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Hello everyone,
I'm a 20 year old college student thats struggled with panic disorder my entire life. I had become pretty accustomed to panic attacks because I’ve been dealing with them for so long. However, right before Christmas, around the 19th/20th of December, my symptoms that’s I normally equated with a panic attack worsened. I consistently felt weak and fatigued, I was always short of breath, and there was a constant pressure on my chest. I got pains in my left arm and my neck. The terror that came with these symptoms was even worse. When a fit of what I assumed was panic set it, I would cry constantly out of fear, scream, yell for someone to call 911, beg someone to take me to a hospital, I felt lightheaded and dizzy (only once did I ever actually fall over from being dizzy). Eventually, the panic would subside, but the physical symptoms stayed behind. The bouts of terror came one after the other. Before I knew it, I wasn’t sleeping anymore out of fear that I wasn’t going to wake up again. I wasn’t eating. I only ever got out of bed to use the bathroom. I ended up going to the hospital 2 days after Christmas. They ran an EKG, did a heart x-ray, tested my thyroid, did “a whole work up” as the doctor said. Everything came back fine. They said I was as healthy as a 20 year old should be. For a few days after I left the hospital, though I still had some of the physical symptoms, I otherwise felt fine. Then everything came back. And now, I’m fighting the urge to go to the hospital again. The only way I can explain the feeling is absolute terror. I start to get chills up my spine and my arms, I feel lightheaded, almost to the point where I feel that I have to fight my eyes from rolling back into my head. I feel fatigued, like I want to go to sleep, but I know the panic won’t let me. All I want to do is scream, it feels as though any second, my heart is going to stop beating. Like I can sense that it’s going to stop working, and I’m going to die. I try to tell myself that the doctors tested me (several times in the past, too) and have never told me that I wasn’t completely healthy. My biggest fear is that they missed something, or did not take my symptoms seriously. I’m missing out on so much of my life because of this. I don’t know what else to do. I am completely miserable, exhausted, and am at the end of my rope. If anyone has ever dealt with this, or has any words of advice, please, let me know. Thank you so much, all.
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lisa17089 17magoins
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Hi
I'm so sorry to hear you are having such a hard time. I also suffer from health anxiety and it is hell. I can relate to some of what you are going through, the fatigue the weakness, pains down my arm and shortness of breath I also sometimes feel dizzy to the point 1 time I staggered and nearly passed out. I only didn't because people were there to catch me. I have constant aches and pains throughout my body and tons of digestive issues to the point I have thought I had stomach or pancreatic cancer. I also have twitches throughout my body which is the scariest as I am really worried I have a neurological illness. I too have sent myself to hospital and been to doctors more times than I can tell you, I have had scans x rays ecg loads of blood work etc etc. Like you they tell me nothing is wrong, but I think how can I have all these symptoms???? All I know is anxiety can cause tons of physical symptoms and plays havoc with your body aswell as your mind. Please try and take comfort from the what the doctors have said, it sounds to me you have severe anxiety. Try and get help for that and hopefully you will see an improvement on your physical symptoms. I really hope you start to feel better soon. Take care xxx
david72166 lisa17089
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it is horrible to suffer from anxiety, especially about health. It has taken me a long while, with the help of both medication and visits to a psychologist. but I have managed to stop "catastrophising" about my symptoms. I NEVER consult Doctor Google and I have learned to trust my doctor.
crystal24820 david72166
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what medicine you taking cause i cant zoloft because it makes me real shaky im scared to take meds too. i see a therapist but i dont think its helping me any.
crystal24820 17magoins
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i too have severe health anxiety im always thinking something is gonna happend to me ive been like this since my dad died of lung cancer he died infront of me i was so scared then alot of friends and family members were getting strokes and dying from cancers or heartattacks so every little pain i get i feel like something is wrong with me i keep going to doctors and hopsital and always get sent home saying its anxiety. they give me pills but it seems to give me more anxiety and my blood pressure keeps going up . so im always checking my blood pressure . now i having severe pain in my esophagus that i cant drink or eat anything its scaring me to death i just went to the hospital the other day cause i woke up feeling really clammy all over my body it felt so off i also have pain in my left rib cage down my left arm and chest. so im scared to go to hospital again just to tell me nothing is wrong again this time.
seshkalyan 17magoins
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Hai everyone,
I m 22 male and i was suffering with cardiac anxiety form the past two years and i use to take propranolol 10 mg daily. what i have heard that running and doing exercise daily helps to calm down and and bring wonderful changes . But i m scared of having heart attack during running or doing exercise . Because of this i avoided walking and running and all possible heavy physical works these two years and has been too lazy.
Now i strictly want to change my self .
Can any one kindly please help me how to start running and exercise . Is there any fatal consequences that if i suddenly start running and exercise. Because i want to change my life and stay happy like every one around me
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