hi everyone... im so upset and hurt and just feel like what is the pont anymore?! every single day im dizzy i have jelly legs i feel so unreal i have chest pains i get heavy chest all of my symptoms are 24/7 i have been to the ER twice to my doctor and i have had ekg done xray of my chest blood work and they say im healthy but i dont believe it.... i till this day feel like there can be something wrong with my heart and they missed it or not telling me! i have acid reflux problem which doesnt help either... a few days ago for the first time in FOREVER i started to feel better like i was able to stand without my legs shaking and i wasnt so dizzy i felt good and i was actually able to joke around again... and now since yesterday im right back to 24/7 symtpoms and pain my pulse races when i stand up why!? my blood pressure is always normal when i get it checked 120/80 the only problem i have is low potassium but its not crazy just told to eat bananas and foods with potassium i went back to the doctor two days ago and she gave me zoloft 25mg and i want to start it but im scared to try it! but i know its to help me... i need the help im always going to be seeign a therapist next week so thaj god but im tired of being this way im tired of having the same days over and over again with no change im tired of feeling like im going to dye or something serious is wrong with me but no one is telling me im tired of feeling like poop everyday im so tired and done with this i hate this so much what did i do to deserve this.... im only 19 i should be going to college enjoying friends my boyfriend going out enjoying life but no IM STUCK in this house this room because thats how bad my anxiety is.... i have agoraphobia like seriosuly im typing this while looking out the window watching the beautiful sun set with a nice breeze and just imagining my life outside this room and i wish i can have it... i cry and cry because i feel like this will never end like this is forever me.. no one really gets what i feel unless they been through it too and i dont wish it upon anyone.. i dont life a 19 year old life i dont know who i am and why this happened i pray and pray everyday for this to end finally i have faith but its very little because this has been going on for 7 months now.. i wish this would end i wish this never started i wish i wasnt in pain every day or having these evil 24/7 symptoms.. one day
Hi, seems to me that you have all the symptoms I have when I have panic attacks. I was getting chest pains, pains down my left arm and neck, my shoulders, couldn't breathe, felt like I was about to faint all the time. I've noticed that if I focus too much on the pain and the fear of having the anxiety and panic attacks, they never go away. So I started to do things that distract me whenever I feel like I'm getting out of control, like listening to music or playing a game. Pretty much anything that takes your mind and body away from thinking about it, it usually goes away. I couldn't get a day to relax when it first started, and since then I've learned that trying to breathe normally and think about other things to get my mind off of it works. Maybe you could try something my doctor told me to do: Lie down on your back and tighten your feet for 10 seconds. Release it, then move up your legs. Do it for 10 seconds as hard as you can without hurting yourself, until you get all the way up your head. You really want to tire yourself out after doing it. Also, you need to practice it all the time so it's an automatic thing, that way you can do it before you even start to have the panic attacks. It is a very frustrating thing, and I totally understand how you feel. I thought that it would never end, and that I was dying or something was wrong but there isn't. It does go away if you can get a hold of yourself and get your mind off of it. For me, it was my fear of having another attack and generally feeling like this was going to last for the rest of my life that kept fueling it. Hopefully you can come to terms that there really is nothing wrong with you, that it's all in your head. The mind is a very powerful thing, so it can go both ways; you can let it control your life or you can control it by facing the fear and understanding it.
Thank you for the reply! I really really appreciate it did you have these symptoms 25/7 too? For me its hard to believe its not my heart im freakingg out now ughhhh
Yeah for about the first month, I did. I was so scared that there was something they missed, something that didn't show up in the scans or tests that I was a constant nervous wreck. I couldn't eat, sleep, I couldn't even work out because I'd have a panic attack. Having this anxiety and panic really does feel like there's something wrong, but you gotta believe that there isn't. At this point, you have to trust that you're in good health and it's all in your head. You're young, and there isn't anything wrong with you at all. Just keep telling yourself that.
you right i do need to realize that i am only 19 nd there is nothing wrong i been to er twice my doctor even seen the results and said i look in good health that my anxiety is bad its just hard to believe it and i hate that that i cant believe when they tell me im okay but its the evil anxiety yesterday when i stopped thinking about my chest the pain was like gone
And that's where you should start. Now that you've seen that it's only the anxiety causing it, you can move past it. I know it's hard to believe it now that you're convinced something is wrong, but at the same time you've seen that there really isn't anything to be worried about.
Lilly
You see your Therapist next week, great. Make a list of all your problems, this will help you remember what you wish too say. and you will also get that much more out of your appointment as a first meeting is always a getting to know you time for your Specialist.
BOB
Hi lilly13, i hope when you are reading this you feel somewhat better.
I have had the same thought...when will this end...the truth i realised is that it only ends when we accept we are healthy and stop being afraid to live.
I am terrible for it...google symptoms...reinforce a belief that all the facts say is wrong.
We are healthy...yet we are ill.....we have a mental health disorder...this is why we feel the way we do....we need to accept it.
I find peace when i realise i am in recovery....recovering from Health Anxiety...my mind will always send me negative and scary thoughts about my symptoms, but i remind myself of the facts...4 doctors for me in he last 6 weeks have told me just how healthy i am....yet i sit here typing this in pain.
We are in it together....remember your not alone
Thank you for the reply i appreciate it it sucks how thats all we think about it if we are healthy or whats this pain why do i feel this way today or why is this happening is this normal is this a health problem thats all i ask myself all day every day i ask myself why does my pulse race when i stand up my do i have such weak legs why am i dizzy all the time why does my chest pain come and go is my heart ok am i dying im only 19 ill be 20 in exact a month and all i think about is i will be stuck in this house for my birthday i dont want that i want to go back to work but i cant even leave my house im scared to start this new medication i got it tuesday and still scared to touch it i know its to help me and i need the help and want it but im scared.. im sitting in front of my window right now and watching people enjoy the weather enjoying life while i sit here think what is the point anymore.. just sucks