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Dizziness?

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anxietysite123
anxietysite123

I was actually feeling ok today and yesterday. My main thing is health anxiety, that something is wrong with my heart.. Well I'm sitting here, getting a bit stressed when my son was misbehaving. I had my laptop on my lap and was reading and had my earphone in one ear. All of a sudden I got a ton of pressure in my head with a wave of dizziness, followed by the hot feeling of panic all over me.. What is that? I've now convinced myself my heart stopped and that it'll happen again now.

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  • jmcg2014
    jmcg2014 anxietysite123

    Posted

    The problem with health anxiety is that any time we feel "regular" anxiety we immediately catastrophise and think it must be related to a physical problem, even when it's absolutely not. Then the more we focus on what physically might be wrong,the more the anxiety grows. It goes round In circles. That's just how it goes unfortunately. The only advice I can give is try to address your anxiety in general and not the health anxiety. It's all the same beast. Health anxiety on its own can't really be resolved until the anxiety in general is controlled.
    • anxietysite123
      anxietysite123 jmcg2014

      Posted

      Wow really weird, I was reading a reply that you had posted to someone a year ago and was debating on messaging you and asking if you're still suffering from it and everything but didn't want to sound weird lol
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 anxietysite123

      Posted

      Lol yeah I still suffer,but I've learned that it's just a part of my anxiety, so it doesn't quite rule me as it did. If my anxiety is super high then yeah it's a problem but therapy helps some. It is a weird problem for sure lol
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 anxietysite123

    Posted

    How is your blood pressure? Sometimes anxiety can bump it up enough to create a vascular feeling, what you described. 
    • anxietysite123
      anxietysite123 lisalisa67

      Posted

      Usually in the 120 to 130s.. During my actual panic attacks it gets in the 160s to 170s.
    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 anxietysite123

      Posted

      That would the whats behind what you felt. Thats what happens. But it is the effect if the anxiety not then the cause. There is something called mind fullness breathing. Utube has videos. That where i learned it from. Practiced it a lot. It works wonderfully to keep the bp constant and will lower in when done right in minutes. I went to my dr. And it was up, then took literally maybe two minutes later and did the breathing, no thoughts at all allowed during that time but focusing in breathing and calm, it went right down. So it works. Maybe a good idea for you to learn that. Your experiencing a reaction to your Bp thats what you feel. Anxiety does and causes awful reactions and symptoms.
  • edna69270
    edna69270 anxietysite123

    Posted

    I think you had a panic attack. It can happen for no reason.  If you ARE really concerned about the heart, see a dr. Otherwise, take deep breaths if this happens again and try once more.
    • anxietysite123
      anxietysite123 edna69270

      Posted

      Oh I've had blood work and probably 3 or 4 ekgs since February.. My anxiety though is still telling me something is wrong. I swear the day I started eating healthy (for the most part) and drinking water instead of pop, my body started acting up. Frustrating!
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