Can anyone explain what happened to me?
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Hi,
My anxiety has been pretty rough since November last year. I have always been an anxious person but usually it comes & goes & I can live with it.
Something happened to me in November last year, and I don't feel like I ever really recovered. Has anyone experienced or can anybody offer a guess as to what did happen to me?
On this particular day in November, I all of a sudden had this overwhelming feeling of panic. I was just in my house on a regular day. I was sat watching the tv when all of a sudden this feeling came over me of complete panic for no obvious reason. I'd never known anything like it. I couldn't sit still, I was shaking, I went from boiling hot to freezing cold. I honestly felt like I couldn't cope with anything. I did'nt eat for the rest of that day & it felt like just a gong had gone off in my head, and it was everything I could do just to function normally. I felt like I wanted to jump out of the 2nd storey window of my house just so I felt something other than the strange out of body experience that I was having. Was this a panic attack?
I somehow went to work the next day, and had intermittent moments like the previous day where I felt like I couldn't cope and my head felt so fuzzy.
Since then I am suffering from allsorts of physical symptoms, which come and go on what seems like an hourly basis. I haven't had a full day of feeling normal physically since this weird episode in November last year.
I had blood tests, urine tests & a full eye exam (floaters & dots), and was told everything was completely normal.
WHATS WRONG WITH ME??
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Greengumdrop Craig2211
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This sounds to me like an anxiety attack. I've had them before then i got them under control for a while. Then last week i was sitting on my bed and i got the worst one ive ever had just come out of the blue. Panic attacks can cause a huge rush of adrenalin out of the blue. Its kinda like that feeling you'd get if you were scared of heights and were just about to jump out of a plane with a parachute, except it happens out of the blue when you're just sat at home. The huge rush of adrenalin itself makes you panic even more. Then all the other symptoms can happen... the inability to sit still, feeling detached from your body like your in a dream (derealisation) hot & cold, shaking, cant think straight, dizziness, chest pain, fear of losing control etc... All these are symptoms of a proper panic attack. It can leave you feeling shocked like 'What the fcuk just happened?' But you'll always be ok. During panic attacks we manifest physical symptoms. Ive called an ambulance before during a panic attack with chest pain convinced i was having a heart attack. They did an ECG whilst im having severe chest pain and my heart was completely normal, I was just manifesting it in my head due to my fear. i can literally make my feet feel like i have pins and needles sometimes just by thinking about it when im anxious as well as other physical symptoms. I think this episode you had in Nov has possibly freaked you out and since then youve been in a heightened state of anxiety. This can also bring on Health Anxiety where we think we have things wrong with us when we dont. we become super aware of our body and its sensations and this causes us to pick up on on the little things we otherwise dont notice when we are calm. Part of bringing my anxiety under control for a long period was accepting that it was anxiety and nothing more. i started to feel it coming on and id be like 'Here it comes, that bloody anxiety again, its getting boring now...bore off anxiety' It sounds dumb but it kinda worked for me. I had a stressful month in march so its been playing up again but im working on getting it under control again like it was before. I honestly know youll be fine. Youve had all the tests & there was nothing wrong. You have anxiety. Its not nice but you have to know that youre gonna be fine 😃
meghan49196 Craig2211
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hi. sorry to hear your going through that! I'm the exact same as you. Just happened out the blue over christmas and now every single day since ive had unreal physical symptoms. Its horrible. I used to feel so healthy and fit, i always feel now like something serious is wrong with me and i cant seem to shake the feeling! Even when im not feeling anxious i get these symptoms!!
Greengumdrop meghan49196
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Same here. Im sorry to hear youre going through this too. You wouldnt believe how many people are going through this, even more so during the locksowns as weve not got other things to stimulate our minds so the anxiety is worse.
Im able to cope ok with mine at the moment as I tell myself the physical symptoms are Psychosomatic and they wont hurt me.
You must believe this too. When they happen, say to yourself 'Im bringing these on myself, they are just sensations, nothing is physically wrong with me'. You need to 'accept' your anxiety. When you try to fight it/reason with it it makes it worse because youre feeding into that fear that somethings wrong with you. Start to accept it and realise it for what it is.... anxiety sensations you are manifesting, not symptoms. Know that you are healthy and fine and they will not harm you.
I joined the gym a few years ago to give me something to focus on other than my anxiety. I found something i was passionate about & I got a buzz from it and seeing the improvements it was making to my physique. I also joined an Archery club & a rifle club & got an allotmemt. Anything i could be passionate about to kerp my mind occupied. And i accepted my anxiety and tried to get on with living life, It honestly worked and my anxiety was at a minimum. It got bad again on and off during lockdown and ive had wobbles and a very bad panic attack recently but thats because i had received some bad news and i havent had things to occupy me to take my mind off it. I really think it would be so good for you to find a passion that you can throw yourself into, I think it will help. Also, stop googling health/medical conditions. I used to do that & it would feed my anxiety. Now if i have a symptom i say to myself 'im doing it to myself and theres absolutely nothing wrong with me so its pointless googling it'. This is really important to break the cycle.
meghan49196 Greengumdrop
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thanks for the reply!! Thats made me feel a lot better. I know what you mean. Its hard for mw to find a hobby, im only 23 and stuck at home with 3 kinds under 5 so that is my hobby basically. Im thankful for them because they certainly keep me busy and keep my mind going! Hope you feel better soon!