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...

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jazzmynn 03/08/2011

I have had anxiety for a long time. I am so fed up and would like to know
if any of this sounds familiar?
I get anxious at the drop of a hat and my neck feels tight and full of pressure sometimes. I get palpitations that feel like my heart jumps, and sometimes feel bummed out.
I just was put on cytomel to help with my thyroid, and a blood test showed my vitamin d level is low, so I was put on a high dose supplement..
My psychiatrist wants to see if the medicines help before putting me on anything else for anxiety.
Does anyone relate???

deleted_user 03/08/2011

Hi there, i am sorry to read you too suffer from anxiety.

I am not taking any meds for mine but i do get attacks and i definitely get the palpitations.

Vitamin D definitely should help i would think, living in Sydney i get quite a dose of sun, in fact i get overheated easily!

I get the stiffness in the neck and around the throat too. My acupuncturist said it's common in anxiety. It wasn't a common symptom for me till recently. Amazing how the body changes it's symptoms (that gave me worse anxiety!).

I am sure there will be others here on that same medication who can offer some tips.

I saw a counsellor for a while but that was more related to a hard time i went through, not anxiety, but i am sure our life probs all go hand in hand with the rest of our daily life!

deleted_user 03/08/2011

Hi Jazz! Yeah, these are all pretty common for all of us, I think. I hope you are able to start feeling better soon!

RosePark 03/08/2011

Yes, the neck thing happens to me!

Hope you find the right medication that will work for you.

*hugs*

deleted_user 03/08/2011

yes I have the same trouble and have had these symptoms for over 28 years now. I have recently been diagnosed with a vitamin d deficiency as well and have been put on 50,000 iu of vitamin d once a week for 12 weeks. I am hoping that this helps me so that I don't have to take anymore medicines. I am already on Zoloft and don't want to take that. I am now very scared of all of the risks that I could develop so many illnesses because of the vitamin d deficiency that I am panicing over this now. What if? What if? What if? I can't stop the cycle and it is making my anxiety worse. I have 2 more months of treatments for the vitamin d deficiency I sure hope that this will be the answer.

deleted_user 03/09/2011

Please remember your not alone I to have had the neck pain and for me I have to use heat on the neck it sound different but it does seem to help me. The anxiety is hiting me bad I have to go in for a upper scope on Thur and even thou I have had many of them I don't want to do it. As far as the vitamin D I never took mine I just spent as much time in the sun as I could and found a lot of food with it in it.. So hang in there and take each dayone day at a time.

deleted_user 03/09/2011

Uggg Yes the neck pain is the worst... It seem like the headache pains start in the neck, then work up to the skull and down to the chest. The worst is that tight "OMG I can't breathe" feeling... I am starting to realize that it's pretty normal for this type of thing though... LOL. Just joined this group and it makes me feel so much better to know that I'm not losing my mind and that other people feel these same things when they suffer from anxiety!

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