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Does anyone else have physical anxiety symptoms 24/7

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meteor63
meteor63

Hi. I just wondered if what I'm experiencing is normal. For the past 2-3 months I've had constant anxiety symptoms. I'm not just talking anxious thoughts (although I have those all the time), I'm talking physical symptoms. All day long, I have a horrible tightness in my chest, butterflies in my stomach, dry mouth, internal shaking in my legs and adrenaline rushes up and down my body. I can't control the symptoms, no matter how hard I try. When it first hit, it was different. I had constant nausea & a general feeling of not being able to cope. But I could switch out of it sometimes and feel normal. Now I can never switch out of it. It's there all the time, although the nausea has stopped. I even have it in my sleep because I've actually felt it in my dreams and when I wake up, it's still there. (Not that I can sleep much in this state. 5 hours is the most I ever have.) I'm on Citalopram but if anything, it's made my anxiety worse. The leg symptoms weren't there before I went on the drug and nor was the chest tightness.

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  • lightening1245
    lightening1245 meteor63

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    Hi, I suffer from all of the same symptoms and I have for years. Over the last 2 years it's been getting harder and harder to cope with all of it. And some point I just stopped going out and dealing with these feeling. I have gotten to the point now where I don't visit anyone don't go shopping do even go to the corner store. My husband has to do everything. I work part time and up till now iv been able to force my self to go to work but I'm finding that it's getting to be to hard. Does anyone else just shut themselves in to cope.
    • seirra77604
      seirra77604 lightening1245

      Posted

      Thats how i am i cant even go anywhere without havin an attack. And its making me depressed i feel like a freak and i try to rlk to my parents about it n they say oh its all in ur head i wish it would just disappear it started a few weeks ago i just moved to utah 3 months ago i think i just miss home. I lay in bed all night tryin to force myself to sleep but cant fall sleep till like 4 5 am n wake up at 9 am n cant go back to sleep i got to where i had shaks bad my whole body was trembling n my head will feel like tons of pressure my chest will hurt n feel like i cant breathe im even scared of the hospital i freak put before i even get there
  • simon7452
    simon7452 meteor63

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    I hear you! Mine seems to affect me more when I'm at work or out and about. When I'm in the house, the symptoms die down somewhat. I experience a vague lightheadedness, slightly laboured breathing, sweaty palms, cold extremities, mild nausea, constant tiredness/yawning and heart palpitations (skipping beats). I'm always so worried these symptoms mean something else and I can never seem to "fully" relax. I too am on citalopram, have been for two years. They did start to help eventually, but I'm currently waiting for CBT. You're not alone!
    • seirra77604
      seirra77604 simon7452

      Posted

      Same here i feel just like that but i am bot on meds at all i dont wanna feel any worse cus im afraid ima work myself up to much and pass out i cant even get any sleep
  • Lanie222
    Lanie222 meteor63

    Posted

    Yes I have just been to see my doc I have very dry cough

    Feeling sick

    Very very tierd but carnt sleep well at night at all dry mouth yes . But I have had so much upset In my family that

    That it's all come crashing down on me

    My immune system isn't working properly and with all the stress has made me Ill

    It's all stress related look at your life and if you have sress in your life and I mean upsetting things

    Your body is telling you something

    Only thing you can do is have you time and rest

  • Altair
    Altair meteor63

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    I myself have gone through this and i can understand the pain , the agony , the loneliness , and the desperation associated with it .. I hope you recover from it very soon . My advice would be what i tried on Myself and that releived me from anxiety (panic disorder) or more particularly health anxiety . you must do Progressive Muscle Relaxation (look up YouTube for PMR's)... I have drastically reduced my anxiety by this technique.... Its about 20 min procedure. But you must do it continuously for results.... You will see results in like a week... Hope you will benefit from it...

    Regards

  • seirra77604
    seirra77604 meteor63

    Posted

    I am feeling the exact way but i havnt tryed meds yet i really dont wanna be on meds n have them make me feel worse i get anxiety all day n night its exhausting n i lay here worring bout whn the next attack will come
  • Lolasmom
    Lolasmom meteor63

    Posted

    Hello there,

    I know your post was some time ago, but was wondering how you are doing

  • stephx
    stephx meteor63

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    Did this ever go away ? I'm having constant adrenline I have the burning scared feeling throughout my body my chest my arms my legs I feel so weak I actually cried at the doctors yesterday because of how ill I feel I'm awaiting a ct scan so my nerves are already all over the place but I've always been hypercondria I went through a stressful time I give birth 5 weeks ago and feared I'd hemmorag well I did end up having a heavy bleed after this panic attacks started and I got dizzy now the dizziness is 24/7 but now so is this burning adrenline rush feeling I can't walk I'm sat down all the time my chest is so tight I think it's a heart attack at the minute normally I'd get adrenline I'd then have typical panic attacks but now it's like a 24/7 thing all because of this dizziness no doctor can give me answers I feel like I'm dying constantly I'm really trying to fight it but it all is too real to just be anxiety im biting my nails all the time shaking my legs all the time and nothing is stopping it nobody understands how bad I actually am I keep crying I feel so depressed because of this
    • Lolasmom
      Lolasmom stephx

      Posted

      Hi Steph, could you please explain more about what your legs are doing
    • joseph05321
      joseph05321 stephx

      Posted

      Hi Steph

      Sorry to hear your story. Hope you get better. It was just lately that I realized that I might be having Health Anxiety. I have this stitch pain in my right abdomen triggered when I sit or stand for quite long period and suddenly walk. Im thinking it might be something in my organs. I got checked, blood ang urine testing and ultrasound in my kidneys but everything went normal. Its quite long period that i am dreaded with colon diseases Im anxiuos im having colon problems always keeping track with my BM and other symptoms related. The stitch pain in my belly is tolerable and not sure if it was there all the time and was only magnified by my mind to something serious. I want to get my mind off to this but cant prevent from worrying especially when i am walking. Always thinking that the pain will be present again. I am now having thoughts of colonoscopy but im afraid. This is now affecting my day to day life. Cannot focus on my Job and Wife. Been wanting re assurance from internet and people that I am Ok. Sigh. Just sharing

  • metalhead3792
    metalhead3792 meteor63

    Posted

    I know excatly how you feel. I get the chest tightness all the time and excessive worrying and shaky legs ,feel faint and its constant too. It just gets worse as i get older

  • rawa
    rawa meteor63

    Posted

    I'm also feeling the same continuously since I was 13. I'm 21 now and the symptoms got worse in these 2-3 years and I have experienced panic attacks sometimes. Sometimes due to stress in exams it gets worse than ever and I feel burns when swallow or drink anything else than water.

  • delany49842
    delany49842 meteor63

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    I suffer the same exact thing that you do. Mine is so bad I can't even have a converstation with my own family without it resulting in a panic attack. My heart pounds really loud and hard all the time and the anxiety never goes away. I just took a xanax and it helps for about 5 hours. You should try it.

  • ana97778
    ana97778 meteor63

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    Hello I m 23 female I been suffering OCD compulsive disorder and panic attacks my whole life I never been in medications I do therapy myself all the time for anxiety I remenber 2009 I have a really. Bad obsession with mouse I couldn't eat or sleep I was just thinking about washing my hands all the time my panic attacks and anxiety got worse everyday day I start therapy and it took me about a year and half but I did it I overcome that obsession and I was happy again a normal life from 2009 to 2012 ;( it came back again 2012 I have obsession and panic attacks the worst ever I couldn't get over my OCD I have OCD for 2 years 2012 to 2014 in 2015 I decided to start to face my problems it was hard is like seeing a monter coming to me but I couldn't do nothing ;( I was so depressed but I start little by little to do this therapy for anxiety my self and I feel better now I overcome alot of my fears and obsession now I can face my panic attacks and obsession I can face everything now I only have panic attacks and obsession sometimes I still working on it but I progress a lot I never thought I was gonna face my monter why I m saying all this is telling you that everything is in the mind we just need to work really hard medication only hide it for a little but still there we need to face our problem fears is not easy feel like if the ocean is coming for me and the sharks want to kill me but I have to face them and let them do what they wanna do with me without getting scars that's how mind work I m so sorry that ur are facing this too I thought I was the only one ;( please get therapy help it really help to overcome and face ur fears.

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