Horrendous stomach pains

[Sunflower85]

Hi everyone I'm a newbie on here and it's taken me a while to post as feel like I have so many issues I don't know where to begin. I suffer from depression anxiety and high blood pressure. I have been having chest and arm pains and racing heart on and off and from reading other people's posts I think it must be anxiety or panic attacks? I also have random horrendous stomach pains that come on suddenly where I have to run to the toilet. The pain is sometimes so unbearable that I am also sick. I have no other symptoms apart from sometines dripping with sweat and sometimes feel light headed and like I am struggling to breathe. It feels like it's going on for hours but it's literally 10minutes or so. But bad enough that I honestly believe that I am going to die. I try and breathe through the pain until it passes. I can describe the pain as labour pains when you are pregnant. Does this sound like anxiety or a panic attack? I have a Dr's appointment this morning which I am nervous about as I live in spain and need to take a translator and I've just had these stomach pains again. 😢

[Stilltrying_]

It could be either Sunflower though definately get it checked out. It's really good that you are seeing the doctor today. x

[Dogmom55]

I have had these same things but I always recommend going to the Dr to rule anything else out. Once you can rule out anything medical sometimes it helps then because you can tell yourself it is just anxiety and you can push through it. Hope the Dr gives you some answers! I am always here to talk to if you need!

[Sunflower85 in reply to Dogmom55]

She said that it is anxiety and has changed my medication and also increased my antidepressant dosage. I also told her some of the other things I was experiencing (sweating excessively, arm and chest pain and a flare up of eczema on one foot) she said they were all down to anxiety. I have to go back in a couple of weeks for a review. Fingers crossed that these new meds will work!

[Dogmom55 in reply to Sunflower85]

I'm glad that it was not anything physically worse but sad that your dealing with it. I understand how draining the physical symptoms of anxiety are! Hope that the meds and knowing it's anxiety based helps alot!!!!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[Sunflower85 in reply to Dogmom55]

It does! At least I know that I'm not really going to die, although it feels like it at the time and feels like it's going on for hours...... just got to work on how to deal with them. Sometimes breathing slowly and telling myself to try and relax and that it will be over soon works, but sometimes that eases it and I think it's over and then it comes on full force again. I need to figure out some other techniques that will work for me! Sorry to hear you are going through the same thing 😦