Bad health anxiety worst I've ever felt strong fear of blood clot or impending doom

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Hello I'm a 26 year old male used to be very active and athletic guy.. The past 6-7 months have been the worst time of my life as far as my anxiety and panic. I've been dealing with some rather bizarre symptoms and I've been to the ER and the doctors more times this year than I've been in my entire life and more than any other year while. I've been dealing with some pretty severe shortness of breath from sun up to sun down it has me borderline bed ridden I no longer excercise,work out or,leave the house or even shop in a grocery store bdue to the shortness of breath.. Ive developed agoraphobia and it sucks I feel like I need to sigh and take a deep breath every 2-3 minutes it's a suffocating feeling if I don't get the deep breath i feel like I will die.. I've had blood test nothing life threatening found I've had a d dimer test done no signs of blood clots I've had multiple chest and lungs x Ray's done no signs of anything bad I've had ekgs done nothing bad one time a ekg showed a right blundle branch block but my doctor wasn't concerned. I'm in bad distress the can't breathe feeling has me on my ass not doing nothing and I do not know what is going on I've been to pulmonologist and ER's and family doctors no official diagnosis except a anxiety disorder and I'm just very frustrated I literally think I'm dying my heart rate gets fast I feel like I can't breathe all day long I feel occasional chest pains constantly dizzy and lightheaded feel like I'm gonna faint constantly in fear of dying from what is going on and I cannot find out what is going on I haven't had a CT scan because my doctors did the d dimer and it was negative for blood clots and the pulmonologist doesn't think it's clots either I'm pretty much prepared to die anyday it's like the doctors don't want to help me I literally cannot excercise I cannot breathe everything I do is exhausting I've got low vitamin D thats it the only thing my doctors found. What could be going on. The pulmonologist said maybe vocal cord dsyfunction but he isn't sure he said he thinks maybe anxiety related but there is literally no way I know my body never felt this bad before convinced I'm dying.

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    Hey man I would believe what the doctors are saying about it being anxiety related. Look you need anxiety medication or some tranquilzer to carm you down. Until you completely get this anxiety out of your head it’s never going to leave that is what anxiety does. So you need to try focus on something else other than your heart ok. I know it sucks. It happens to me all the time 
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    I'm really sorry you're suffering all of this, truly I am. But based on everything you've said, the tests you have had it really does sound like it's anxiety disorder that is causing your symptoms. I know when you've been otherwise healthy in the past this can be hard to accept but it can just creep up on you out of nowhere and until you give this diagnosis a chance and work on treatment for it, it's unlikely if you'll start feeling better. Anxiety is a mental illness but that doesn't mean the symptoms are all manifested just in your head...your body is genuinely reacting and creating real symptoms...but it is still triggered by the anxiety.

    That constant fear is keeping every symptom you have alive and making it worse. Have you spoken to any therapists or councillors at all? Alot offer online services now so you don't even have to leave your house, which would be ideal for you right now.

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      I truly feel sick and feel like I can't breathe but maybe anxiety is causing it if so that is weird Because I genuinely feel sick the breathing is 24/7

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    Hi brently you are not alone, Ive been like this also since january, ive had it on and off for 4 yrs but now its 24/7.Like u ive had all tests and bloods and alls fine. My doc has said its my anxiety and ibs. Im always tired and need to sleep. Even sitting down im short of breath. I get chest pains every day too and they go into my back and between my shoulder blades. Im scared stiff over it too xx
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    There have been times in my life when I have felt like you and it is horrible. Anxiety can mimic the "real" symptoms of disease but once you have been cleared by doctors of "real" disease, you can try to accept it is anxiety.

    On two occasions long ago I was referred to the same neurologist because I was so frightened by my tics.

    Ask your doctor to refer you to a clinical psychologist and/or ask your doctor about appropriate medication.

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    Hi Try not to worry. These signs and symptoms are 'normal' in anxiety. Are u taking any medications  at all?

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    1. You need to calm down! I know its easier said than done lol. But have you tried seeing a therapist? Specifically one who specializes in anxiety would be good. I see one for my anxiety and it helps me a lot, I highly recommend you look into seeing someone and talking to them.

    2. I know all too well the fear that the doctors are missing something and the feeling the tests are inaccurate and you think something is wrong with you. But you need to realize that just bc you THINK something is wrong does not mean there actually IS anything wrong. There is absolutely no certainty to your thoughts, the only thing that is actually considered factual and proof is the tests you have done and those came back that there is nothing wrong with you. So why are you holding mere thoughts in your mind as more accurate than an actual test/diagnosis by a trained professional?

    3. If the answer to the above is bc you don't feel well and you don't think anxiety could cause such bad physical symptoms, I can tell you from personal experience that anxiety can 1000% cause those bad physical symptoms. I say it all the time on here - a friend of mine is an EMT and she always says that you wouldn't believe the amount of 911 calls they get for heart attacks and health issues that end up being the person is fine and it's just anxiety. That right there tells you how severe anxiety can be!

    I know it's tough and the anxiety puts you in such a rut, but I really recommend you try seeing a therapist, I think you will feel much better. They will help rationalize these worries you're having and make you see that they are just worries and not fact.

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      Also, just to give you an example...

      One of my best friends was having issues with her asthma a few months ago. She was constantly short of breath feeling, she'd wake up in the middle of the night choking in her sleep, gasping for air. She thought something was wrong with her lungs, she saw like 4 diff Doctors. They ended up telling her it was just anxiety and gave her xanax to take for a week or 2 to calm her down. She started taking xanax once in the morning and once a night, and after a week or so she began to calm down and her asthma issues subsided. She says all the time now how she can't believe that anxiety made her feel like that but clearly that's what it was bc now she is normal and fine. And anytime she starts to feel anxious again, the feeling comes back. But she is able to deal with it better now realizing that it's just the anxiety and nothing is actually wrong with her.

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    hang in there..same for me had 6 er visits this year fearing heart problems blopd clots all heart related phobias shortness of breath i deal with on daily bases but im still here and so are you hard to accept its anxiety but once u do it gets better time goes on nothing happens to you at some point things seem to ger brighter symptoms come and go and get less and less hard to fight because how u feel is real good luck keep reaching out

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