i have elevated healthy anxiety right now and have had literally worst month if my life. today i gave hit a new low.
on frequent occasions i keep getting these weird feelings come over me my eyes start going funny and blurred or cloudy like i am looking through smoke everything feels surreal and like the room goes darker panic sets through my body mainly in tummy area and then it improves and come again minutes later. this has been going on for weeks now and is going worse. these feelings are panicking me so much. also when it comes over it feels like it goes tight round ears and head. i am on my second day of citalopram as well.
please could anyone tell me what this is? i am scared to leave house. i feel like this is gonna go into a seizure when these episodes happen.
i must have at least 10 intense episodes a day that last about 5/10 seconds a time and loads of mini ones all day.
what is this please help?
This is anxiety, this is what it can do.
have you checked your blood pressure during these episodes…?
i havent checked louis why what do you think it could be?
are you sure alice? its terrifying these episodes its all day as well i am scared to go out tonight for a meal with friends because of these feelings come at random
hi alice i am so scared are these definately anxiety symptoms?
this is typically anxiety.
The more you panic each time it happens the worse its going to get.
You need to understand that this is anxiety and that it cannot harm you.
When it happens tell yourself it will pass and when it does think about how its gone now and youre fine. You need to crack the panic cycle and not be affraid of it and i assure you itll go away.
all the best x
Yes, the more you worry about them the worse they become, which is why they are so terrifying. I can just be sitting and suddenly feel like I’ve fallen backwards, my chest sinks and its suddenly difficult to breath. Anxious symptoms don’t always show up with anxiety, they can come out of the blue 
No, this is anxiety, i know this was a suggestion but it will only lead to more anxiety towards these episodes (which worsens the cycle).
hi xxaimxx
i am worried sick the feelings are not disappearing their going worse. these weird panic vision and tightness in my head washes over me so many times in a day
i am also now getting a tightness round my ears and face identical to the pressure feeling you get when descending on a plane.
can anxiety really cause this?
hi alice
i am worried sick the feelings are not disappearing their going worse. these weird panic vision and tightness in my head washes over me so many times in a day
i am also now getting a tightness round my ears and face identical to the pressure feeling you get when descending on a plane.
can anxiety really cause this?
I want you to read your reply to me again, especially the second line. You say ‘panic’ which tells you its anxiety.
Ive been through all this myself, I know when youre in this cycle of anxiety and panic that you believe youre terminally ill.
Its not easy to teach yourself to stay calm and believe that its just anxiety but it can be done.
I think you need to see your doctor and see what help there is, whether it be medication or CBT. Youll get there but start with now, youre alive, if you was ill you would be getting treated or in hospital.
Anxiety can mimic a whole load of symptoms which is why we believe were ill but were not, its in our heads and its truly annoying!
Look up self help online and start from there, youll be free of this someday remember that