Im suffering from anxiety for about a years now. It started out with a few sporadic panic attacks and 4 days without sleep because of heart palpitations. i seen doctors many times and done blood test and ECG everything came back normal. Doctor said im having horrible anxiety. Just recently, it's gotten incredibly worse. I feel anxious everyday. My heart beats irregularly and fast. I tense all my muscles. I have a hard time concentrating. I have a hard time sleeping, which makes me tired all the time. I have a hard time swallowing, to the point where sometimes I actually can't. I feel like I am going to faint. I think I am going to die. I fear something horrible is going to happen. I try to concentrate on my breathing, but it only seems to make it worse! Most of all I FEEL SO WIRED and Confused and im very scared of this feeling!! I feel like something is seriously wrong with me. All negative thoughts mess in my head.I tend to be a fairly social person, but as of late, I am becoming more and more withdrawn. I talk with my friends about it in hopes that they won't think I am crazy. The seem to be supportive, but I don't think that they can really understand the totality of what I am going through. I try to avoid things that trigger panic, but it seems as though everything seems to trigger panic at this point! It would just be nice to have someone to talk to who understands. I fear that this is my life now forever and it's making me depressed, angry, and embarrassed. I want this to go away!!! I just want to feel "normal" again!!!
Oh.i forgot to say
Im 21 years old male
I’m the exact same, you’ve taken the words out of my mouth. It’s the most horrible
Thing ever! Message me
I am going through the same thing horribly. Cant sleep at all heart pounds. All I can fo is pray it goes away. I am usong xanax and Ambien without much luck. I get maybr 5 hours sleep but it is something. I seriously at my wits end.
Thats a good question and the answer is yes it will take time and its not without the odd relapse ive suffered for longer than i care to remember and for a while felt like id got myself back to me but lately ive slipped back to the panicking terrorfide wreck i had almost forgotten. There are triggers that can be avoided amd others that will just jump out and bite you. But just remember your not alone in any of this and hey whats "normal" anyway? 😊
I’m on propranolol atm for mine and it’s helping to take the physical anxiety symptoms away but mentally anxiety symptoms are still so bad
Laira did you use any drugs to help with it
I dont feel my heart pound unti i close my eyes to sleep. I am seeing my dr again next weel i will ask about what uou are taking. That is a beta blocker right
Yeah it’s a beta blocker and it’s honestly helped me so much with heart palpitations and shaking and sweats! You defiantly should try it if you suffer with heart anxiety etc xx
I will for sure I want to sleep so bad. Praying so for that. Take care.
Hey Blue, so sorry you are going through this. Anxiety is a scary thing. It just makes us think the worst. It's like perhaps they missed something. As I have read on these forums, try to research relaxation techniques on YouTube and that might help. I hope you feel better
Hello Bluesky
Well where to start, I've been through all of what you describe. The first time I had a panic attack I thought I was having a heart attack and I was so frightened I didn't sleep for days. But you get through it. You need to get the right meds to give you some control that can take a while and you need to be kind to yourself. Remember you mean a lot to your relatives and friends. The most important thing I've found is to get some control and to accept that you are ill and that there's nothing to be ashamed or embarrassed about. Seek help and know that you're not alone. I wish you luck.
Thank you for this post I am suffering as well no sleep for days from anxiety. I take xanax and it does help alot it is just i have to beg my doctor to give it to me. She hates the drug. I am 63 and this is the first time I have ever needed it in my life. I take 0.25 mg at night only so I am not abusing it at all. Everything else does not work for me. I am tired of begging for anxiety medicine. I have just about given up on life. Reading your post helped me thank you
Take care also! We will do this
Exact same thing happen to me. Whenever i close my eyes to sleep i feel my heart pound and also shallow breathing, i can't catch my breath. So when it happens i do 4 7 8 breathing exercise to calm myself down somehow
I used to take beta blocker and besides that anti depressant and sleep med. But didn't work well for me.
Thanks
Actually i feel I'm not the same as before. Most of the time i feel so wired and Confused. it seems that something bad has happened or going to happen. Somehow i try to relax in this state as much as i can. Some times it's hard for me to relax.
Thanks.listen to meditaton music before going to sleep. It helps me a alot to relax
hi! I can assure you the horrible heart palpitations and the panic attacks because of that will go away with time! I went through a horrible time with those, I was completely sure I was gonna have a heart attack, it got to the point when I even wrote down a letter to my familiy saying goodbye, because I was so sure I was gonna die of it. Everytime I lied down in the couch or my bed I would feel my heart pounding super hard, like it was gonna come out of my chest. It made me afraid of going to sleep because of it. Sometimes I felt it was beating to fast, others to slow. I also felt sometimes just one strong heartbeat, like it was coming out of my mouth, and I had to cough in order to get it back. This made me anxious all through the day. I went to the doctor and had a lot of tests, only for them to tell me I had a healthy heart. I even went to ER for it a coulple of times. And now, two months later, I can tell you I’m completely over it and it doesn’t bother me at all. So just wait it out. Everytime it happens just remind yourself it’s your mind, it can’t hurt. I know it’s hard, but just take deep breaths and keep doing what you doing, don’t let it bother you. The first times will be a “fake it till you make it” kind of thing haha, but eventually it won’t bother you for real! Oh, and I only took medicine for it one time. Try not to, because if you do you are giving it more power than you should. I wish you the best of luck and just remember you will come out of this!
Also, I’m sorry for my english its not my first language 😕