Anxiety an panic

[Shaymocha111]

I feel alone ....everytime I meantion a physical symptom to someone or even a doctor they tell me it’s In my mind when an reality I really feel them I know my body

[Laniben]

All very well people saying its the mind, but physical symptoms are real and scary, anxiety and panic might start with how we think, whether its an upset, a trauma, or something else that might trigger it, but unless people have experienced it they dont know. Yes it does make you feel lonely, I feel that myself many a time X

[Shaymocha111 in reply to Laniben]

My anxiety and depression and physical symptoms makes me think I’m going to die in real life

[JAYnLA]

Hi Shay. With anxiety, it's not that the sensations it causes aren't real - they are. It's that they are caused by too many stress hormones and that is usually caused by our minds. So it's too simplistic to say 'it's in my mind' because that implies that the things you're feeling aren't really happening. They are real and you aren't crazy. Anxiety is the great impressionist, presenting itself as many other things, physically speaking.

[Shaymocha111 in reply to JAYnLA]

Yes it’s very scary I don’t wanna die or faint or have a heart attack or stroke

[JAYnLA in reply to Shaymocha111]

Yes - those are fears that most people with anxiety live with often.

[Hidden]

Hi

Nothing worse than being told it's in " your head/mind"

What is it your feeling?

Am the same and everyone that knows me says the same it's in your head Antonia try not think about it" well thanks for that advice but if I could stop thinking about it then I woulnt be feeling what I am feeling and saying it out loud. Then you feel worse because you feel like your bothering peopke by just saying how you feel, but really we need to say it out loud we need to a bit of support and reassurance even of it's just a bit of relife from the constant feeling of there is something wrong. Total get how your feeling. So as I said at the start what is it your feeling/experiencing?

[Shaymocha111 in reply to Hidden]

Yea even when I don’t think about the physical symptoms make me think about it

[Shaymocha111]

I keep thinking ima have a heart attack or stroke or faint and I have a lot of physical symptoms

[sjanee11]

I was diagnosed with an arrhythymia (sp) in 2016 and the condition would cause my heartrate to shoot up to 200+ bpm with no warning or trigger. I only had three episodes in two years before having a procedure done to correct it, however, each time I had an episode, I had to go to the ER and get a med administered that literally stopped my heart and restarted it. Sometimes this med was given multiple times. During that two years, I developed panic disorder and my anxiety shot through the roof. I thought many a times I was having a heart attack, going into cardiac arrest, or was having a stroke but it was all things my mind manifested into real symptoms. And that is scary. I had chest pains, tingling arms, pains in my arm, nausea (which is a symptom women get with heart attacks), feeling like my face was numb, dizziness, etc. And every time my heartrate was elevated, beating out of my chest. I have called an ambulance thinking I was having a heart attack. I have called 911 in the car driving to pick up my kids convinced I was unable to breathe and I was suffocating. Anxiety and panic attacks are awful. Truly awful. Yes, they are caused by our minds but they aren't just in our head. They are causing real symptoms. I have tried meds and a therapist and neither worked for me. For me, I had to work through the trauma of my heart problem and that was getting a procedure done to fix it...and then time passing with no incidences. I have still had panic attacks post-procedure but my anxiety has lessened. I still can have bad days for no reason but they are fewer. I personally find connecting with others who experience similar things very helpful and while my husband does listen and tries to be supportive and understanding, it's easier for someone who knows firsthand what it's like to be a set of ears when I need it. Forums are probably my favorite place to go to just talk it out.

[Shaymocha111 in reply to sjanee11]

Dang and see I’m so scared 💔

[sjanee11 in reply to Shaymocha111]

You are not alone. Plenty of healthy people end up with symptoms like we have that frighten them. Mine started with a heart problem but that certainly does not mean everyone who has anxiety/panic has a heart problem. I was told by my cardiologist that the heart condition I had was the one you wanted if you had to have something to do with your heart. It wasn't life threatening. However, it still scared me. I still thought it was going to kill me. It did not and will not. I agree with the other commenter that you may need to switch gps and definitely join more support forums. There are so many of us. We may not experience the exact same things but we do experience a lot of the same things and we can be here for each other.

[Plantome]

I too suffer from heart-related anxiety which is with me, to varying degrees, pretty much 24/7. I wake up sweating and trembling and feel a constant sense of unease in my chest which just won’t settle. It is completely debilitating. I too have been treated for heart arrhythmia and the treatment itself was enough to quell the anxiety for about a year although it returned with a vengeance in February for no obvious reason. I have had various checks and told my heart is not causing this but I just can’t accept this as the discomfort is centred in my chest. I am clinging to the possibility that it could be due to my thyroid as my bloods show consistently low TSH and elevated FT4. I am on propranolol and citalopram to calm the anxiety but neither seeming to be having much effect. Those that say it’s all in the mind have no idea how it feels!

[Shaymocha111 in reply to Plantome]

I haven’t started my meds yet but I’m going to but it’s my last option

[Zazzel in reply to Plantome]

You might try seeing a DO or a chiropractor. It is possible your body is out of alignment. I had terrible chest pains, sweating, nausea, stiff neck, pain running down arms. Apparently my chest was out of alignment. A few adjustments took many of the symptoms away.

[Shaymocha111 in reply to Plantome]

I’ve been in and out the and had all type of test done

[kezasaff]

I had this exact same experience, it may be worth changing your GP and joining some support groups. It can break the isolation being involved with people who are facing the same fears and experiences. Isolation is the worst thing as it fuels the anxiety and makes things even more daunting.

[Shaymocha111 in reply to kezasaff]

Yea I joined but I’m really scared ima pass out or die or faint or heart attack or stroke

[kezasaff in reply to Shaymocha111]

Yes I was really afraid when I joined as well. I almost walked away from it when I got in the building but as soon as I got in the people were ever so friendly because they have walked in the door for the first time with anxiety themselves. Try to keep this in mind as hard as it is, a support group is the last place you will find judgement

[Shaymocha111 in reply to kezasaff]

Like I keep thinking I’m going to have a heart attack or stroke or go deaf

[Shaymocha111]

And my fingernails scare me

[Ragdoll15]

Unfortunately, if you suffer with anxiety doctors do not take you seriously and put everything down to anxiety which is easier for them. I have had so much experience with this over the last couple of years that seeing a doctor now makes be feel very uncomfortable because I feel I am being looked on as a hypochondriac the moment I walk through the door.

[Shaymocha111]

Like I think ima have a stroke or heart attack

[susanv1994]

I have a question, if doctors are telling you that it is all in your mind, why aren't they helping you treat it? Through anxiety therapy, I realized that I can calm myself. It was very hard at first. I had to sit and be quiet for an hour or so to get calmed down; but now it is easier and less time. What I did to get the doctors attention that I needed help, was to journal. I wrote down every pain, every time I couldn't eat, every time I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep. I wrote when I went to the bathroom, what I ate, what I did, everything. After three weeks, I took it all to my doctor and started reading entries. While there was some real problems, my anxiety was making my real problems worse. But it helped the doctor narrow in on my real problems and get me help for the self-induced problems.