Health anxiety. Need coping methods

[Feretlover12]

Last week I had a full blown panic attack from stress of college(my second year) and looking up heart attack symptoms that past week. I thought I was having a heart attack but everything came back fine. So all this week I’ve been panicking and getting my stress levels out of control because of every little change in my body(plus my brain making me feel things) sometimes I just pace outside my moms room but she ignores what I say because she knows it’s anxiety. I feel like if I were to need help at night from a health problem no one would be there so now I can’t sleep at night as well. I started eating better and doing a little exercise and listening to meditation, but it did little. Til I went to the emergency room again. My blood pressure was 166/98 and they realized it was because of my constant panic all week. So after I felt safe because I was around medical staff and given an anxiety pill my heart rate went down to 122/85. I felt happy and normal like before. They ran every test possible and were nice to me. They said everything was fine except I had a low blood count (from most likely heavy period). So he told me he wasn’t going to assign medication because I was too young and could get addicted and that I should meditate and see a counselor or do ted talks. So I got home that night and felt perfect and happy then I even got the best sleep. But then that morning I realized it wasn’t me but the medicine. I wasn’t anxious about health problems anymore but I was still depressed and etc. I finally talked to myself and meditated and lifted myself up and danced. So then I felt normal and i was happy I got myself back to normal without medication. But... then night came (my worse time for anxiety) and I couldn’t sleep. I tried everything. The problem is when I lay on my stomach my chest hearts when I lay on my back my chest hurts when I lay on my side my chest hurts. I don’t know if it’s from my breasts or if it’s my chest wall with a muscle strain idk. But my left side always hurts when I lay down and try to sleep. When I sit up from panicking then I feel fine in that area but when I lay back down in any position it starts again. So I panicked thinking I was having a heart attack even though the doctor told me I had literally no risk. My neck started to be in pain on the right side. My left shoulder started to hurt and my chest. So I tried to calm down with meditation but it wasn’t working. So went to my mom room she’s mad I woke her up and she tells me to take her anxiety pill. But I didn’t want to because I don’t know what in this world I’m allergic to and it was not the type pill the doctors at the hospital gave me. So I didn’t take it (even though plenty of times it was tempting). I had to ride out the night til I finally fell asleep at 6:24 and got woken up this morning at 9:30. I just don’t know what to do. I’m going to try to convince my mom to take me to a counselor or a doctor so that I can get back on track. But main problem is insufficient funds.🤦‍♀️ Please anyone with ideas or coping methods or personal similar experiences that they conquered. I just want to go back to normal like how I was last week and the rest of my life before.

[fauxartist]

I found this site quite helpful: nomorepanic.co.uk/articles/...

[Rilo7268]

does your school have a student counseling center or a student health center?

[Sweetpea446]

I’m so sorry your going through this! I can assure you your chest pain and heart racing, breathing etc. will not harm you! I HIGHLY recommend you listen to DARE on audible. It talks about everything your feeling/thoughts and helps you truly get over it. It’s helped me a lot! Just know that what your going through is super common and your not in any real danger. Your body can give you the craziest of sensations but you will get past this!