Feeling afraid

[Lemonade09]

Hey y’all!! So as of lately my anxiety has been pretty bad. For the last couple of days I’ve experienced heart palpations, jelly legs, feeling of fainting, panic attacks and just being down right afraid. This is the worse it’s ever been. I’ve been dealing with this for about 2 years now. I’m just ready to get back to my happy normal self. I’m having a hard time calming myself down at this moment. Thought I’d write here for help. I just don’t want to feel alone. I’m 29 and I have a daughter who depends on me. I have to get through this!

[Shaymocha111]

Hey what meds are you on ? Does the meds help

[Lemonade09 in reply to Shaymocha111]

I was prescribed meds about a year ago. I forgot what the doctor gave me because I threw it away due to being afraid of the side effects that the meds my cause. I also didn’t want to be dependent on meds to keep calm. I’ve been trying to look into natural ways for getting through this.

[johnmisir]

Hi , I was so bad , I have just tried alternative medicine, I feel better now .

[Lemonade09 in reply to johnmisir]

Well I’m glad you are doing better! 😊

[johnmisir in reply to Lemonade09]

Thanks

[ThyroidObsessed]

Have u had your thyroid levels checked?

[Lemonade09]

I did about a year ago when I had my last checkup and everything was normal.

[CharlieOde]

Try L-theanine, I've experienced positive results after the last few days 👍

[Lemonade09 in reply to CharlieOde]

Thanks! I’ll have to try it out and see how it works!

[Usagold]

Oh yeah, sounds familiar. I had all of that too. I do believe that, like mine, all these symptoms are caused by your thoughts, which have caused increased adrenaline and a hyperstimulated nervous system. Your body wants to and will calm down if you have the right thoughts. It starts with accepting the condition you are in, not fearing the symptoms, and then, you have to practice calm and change unhealthy thinking patterns that cause anxiety. I recovered from a miserable state of anxiety and finally felt like my old self again. Have you read Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes?

[Johnphilip in reply to Usagold]

Yes Dr Claire Weeks , her books helped me out of a very dark place over 25 years ago . Her first book was " self help for your nerves " amazing book . Her words became ingraved in my mind . And still use them today . She explains things , and even more helps you to overcome them . Her words " you have nothing to fear but fear its self " " fear adds to fear " " fear is about the unknow" " about what is about to happen " how can we fear it , if we dont know what it is going to be . Buy the books and read and learn about yourself and see , and love the person you are . The mind can be cruel , so play it at its own game . We get thoughts we dont like . And its all we can think about . The harder we try , the worse it becomes . We get up on a morning and we have a song in our heads , we cant stop singing this song , but we want to stop singing it . The only way to get rid of it is to keep singing , then all of a sudden we stop singing it , we have played the mind at its own game , we are telling our mind your trying to scare me , but you say i can be brave i can make it worse i can play you at your own game . Its about not be scared of your thoughts . Then all of a sudden we have forgot about these bad thoughts , we make them not matter any more. If your having a bad day accept your having a bad day , dont be hard on yourself . Tomorrow is another day . Learn from yourself , at the end we come out a better person , and we like the way we have become . Good look , one day at a time .

[Lemonade09 in reply to Usagold]

I haven’t read it yet. I will check it out though. If it helps me find a peace a mind I’m all for it.

[Usagold in reply to Lemonade09]

Yes! If your problem is anxiety, the book will definitely help you. I have read it at least 3 times.

[Lynne53 in reply to Lemonade09]

I found Dr Claire Weekes books to be a godsend. They are available on Amazon (I bought used copies for a couple of pounds each) it was honestly the start of my recovery. Xx

[hannah1987b]

Hay- I’m sorry your going through this! I’m 32 and have two children. I’m married but pretty much being them up on my own. I know EXACTLY what you are going through! The only thing that Re assured me that I wasn’t going to drop down dead any moment was seeing my dr who done chest X-rays full bloods ECGs and even saw a cardiac consultant as I was convinced I had something wrong with my heart! Everything came back normal🙏🏻🙏🏻

It’s the amount of stress and the fear I have of something happening to me! How would my husband cope, how would my kids cope without me! Once I started realising my body wasn’t working against me but was giving me iMovie information about how I was feeling and that I needed to practice self care, I saw a drastic improvement! Stress is a MASSIVE part of it and feeding the fear by ruminating just makes it worse x x

[Lemonade09 in reply to hannah1987b]

Glad to know I’m not the only person who has these feelings. I had an ekg about a year ago and blood work and everything came back fine. I know I’m just afraid and that’s feeding into a lot of what’s going on. I’m trying to start with meditation and hopefully that will help ease off some of the symptoms.

[elainepstroud]

See your GP asap before this gets worse. There are parts of our brain, especially the Basal Ganglia, amygdala and hippocampus in the medial areas of the temporal lobes • insular cortex (between temporal lobes and prefrontal cortex) • areas of the prefrontal cortex, especially on the right side that can cause these effects.

[Lemonade09]

I will. I plan on making an appointment soon.

[Lemonade09]

Here’s an update: After having an of what I call an “episode” in the store today I went straight to the doctor. Doc told me I had classic anxiety and that everything else with me looked fine. I’m still a bit shaken up. Going to try the meds they gave me and hopefully it will help.