I have just joined this group in an effort to find like minded people who are suffering from anxiety. My problems began 3 years ago when I was ill for a lengthy period with chest pains and thought something serious was wrong with me. It turns out it was a hiatus hernia but it brought a lot of anxiety with it because unfortunately my symptoms replicate heart attacks. I have chest pains sweating palpatations skipped heartbeats nausea shaky jangling feeling. I am totally drained ad exhausted most of the time and long to feel well again. Prior to this illness I very very rarely went to see my GP. Last year to add
Thats all the same exact symptoms I have and also feel like something is stuck in my throat I went to the er last month when it first happened bc I thought It was a heart attack all the tests came back fine. I still felt all the symptoms so I went to a Clinic to see a Dr and he put me on anxiety meds since then the meds have somewhat calmed my anxiety but the past few days as the day progresses and when i eat I get that lump in the throat choking feeling I think its due to bad reflux or gerd but I havent talked to the dr about it yet
Good grief now I have closed this down without finishing. To add insult to injury last year I lost m mother and have gone through 1.5yrs of litigation and trying to deal with her estate and grieve for her. I worry that I will have a heart attack, or just suffer general anxiety feelings such as choking, veins jangling, palpatations, sleeplessness, exhaustion, nausea, trembling, chest pains, IBS and panic attacks where I just want to be at home in my bed. Is this anxiety? Does anyone else get chest pains? My anxiety follows pain - does anyone else feel like this too? My GP wants to put me on antidepressants or beta blockers and I hate taking tablets - I have high blood pressure and am on lisinopril for this and lansoprazole for the hernia. I have been referred for counselling through my work and found this a bit helpful and left each session on a high but is there anything else that can be done that is not medication - or is this caused by a lack of something? Can I supplement my hormones (I am menopausal) too. Probably too many questions!
Thanks Jeromy86 that is reassuring at times I feel like I am losing the plot and when I tell my husband I think I am having a Heart Attack - he is the same as the GP and says it will just be stress again. Jerimy - I found that gett
I found for the lump in my throat that if you take liquid gaviscon just prior to eating it really helps - good luck
Ask UR GP if the symptoms u describe r panic attacks. Med have helped me so much
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HOPE
Thanks Hope - I have been to A & E three times and advised there is nothing wrong with my heart. I think it is some form of anxiety and only want to feel well again.
Ive never heard of it is it over the counter
If you are in the UK you can buy it off the shelf in most supermarkets. It is very thick and pink and makes you gag a bit but it takes that lump away. Good luck!
Im in the US I dont know if we have it here
Cvs pharmacy sell it for around 12 dollars a bottle.
Ok thank you very much 4 the advice
PLZ ask UR GP for meds UR experiencing classic signs of anxiety attacks.
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HOPE
i have heart attack symptoms all the time due to acid refux , im alwasy haveing pains in my left arm an on the left side of my chest . does anybodys anxiety get really bad at night when your lying in bed or is it just me?
im on lansoprazole for my acid reflux , thats what started my anxiety . i was getting bad chest pais by my heart and to my left arm and feeling dizzy all the time now im dizzy 24/7 it feels like the floors moving anyone else get this dizziness
My anxiety eases up when I lay down but I have had the symptoms bad the past 2 days like something stuck in my throat like I cant breathe right and then tonight Ive had some stomach pains and pains in my chest I havent taken my anxiety meds today im fixing to b4 bed so that may be y I feel a little odd feeling right now but im really thinkin I have gerd or something too on top of the anxiety I think thats y my throat gets that closed feeling and I feel the heartburn and burning and gas in my stomach and ribcage...any input???
I in bed right now having pains in my chest. it is 4.30am and I see many an hour through the night. I cannot sleep on my left hand side becausey heart thumps and I get bad pains. My GP says It is just because it is on that side!
Thanks damien06007 - it actually helps that someone has the same as me everyone has been so kind. I honestly thought I was going mad and was thinking they (Medical people I have seen) will all be sorry when I have a heart attack. I honestly feel it is so real and the fear is terrible. Thanks to all for your help.
Hi I have the same feeling It all started when I had inflamed cartilage in my chest a few month ago now every time something happens to me I get all worked up and feel light headed it feels like iv gone in to auto pilot and im just there for the ride I get worried a lot to it seems like its not going to go away
I know what you mean - some days I feel absolutely fine then others are a Trial. Hope you feel better soon.