im scared really scared. I have been living with panic and anxitey for 5 years. I have been getting better, so I thought I see a councler, take .5 mg of ativan once a night which I hate to do. Every so often like right now I'm just so damn tired but I go to lay down to take a nap and I can't my heart starts racing, my ears get hot, I get sick to my stomach, I do not feel like I'm in my body, and im shakey as hell. I'm 32 years old and I have tried everything from a phychic healer, accupunture, therapy, meds, herbs. Omg everything and this just will not go away what's worse I have no clue where it comes from. I can't stop it and whenever I get like this I just want to die, I want to kill myself, I cry and I'm scared.
Hi, I'm also 32 and have had anxiey for 5 years so very similar story. It helps me to remember all the times I have been well and I try to tell myself I will be well again soon.
If you are feeling really bad I would go see your gp and tell them how bad you are feeling.
Try to get some sleep and then tomorrow keep busy, excersise, eat healthy, drink water and avoid sugar and caffeine. Hopefully your anxiety will lessen.
I understand your scared feeling you are experiencing at the moment. I started having anxiety about years ago, which I developed with no apparent cause. As with about 75% of population who have anxiety. If I may make a suggestion, research Bella Ruth Napersak, she is amazing with her voice and calming effect. She does guided meditations. These are my lifeline when I am expericing a panic attack. But even more so, I do them every day to keep myself calm. Maybe you can exercise or perform yoga which I gind very beneficial as well. You are worth living. Please don't think that way. You are loved by so many people. You are in my thoughts and prays.
I will pray for you! Pray aloud for yourself every night when you're alone in bed, aloud. God WILL help you! God has helped me and since living in fear for nearly 10 years I can say finally after praying incessantly just recently, sick and tired and p*ssed off for being this way, God has provided me with relief and a way!
Now for the physical part... I have just recently learned that my anxiety this whole time was largely related to my eating habits. I have reactive hypoglycemia, and I strongly believe that many many people with mental disorders such as myself experience hypoglycemia.
Do you eat a lot of simple carbs consistantly? In this day and age, it's hard not to. In any case, I have recently found a cure for my hypoglycemia, which like I said, has been a HUGE factor if not the cause of my first panic attack that lead to the disorder i developed for fear of it happening again... Intermittent Fasting.
If you consider intermittent fasting (for one, be patient, give it a week or so to start making emotional changes) during your fasting you might even experience anxiety because your body is adjusting to a new way of living - not off of carbs. So make sure your fasting when you're in a comfortable environment... My fasting always takes place in the evening when I am home and continues into the morning.
Just my first night fasting, while I did feel anxious, I felt such relief, like instead of carrying the anxiety I was feeling it was releasing itself. It felt great.
A long time ago, when I was experiencing the worst bouts of anxiety in my life so that I was housebound for weeks at a time, I began unknowingly/unintentionally intermittent fasting... in perhaps a months time, I was out and about with little to no worries (no panic attacks whatsoever)!
I wish I had realized this sooner, so by now I would be cured. But in any case I am still so grateful I have figured it out and am again on my way to recovery! I can't wait to see what I will feel like when a month of intermittent fasting has gone by
Lizz hi I've been dealing with these exact symptoms for almost 8 years now. It's the absolute worst. This last year has been the roughest for me. Been in and out of eR's and now have a cardiologist I run to each time I get palpitations or feel the heat rushing through my body. I send myself into a panic frenzy. Currently taking celexa 20mg and will most likely increase the dose here in the next weeks as I cannot shake these crazy thoughts of heart issues or death. It's constantly on my mind 24/7. I take Xanax to take the edge off but it's starting to lose its effect. I hate to take so much medication and am looking for alternative methods to try and deal. I just don't know what to do. What I do know Is that we will ultimately be okay. If we've been dealing with this for this long that must mean we are some pretty strong women! I'm about to be 32 as well. Thankful that I've found this forum as we all help each other out. I am here if you ever need to chat! Stay strong and as corny as it sounds BREATHE. You will be okay. Xx
Hi lizz am 6 week into really bad anxiety am on 40mg of flouexatine and propanolol at the moment .but still having attacks ..fed up is not the word.. wen will it all stop
hello lizz do you also feel pains and discomforts on your chest? and that is what anxiety dos it makes you fel fear and give you bad thoughts like you start worying abou health problems you dont even have its your mind playing tricks on you but you have to distract your self and keep busy cause if you stay thinking about it and you worry more it just gets worst now theres xanax for when you get really panic or axiuos it really helps but remember not to take them like everyday for they are addictive to but taking them when you feel really panic and somtimes anxiety attacks mimic the symptoms of a heart attack but nothings gonna happen its just your mind your should look up breathing exercises on youtube some will really help distaction and breeathing exercises can help and did youmean you been geting better or you havent ben geting better fi you can reply ill be great stay positive and that feeling you saythat you wana die its cause your feling really anxious xanax can work for that i use to take ativan but i think xanax really helps more but i only take it if im really feelin anxiuos and axiety try to cut on foods with alot of sugar r candy or drinks you should ry eating fruits like a banana shake just grab 2 bananas and brake them in half and put in the blender and put some milk i it until they cover the bananas or just till they almost cover them not really and grab like 2 handful of ice and put them inside to and just blend it till its like a smoothy its really good well sometimes i addmore ice cause i like it to be really smoothy lol or eating fruits also helps hope you are getting better like you said get back at me if you can or to everyone here im sure they would wana hear more thats why they comment on your discussion cause they wana help you feel better stay positive and no negatives thoughts remember what your feeling like out of your body is the anxious
Have you tried Rescue Remedy spray? I was suffering like you and didn't want to go on meds so I researched other aids.
I found lemon balm capsules and Rescue Remedy spray was my life saver, the spray got me through some very tough times.
I also do not drink caffeiene or alcohol. Decaf coffee and camomile tea and together these things are helping me to face the world again. Yes it takes time but it well worth the effort