Anxiety.

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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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    anyone know how to beat anxiety naturally???  i feel better afer the gym big time and if i eat well, mainly the gym really helps FACT anyother tips?? advice??
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      Hey Harvey, I know what you mean about treating your symptoms naturally as I've never been much of an advocate for the pharmaceutical industry. As for the gym, HUGE agreement there, even something like a very light run helps me enormously. I used to be big into all sorts of sports and was a very active individual, but over the last 4 or 5 years my physical activity has declined in a huge way. I feel like this is a massive contributor to why I have recently been having issues with anxiety. In my mind, the logic is that your body craves exercise, and without the release that those activities provide for your body and more importantly your brain, your physical chemistry changes in a negative way, thus anxiety. I look at it as a bunch of pent up energy that isn't being expelled, and it wells up in the form of mental anxiety. I also think that the fact that we spend a huge amount of time in front of screens these days contributes to a less active life style and therefore a higher rate of anxiety. SO, to get back to the point, I have tried a couple of things to deal with the anxiety that may help you. Now for me the sound of rain has always been a very relaxing thing, so any chance I get I play ambient rain, something different will work for other people but that's what works for me. You can use songza, it's a fantastic phone app, and they have every type of audio under the sun, including relaxation! Bring up front with how you feel with anxious situations is a huge one! If you have certain triggers, whether it be a person or a video game, you must actively avoid and confront those triggers. If someone stresses you out and gives you anxiety, tell them off your ailment and that you would really appreciate their understanding in the matter. Don't forget that you can always remove yourself from the situation, even if it is work, if your employer can't understand that you are doing something that benefits your mental health, they don't deserve you as an employee, and you probably shouldn't be in that kind of environment in the first place. Nothing should take place over your health, be it mental or physical, after all, no amount of money is going to get you to jump into a wood chipper so why would you slowly grind your brain into disparity. Understanding that you have a problem and that it requires you to adapt your life style to live a stress free life is something that you just have to get used to. The more you respect what takes power over you, the more you gain power over it. Take a multivitamin and take pride in your diet. Just because you are trying to eat healthy doesn't mean it is a bad thing! Be grateful that there is a place you can go to get all your ingredients, don't resent the process because the work isn't done for you! Have fun when you're making a meal plan, and make some good food! It doesnt have to be crazy complicated by you will find the healthier you eat and the more pride you take in the discovery of such a diet the more beneficial it will be for you. I hope that these words have helped out, let me know if you have any other thoughts, if you need an ear or some advice, or if you just want to talk. Best of luck and remember to be grateful when you feel good, life isn't just ups.
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    Hey mate, it's a bit of a confusing ordeal isn't it? It's been a while since you made this post do I don't know whether youre still using this medium or not but I hope that you are well and have been finding a life style that helps you be happy and comfortable. The human mind is a trip isn't it? I'll be the first to admit that I blow things out of proportion and make things worse for myself, a sore neck feels like I'm going to have a stroke it seems lately, or a high heart rate feels like I need a pace maker. It's very hard to say what is induced by our own view of things, what we think it's happening, and what could actually be wrong with us physically. By all means I encourage investigation through the medical system, but one thing I have realized is that at the end of the day noone can solve our problems for us 100%,all the time. We have to take responsibility for what we can do for ourselves. When someone loses their hand in a freak accident there's no magic fix for it, and though it may be more difficult to understand and accept, things happen to our brain as we age that we have no control over, we can only decide how we play the cards we are dealt. I for one am a huge believer in the idea that physical exercise is as important to our mind as it is to our bodies, after all, if you go for a run you get a natural rush of endorphons and it makes you feel great, the proof is in the pudding. I'm sorry if I sound a bit preachy but these are the things that have been going through my mind as I have been trying to deal with my own symptoms. I have found myself getting quite emotional over the idea of not being able to live my life fully, or show the ones I love how much I appreciate them. In other words my concern for my health has given me the oppertunity to reflect and appreciate the life that I can live. In turn, doing this has made me feel better, and has inspired me to strive to live a better life. Although it will never replace medical examination, looking inside yourself and at the life you live can have a dramatic effect on how you feel. No one has a perfect body, and no one's body takes care of itself, so just try your best to improve your circumstances and I promise that you will feel better about things. You need to get in touch with yourself so that when you feel slightly of you know that it will pass and that worrying will only make it worse. You trump the mental element of your ailment once and it will change the way you view it forever, I promise you that. I hope you take care of yourself, best wishes.
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      I have been through the same for quite a long time. It's nothing but Panic Disorder. After going to so many doctors I found a very simple treatment which has worked wonders for me. Just use Sertraline Hcl 50 mg in the morning and Clonazepam 2mg before going to bed. I bet you'll never suffer from this disorder again. I've been taking these two medicines for the last 12 years without having any adverse effects.

      I suggest all of you give it try. I'm sure you'll begin to pray for me after three weeks of regularly using these medicines. In the first two weeks you'll feel a bit strange, but after that everything gets normal.

      Cheers!!

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    Hi Haley my name is candice first off I wanna start by saying there is nothing wrong with you, thats what i thought too when I had my first anxiety attack I am still experiencing them now tho the more i have seen what others have to say it kinda helps me know im going to be alright sometimes if im having a severe one i get this feeling of doom, like im uterly going to die so whats the point, mine caused me to think about how im going to die and crazy stuff that is the scariest feeling for me, my nerves tho i feel has reached the bteaking point but i think mine has to do with aws wich is alcohol withdraw symptom, i have never been an alcoholic but fir the past 4or 5 mos, i have drunk heavily due to where i work i am a dancer and it def doesnt help the anxiety, but researching aws and symptoms it can potentially be very dangerous where a regular panic attack isnt even tho it feels like they are ,i also feel this foggy feeling like hazed, i have had depression priblems before and it is nothing compared to these anxiety attacks i cant keep anything down because i am in constant fear like an axious feeling that im doomed i donot have insutance so i have not went to see a specialist or nothing but i want to get better i feel as tho im falling apart i dunno how much more i can take , im always on edge i too get the heart palipatations as well and feelung as if i cant breathe but i also get a light feeling in my legs sometimes i feel like even tho they say anxiety attacks are not fatal im going to scare myself into a heart attack and i am only 24 yrs old i pray that this may have helped not anything other than ur not alone hun it feels better to me to know im not alone even tho i would wish this stuff on my worst enemy, with that said I hope we both get what we need as far as treatment talking seems to help me a little but somethings i talk about makes my anxiety worse so i try not to trigger them to much hope u get better and hope to hear back from you soon thanks , Candice!😊
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    Hey, I'm kanui and I'm 16 years old. I'm glad that I found this discussion because I was getting really worried about what was happening. I wake up in the middle of the night because it feels like my hearts stopped breathing and because of this happening almost every single night I've become kinda afraid of going to sleep like "what's gonna happen if I don't catch myself not breathing and......" well you know what.... I've also been noticing that I've come to notice my breathing alot more and tend to pay a lot of attention to it when doing something athletic. I've asked my mom to take me to the doctors twice already and when I tell them what's happened they just push it aside acting like it's nothing. I mean really? I'm coming to you guys because you're supposedly professionals and you'reven just gonna act like it's nothing? I don't mean to be selfish but I would've really loved for you to be of some health giving me some tips so I don't die....That's why I'm really glad that I've found this discussion because you seem to be going through the same things as me and have the same feelings so it's good to have someone to relate too when it looks like every ones looking at me like I'm stupid. I read about the paper bag so I'll make sure to give it a try, but do you ever get a feeling like you can't get a good breath in so you end up taking deep breaths? I'd you have a remedy for that just like the brown bag I'd be glad to hear it, and again thanks for everything.
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    Hi, I know exactly how you feel. Except, mine happens in the worst moments. In cinemas, while watching TV, talking to someone I love ect. It's wierd. I couldn't enjoy movies, because, I was teetering on the verge of having a panic attack. I also have a high temperature all the time, but I'm never actually ill. Then it got worse, and I started to get sick, so I didn't eat much. I'm a newbie btw. I also had an artificial pacemaker
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    I know exactly how you feel, I'm think im having an anxiety attack right now. I have had it now for 2 years and have been in A and e with it had blood test cat scans ecgs I'm even having heart scans in the new year because I keep getting arterial fibulation it's scary bout you need to think positive 
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    My name is Matt and I'm 19. I have had anxiety I guess for a while, it all started about 2 years ago after I had a really bad drug experience. That triggered panic attacks and I was scared at first with my heart constantly beating and all that and the random panic attacks but I got rid of them within a few weeks while just running drinking a bunch of water and playing A LOT of call of duty. I mean A LOT of call of duty. They just ended up going away. Now about 2 years later I was hospitalized for an irregularity in the bottom part of my heart and they said that it just was from energy drinks and anxiety as well that was just dwelling down  in me that I pushed away. Soon I started having immense pains all over my body. Crazy pains everywhere usually in the chest I couldn't make sense of it. It hurt deep in my heart area as well and I just thought it was over everytime. I have had so many symptoms. I've had hot flashes, blurry vision, black dots in my vision, frequent urination, pain all over, shaking, insane migraines, light headedness, dizziness, difficulty swallowing, difficulty breathing, random outbursts of sneezing, losing my hearing for a short time, anything you can name that is a symptom for anxiety I have it. My anxiety isn't caused by things such as not having enough money or losing a job. My anxiety is caused by my overrall concern for my health. My number one fear is dying. So unlike a lot of people looking things up online actually made me feel a lot better. I've had all these symptoms that all point to GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder). Now I know that nothing is wrong with my body it helps so much. Of course having an anxiety disorder sometimes I still do think something else is wrong but it's been about a month now and I have already gotten extremely better and I have seen a counselor once and I see my psychiatrist for the first time on the 15th of Jan. I got better pretty much solely on my own. My uncle is a D.O. psychiatrist and he told me that I was probably at a level 7 of anxiety and the panic attacks I used to have were at a level 1. I'm not surprised I've never dealth with anything like this before. I got rid of the immense pains but doing exactly what he told me to do and that was to ignore everything. Just ignore it, day by day, ignore everything. I face my fears now do things I couldn't do when the anxiety started. I couldn't even eat at first. I have gone through several symptoms and usually once you kick one another one just takes its place. If you keep on trying and you don't give up and you get the help you need then you kick all your physical pains. What I'm worrying about right now is that, well, I never have panic attacks. I don't know why. Anxiety attacks occasionally, but panic attacks nope. I can't feel my heart beating anymore which scared me because I was used to it for over 2 years but I got used to it. Now sometimes after I eat I can't feel my heart beat if I put my hand on my chest when usually it is clear as day. Sometimes if I stand up and walk around then go lay down my heart will have one crazy beat that just makes it feel like it just picked itself up and dropped then be fine after that. Other than that I worry about going crazy and hearing voices. So I try to just live one day at a time fighting this and hopefully each day I forget this even happened to me. I just wanted to share my story and show that if you have this now that it is not impossible to kick. You can do it by yourself and it's even easier with help. Just don't have a weak mind. Unless you have a chemical unbalance then that's a whole other story. Good luck to everyone fighting the craziness in our heads!!
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      i had every single one of those symptoms and was referred to a psycologist from my doctor with a serious anxiety problem. I just tell myself this too shall pass. it really helps
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    First of all, goodmorning everybody! Very happy I found this while browsing the web.

    I'm a 20 year old male and I suffer from high anxiety. Probably due to stress... anyways, around September I experinced my first anxiety attack. I was going through a lot that month; had a major fight with my girlfriend, I was short on money, just quit my job due to poor treatment of employess, I was constantly given the burden of watching my little brother for 4 days a week (which didn't bother me, my mom works a lot, but I guess it took it's toal on me), and I work on YouTube and have a fairly large amout of subscribers (around 72,000, trust me working online isn't as easy as it looks). When I experinced my first attack I had just smoked marjuana and hadn't eaten much that day, although I had consumed a large amount of coffee because I was working late on YouTube. My heart began to race as I was in bed watching a movie, I was shaking, feeling hot, dizzy, pretty much all of the symptoms one get's from a basic panic attack. It was random and I was rather scared when it happened. I quickly went to my roommate in the other room, she called 911 after taking my pulse (which was very high), and I was rushed to the ER. In the end the doctors called it off as a attack due "Marijuana dependence" and "Tachycardia". Marjuana dependence... I call BS because I had been smoking since I was about 15 and have never experinced something like that before. Anyways after that I was fine, I went home and made up with girl and things were just easy. Then a few months later; I broke up with my girlfriend because I was moving to LA due to another flash of emense stress at home, same stuff as before really, I was then stressing about dental work becuase my teeth are in rather bad shape, not to mention this whole change just did a number on me. And that's when had another attack. I was at home alone watching Anime and it just hit me out of nowhere like before! It was shorter than the last one and I ended up just taking deep breaths and it passed withing twenty minutes (thank god). 

    Now here's where it gets, well, interesting. This sunday I was watching football with my grandmother and my heart began to race again, she gave me a zanax and it quickly faded after about 20 or 30 minutes, I then fell asleep and awoke with small anxiety. I hear this is normal after an attack. So yesterday I made a call to the doctor and scedueled a meet up, hopefully nothing else is wrong but I highly doubt it due to the many tests I took the first time I visited the ER (EKG, blood work, you name it. The bill was pretty high and I'm still paying it off haha)

    It sucks, anxiety is just horrible and there's honestly not much you can do about it. My friends and family tell me it's all in my head, but they have to understand it's harder to control then that. I drink a lot of water now, listen to music when I'm feeling anxious, I take deep slow breaths, try not to stress, I quit smoking pot, swithched from cigarettes to a vape with low nicotine, and I play League of Legneds or something like that just to keep myself focused. Being the anxious/hypercondriac person I am I'm sure this isn't the last of my attacks, but after I talk to the Doc and maybe explore some other fields things may get better. 

    Anyways, thanks for reading and give me your thoughts if you'd like! Many of these stories I read really inspired me to write this and share my own. God bless all of you! We'll get through this, we are young and we are strong. smile 

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    Hi Hayley....

    I'm suffering anxiety attacks. Sometimes Idk what to do about myself? I have a hard time going to sleep. When I go to sleep it's like it's on my mind constantly, it wakes, me up out of my sleep &  it's making me crazy. It also messing with my stomache & head. What should I do?

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    I have been through the same stages for quite a long time. It's nothing but Panic Disorder. After going to so many doctors I found a very simple treatment which has worked wonders for me. Just use Sertraline Hcl 50 mg in the morning and Clonazepam 2mg before going to bed. I bet you'll never suffer from this disorder again. I've been taking these two medicines for the last 12 years without having any adverse effects.

    I suggest all of you give it try. I'm sure you'll begin to pray for me after three weeks of regularly using these medicines. In the first two weeks you'll feel a bit strange, but after that everything gets normal.

    Cheers!!

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    I have been through the same stages for quite a long time. It's nothing but Panic Disorder. After going to so many doctors I found a very simple treatment which has worked wonders for me. Just use Sertraline Hcl 50 mg in the morning and Clonazepam 2mg before going to bed. I bet you'll never suffer from this disorder again. I've been taking these two medicines for the last 12 years without having any adverse effects.

    I suggest all of you give it a try. I'm sure you'll begin to pray for me after three weeks of regularly using these medicines. In the first two weeks you'll feel a bit strange, but after that everything gets normal.

    Cheers!!

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