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Yadeed
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Does anyone feel spaced out and just numb from Anxiety. It's a weird feeling to try and describe but just don't feel right. It's like the mind has shut off. I find myself trying to remember what I did yesterday to snap myself out of it but it's tough so it's like I am getting dementia. It seems to go away when I don't think about it but as we all know that's very hard to do. It scares me so much because I think it has to be something else then anxiety and depression. It's like I have lived the past two weeks in a dream like state. I have been on Cit for 3 weeks now so hopefully this will go away sometime. I am worried it never will. sad

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  • charles31895
    charles31895 Yadeed

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    I have experienced this for 18 months myself.

    It all started when i felt unwell sick and dizzy which at the time i thinl i just did have a bug but i went to A & E and the doctor did a few checks and said i was tachycardic and that he wanted to give me antibiotics etc.

    This word tachycardic stuck in my head and i started to check my heart rate regular i started to not want to do to much exercise worrying somethings wrong with my heart. I played less sport. Previously at 34 still playing football 5 times a week. I started gettin chest pains an being constantly aware of my heart beating and pulse. When i get angry or worked up now i feel my heart start beating an the blood pump around my body. I hear it pumpin in my ears. At night i feel it pumping while i lay on the bed. I dont like taking my shirt off as it makes me feel my chest more when i breath. If i do try to push myself to do exercise an play football now i almost feel like ive got tunnel vision my focus just feels wonky and blury. I am forever getting real pains in my chest and think ive damaged some muscle on the left side which makes me even more paranoid im going to have a heart attack.

    After months of panic attacks an trips to a & e i was sent to a specialist and after 6 months of therapy ive learnt to accept the panic attacks and deal with them but i do still have them. For a long time if i was left on my own i would panic incase i die and nobody is there to help me but ive learnt to be on my own again now and im ok with it.

    After chest pains for a year i demanded my doctor send me to a heart specialist as it was destroying my life even after theraphy. He agreed and sent me they put me on 24hour heart rate monitor and blood pressure monitor. They then did ecographia both came back normal. They are going to ct scan my heart next money and the specialist has said hes doing so to try to clear my mind as he believes im a fit healthy 35 year old and its my stress and anxiety manifesting itself inside me causing all this.

    Im back playing football 3 times a week. I deal with the panic if it comes. I still feel bit out of it sometimes when im playing sport. I dont check my pulse or heart rate but im aware of it sometimes during sport. I can take my shirt off now without worrying too much or feeling tight.

    I refused meds as i want to get thru this all and come out stronger and wiser. In all the months ive felt totally helpless and destroyed at times and i really do not think there is the help out there for people suffering from this kind of problems in life. I feel for anyone going through it all. My only advice is stay strong and keep telling yourself one day you will beat it and in time you can. But its just gonna take time as hopeless as it sometimes feels.

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    • rebecca76002
      rebecca76002 charles31895

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      Hi I am feeling this to currently. I've tried mediations but they just seem to make things worse. I'm currently trying to get through this myself without medication. Is there anything you can suggest to help with the detachment feelings. When I feel myself I plan all these ways I will cope with it. But when it comes on like a wave I loose track of what to do.

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    • charles31895
      charles31895 rebecca76002

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      I try to remember what all the many professional people have told me. I remember the words of the doctor saying he feels it is anxiety. I also try to concentrate on something that means something to me. Play with my children and look at them without a care in the world. I also remember i was alive for 35 years and 34 of them i did not ever have this so im sure as quickly as it came on i can get it to go again. It will go dont feel your going mad as i have at times your not alone. Many people are going through these things. Normal everyday people like us it effects so many. If you feel hopeless at times just drop us a message on here im sure i can relate to what your going through which might help
  • freddie1989
    freddie1989 Yadeed

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    Do all of you with these scary and annoying feelings get heart palpitations or you dont ? Cause i dont get the heart palpitations. When i first started getting anxiety symptoms and panic attacks, than i got lot of heart palpitations, but after 6 years with anxiety and depression i dont get it anymore. I mostly fight with brain fog, hard to think, hard to speak, concentrate, even feel present sometimes. Also i it is like i am not happy as i used to be, and i get Extreme fatigue in my mind sometimes so i just need to go home and relax. Can someone relate to these things or am i the only one.
    • charles31895
      charles31895 freddie1989

      Posted

      Yes i get all of the above. But ive only had its a year an a few months. Are you on medication for it at all? Ive refused meds but they do help a lot of people. Everyone is different.
    • freddie1989
      freddie1989 charles31895

      Posted

      Okay than im not the only one 👻. Good that you only had it for that short time, hopefully it will end soon for us all. So you dont get heart palpitations ? Yes i take venlafaxin but only a low dose cause i dont want to be drugged on different kind of medications. Im considering to take some strong vitamins based pills i have ordered that help with several things, including brain fog and so on.

    • charles31895
      charles31895 freddie1989

      Posted

      Yes i get palpatations but learnt to relax when i do. The brain fog is very strange when i get it i feel like everythings a blur and i have tunnel vision find it so hard to concentrate on something but thats only eay i can get past it is by concentrating on 1 single thing.
    • Asrracing14
      Asrracing14 charles31895

      Posted

      It's super frustrating I have been out of it since October with the drunk brain fog feeling . Some days are a little better than others I notice night time driving is brutal nothing makes it go away . No heart palpitations though .

    • freddie1989
      freddie1989 charles31895

      Posted

      Always or sometimes just ? Well i feel ya. I even get floaters in my vision.
  • KG1
    KG1 Yadeed

    Posted

    I feel like this and its scaring the living day light out of me. I have been on my meds for such a long time so I know it's not that. I am finding it hard to communicate now as well. Been going through this since September last year and I can't cope with it anymore x

    • charles31895
      charles31895 KG1

      Posted

      If you feel like that with it go and tell the doctor what point you are at with it. You can continue to cope with it. Let the people around you friends or family know how you feel so they can give you some support
  • holly30589
    holly30589 Yadeed

    Posted

    I just read your posts because I am experiencing the same problems, please tell me how and if you got help.
    • Asrracing14
      Asrracing14 holly30589

      Posted

      Hi , so I had several tests done , blood , MRI all came back with no findings so I am still lost . It's very difficult at times and it seems as I have lost a bit of my cognitive thought process along with memory I feel as this will not get better as it's been since October .

    • holly30589
      holly30589 Asrracing14

      Posted

      are you on Citalophram? or do you have anxiety/depression? What we are experiencing are all side effects of that medication. I feel like i am in a dream state almost...like brain fog. and i get very tired at times with a slight sicky feel
    • Asrracing14
      Asrracing14 holly30589

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      No I am not on anything my symptoms just came on one day and havnt gone away kinda like a drunk buzzed feeling being out of it very dreamy state
    • holly30589
      holly30589 Asrracing14

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      I have done alot of reading on anxiety as I suffer from it big time. It started as a breathing problem where I felt like I wasnt getting enough air. Then, it escaladed into waking up at night up to 17 times a night startled and out of breath. I had a lung capacity test with a bronchial test, blood test, endocsopy (to rule out a hernia blocking my lower airway), EKG..... everything came back perfect. When the body under goes alot of stress/anxiety it will expell it physically- it must leave the body somehow. This is the point in which I was put on medication. It was working just fine but now I am experiencing the same problems that you are. It may be side effetcs from the meds BUT it also may be my body expelling the anxiety physically because my dosage is so low (10 mg). Stress and anxiety is known for giving people the symptoms we both are having. Brain fog is a big one.....I am going to see my doctor tomorrow about this, you really should go see yours. I have been working out everyday for 1 hour and using the steam room at the gym also- STEAM ROOMS AND SAUNAS ARE GREAT FOR ANY FORM OF STRESS. And, exercise is the best thing you can do...when you sweat, the brain releases melatonin, serotonin, and other endorphines that repair damage from stress. When i go see my doctor tomorrow, I plan on removing myself from these medications- adding chemicals to the brain just isnt natural. i think these doctors need to push exercise more instead of throwing pills around. You really should start working out and see how you feel. AND absolutely see your doctor. Your symptoms may not have anything to do with what I am telling you.   
    • holly30589
      holly30589 Asrracing14

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      Yes- I WAS on citalophram but I have removed myself. I also stopped going to a counsler. The dreamy state is exactly how I explain this feeling to people as well. I have just been living with it. It IS anxiety. Once you live with it and realize that it isnt going to hurt you, it will begin to subside. I dont have it as often as i did when i thought I had a serious problem. Do you have something or someone that is really hindering your happiness? I have come to realize that alot of these symptoms were going on when I had a big issue in my life. It is gone now and I rarely have problems with that feeling
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