Bad Anxiety during Covid

[LAkings11]

Hi, I am 34 and live alone. I have always been very social and enjoyed hanging out with friends and talking with people at work in the office.. I first experienced some anxiety after I broke up with a girlfriend 3 yrs ago and was prescribed xanax but never really had to take it to often, and that anxiety is nothing compared to what im going through now.

These days as soon as I wake up I feel like my heart is racing, my chest is heavy, sometimes I have pains in my shoulder or other joints. I panicked over the weekend after reading about Angina online and convinced myself I had a heart problem. I was able to go into my doctors office yesterday and he gave me an EKG and confirmed my heart was perfectly fine, along with my blood pressure.

He prescribed Prestiq. I had taken prozac in the past but I had side effects like E.D. so I asked for something else. I started the Prestiq yesterday and it hasnt kicked in yet.

This morning was terrible. I didnt get much sleep and woke up feeling lousy.. I was convinced I had covid. I went to a pharmacy and got a thermoeter and no temperature. Spoke to some family members and they calmed me down and then I did a little work out from watching a youtube video.

Through out the day, it has come and gone.. I just went for a walk and it felt really good being outside. I feel like my heart is racing almost all day even when I am feeling ok. I know I have rambled on here but I needed to get a lot out. If someone else is out there feeling like this, no you arent alone. I keep telling myself. Its just anxiety, the doctor said my heart is fine!! Just gotta keep doing that.

[Kay-boo86]

Hi I hope your ok x

[Sunnidayz1]

I have a background in neuroscience. Im trying to keep my explanation short. Please understand you went from being very social to not being social. That is Huge. We are social beings. The brain registers isolation as pain in the brain!! So of course youd be experiencing all of these symptoms. The government doesnt educate us on emotional health and they should. During Covid, symptoms of any mental illness or problem were accelerated or triggered. It happened to mostly everyone bc again we are social beings.

Hope this helps.

Sunni💛

[LAkings11 in reply to Sunnidayz1]

Thank you!

[Purplesomething]

I have the same anxiety. I have felt trapped and alone. Although I have my fiancee here with me. He does not get it. I feel like I'm on guard..waiting for something bad to happen. Then not seeing others interacting is killing me. But now i try to go somewhere and I have so much anxiety I feel like I cant breath so I come right back home. I'm working with my therapist to help get me back out. But its soooo scary. So much unknown. I definitely agree my mind sees punishment and pain being told to stay home and away from others.

[Purplesomething]

Now IVE REALLY MESSED UP. He wants me to leave. My fiance. Now it's all done. I cant stop drinking when I get upset. So much anxiety..I just want to drown it out

[LAkings11 in reply to Purplesomething]

It will pass. Just tell your tell yourself that. you will get past this.