Going on 2 months with my
" anxiety" symptoms. I just feel like giving up to be honest. I wake up with weak/heavy feeling in my arms and legs. When I get out of bed I feel like throwing up and am very dizzy.
My wife and I took the kids to the park to distract myself but I had to wait in the car because all those symptoms came back. I am tired of going to the doctors and them not finding anything wrong. I'm tired people telling me it's just anxiety. I just want to feel normal again
Please help
I am so sorry you are feeling like that. You are not alone ! I also just want to feel normal again.
I am in my second week of 24/7 anxiety, daily panic attacks, muscle pain ( specially my chest), stomach pain, fatigue, nausea, palpitations, etc I have been feeling dizzy for 2 months now.
I should be enjoying Thanksgiving break but there I was at the doctor's office yesterday. Last weekend I was in the ER with panic attacks.
Hang in there !! 
Are you taking any medication ? Going to therapy ?
Oh to feel normal , I’ve forgotten what that’s like. If only you could switch off your mind , but all the time you’re awake you’re thinking.
Andrew I want to tell you that when I was in my 20s I had your same symptoms plus many more all at one time. I thought I had some terrible condition but I did not. Like you, doctors could not find anything . ,wrong. My muscles were weak , I had tingling in my arms, legs, I had Eye floaters, ringing in my ears, dizziness, I was a mess! How could they not find anything wrong with all the symptoms? I had to do some thinking because doctors can’t do much for this besides prescribe medication and suggest speaking with a therapist. So I thought about how many years I have been under stress and anxious and I could think back to kindergarten having social anxiety and general anxiety. I kept everything inside for many many years. I was super shy in school I never talked. However I had a wonderful family life with my parents and siblings. But I thought about how many hundreds and hundreds of times I wanted to say things in school but never did. I always had that fight or flight feeling inside like a nervous feeling or a rapid heartbeat. I would worry constantly about everything, my neck muscles would be super tight, I lacked confidence. This went on through high school and even college. The body can only take so much stress before it has a breakdown and that produces the symptoms. The symptoms are not the problem The problem is unmanaged stress and anxiety which adds up over the years in produces these symptoms.
but I want to give you hope because this can absolutely be controlled. I am now in my 50s in doing well. Not that it took that long to get control. But all of my symptoms lessened over the years. I did speak with a counselor which helped. The other thing I started doing was listening to meditation’s on YouTube for anxiety, depression, sleep, etc. they completely calm down my mind and body and symptoms. I put in my earbuds in laydown to listen especially when I’m going to sleep. The thing you should not do is become anxious when you get the symptoms because that will make them worse. If I get a mild symptoms here or there now, I basically ignore it. But when I was in my 20s they were really disturbing to me as they are to you and they would just linger. Is there anything in your life that is creating a lot of stress and anxiety for you? That is the main thing to address. If you do have something that’s creating stress, I highly encourage you to speak with a counselor who can help you figure that out and manage the anxiety. There is a method of managing stress and anxiety and regaining your peace of mind and it is called mindfulness. There was a book with that same title that many people on this site are reading. You can order it online or find it in a bookstore. It is white with a ball of string on the cover. It teaches you how to put things in perspective so that you are the one in control and the anxiety .
many of the meditations for stress and anxiety on YouTube are based on mindfulness . Give them a try! Another thing I stopped doing was taking life too seriously which produced anxiety for me. I started to get more exercise and eat healthier. Even if you’re not feeling 100%, do things that make you laugh and smile such as with your family. And never ever give up!
Be a fighter for yourself and for your family. I was determined that stress was not going to ruin my life.
You can do this just think about your family! ❤️❤️❤️😁
Thank you for replying Jan.
You could have been describing me in your post. I was the same way in school.
Do you mind If I send you a PM?
sure that would be fine
Hi Andrew
Sorry to hear what you are going through. Like some others have said; you are not alone. I remember a time where I thought it was the end for me. I had some of your symptoms and more. At one point I could not get out of a chair, because I was frozen with anxiety and depression, but over a period of time I got through it with the help of psychiatry and medication. Hang in there Andrew and find a good doctor for a treatment that works for you!
Andrew
Has your GP advised on a treatment plan to help you. ?.
BOB