Hi i have just joined and need some advice on my experience please. Im 20 year old male and is extremely worried.

Hi im a 20 year old male and am going to explain what has been happening so i can give you as much detail as possible as what could be going on here. I would also like to say i know no one can diagnose anyone on here but i just need help in what it may be or if anyone else has experienced such things. Ive been doctors many of times.

Anyway about 9 months ago i was at college i did 3 years and everything was fine until about 2 months after i left. It started where i would feel dizzy when i went on motorways in car anyway so i started to avoid motorways and then it slowly started to happen as i went anywhere in the car and then went on from just going out ect so i stopped going out. This feeling is like a Drunk spaced out feeling, Anyway The last 6 months i have been having these horrible symptoms on and off and it is everyday now. The symptoms are *Drunk feeling, *Spaced out, *Tiredness, Numbness in my body usually my arm, Jelly Legs, Pressured head, Disorientated feeling, Sensitive to lights and sound, Weakness, Feeling detached from myself and like the world is unreal, Very forgetful, Brain fog, Sometimes like something is sitting on my chest. I suffer from alot and i have been told i suffer from a panic disorder and Agoraphobia. But all ive had done is a bloodtest, Xray, Oxygen levels tested, Blood pressure, and another test where the hospital put all these stickers over my chest to test my heart. They said it was all fine. Ive been back and forwards to the doctors and they keep saying anxiety ect and think im going mad. When clearly i feel terrible everyday.. Everything seems like a effort even eating i feel weak and tired and spaced out from everyone. Im on here 24/7 trying to find solutions and people who knows what it is or is anyone else feels like this? It has robbed my life off me and i can't understand how they can put it down to anxiety and agoraphobia when I feel terrible all the time? Anxiety attacks lasts for minutes 2 a hour and i got symptoms 24/7? I just need to know what is going on it is scary and i can't live my life like this, Does anyone know what this really can be? Or has anyone had this? I would appreciate any help thanks. My main problem is feeling like i got a band around my head and pressured. I also feel numbness down my right side like a heavy feeling and i feel tired and spaced out.. Everything seems unreal and i have this like 24/7 nearly for the past 6 months? Please i would be interested to hear anyone else as i feel i have something wrong with me.

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Hi

Everything you have described is how anxiety makes you feel my love , its awful isnt it , also its so hard to believe something like anxiety can make you feel as bad as this , but it can & it does

I started when I was about 16 , I am 50 now , back then there was not as much help & support there is now & may I say understanding , also I never said much either for the fear of people thinking I was mad , you are young & those stigmas from back then have changed alot , so you will get better from this , slowly but you will

Well for your age they seem to have tested you for everything & you seem healthy , I no anxiety though can make us believe different , as we drain ourselves so much with the worry , try to be assured though , they have tested you & everything medically is ok

Have you asked your GP about some counselling , i think this would be a good idea & worth trying , if I were you I would ask for some , it helps so many & the younger you are even better

We need to change our way of thinking , which is easier said than done , but counselling would help with this

You do have something wrong with you , its called anxiety , but you can recover & live a full & happy life which I no you will

Welcome , everyone understands on here & there is lots of support

Think about couselling , if you have tried it , try it again & keep using the site , lots of different advise will be offered from members & it will all help

Love

whywhy

xxx

[Pickle165]

hello and welcome. you just described my own daily feelings so now im glad its not just me. that detailed list is everything i get and more and i am too sick of it as it has robbed me of my life. i very rearly go out and when i do i wont go out alone. its good that you have had some tests and should always ask you gp about any new symptoms just to be on the safe side. if you have had all other concerns looked into then all i can say which you probably wont beleive cos i still find it hard myself......you have anxiety. its a horrible way to live i know and i have no super cure for you. im starting CBT this month which i am told is very effective and i am also on meds which do take the edge off. it does help if you confide in your close friends or family, have you done this? trust me when i say you not mad, i no it feels like your going mad but you will be ok. dont give up hope eve though youfeel like it. what have you tried so far...meds? therapy? thinking of you x

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Hello, I also have had many symptoms very similar to yours. All day every day I have a drunk, dizzy feeling in my head and sometimes feel disorientated. I often feel sick as a result which makes me panic even more, which leads to even more dizziness. This stopped me going out for a long time, although recently I've managed to start to get back on my feet so please believe that there is a light at the other end - you just need to recognise where the anxiety comes from, as something is obviously getting to you which is where counselling or even just talking about it all can help. You are not alone!! Hope you find some comfort in this xx

[Lindenlea]

I have just read the toptwomessages, and agree with all the feelings, I am told it is anxiety, and been on meds since I was 20, I get all the feelings you both get, and have been under pscychologists, and pscychiatrists, but they tell you take these tablets, which has been changed so many times, I am now 40 years older, and still get these feelings. There were certain periods when they got better, but always return/I am mot able to go out far and it must be with some one, I have worry all the time now as my husband has Altiziheimer, and cant help me any more as he does not know me, but we s till have him at home.One time I was able to go on holiday with my husband and parents and my son when he was small, but now feel so alone. Its a terrible feeling we get, wish you all the best from Lindenlea

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Hi i would like to thank you all for your replies. I feel alot more relieved as i really think i got a physical problem. These feelings are so intense and it would love to live a normal life just like you all, I just find it so hard as i have no reason why this has came on. And i look at people and think i would love to live like that again. I feel very detached from my body and it is very scary,I don't even bother telling people because they think i am mad. The feeling is like Im not here, like im typing and talking but it is like im looking at myself doing it? The surroundings feel different and is like im in a dream world? Please don't think im going over the top.. It really is real and no one believes me. I go doctors and they think i am going mad, I can't believe how people have this on here it makes me feel better not because you have the symptoms but because i know im not alone. I would not wish this on anyone. Also i have been tried on 3 different antidepressants and they do not work for me these are citlapram, prozac,steraline, Also i have cbt at home every Tuesday for 2 hours, I am on week 8 but i see no improvements :(... I just feel too ill to go out. Im sorry to hear about your husband Lindenlea and how you are feeling. Whywhy thank you that message really cheered me up and reassures me thank you and i hope you feel alot better. samsam i know it is horrible and i can't believe you are just like me? it is horrible i hope you feel better too. Thank you KMLFG24 for your message you feel disorientated too.. this is how i feel and it is hard to even function and i notice my memory is really bad and i find the message helps thanks you and hope you feel better. Thank you all so much i also like to reply to you all individually, thanks for your support and take care and i wish you all the best too xxx

[worrymagic2013]

For me the worst feeling is that the doc was not taking me seriously...seemed to be fobbing me off with counselling etc. BUT I am now seeing that she was not fobbing me off but trying to point me in the right direction.

This site and my counsellor is helping me gradually accept that I have somehow created these awful symptoms myself. I feel that the more I accept this the more I will be able to move past them and get better.

Stick with what your doc and cbt advises, it might seem pointless but it does work and you can improve.

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Thank you magic, It is horrible i just feel like everytime i go in to my doctor he aint listening to me and thinks im mad. I'm going back Tuesday to run over all my symptoms just to make sure he don't thank anything is wrong as my body feels numb and i feel dizzy all the time and spaced out like i ain't really here it is horrible. I just hope i see some improvements soon.