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...
Hi all,
I've just started having symptoms in the last year and a half. I was on zoloft, but was doing much better and quit taking it about 2 and a half months ago. Just as I did, my vision started blurring and going double and now my doctor thinks I may have MG. Then my 8 yr old son, who I think may have high functioning autism, got in trouble at school and he was court ordered to behavioral treatment at a facility about 5 hrs away. At 1st, I couldn't drive -my mom would take me. I'm now on meds and my eyes are better. We get to bring him home every three weekends Friday thru Sunday. It's like 20 hrs of driving in one weekend. It is really stressing me. Then a month ago, my mom and brother borrowed my car and totalled it. Everyone was ok. I was worried how we were going to get my son. I bought a new car and now I'm sick about finances as they were already getting stretched due to everything going on. My checks have been less because I've had to miss a bit of work here and there.
Anywho, in the last 2 or 3 weeks my symptoms have been making a return: BP spikes, dizziness, trouble breathing, feeling suffocated in certain buildings, just plain weird sensations, feeling like my skin is on fire in what I call a cold burn (?), being unable to eat due to nausea even though my belly is hungry, feeling nausea a lot, racing thoughts that won't stop, and having trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep.
I get really scared. I went to the doc a week ago. She said it's all the stress and put me back on zoloft. Said it takes 2 weeks to work and just to try to stay calm. It was after that that I started having the burning and being unable to sleep and eat. I'm pretty sure that it's just anxiety symptoms, but still worried about if it could be something else. BTW, my doc also thinks I may have Gerd. I stayed taking Prilosec a week ago too.
Can anyone tell me if all this is normal for anxiety?
Thanks.
I've just started having symptoms in the last year and a half. I was on zoloft, but was doing much better and quit taking it about 2 and a half months ago. Just as I did, my vision started blurring and going double and now my doctor thinks I may have MG. Then my 8 yr old son, who I think may have high functioning autism, got in trouble at school and he was court ordered to behavioral treatment at a facility about 5 hrs away. At 1st, I couldn't drive -my mom would take me. I'm now on meds and my eyes are better. We get to bring him home every three weekends Friday thru Sunday. It's like 20 hrs of driving in one weekend. It is really stressing me. Then a month ago, my mom and brother borrowed my car and totalled it. Everyone was ok. I was worried how we were going to get my son. I bought a new car and now I'm sick about finances as they were already getting stretched due to everything going on. My checks have been less because I've had to miss a bit of work here and there.
Anywho, in the last 2 or 3 weeks my symptoms have been making a return: BP spikes, dizziness, trouble breathing, feeling suffocated in certain buildings, just plain weird sensations, feeling like my skin is on fire in what I call a cold burn (?), being unable to eat due to nausea even though my belly is hungry, feeling nausea a lot, racing thoughts that won't stop, and having trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep.
I get really scared. I went to the doc a week ago. She said it's all the stress and put me back on zoloft. Said it takes 2 weeks to work and just to try to stay calm. It was after that that I started having the burning and being unable to sleep and eat. I'm pretty sure that it's just anxiety symptoms, but still worried about if it could be something else. BTW, my doc also thinks I may have Gerd. I stayed taking Prilosec a week ago too.
Can anyone tell me if all this is normal for anxiety?
Thanks.
I'm just tired of being scared all the time :(
YES!!! These are symptoms of anxiety!! I had a big scare today as well! I was at a friends house and fell asleep while sitting up. All of a sudden I awakened feeing short of breath! Heart racing and feeling VERY anxious! I am not taking my abiliify the way that I should, but will make sure that I start back taking it asap! Since that episode today, while driving, I felt faint, lightheaded, and felt as if I was going to die at any moment! Had not felt that way for awhile! Hope to be able to get some sleep tonight! You can deal with these problems by repeating over and over again, "this too shall pass!" also having a buddy to talk to helps ALOT!!!! Hang in there!
I am so glad to hear from you guys that all this is normal! It makes me feel a lot better. I had to take my son back from his visit yesterday -he came home early for the holiday. I thought it would be awful and I ended up having a good day -stress wise that is. I was very sad to have to drop him off again, but I actually ate 2 meals! That's the most that I've eaten in days. It was nice and we rode with the windows down and took a scenic route thru the mountains back home. I've found that the wind or a fan helps calm me, as does getting a shower.
However, here I am up in the middle of the night because I woke up sick to my stomach dreaming about finances! I wish that I could control my dreams! It's crazy that my subconscious can upset me!
Thanks again for the support, and I know that this too shall pass! God bless!