I’m learning a lot more about anxiety each and every day. I do know that your body being tense is from the anxiety and just because it’s the next day or your anxiety attack is over with doesn’t mean that all of the symptoms go away 100%. Last night, I was laying down and I started to get shaky. I could not stop shaking. I tried not to focus on it and it went away for a little bit and then came back. Once it came back, my head was killing me as well. My head started to hurt on only the right side and my temple too. I started to notice jaw pain (which I’ve noticed I tend to clench my jaw a lot) so I tried to just shake it off. Then, I started to get double vision and my eyes were hurting. I’ve heard that anxiety can cause vision changes so I told myself that it was just the anxiety. My chest was hurting so bad and my back has been in so much pain. My mom told me that I might’ve pulled a muscle or something, but having the back pain and the weird headache is a new symptom for me which freaked me out to think something more sinister was going on. It’s been 2 months since I’ve been to the ER. I really have a hard time believing that at 19 years old my body has given me a reason to head back to the ER to be diagnosed with something serious. I know this sounds so stupid, but the headache, blurred vision/double vision, and the weird headache really scared me. I think maybe I should go back to the ER, but I’ve already been 3 times since July and I just feel like at this point I’m making a fool out of myself as well as putting myself even more in debt since I don’t have any health insurance. I woke up this morning still feeling about the same. I would wake up shaking and as soon as I opened my eyes even with still being half asleep, I was thinking all of these negative thoughts. “What if it’s something serious and I brush it off because of my anxiety. What if I die? Should I go to the ER? Why am I feeling this way?” I just don’t know what to do at this point 
my fiancé has a day off in two days and we will be most likely going somewhere to try and get some help for me, so I’ve been trying to push myself to keep going. I feel my heart start racing and then I feel like my pulse is weak. I’ve also been scared because my father has been diagnosed with a heart murmur so now I’m scared maybe I have heart problems. I even asked the doctor the last time I went to the ER if it was common for 19 year olds to come in and complain about chest pain and they said usually when that happens it’s anxiety related. I should believe the doctors because they know more than I ever will about health, but I get so scared that they might overlook something or that maybe I’m this rare case. When I type it out, it sounds so stupid. I just feel like it’s so rare to develop something serious in the span of 2 months, but maybe it’s not that uncommon at all. I’m at a loss right now and I’m not sure what to do Oh yeah and another thing I’ve been noticing that’s been consistent. My stomach has felt so weird. I’m not sure how to explain it. For the last few days ive been so nauseous. It’s like a feeling of wanting to puke but also not strong enough to puke if that makes sense. It’s just been constant. It’s been weird because I’ll be hungry and I’ll eat something, but I can’t eat that much at all. I feel hungry, but then once I go to eat anything I just don’t want it. My stomach has also been feeling very tight and tense so maybe that’s why it feels so nauseous is because it’s just tense but I’m not sure. My stomach has never felt this way before and that says a lot because I’ve always had stomach issues like ulcers and just a sensitive stomach all around. It’s been that way since I was a kid, but all these new consistent symptoms are freaking me out. I can’t stop shaking 😭😭 I feel so helpless.
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Hi destinymichelle, the first thing you want to do is to put on the brakes with all those
negative thoughts swirling around your mind. Each time we give those lies we're told
some focus, it does nothing but bring on even more physical symptoms. Anxiety can be
persistent if we even give it a "what if". What if is telling anxiety that they have us on
the hook and are ready to reel us in.
Let's change this around to what if you were to take control of those anxious thoughts.
You started to tell yourself what each symptom was caused from, but anxiety felt your
hesitation so decided to send you something you hadn't experienced before.
Do you see how it works? It literally laughs in our face. I went through this myself for
many years. The shaking, the butterflies, the crying from the moment I opened my eyes
in the morning. One day I had more than had enough of this nonsense. If anxiety wanted
to play this game with me, I was going to equip myself with methods/tools to overcome it.
Not fight it but beat it.
Using the Acceptance Method from Dr. Claire Weekes book (which is my mental bible)
is the first thing that you must believe in. Secondly, believe in yourself that you can and
will overcome this mental abuse by anxiety. Along with knowing that it could not harm
me as well as using meditation/breathing to calm my over sensitize nervous system, I was
able to kick anxiety to the curb. It takes daily practice to the point of being able to respond
positively w/o thinking twice. Your eyes open in the morning, you immediately start your
breathing using deep inhalations and more importantly long slow exhalations. That in itself
will reduce the high levels of adrenaline and cortisol in the morning.
Try this destinymichelle and know that in time you will be supporting others on this site by
saying, "I remember those days". 
xx
Your replies are always so helpful and reassuring... thank you so much ❤️ Anxiety has been giving me shakiness all day and it’s been freaking me out. I feel like I drank a ton of coffee or something! I can’t wait to be able to share advice and help others without going through it too. I can’t wait to say “I remember what that’s like.”
I know how your feeling and you will im having small skes too remember to sit in a quiet spot and concentrate on breathing slow deep breaths... Its scary I know myself from dealing with it but slow deep breaths 💗
Don't doubt it for a moment...all in time it will happen xx
Agora1, I love everything you said. You are such an inspiration. I started listening to Claire Weekes awhile ago on YouTube. And I got several books as well. It is such a struggle and I hope we can one day look back and say we overcame it and we can help others too. Be able to give our testimony to others.
Likeabadstorm, once you can truly start accepting that anxiety is nothing but a thought.
A thought that can grow with leaps and bounds if we allow it. The key is to stop it from
escalating. Accepting that it is not harmful is a start. Not fearing it. It's a matter of
retraining our subconscious mind in not sending up a "red flag" for every physical
symptom that may come along. xx
I responded and clicked reply but it just disappeared into thin air lol.
Just hard to understand how it can cause so many debliltiating neurological symptoms on top of all the other symptoms it can cause too. but I am trying hard.
Hi destinymichelle this ia Kann4 from ladt night but now it is kann2 how are you
I’m ok. Getting my butt kicked by anxiety. How are you?
Im feeling really depressed and have this awful frightning feeling im going to be alone for the rest of my life its sad but trying to find some hope to hold on to I love Christmas and im going to put up my 4ft tree at least for the spirit but im gonna need alot of support from here I hope there will be people here to help leading up and on eve of Christmas and Christmas that may be feeling the same.
Yes, this time of the year can be so joyful yet so depressing. Put up that beautiful tree! You will meet a lot of supportive people here and you are not alone. ❤️
Do you celebrate and do you have people supporting you
Yes, i do celebrate and I do have some people a supporting me the best that they can. I hope that you do too.
Hey Destinymichelle,
I feel exactly how you feel with how your thoughts go. We get stuck in the hamster wheel. My mother told me today I have to stop focusing on my symptoms and try to refocus, easier said than done. We both breakdown on the phone with all of this. My mother is not used to me ever being like this til a year ago. Anxiety and panic is hard to deal with and I am so thankful to have found this site by accident.
If you feel you need to get seen you have to do what is best for you. I have been contemplating going again and then feel that if I do they are going to do the same and send me home saying it's all because of an stoy and panic. But the pain and symptoms are very real.,but if you feel it will lessen your anxiety and worries you do what you need to do. And doctors do their best to diagnose and all and yes some things can be missed and this is where I constantly worry as well just like you. Like they are missing something and then add on they know we have anxiety and panic then they just go oh they have that and then don't take it seriously. But some still do and are very caring and will listen and try to rule things out vs dismissing you.
I hope all goes well and you feel better soon and try to get a hold of your thoughts. I try to do his by listening to positive affirmations when my Lil one goes to sleep. I will catch my mind wandering and then I will refocus, it takes practice for our distracted minds.
Anxiety is the worst. An panic....I never knew how bad it was til I got plagued with it a little over a year ago.
Thank you so much. ❤️ Going to the ER doesn’t really do much for me anymore. All it does it make me feel calm while I’m there and then once more anxious when I come home because I have even more questions.
Me too
I deal with similar symptoms and my definitely waits for the ball to drop of some kind of terminal disease or illness that is the true cause of my anxiety. What had helped me is medication and an amazing therapist. She’s taught me that my symptoms are real(not just in my head), but they do come from the anxiety. They shouldn’t be diminished in anyway but I don’t need to see a dr unless it gets extremely out of hand. I learned what my normal was and after a lot of self training now know that it’s nothing to worry about and I’m not dying(because that thought used to go into my head a lot). I wish you only success and good feelings in the future.
Thank you so much. It’s very hard, but I’m glad to hear that you’ve improved!
Hi destinymichelle,
I'm wondering what your nutrition is like. Especially when you say it's been difficult to eat. Nutrition plays a huge role in mental health. And the shakiness makes me wonder about your blood sugar. I used to have the same symptom when I was a teenager, eating a non-nutritious diet. Now, my nutrition is really important to me and the only time that I get shaky is when I haven't eaten. Every morning I eat oatmeal with a handful of dried fruit and a handful of nuts. The oats are a complex carb that slowly breakdown and give a steady release of sugars that the brain and body need for energy. The fruit is a simple carb that gives your brain and body more immediate sugar. And the nuts have protein and good fats that keep you feeling full longer. The fiber in the oats and nuts mediate the the release of sugar, so your blood sugar doesn't get too high. When your blood sugar gets too high, from eating simple carbs or too much sugar), then your body has an insulin response, which rushes all the sugar out of your blood and leaves you with low blood sugar. This is one of the major causes of low energy, moodiness, binge eating, feeling weak and shaky, unclear thinking, etc. That in itself can cause one to feel pretty anxious. So, maybe worth looking at your diet and improving your nutrition to eliminate preventable contributers to anxiety.
Someone told me that the shakiness was just part of me feeling anxious. I pretty much feel anxious 24/7 these last few weeks, so it wouldn’t surprise me. My body is on high alert 24/7 and I just don’t know. This symptom had just started. I just don’t really feel that hungry lately, but that also could be from the stress/anxiety/depression. I have been very down lately. This response kind of scared me LOL! Thank you for your advice though. I appreciate it ❤️ I don’t tend to eat things with much sugar at all. I’m worried about my blood sugar and maybe I should go to the ER that could definitely be why. I just don’t know anymore.
Hey dear!
First of all I want to tell you DON’T WORRY!
I am 21 and first time I got anxiety in form of panic attacks it was a few months after my 20 birthday.
You feel probably the same as me - shivering, feeling cold and warm, fast heart beating, pain in chest.. I also felt dizzy.. It was because of my fear from fail in exams. It got better after a week but then it came back after few months. It came with their BFF depression and even phobias. And I felt in tension NONSTOP for weeks. I also started to have a fear from traveling in the bus, being alone too long, go shopping or drive a car...I felt like this shit started to controll my life and I can’t help myself and so nobody does as well! I’ve been told: “you just think too much”, “change your thoughts”, “no worries, you’re young, you’ll go through it”. But I felt as a psycho 😅. Really. Like okay all I want is to be alone in my room. But then I decided okay, it’s 21st century, modern medicine, they have to treat me! So I went to therapist and she told me to visit a psychiatrist and afterwards I started to take antidepressants and combinate it with therapies. So now I am taking medicine & therapies for three months and my life works very good ☺️. And a few facts: anxiety is highly treatable. According to statistics 40 millions of people suffer from anxiety in the US and 66,5 millions in Europe. And yeah maybe you don’t force anxiety to completely leave you (what was very scary information for me) but you’ll reduce that extreme feelings from the scale 10-1 on level 1. Now you are in level 10 I guess. You feel maximally bad. Your anxiety might be caused by too much stress, burn out, long term fear about something, trying to find solution on problematic life question... whatever was the beginning factor now, you can read MY testimony and I promise you are going to be okay. If I could do it (I thought it’s impossible and end of my life) so I am pretty sure you can do it as well. My advice - don’t try to find solutions on your own, ask for help - visit therapist or psychiatrist. (Idk how it’s in the US but in Europe only psychiatrists can prescribe antidepressants). Ofc there are more methods how to treat anxiety. But for now, try to find specialist ASAP. (Even if I started to search for a help earlier I didn’t have to go through phobias and hard depression I guess) soo good luck and don’t worry! You are not alone in this! 🙂😇
God bless you!
God bless you! This was so comforting to know that I’m okay. It’s so difficult. I have developed a crippling fear of being alone. It’s been so difficult. I can get through this ❤️❤️❤️ I’m so proud that you got through it! Thanks for the advice!
Yes me too! I felt very bad when I was alone. It was like I am afraid to do whatever on my own, alone. And while being alone my mind was working so badly - thoughts of fear or what happens if this happens... And no worries! ♥️ You can go through it and you are totally okay! For now, do things what makes you comfortable. (I was trying to spent as much time with my friends as it was possible 😅) this was really healing for me 😊 and remember, nothing lasts forever - also your anxiety. Your life will be again great even now it’s impossible for you. 🙂
Good luck friend ♥️ Then keep me updated! Anything you need I am hereee! 🙋♀️
Thank you so much ❤️❤️ I’m here for you as well, so don’t hesitate to message me if you ever need anything!!!
U have all the same symptoms as me and every time you look up I was checking into the emergency room or calling the ambulance it was to the point my insurance contacted me asking y i was going so much Ive even had referrals to the cardiologist and had all kinds of tests done blood work the whole 9 And need I remind u I have anxiety disorder and I get new symptoms all the time but once I controlled my thinking and told myself ive been to almost every doctor im in debt up to my eyebrows I even have a bit of hypochondria I told myself that and every little pain sends my anxiety thru the roof but i calm myself down i watch funny videos i tell myself that im okayy and I accept the fact that my anxiety os an ass and trys to take ova but i won't let it if u wanna discuss more u may message me anytime u wanna talk! Ur not alone sweetheart im neck & neck with u and ur gonna make it love prayers for us all
Thank you so much, love!!! ❤️ I’m always wanted to go to the ER. Every new pain or even pain that I’m familiar with gets under my skin. I’ll be praying for you ❤️ We can overcome this!!!
We in the same boat but i just tell myaelf its the anxiety and it causes ur body to do weird scary things but ur not in danger we got this💪🏼💪🏼
& Thank u for ur prayers love 🥰
You said in previous posts that there’s a free mental health clinic close to your home. Have you availed yourself of that help yet?
Self advocacy is very important for me in treating my mental illnesses. I can’t do it without help.
I went up there to fill out paperwork and met with a counselor (this was before my anxiety became so bad and before having anxiety attacks for even just thinking about going anywhere) and I came back a few weeks later to do my intake and meet with a therapist and set up an appointment for the following week. I specifically asked the counselor that I met with if I could come back and resume ANYTIME and she said yes. So, when I went back up there I told the man at the counter what I was there for and he told me no. He said I only have a week to come back and now I have to do my paperwork and everything all over again. I felt so defeated because I was too anxious to go up there anyways. I felt like I was going to pass out and I had a tiny bit of hope that it would work out. Now, I’ve been struggling to get myself to go back up there. I haven’t been able to go anywhere really. I have a very bad anxiety attack going anywhere which is making it hard for me to do anything.
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