Should I be on medicine??

[valanx]

Hi guys,

So from my last posts I shared that I'm new to this whole anxiety thing. The treatment that I'm getting is I'm seeing a psychotherapist that specializes in anxiety treatment. She believes that I shouldn't be on medicine and that I should only use my own internal sources to help ease my anxiety. However, even when I don't even feel much anxiety and I'm not really worrying about anything I still have the physical symptoms. For example, my chest has felt tight ever since I had a panic attack a week ago and I still feel like I can't breathe or like i'm not getting enough oxygen when I breathe.. is this normal to feel the physical symptoms for so long? Do I need to see a doctor or get on medicine?

[Jenmomof3]

I used to take medicine a long time ago. It did help, but then I started worrying about what the meds were doing to me and can i take other meds I need with them and it all just made me anxious. I truly deel like learning to deal with it without medicine is the best way! That way you're not depending on meds to feel good. I habe found that physical anxiety symptoms cam last week's. I think it's because they are scary to us and uncomfortable, so we are thinking about it even when we think we're not. It's the mind playing tricks on us.