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Do your anxiety symptoms last for days/weeks?

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nicola_57830
nicola_57830

My physical symptoms of anxiety seem to never go away 😟 does anyone else have the same thing and is this normal? I'm sick of it and because it's always here I think there definately is something wrong with me! It's horrible living like this.

Also, when you start to obsess with one symptom (me chest pain mainly breast) I feel like it's actually something serious and its like I'm seeing more symptoms of it being serious. It's hard to describe but if you obsess that much always lookin etc if it possibly for you to make up new physical symptoms in your head?? I'm making myself go mad. Want my pain to

Go away and it won't which makes me more anxious.

Thanks for reading, Nicola xx

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  • stewart95017
    stewart95017 nicola_57830

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    I have struggled w anxiety since 2006-7 when the housing market crashed in Georgia and I lost my house and truck. I had never experienced anything like that. The panic feeling. Can barely eat. Don't want to leave house. I just spent a year in a program for oxycodone addiction from a bulging disc in my neck. In the last week I have had that old anxiety roll in as I try to get a business going again. My mind goes down all the what if rabbit holes and the fear becomes dominant. My gosh it's horrible. I don't understand myself. Can anyone identify with this? I sure do feel alone right now and scared
  • jess26834
    jess26834 nicola_57830

    Posted

    Hi, I'm 19 and I've suffered from anxiety for a very long time. I have had counselling but never been on medication and I try and surpress my feelings by trying to take my mind off them. This week has just been the worst, I am living in a university house alone 70 miles from my parents, and have been working until 5am on weekends, messing up my sleeping pattern. I have shakiness, tight chest, heart palpitations, dizziness and I can hardly sleep. It's getting to much now and I'm just thinking what's the point anymore, I feel there is no more hope. My chest is the worst symptom, I went the the shops today and nearly broke down on the way home because I felt so bad. I don't know what to do I don't know what triggers it or how to get rid of my symptoms, anyone else get a very weird feeling in their chest a lot? Thanks, Jess
    • marlene21102
      marlene21102 jess26834

      Posted

      Hi Jess ,go and look up Steven Blow web site ,he writes up on some good things for Anxiety ,well worth a look .Many suffer this dreadful condition .

          Go take a look hey ,may help you ,think he's helped many with anxiety .

  • sydnie_31239
    sydnie_31239 nicola_57830

    Posted

    I have had anxiety most my life but never anything this severe. 8 days ago I had an attack my hands went numb to the point I couldn't move them, I felt like I was going to pass out. I was in and out of the hospital all week with everything coming back normal. I never would have guessed it was anxiety. Cause you really do feel like your dying. I'm still trying to cope with the fact that my chest pains, warm sensation going from my chest to my head and feeling like I'm short of breath, dizzy and constantly feeling anxious is normal. It has made it so I can't even finish my college semester cause I get too dizzy to drive to my school which is 45 minutes away from where I live. In just 8 days my life has changed drastically.
  • robin67880
    robin67880 nicola_57830

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    Nicola, when my anxiety started to get bad i had a stomach ache for 2 weeks. Thought i had a tumor or something.. our bodies react in many different ways to stress. After i spoke to a councellor at the mental health clinic the stomach ache eased off! Have you tried talking to a mental health professional about your anxiety? Don't get me wrong, im still a huge ball of anxiety but working in it every day. Xx
  • justin35510
    justin35510 nicola_57830

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    Hello, i have had these same symptoms ever since my mom died2months ago. I do have high blogs pressure but am currently talking meds. I'm sure if it were a heart attack, we would be dead by now. I'm glad to hear there are other people with same symptoms. I was very scared because I've never had anxiety. Everytime i think about my pains it makes me more nervous. I just want this to go away without having to take more meds. I think they give you anti depressants too.
  • beccaaaa93
    beccaaaa93 nicola_57830

    Posted

    Hi Nicola, I'm so happy that I've found someone else with the same symptoms as myself, I thought I was the only one. I've lived with anxiety for years now and it's getting to the point where I've had to ring work and explain to them I can't come in, it's as if I have a phobia of people too, it stops me from doing day to day things like going shopping or going to work or spending time with my partner by going out for meals etc. Friends/family don't understand what it's like to live with such an awful disorder and they just seem to think oh well calm down and it'll be ok but it's much more complicated than that. We will beat anxiety one day 👊🏻
  • veronica73619
    veronica73619 nicola_57830

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    I'm 24. I've had my first anxiety attack in April. And sigh it feel like it's taken control of my life. I also have a acid reflux. And the chest pain hand pain( numb fingers and pain in my elbow is annoying. I've been having back pain and bad back pains). I'm I the only person going through this. Sometimes I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack eventually but I've done test and they came back normal I'm on meds but they don't do much sigh. I just want to know that I'm not alone
    • billie4563
      billie4563 veronica73619

      Posted

      Veronica I too am dealing with the same thing but mine is all new. Do you ever have a feeling like your heart is flipping in your chest? Blurry vision? Ringing in your ears? Muscle pains and weakness?
    • joe63271
      joe63271 billie4563

      Posted

      I agree with sayri. I had terrible anxiety but I eventually got over it and I promise your symptoms are textbook anxiety. Don't allow it to control you. You're stronger than that. One day you will die, that's a fact, but it won't be today. Allow yourself to live while you're alive!

      Peace and love smile

    • sayri
      sayri billie4563

      Posted

      That all happens because when you have an anxiety or panic attack, your heart race increases and a lot of muscles in your body tense up to the point of it hurting after you calm down. Ringing in your ears could be due to your heart pounding hard enough to make your head and ears sore. Attacks can put you through a lot of "injuries" that come with exerting yourself too hard (pulled muscles, chest pain from breathing too hard, etc) If it gets any worse though, I'd go see a doctor
  • sayri
    sayri nicola_57830

    Posted

    Yes this is all normal. My physical symptoms have been ruining my life since August, but in constantly reassuring myself and telling myself that it's okay to feel like this, it's slowly fading away and getting more comfortable to deal with (I use the same approach with dissociation).

    If that's not how you'd tackle it, try going to a doctor first to reassure you that you are okay and not experiencing any threatening physical illness and voice all of your concerns. Hypochondria is common with severe anxiety, they'll know if they see it.

    • r_99925
      r_99925 sayri

      Posted

      Just needed to talk to someone, I haven't had to health anxiety in over 15 years and it came back about six months ago and is non-stop since then.back then I had lots and lots of panic attacks and was very focused on my heart this time it's different I have no real panic attacks just constant anxiety. I'm still very focused on my body and every little thing I just seem to feel weird all day long I know that doesn't describe it very well but I can't think of a word that does. It's a constant uneasiness it starts as soon as I wake up and I don't sleep very well at all. I am constantly thinking there's something wrong with me. I am also very very afraid to go to the doctor and I do not take any medication I never have I am very afraid of any side effects. I just wanted to know if anybody has constant anxiety with no real panic attacks. My symptoms are Extreme uneasiness for most of the day my shoulders feel very tense my back feels very tense my appetite is not like it used to be. I am typically very active athletically but since this is started again I have virtually stopped every physical activity and anything I enjoy doing. I feel kind of week I'm sure that has a lot to do with my lack of physical activity. The more I try not to feel like this the worse I feel.I guess I should've said from the start of always had anxiety/health anxiety my whole life but it is been gone for many many years. This is a horrific feeling.I feel like I'm rambling I just needed to talk to someone.
    • joe63271
      joe63271 r_99925

      Posted

      Get back to your roots. Drown yourself in what you love to do. The more you wallow in the anxiety the worse it will become. Keep your chin up and remember that positive thinking is more powerful than we realize.
    • maritza_38103
      maritza_38103 r_99925

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      I also suffer from anxiety I've have it for six months now. My body shakes my heart beats very fast and also I go through lots of dizziness. I won't take any medications for it. It makes it worst when you start thinking you are going to die or have something serious. You have to keep telling yourself it's not life threatening and you are okay and it will pass. You need to get active again it's good for the anxiety. I know it's hard but u can do it. Try natural stuff like valerian root which I'm taking now I only take 3 a day to keep calm I take one in morning late afternoon and bed time. I've join the gym also which is helping. I still have the anxiety but it's under control. Good luck and hang in there.
    • neta82425
      neta82425 maritza_38103

      Posted

      Exercise is key. Positive thinking and yes thinking the worse makes it worse i agree. I did take meds for two months. I told myself Hell no. Because I must learn my triggers and learn to cope. Life doesn't come with a pill boom better. Walking helps me and writing does as well.
    • neta82425
      neta82425 joe63271

      Posted

      I so agree with that. Positive thinking is powerful and real. I feel like I'm retraining my brain because it was full of hurt and mess. It's been 5 days now from two months of everyday attacks. But I'm learning my triggers, and what to do. Mediation helps me and setting 2 goals a day. I haven't driven in months But I have for 5 days now even in traffic . Each day gets better
    • maritza_38103
      maritza_38103 neta82425

      Posted

      There you go you sound better already lol keep staying positive 🤗 You will have good moments and bad ones. But you will over come them. 🙏🏼
    • neta82425
      neta82425 maritza_38103

      Posted

      Lol that's exactly what I keep saying. It will get better. Rest is important too so I try really hard to get that lol. One of my twins still cries at night for a cup Smh so in wake up like twice . But I'll figure something out. One day at a time one goal at a time
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