anxiety feelings

[Chantelle9788]

hi I’m struggling with crippling anxiety. It’s ruling my life I just want to be normal like I used to be. I’m feeling all sorts of body sensations like going through my body. Please tell me this is anxiety and is Normal?

[copingwithcomedy]

Your emotions can feel very physical and cause symptoms that don't feel good.

[Chantelle9788 in reply to copingwithcomedy]

do you suffer? Do you have any advice to help with this?

[copingwithcomedy in reply to Chantelle9788]

Yes I have a horrible feeling in my chest when I'm really struggling. It feels really tight and it burns. Its hard to talk and I have shortness of breath. Sometimes my neck feels tight too and I gag. Try to distract yourself with whatever works. Maybe reading, watching something, talking, journaling. It's definitely really hard.

[Chantelle9788 in reply to copingwithcomedy]

do you take anything? I’m on a beta blocker, it’s making me anxious being on it too, also My sats keep dropping at times not sure if it’s beta blocker related or anxiety, I did try go come off beta blocker and made anxiety worse as heart was racing and chest pain worse

[copingwithcomedy in reply to Chantelle9788]

I take zoloft and atarax as needed. It worked really well for a few months but now its not.

[Chantelle9788 in reply to copingwithcomedy]

how long have you suffered? Doctors don’t seem to understand I’m finding and I can see I’m starting to do there head in going back etc, I’m currently sat in a+e cus my sats keep dropping

[copingwithcomedy in reply to Chantelle9788]

I was doing ok until this past week. It's been the hardest of my life. I've struggled with anxiety for 4 years but the meds worked really well for the most part and I felt good most of the time.

[Chantelle9788]

it’s horrible isn’t it, I hope your feeling abit better soon, what are you anxious for? I think mine is my health, so health anxiety I think and feeling all these body sensations trigger it off

[Good_for_us]

Hi, yes, anxiety creates tons of physical symptoms unfortunately! I’ve been having anxiety (and some panic attacks) for at least 20 years. The physical stuff comes and goes. The biggest things for me are racing heart and fatigue. I took beta blockers at one point and that helped, but after 4-5 years I had to stop because it was dropping my blood pressure too much. I’m not sure when you say your ‘sats’ are dropping, what that refers to?

I’m trying to do more breathing regulation to help with the anxiety.

But yeah, it’s hard when none of my friends have to deal with this.

[Chantelle9788 in reply to Good_for_us]

how did you find coming off beta blockers? Which one was you on?

[Good_for_us in reply to Chantelle9788]

I was on atenolol- it was no problem coming off of them. It’s too bad that you are experiencing anxiety with them- they definitely kept my heart from racing so my anxiety was down. Maybe you could just try a lower dose, or a different beta-blocker.

[Chantelle9788 in reply to Good_for_us]

I was having anxiety before them, for me it’s the chest pain and racing fast heart rate that makes me more anxious I think, constantly thinking something is wrong or guna happen to me