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hayley35154
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Hello, my name is Hayley and am 22. I found this forum and I would really like to share my experience and talk to other people who may be experiencing what I am experiencing. I feel like none of my family really understand how hard it is dealing with this.

I first started stressing over a year ago, I was having dental problems and because going the dentist is my biggest phobia I was really really stressing about it. The fact that the problems I had weren't clearing didn't help either and I found myself obsessing and stressing over it everyday. Getting myself worked up by googling the problems I was having and panicking even more when I read what could eveventyally happen. That's when I think my heart palpitations happened.

I've had palpitations since then I think I can't quite remember when they started but they were definitely as a result. I did go the doctors over this and the doctor said because of my age it was going to more as a result of anxiety then heart problems and told me to stop worrying and keep busy basically.

So I did try and do exactly that but it's actually really hard to just not worry and not stress about things. Keeping busy helps I find but if something is worrying or bothering you it's only going to stay in your mind and won't go away.

Anyway I've recently been going the doctors about this again as I found it's gotten worse.

This summer I experienced what I think was my first panic or anxiety attack and at the time I wasn't particularly worrying about anything, it was so random. Since then they have happened occasionally, the palpitations continue and I often feel like I can't breathe, my heart races and I feel sick.

It really scares me cause I feel like there is something wrong with my heart, like my heart is going to give up and stop or that I'll end up having a heart attack. Even though I have had two ECGs I still believe there is something wrong, everytime I get a palpitation I panic which obviously makes it worse.

Today I suddenly went light headed in tesco and that scared me, I feel so weak and sick I just want to go to sleep. If this is anxiety it's slowly starting to affect me daily and I feel completely helpless.

I just want to talk to people who are experiencing what am feeling, who understand it all really.

Anyone having regular palpitations like me? I got given some beta tablets today to slow my heart rate and to help with them. Has anyone been given something like that by their doctor and did they work?

Would really appreciate talking to others in a similar position about this.

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  • kirri13281
    kirri13281

    Posted

    I suffer from anxiety.

    I have a lot of trouble talking to new people but because of my job I have to.

    Lately if I'm having a good lengthy discussion with someone and I'm looking them in the eyes for a while my eyes start shaking and the only way to stop it is to look away for a second then look back at them.

    It's worrying me because I havnt experienced anything like this before.

    Has any one else?

  • mike53954
    mike53954

    Posted

    Im 31 year old army veteran. Wounded in iraq and I have craxy anxiety. It did come to a point where it was controlling my life. I will say it foes get easier though espically the more you understand anxiety attacks and know their mot gonna kill you. I woke up in the middle of the night witch was about 2 hours ago with a extreme anxiety attack. I had craxy heart palpitations and I couldnt really see or focus as well as foggy head. I freaked for about ten min why I calm myself down by going to bathroom and taking a hot shower and concentrating on the water running down my head and just slowly relaxing. This method works good the bad part is onve you rely on it to much it can be a hassel to get all the way home to hurry up and jump in shower but it does work really well. I will tell you it get better and ive gotten better I still have them bit not as much and not as extreme.Good luck and just keep tryi g techniques to calm you down.
    • zam24139
      zam24139 mike53954

      Posted

      the shower was my only relief at times too. i thought cuz it warmed me up but yeh its somehow relaxing. i agree about the more you understand i know it cant hurt you the easier it gets. understand what is triggering you so you can use logic and argue with the panic and say its actually not that bad
  • Becki1310
    Becki1310

    Posted

    Hi I suffer from anxiety I have constant worry a off dying abd scared off death and thinking there is something wrong with me, I have tried citliapram and fluxoteine and neither worked for me, sooo I have been refereed for cbt but there is a waiting list. I don't feel like my normal self anymore it's like I live I'm a bubble and nothing seems real anymore even just going outside. I recently split from my partner too and that has made things worse I region use everythin around me but nothing feel real anymore always panicking it's something serious in my head I just wanna feel like I did 6 months ago before this happened. No one understands how I feel as they haven't had to go throw it.
    • zam24139
      zam24139 Becki1310

      Posted

      I feel you. I wish i could step back to the old me when i just thought id live till i was 85 and that was that. i thought i was so strong and now i feel so weak and scared that something else bad might happen and i wont be able to cope. splits are hard. its like we are designed to have a partner. i did fluox first and that actually set my heart pain off again. cudda me being scared of what it wud do but it is a shock to the brain maybe. thought i cud cope myself so avoided meds for a long time. fluox helped a little but i felt numb and lacked emotion. when i came off i felt love. they helped calm the bad and the good. citilopram then was better and brought a lot of my logic back and made a huge improvement in my life. i upped and upped the dose tho. relied on pills too much - including multi's thinking maybe i am just lacking in something.
  • jenny2468
    jenny2468

    Posted

    hey

    Ive been suffering with really bad anxiety recently, i left my full time job last year in order to sort a career out, i went part time and now ive just starting care work in the community which is easy hours and easy work but money isnt that stable, i was fine last week but this week ive been unable to bring myself to go to work!

    which i need to do, i just freak out when the evening comes and overthink everything, ive been to the doctors and they have given me anti depressants/anxiety so im hoping it helps and not sure where to go from here work wise as i need the money.

  • tamika24
    tamika24 hayley35154

    Posted

    i feel the same way an what makes it worst is that i am terrified of going to the doctor. this morning i could barely get out of bed, i feel really, extemely weak, an lightheaded, my chest hurts, my heart palputates.. its pretty scary.

    i believe my anxiety started 5 years ago when my dad died, i belive i got over his death because i stop crying....then 2 years ago when i give birth i had to be rushed in d ER for emergency surgery, my daughter had to spend 3 weeks in the hospital..

    i believe my anxiety has gotten worse because for the past week i have been feeling really exausted an tired... i really need some help and advice..

     

    • zam24139
      zam24139 tamika24

      Posted

      my anxiety gets worse before my period and during cuz i see blood which remind me of my miscarriage without me knowing. i feel tired. iron? probably just hormones and stress (im not fixed so probably average advice!)

       

  • ogm
    ogm hayley35154

    Posted

    now i know i am not alone

    i am 27 and a male living in africa

    i have had serious issues which i later got to know were anxiety disorders

    i woke up one morning and it felt like that was my last day one earth

    my heart was raising, dry mouth, closing guts, hot flashes,muscle cramps etc

    i was rushed to the hospital and all they did was to put me to sleep. i woke up and they started treating me for malaria.

    i wasnt happy because i had malaria treatment just days before the attack.

    i spent a week at the hospital and i was told to go home because they see nothing wrong with me

    i got home and things got worse.

    i was rushed to another hospital and they put me on malaria treatment again.

    then the next day they started some labs since they saw that the malaria meds wasnt working

    i did countless labs and they were all ok.

    i was made to go home again since they said there was nothing medically wrong.

    i was constantly being rushed to the emergency almost everyday untill one day a doctor at the emergency got mad at me and refered me to the psyco.

    it was there that i was told i was having an anxiety attack.

    then they started treating the disorder since they could not find the underling medical cause.

    it has been 42 days now and i am still not ok.

    i am a postgraduate student and a have not been to school for weeks now. exam starts next week and i am home

    meeting people with similar conditions now gives me hope

    i worry a lot about my health and i live life as if each day is my last.

    i am happy to hear someone has had anxiety issues for 8 years and still moves on with life

    i think i should do same and i will be fine

    tnx for helping guys

  • dansoul
    dansoul hayley35154

    Posted

    i have the problems related to this like i have strong breathing in facing people.while doing any task i used to remain in the panic condition.i used to feel i am not breathing properly so i breath using my belly or abdomen and it puts pressure on my other organs which is really a painful situation.can anyone help me please?

     

  • juhi6254
    juhi6254 hayley35154

    Posted

    Glad to hear I am not alone.

    does anyone feel like the world is so not real? 

    I think I suffer from depersonalizations as well. Maybe that's causing my anxiety attacks

  • Andthepand
    Andthepand hayley35154

    Posted

    Hey Hayley, i also suffer from anxiety and panic, 2 months after i turned 27 last year. Although im still convinced it was energy drinks that caused me to start having panic attacks since then i can relate to a lot of what your describing. It use to only be at night i would go throw the attacks, fast heart, palpitations, thinking im going to die. They last like 5-10 mins but really suck, lately im just in pain on my left side of chest. Since it happened ive probably been to visit doctor like 20 times, seeing different doctors all the time. 5 ECG's in total and still they say i have Generalized Anxiety Disorder. I'll never be convinced tho because im certain something is wrong on the left side of my chest. Hope this helps, Andy.
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