anxiety is kicking my ass

I know how you feel. I’ve been in the same position.  Feeling so strange like I’m completely out of control, to the point where I feel like I’m not in control of my facial muscles or something.  And the worse thing is, this is how I feel around other people.  It’s social anxiety and it sucks.  The last five years have been the hardest for me.  but just recently I decided to go on anti-depressants again and they have helped me get control again.  And because im now more control of myself I’m able to go out and make changes to my life that need to be made.  I also recommend mediation on a daily basis.  I think the combination of anti-depressants and meditation have given me the best results.  And I’m hoping later on when I feel in a better position in life, I can ween myself off the pills.

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I feel your pain, I get anxiety so bad I feel like I'm going to have a. heart attack, I wake up every morning with hands and arms ti noting and numbness then my heart racing trying to calm myself, when that goes away I still feel the heaviness in my arms and chest, its nice to know im not alone and its not all in my head,

I don't normally write on forums, but I had to share my experience with everyone,

I have suffered with anxiety and depression since last years in school,

I always wondered why I felt like crap all the time and was always feeling anxious,

So as I got older I researched what can affect anxiety and depression, so I tried changing my diet and exercising more, I avoided foods, like dairy and gluten, and tried eating foods like fruit and vegetable, only drinking water aswell,

I will admit I did start to feel better

But for years I have always felt worse after eating foods, so I talked to my gp for test in which they can do,

I was diagnosed with Divertuculosis on the colon and barretts disease on my gullet, throat,

So I explained to them that I was still having problems after eating I felt like crap when I did, (depression and anxiety)

but the NHS, said they couldn't test me anymore,

so I went to a private hospital in leeds, that do a procedure called capsule endoscopy, where a capsule with a camera takes pictures of your bowel,

I got the results back

I have two ulcers and chrones disease, so I thought all this time is that what was causing me to feel like crap after eating,

I am currently taking steroids to help, which I'll admit, isn't, so the next step is surgery to remove, the bad tissue which is causing me problems after eating, I will post again after having the surgery on how I feel,

But in all honesty my diet was causing me depression and anxiety, hope this helps anyone suffering from the same 👌👌

I live in a similar place I've had severe anxiety and depression to the point of having physical symptoms like shortness of breath dizziness etc. I have really bad problems with disassociation as well, nothing feels real some days. I know I'm not being up beat but sometimes it's good to know you aren't alone in how you feel.

I can relate to that myself I used to be on the go full of life now I just can't leave my bedroom

i am feeling the same, i dont know why my body feels like its numb,

Very similar story to me, just to rule it out have you had you blood sugar checked. unfortunately learned recently that hyperglycemia or whatever one it is for low sugar can feel very much like panic starting....so when that happened I was suffering with 2 things for the price of 1 !

sergio, i feel what your going through im going through the same thing, my body feels weird like im numb sometimes, its scary cause my arms get numb for no reason and i feel it in my chest, i wake up at night trying to get that deep breath to go through, i have air hunger really bad, doctor days its anxiety, i try to talk to my family they say its all in my head so i i keep it to myself now, im thankful for this board cause im not alone, i wont take meds cause im scared of the side effects, but sometimes i think to myself is this the last day for me am i dying, its insane, hope your doing better im here if you need to talk you are not alone

There are ways to get rid of anxiety. Although there are different methods, you may want to check what helped other people, there are a lot of inspirational stories on youtube, none of them includes psychologists or medication though (which is great). It's hard to summarise the methods here, since it's not just one thing you need to do, however as a starting point, it would be not to get upset about anxiety (or related sensations), focus on hobby, some beathing exercises and healthy lifestyle.

i know the feeling , one day im ok and the next day im not, do you ever get the heavyness in your arms and feel it in your chest. it is worse at night i wake up thinking im having a heart attack,

hi, i've been feeling like this lately. its the feeling of impending doom i get. the only thing that works is setting small achievable goals and talking myself through the attacks. why are you worried? has anything bad actually happened? its trying to retrain the brain and it's really difficult . i hope you can find some way to work through this.