How does anxiety make you feel?

Hi there like you i have been on sertraline for sometime(about 10 months)and i feel like this medication has lifted the dark cloud that i had been carring around with me for a long time.After about 6 months on sert i too started to have symptoms return and had to up my dose slightly.I was starting to feel like everything was just getting a bit much for me and i like you started to worry which just feeds the cycle especially as you just never want to be in that awful place ever again.Like any illness i think you have to accept that sometime you are going to have bad days and when you start to feel a bit shitty thnik about how far you have come.I find when i get up in the morning it takes me an extra 15 mins to get myself together now.As to the symptom of aniexty i think they are different for everyone ,i would start to feel really hot ,feel like i couldnt breath by this time my heart would be poundin and i would be sure i was goin to have a heart attack,my body ached ,id get pins and needles in my hands and pains up my arm to me comferming that i was havin a heart attack ,that was until id would get numbness in my head and face then of course i was convinced it was a stroke not a heart attack,the mind can play some very weird tricks on you and of course i never had any of these things.I hope this has helped and im sure you just had an off day ,we all have them and just remember youare not alone.Patty.

hi melissa know wha tu mean about the anxiety attacks. Ive suffered from them a lot, even beforre i went on sertraline. i get all panicky and my heart races i have to take deep breaths and sit down. I used to suffer from anxiety a lot when i was on a high last summer. But kinda always have done, get so panicky about tests and things!

Been depressed now for a while, one of those people whos either on a high, overly happy and kps busy or on a low and doesnt want to leave the sofa with my duvet and tv! Trying to learnhow to be on a happy medium, n level out!

Since been depressed, get all panicky before i leave the house when im trying to decide what to wear!! Had a couple of anxiety attacks just from not thinking i loook nice or not having ne clothes to wear!

Been on sertraline two weeks nearly, been low still but heard it doesnt kick in till 2-4weeks and gradually! but had some nights where started feeling myself.

Yesterday morning, before an exam at work, was getting really panicky, was outside having a cigarette, and was thinking about how i was guna fail it, ended up winding self up n towards the end of my cigarette, i was so anxious my heart was racing, head was spinning, was putting cigarette out and felt like falling to the ground! managed to get self inside n sat down on sofa, felt sick, dizzy n didnt know what to do! managed to get some water n calm self down, but thought should i ring or txt my mum to ring me in 10mins after id had a shower coz felt so dizzy! Ended up been fine but theyre awful!!

Hope ure ok and this helps a bit

I have never had an anxiety attack as such, but on my bad days, i find that i cant stand to be around ppl, but when they dont want to be around me, i end up feelin like im bein sucked into a whirl pool, with all these thoughts rushin thru my head, that nobody cares bout me, that i cause everybody problems, and that they have every right not to like me cuz im a horrible person, and i cant ghet to sleep for the voices in my head, and if i do fall asleep, im lucky if i end up gettin 3 hours, so i wake up in a vile mood...

I have exactly the same feeling of not wanting to be around people at all then feel rejected and feel that i am a horrible person. I got given sertraline 3 weeks ago and haven't brung myself to take them yet, i'm too scared after reading some of the posts here.

Ice,

I would start taking them, they give these to children, so start with half a 50mg for a few days then increase to 50mg.

These are good, and side effects are not bad, just yawning alot. I have been on them 6 months and I still take them. Dont even know I take them now, but I feel better.

i have been on them for a month now, and i feel so much better. i'd advise them to anyone with anxiety depression

Thanks for the advice. I guess i won't know if they are right for me or helpful unless i take them. I have decided to half them 25mg to start, i'm going to do it.