Does anyone else have physical anxiety symptoms 24/7

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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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    I've always can control my breathing.(knock on wood!) But everything else is horrible! Body shakes, feeling like your gonna pass out, nausea, whole body tense, and rapid heart rate.. just feel like your going crazy or just gonna die.. I've gotten 10x worse the pass couple months and I feel defeated.. like I went to the lions game and had to use all my will power from freaking the hell out and ruining everyone elses time. Really sucks! Hope there's relief one day for us

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      I have bad anxiety. I have started to read up about anxiety. I then started reading into how the body works(which was a bad idea). I went to the hospital and they injected me with Benadryl through an IV. The back of my head hurt and then my stomach started to hurt. I had anxiety but, since I have been out of the hospital, I feel lke part of me is gone. I wake up sweaty, I wake up early at night and I try to sleep in. I get irritatated and I have racing thoughts and I think of a bunch of stuff.I was really upset today and was crying. I hate the racing thoughts and my thoughts can get on my nerves sometimes. Sorry to hear about what your going through. I know the feeling of anxiety and feeling tense. I feel tense, and then my arms will feel loose. 
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    Hi, I have excessive anxiety as well. I go to bed at 10p.m or 12, and then I will wake up at 3a.m, or 5, 0r 6. I always have this thing about waking up at 3.  I have racing thoughts and I try to write out my thoughts. I don't write how I'm feeling but, I just write out the thoughts. I'm trying to get use to doing that but, at times, I forget to. I am trying to deal with this anxiety but everytime  I try to go to an appointment with to do an intake, I get nervous and worried. Everytime I try to think about going to the hospital, I get worried about it. I wake up sweaty and I get angry when I wake up at times. I get angry and wish to sleep in. My stomach was upset this morning, but I knind of feel better after my stomach is upset.

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    Hey wassup I have it 24/7 aswell my heart always racing for no reason that i know of i dont think am nervous or anything but right now at the moment my anxiety is really bad been like this for three month after smoking weed it changed my life that day never been the same chest pains heart racing physical body sypmthoms and its hard to control these things and when i do my head is always hurting for some reason.
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    For the past 6 weeks I have had physical symptoms almost every day. Mostly light headed to the point I feel like I'm going to pass out. Constant head aches and nausea. I have had 2 trips to hospital where they focus on heart issues but all tests came back ok. I'm convinced I have a brain tumor but doctors say it's anxiety. I can't get in to see a neurologist for 3 months. I'm scared. Has anyone else had these symptoms related to anxiety. 

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    Hi there. I had my very first Panic attack when i was working on a secluded island resort out in the Fiji Islands 17 years ago. I had to be medivact at the time as i didnt myself know what was happening and neither did the staff at the resort. I returned home as the company feared for me. I could not work for 9 months after that in my profession. With little money and nowhere to go i found a tiny room to rent on the property of a friend. I had basically lost everything. I eventually did end up getting back into my field with signs again after that. Up until 4 years ago i started to get panic attacks again, i ended up rushing myself to emergency. I was wheeled off to the psychiatrist after i was stabalized in the ER. She had booked me in to a clinic for a month the very next day. I have anxiety and panic eversince. My chest pains are constant from morning to night. I have very painful stomach pains couple with Thoratic pain.

    I did myself a favour and booked myself into hospital for peace of mind to have my body checked for any medical problems to put my mind at ease. Its kindof the "process of elimination" Having said that i am in good health apart from the last test which i still need to do, gastroscopy to check if my stomach ect, as chronic anxiety i have learnt can cause alot of acid reflux and even ulcers. I find myself bloating terribly and unable to pass gas or burp. They are all interlinked as i have learnt for myself. There are tons of thoughts flying around my head all day long and i worry how on earth i am going to cope at work and not let anyone see that i am "weak"

    I am taking up some form of art, as i personally think there is alot of negative frustration and energy that needs to go somewhere in a positive way. I know for myself that my fuse is extremely short. Anxiety is debilitating and with it comes so much fear. I fully understand that if one looks around, there are no immediate threats yet inside i feel like i am going to lose everything again and this somehow is lifes way of telling me i have done something wrong. Sorry for this post being so long but i am of the firm belief we can overcome.

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    I found this forum after looking up whats going on with me. 4 years ago almost to the day i went through panic disorder that had strong physical symptoms it hit me out of no where while on vacation and lasted 8 to 9 months coming on every other day at first and as i got a grip on one symptom it would change and i would have different symptoms. It was hell but eventually i kicked it and the last 3 years or so i would have a bad day maybe once a month. Flash forward to a month ago. I was playing basketball with my brother, it was hot and we had just got done eating and mid game i got this feeling like i was light headed real bad and i couldnt shake it. I went in and tried to focus elsewhere. Now its getting worse. I am getting waves of what feels like anxiety that last 30 minutes and comes multiple times a day. I feel drained . The symptoms seem different than i remember. When it hits i feel like i dont have the energy to do anything. It comes in waves and i feel nauseous. When i start to calm my mind is reassured its this anxiety but while the waves hit i feel like its sometging more
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      'all I can say is that I understand  A few things that help are gratefulness.  Write down 30 things  essential oils, yoga. deep breathing, laughing and focus on doing something to meet your needs and someone else.  I know that isn't a total cure but it helps

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      I'm 64 , Quit smoking, quit drinking alcohol and Dr took me off zoloft after 10 years. Be off of these for 3 months. Have tingling, numby feel, nausea, a warm feeling coming over me and makes me feel like I am going to pass out. Having thyroid trouble now too. Has any one experience these side effect with drawls symptoms . Never a day goes by that I don't get this. Used to be pretty spunky lol. Wish I could get back to my old self. Just miserable

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      Dianna,

      I have been weaning 2 meds since March 2017. I have been off Trazodone for the last month, and I have the tinniest bit of Klonopin left.  I am actually ready to just finish that crap too.

      Withdrawals have been a nightmare.  Everyone looks at you like your look fine but inside you are not fine.  I went through all of the same things you went through.

      Did you experience waves and winodow?  I found it helpful to write down ech day when the waves or windows start and finish, and what withdrawals I was feeling at the time of a wave.   Trying to see a pattern to it.  When you have a window you think everything is just fine and you feel good, but also knowing that a wave is coming.

      I started taking magnesium  glucinate about 3 weeks ago. I started noticing a difference in how I felt the next day.  I felt less jittery and less anxious. My sleep was way better too.   I am only taking 200 mg which is low dose. and I am taking the glycinate type because it is the easiest on your stomach and bowels.  With these withdrawals, I have had huge stomach issues with awful gas  bloating. burping and palps.   

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    Hi there was reading your story it's horrible the thing you have to go through. I myself suffer the same things I have constant chest pain tingling in my throat and body head fog etc 24/7 for 8 months now I also have health conditions ie had heart attack, Crohn's disease, type 2 diabetes I find I'm forever at my gp's are er been on so many meds physical anxiety sucks I'm starting to get more anxious at be anxious keep getting told to stay strong so on so on it hard too when your drained and tired all the time I hope your coping with it and find a answer that help you.

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    I just started having sevear anxiety for one month now it is taking over my life i was in a car accident when it started and now i am on 0.5 MG of Larazepam every 6 hours I still feel so nervous every day all day the thought of leaving the house makes it so bad 
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    I know this is an old post but I literally feel defeated because of my anxiety I don't know what to do, my chest is always hurting I am losing weight I feel soooooo weak and fed up to do any work all I can think about is if I'm gonna survive, I get weird face sensations and horrible back pain it's so painful I can't do anything but cry.

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      Hi there,

      I have been having everything that you do, and it has been 18 months

      The worst is the faical pressure, plugged ear that meakes my balance really bad. Seeing neuro tomorrow but not very optimistic

      I also have such lower back pain that effects my feet that go numb. I have been on 2 medications but am slowly weaning off to be able to have a cardia abaltion.  I have never ecperiences so many physical symptoms that are to numerous to mention. Just sucks

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      I know how your feeling, I've suffered with anxiety since 2013.thoight I'd cured it and came off meds but it came back about a month ago, so back on the meds. I've tried everything to help cure it some days are better than others. My biggest problem is my stomach and ibs which goes with anxiety so I have to be carfull what I eat. Any stress at the moment I can't handle. Hopefully be OK in a few days....

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