Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Good day everyone. First I want to say thank you for all the posts, it's nice to read what people have to say and sometimes you can relate.
I am going to try and make my story short and want to see if anyone can relate to what I am going through and what I feel symptom wise.
First off, I lost my job and father in June of this year, the job wasn't so bad but I think my dad passing (at 58) was hard for me. It made me think about death again (my aunt passed away 3 years ago) and I think that's when I first even started having a panic attack and anxiety... I think with time it went away and then now with my dad passing, it maybe has come back... I say this because with the symptoms I have been having, I have had many heart tests, stress tests, CAT scans, blood work and even an MRI of my head to make sure, everything has been checked and is normal but I don't feel normal...
I feel: Weak in the legs, like they are heavy or wobbling; I get headaches all the time; bad acid relfex; chest pain in the middle, on the left and through to the back sometimes; tingling feeling, my legs and arms fall asleep often but also when I was walking a few times I felt tinging all through my body from top to bottom and vision issues and hot and cold flashes all at the same time (lasted 10 seconds, but freaked the crap out of me); looking at things oddly, like when your in the supermarket and it seems slow or fast, sensitive to light; trouble sleeping or not feeling refreshed (I have sleep apena too and I can't use the machine often cause it doesn't let me sleep at all...); neck, shoulder, back pains, tension I guess; checking heart rate often even though it's normal.... and so on...
I don't have panic attacks (because I have had them before and they are just quick and last a while and leave) but these feelings last all the time, so it might be general at this point, and when I am out walking it is worse, so not sure... sometimes I take something to help calm me down but the symptoms are sometimes still there, I just don't care as much... can anyone relate? Please post...
Thanks and hugs to all! Sam
I am going to try and make my story short and want to see if anyone can relate to what I am going through and what I feel symptom wise.
First off, I lost my job and father in June of this year, the job wasn't so bad but I think my dad passing (at 58) was hard for me. It made me think about death again (my aunt passed away 3 years ago) and I think that's when I first even started having a panic attack and anxiety... I think with time it went away and then now with my dad passing, it maybe has come back... I say this because with the symptoms I have been having, I have had many heart tests, stress tests, CAT scans, blood work and even an MRI of my head to make sure, everything has been checked and is normal but I don't feel normal...
I feel: Weak in the legs, like they are heavy or wobbling; I get headaches all the time; bad acid relfex; chest pain in the middle, on the left and through to the back sometimes; tingling feeling, my legs and arms fall asleep often but also when I was walking a few times I felt tinging all through my body from top to bottom and vision issues and hot and cold flashes all at the same time (lasted 10 seconds, but freaked the crap out of me); looking at things oddly, like when your in the supermarket and it seems slow or fast, sensitive to light; trouble sleeping or not feeling refreshed (I have sleep apena too and I can't use the machine often cause it doesn't let me sleep at all...); neck, shoulder, back pains, tension I guess; checking heart rate often even though it's normal.... and so on...
I don't have panic attacks (because I have had them before and they are just quick and last a while and leave) but these feelings last all the time, so it might be general at this point, and when I am out walking it is worse, so not sure... sometimes I take something to help calm me down but the symptoms are sometimes still there, I just don't care as much... can anyone relate? Please post...
Thanks and hugs to all! Sam
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The chest pain u described is JUST like mine. Anxiety has a way of making u think ur dying because of all the werid things it does to you, like making you shake or feel lightheaded. I think u'll find a lot of people relate, ur not alone.
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Your symptoms are exactly the same as mine, ive been suffering for 6 months now, im a fan of playing sport, soccer to be exact. I stopped playing for the first 3 monthe because I thought it would cause me to have a heart attack. Im back playing now and although im still suffering the pains in my chest have become more easy to deal with. Just force yourself to keep going even when you feel at your worse try and find a way to keep going. Hope this is of some help. Your not on your own out there...
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yeah man, i have the same thing, constant symptoms, i went and had everything checked, and i'm in perfect health. Very frustrating to say the least, i was kinda in a weird way hoping to find something physically wrong with me. Been thinking way too much about death and whatnot as well, like what will i do when i'm older and all the people i love are dead......and so on.....and i'm only 27! I think just realizing that your body is just doing this automatically helps to relax you and not have to worry about it. the more it happens the more i'm like "whatever." ...........now if my damn severe depression would just go away. sigh.
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yes i can to relate a lil. all i know when i have a panic anxiety attack.. i feel like im gonna die.. but i have to keep telling myself.. no that isnt true and try to move pass the moment...then later.. when im feeling better i try to figure what was i thinking or what trigger it... then i try either not to think on that if possible or avoid or minamize the situation. And BREATHE>>>
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I'm right there with you. Almost the same symptoms. If you can figure something out to help with the vision problems, let me know. Hope you feel comforted.
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Flourescent lighting really messes with me in the way I feel in stores, etc...things seem distorted, noises seem louder, etc... as for the rest of the symptoms, been there, had those tests, am 100% normal. In fact I have the blood work of a 20 yr. old. Yeah me !!! Then why do I feel like I'm dying???
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Thank you for all the support, hugs, emails and comments, it's great to hear from other people that feel the same way as you do! :) I got some books to read and I am hoping that will help... it has to do with thinking too I am sure... there has to be a way to feel "normal" again or allow your body to get to that way again, we are complex and meant to mend if something is out of wack... but it is hard when your walking around trying to do daily things and you feel this way!
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