done almost all of the tests well if you want i will count it to you as you are 16 and i am 30 nothig nwill figure it out------test i have done till now i will mention it to you--------Liver function test twice,hepatites tests 3 times,typhoid test 2 times billurbin test 3 times,tyrod test 1 time, stool test 2 times cbc blood count test 2 times ecgs 5+ times echo 1 time , ultra sounds 3 times,chest x ray 2 times,colestrol test 2 times ,and i donate my blood 2 times so affcourse they will run almost all of test before i donate blood all of that is to good even till nw i remember when i am donating my blood for the last time 14 months ago while they check my blood they call me i am scared why the person wanna meet with me there is more healther person who donate blood to the same patient he is standing there the person say me your blood is much more good then the person standing there my cbc blood count test is better then my nephew who is 3 year old kid----no one will figure it out till now i feel fine when i do test for few days then after that same problem will start again----------i almost visit 4= medical specialist,2=cardiologist,5=physcian,2# most experiance gastroenterologist,2 doctors recelty i visit now in japan but no one will figure out my problem------------well there will some medicine which will really help our condition i will always pray to God that i will get that magic tablet soon that i can live happily we are not alone i know few people they are same like me------fingure cross and pray that we will fix it soon
thanks guys. i just feel ive got to a point now where i can no.longer cope. i told my doctor that i find myself in a delusional state but that didnt seem th phase him.
i.just thought if i was on a mental health unit i could maybe get all of this under control once and for all as i.have got to a point where i dont want to. be here. and when i.fall asleep at night i.realise how much more peaceful it would be if i wasnt going through this all day everyday.
i have a 3 year old.little girl who i love more than anything and couldn't bare to put her through any of that but the thoughts are there. i want to.get better for her.
i have to.force myself to work.everyday whether i feel dizzy, breathless and all of that