Anexity physical symptoms!!!

[John1995]

Do anyone experience heart palpitations?!

I have anexity and I got my first panic attack about a year ago, after the first attack, I almost feeling dizzy, unbalance, weakness body, soft knees, chest pain, suddenly worry, scared of die, worry myself will pass out on the street, muscle shake, suddenly body feel tired. Are anyone out there same as me everyday having different type of anexity physical symptoms ?

[Drdabbss]

Hello John, first I just want to tell you that you aren't alone and your life is not in danger!

Hope to reassure you and prevent more worry;

I myself I have very bad dizziness, my heart sometimes feels like its going to beat out of my chest, I get numbness and tingling in random areas of my body and the weak knees and overall just exhaustion and nausea.

Lots of friends here will express the exact same symptoms you are experiencing linked to anxiety, panic, worry and stress. Its crazy what our brains can do to try and "protect us" when we have this panic and confusion.

Try to let go of associating these symptoms and feelings to the worst things possible.

I found seeing a doctor to address my worry about my heart and other issues to help relieve some of my worry but its very hard to let it go.

Next time you start to feel these symptoms try to remember - everything is ok, I have experienced this before and nothing life threatening happened, my body and mind are confused and interpreting what is happening incorrectly. Then try to get focused on something, anything - music/youtube/movies, tv/games anything that can distract you until you realize wow it only comes back when I focus too hard on it.

I hope this helps, I am always here to chat - next time you have a panic attack or these feelings send me a message and we can work through it together.

Have a wonderful day and feel better!!

[John1995 in reply to Drdabbss]

Thank you so much for the long msg, I'm appreciate it for much for the support. Sometime I just don’t feeling stress at all but all the physical symptoms still there that make me scared of doing weight training.

[Hidden]

I used to get heart palpitations really badly until I found out my blood pressure was something like 230/180 and went on BP medication. I have had two minor anxiety attacks since I started training for a marathon. As a child, the doctors said I had asthma but I'm almost convinced they were panic attacks.

Deep breathing and guided meditation seem to help me a lot and I just wanted to say you aren't alone brother. Hope things become more manageable for you. I can relate.

[John1995 in reply to Hidden]

That’s really high blood pressure, have you experience suddenly drop low blood pressure as well

[Hidden in reply to John1995]

Not that I know of. I decided to get off the medication once it stablized and it jumped up to 155/90ish till this past year when I started running and I lost about 60 lbs. I'm going back on BP meds soon though since it's still a little high and I need to start taking better care of myself.

[adeo888]

I ended up diagnosing myself as a major depressive with anxiety and panic. It had gotten so bad for me that I had many of the symptoms you mention. I saw doctors but none of them were able to get our of their own head and look at my bigger picture. They kept looking at each symptom I had, they did tests to rule their suspicions and either just left it or gave me a referral to another specialist. I had EKGs for my heart and chest pain, tests for my dizziness. My endocrinologist was convinced I just didn't know how to treat my diabetes so I was sent to a 1 week outpatient training for diabetes. I read the notes from a doctor I saw for this his notes ended with "Patient seems very anxious". Had any of them asked me what I know now are very basic questions that I think doctors and nurses ask, I think I could have avoided an amazing amount of pain and suffering. It was agony. I finally found a GP that was interested in me as a whole. I discussed everything that was going on with him and I told him what I thought it might be. Once I had finished telling him he already had a pen and was writing a prescription for me. Finally some one was able to help me with medications and therapy. My main point, if it helps you, is that I was finally able to recognize what was going on and I could tell myself in the middle of that mental hell ... this has a name, I am not alone, I'm not insane, and I'm not going to die. The symptoms are physical manifestations of the bigger problem ... Anxiety and depression. Naming it and knowing that so many of us have these same issues ... it gives me hope and comfort. It still can suck when I experience issues but let me just tell you from all this, you're not insane, you're not making it up, you're not alone, you're not dying, its physically exhausting, and if people were really honest and open, I think you would find that a lot of the people you see on a daily basis have some of the same problems.

[John1995 in reply to adeo888]

Thank you so much sharing your experience to me and everyone here, I’m appreciate it a lot. I’m try to eat well, sleep well and meditation.