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rhianna45855
rhianna45855

Okay  any major anxiety sufferers please read this.. i need help.. im driving myself crazy!

I've always had anxiety on and off as I've been on Fluoxitine 40mg for the past four years and that really has controlled it.  However the past 3 weeks my life has been hell. I'm not sure whats going on but basically my fiance of 3 and a half years broke up with me 5 months ago and I suppose i never really delt with it, i just brushed it off, my mum also suffers from anxiety and over christmas she was CONVINCED she had breast cancer.. I was her only support and as my dad has seen it for so many years he got fed up and said hed had enough.. I was so worried they were going to break up.

My first question is.. despite being on a fairly high dose of prozac could certaain things in your life trigger a kind of breakthrough depression?

Anyway going back to 3 weeks ago i was sitting in my boyfreidns car and i had this shooting pan in my head followed by my entire body going completely weak/numb/tingly,  was confused, CONVINCED it was my last night.. I thought I KNEW IT. that feeling petrified me and since then iv been so scared of experiencing it again.

The past 3 weeks since that moment iv been worried iv got a brain tumour and pancreatic cancer... or any form of cancer to be quite honest.

My biggest fear is fainting in public, my limbs going weak and not being able to move them, just falling to the ground and not being able to control it.. basically i fear not being in control of my own body.. and the night i had the "panic attack" i DID NOT feel in control anymore sad

So recently i been getting these shooting pains everywhere, but mainly in my right arm.. theyre followed by this out of control, numb, weak, tingling, dead, strange, hard to explain feeling which makes me feel like im ganna pass out... i dont know if its the shooting pains then my anxiety kicking in which makes me feel like im going weak?

anyway... has anyone else ever experienced these types of weird pains and sensations? they arent like anything iv ever experienced and CAN anxiety really make you feel these pains????

ive been docs 3 TIMES in 2 weeks... she laughed art me last tme but i just think..say if everyone thinks its just me being silly becos i have anxiety but i actuall am ill!!!

also.. theyve upped my meds to 60mg 7 days ago... feel worse .. but i know you get worse before you get better.

any advice?

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  • kathy1952
    kathy1952 rhianna45855

    Posted

    Hi rhianna! I almost did not reapond because I so not know that drug. But I read your post and realized the drug was not your issue. First of all, my Mom has this disprder too. It was gorrible growing up with it and seeing how it takes your life. My fathernever left but he was fes up and there was n support for her . We were yung and did not understand that she could not help it and until the lat few years, practically hated her for ruining our fathers life.. That was before I started having  the health anxiety myself. And realize how she had suffered. Still to this day, and she is now 84, my father has passed but she is still here. But every Sunday when we go to see her, even through her dentia, she tells us that she will not be here when we come baxk because someting terrible is weong with her. I treat her so much dofferently  now. I show her as much love as I possibly can and share with her that "we" are ok. And that it's our brain playing tricks on us. I actually can get a smile. I tell you all of this so that you can see thatyour strss lately is absolutely causing your problems. If they were real....you wouldn't even need to ask because you would know. Truely....you would. I can not begin to tell tou how many trips to the hospital my mother has made over the uears. It started in her 40s her chart at one hospital is the number one of all patients for hospital visits. She has had as many as 13 major exploratory surgeries because docs didn't use to have the tests that they have today. She would not rest until they cut her open and told her she was ok. It stole her whole life. We can not allow that. We have to fight it, face it, believe the power of it, and conquer it. Our thoughts are controlling all of these aches and pains. Our bodies will tell us when it is time to worry. NOT our brain. I struggle too. Every day. But I can not let my mother have lost her. Life for nothing. She is my guide to recovery. I gooe somehong I have said will help you today. I know how horrible you feel but you are ok. Your doctors told tou that you are and they are telling you the truth. Kathy
    • rhianna45855
      rhianna45855 kathy1952

      Posted

      Hello Katy! Thank you for your response! I really feel for her because although she may have never suffered from all the physical illnesses she was concerned about.. She has always suffered from another evil one... Health anxiety! People struggle to understand that in itself is an illness! It makes me feel better knowing other people are going through the same thing but I also wouldn't wish this on my worse enemy! I feel like I KNOW I'm dying and this sense of doom washes over me every now and then! sad those pains I'm getting are out of the ordinary too rolleyes it's strange! Why does this have to control our life's sad xxx
  • debi62095
    debi62095 rhianna45855

    Posted

    hi, well i have these anxiety attacks, i have had a left sided head niggling pain  for 2 days driving me crazy, but i ve had them on and off all my life im 52 so rest assured yours are sounding too like anxiety, or i would be dead by now if anything serious, its very hard to sort but i can say a relax programme and exercise helps, and to change what you can in yr life may help  I dont take any meds because i personally dont think they help me one bit but everyne if is different,bes of luck

     

    • rhianna45855
      rhianna45855 debi62095

      Posted

      Are the pains like different to any others you've ever experienced?!?! Yeah iv been referred to a councillor so hopefully that should help!! My dad said that excessive really helps so I'm thinking of joining the gym smile thanks for your feedback cxxx
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 rhianna45855

    Posted

    Hang in there. A bit surprised they upped the meds so much. You are dealing with so much stress and under any curcumstances that would cause anxiety. I have come to realization that during stress and anxiety any pain can occur anywhere. Shooting oains, tingling, anything at all and because of the stress level you are very aware od disconfort so it tends to be scary.  The whole panic attack realm is horrible and i dont believe many people understand what it feels like.  You should search mindful breathing cause it saved me over the past few weeks. And in terms of fainting i have a few times and its not fun but it can happen if you do not properly breathe. One doc told me i would have been a swooner back in the day. I have learned the breathing now and i do love it. My friend had told me about it a few months back but i didnt listen. I think you deserve a huge hug because you are dealing with a lot of stress and dont be so hard on yourself. 
    • rhianna45855
      rhianna45855 lisalisa67

      Posted

      It's so lovely when people say things like what you've just said because when you're sat there all day worrying you don't feel brave at all! But you saying you think it's stress etc helps a lot! I just don't want to die! I've met someone now and he's incredible and really supports me and I spose I'm pressuring myself to get better just becos I don't want him to leave even tho I know he's a good bloke and will support me! I hate this anxiety thing! Only time I feel normal is when I gave a drink xxx
    • danny198658
      danny198658 rhianna45855

      Posted

      Hey I've had anxiety for about 10yrs now and I get chest pains and in my arms and head and at 1st I thought maybe it was something more serious but it is one of the more common symptoms of anxiety I ended up having chest xrays and ct scans and allsorts before it was diagnosed but it was the pains I was getting that actually led to.it been diagnosed and I know it's difficult not to worry about it I still do sometimes but I know it's my anxiety now so it's not as bad
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