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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deleted_user 10/31/2007

I need to know I am not alone. I mean this please for the sake of my sanity please don't tell me you were as bad as if you weren't to make me feel better.

Everyday of my life since my first attack has been a living hell. EVERYDAY, I am not streching this at all. I have the same chest pain in the same spot every single day. It will not go away. All the doc,caridoligists etc etc tell me I am fine.

I walk around feeling like I am going to die all day long, the thinking part isn't what kills me it is how I feel.

I feel like I could just blackout or pass out or have a heart attack at any given moment. Like right now my chest hurts I have palpatations off an on all day long, my right arm hurts, my vision is blurry, it feels like something is in my head.

At work I am a mess, I have anxiety the ENTIRE time I am at work, and when I am at home I just lay on the couch in a ball when I try to get up and do things all my pains come full swing. I just want to function.

Yes I have tried meds and every other thing we are suppose to do so please don't ask. I am not trying to be rude I just need to know that I am not alone. I keep feeling like the doc's are missing something. I can deal with the bad thoughts it is how my body feels all day everyday for the past year that freeks me out.

Most people will have an attack feel sore for the next hour and carry on. I am in a constant state of panic and anxiety with no rest at all. I fear sometimes that I will never get better. I am soo young and I am watching my life pass me by.

I try to keep my head up and stay positive. But it is hard when you feel like death all day long.

I MEAN ALL DAY EVERYDAY :(

Anyone?

deleted_user 10/31/2007

I have anxiety and panic all day long too.sometimes i think i have gone crazy i take ativan but it doesn't really help.maybe u should go to a clinic and tell them you have major anxiety.good luck freind:O)

deleted_user 10/31/2007

I know its hard but you need to try and rationalise your feelings. You had this pain, anxiety and panic for a year every day. BUT your still here and probably in good physical shape! Take comfort in these facts. When the little voice starts saying "oh my gos im dying / going crazy etc" counter it by saying something like "Im having some really unpleasant feelings / pain here but I know its just my anxiety playing tricks on me again" I was the same as you for years. You gotta stop being scared of your symptoms no matter how bad they feel. Just know they are nothing more than harmless manifestations caused and perpetuated by anxiety.
Have you tried doing some cardio / fitness training? I find that helps re-assure me i have a healthy heart.

Take care and don't be fooled by this powerful illusion anymore.

deleted_user 10/31/2007

yes thank you but when I do carido my heart beats all funny and I get palpatations. The doc says I am healthy but they scare the hell out of me.

deleted_user 10/31/2007

Hi, I had it for 2 years 24/7 I got past the wanting to die bit, or thinking I might die bit. I couldn't even watch the muppet show, it was too terrifying for me. I have had a million heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and everyone felt as if 'this is the one'. I'd like to help, if you would let me. But I need a little background and what if any meds you are on. If you can be totally honest with me about yourself, I could talk with you on MSN or yahoo messenger, I counsel people with mental health issues. I've had so many!!! I will by tommorrow have a journal page explaining what the body does during a panic attack and why. Also what steps you can take to ease it all. Any one is invited to read it. I hope it will be of help. Carol

deleted_user 10/31/2007

My heart makes some strange beats and sensations too when i do cardio, everyones probably does, its just that we're hypersensetive to anything that feels a bit different which then causes the panic and palpitations! Try and just let yr heart do what it does and know that its healthy. Maybe put yr headphones on loud so you can't hear yr heartbeats!

I also do plenty of weight training on my chest to give the muscles a good stretch. Its tension in these muscles which causes the pain so if you give them a good de-tangling that should help. (Also any pain the next day you know will be down to muscle fatigue and not yr heart!)

PS - Do you eat enough potassium rich foods? I find I get very few funny heart beats and flutters when i'm eating regular bananas and dried apricots.

Take care, y'll be fine :)

deleted_user 10/31/2007

hi J -- I am with you with the 24/7 thing. I fear trying to go to bed because I hate to lay there and hear my heart beating hard and I also fear that I won't wake up. And I fear that my kids will grow up without their mom. I never thought you could live everyday thinking about it possibly being your last day, but I do. I am afraid to sleep, so I only get about 3-4 hours a night but then I have to get up in the morning and attempt to make it thru the day. Full time job, full time mom, etc. And I am a perfectionist, so this does not help. I (like you) don't want to sit and watch people live their lives and me not have the courage to live mine. I don't want my family to see me as a damaged person, someone that they have to tiptoe around as to not upset me. I was never like this before the first PA. I want to move past it. And everyone says I will but it takes time. I think it takes more than time to fix me. I have been praying, doing yoga, doing breathing exercises. I am afraid to go back to running and lifting weights like I was doing. I am afraid that I will be running and that I will have a heart attack and die out there. Do you have these crazy thoughts too? I am striving to change my outlook on life. It is a tough road though. I am here for you if you need me. -- Julia

deleted_user 10/31/2007

I feel for you as I am in the same boat. I've been off work for 3 months, have loans to pay and dread every day. I'm scared 24 hrs a day as I wake every 10 mins with negative thoughts. Each day seems to take forever and the Escitalopram my pdoc put me on has made me feel worse, with hardly any sleep or food for the last week. I really fear losing control of my mind and the anxiety just grips me. I think of every possible negative outcome of all my problems and see them right thru to the worst possible ending. I try to think positive, but the thoughts seem to overpower everything.

I have been to see a CBT therapist who has read my life like a book and ended up telling me things that I didn't even realise about my life.

She has said that this is not an ilness and doesn't need to be treated with drugs as it's just a natural emotion that that I have programmed myself to listen to by previous feelings of guilt and negativety over a long period of time. She said that I can unlearn these emotions just like I learned them.

It's so hard every day, but with her help, I am positive that I will get where I was before in life.

One of her suggestions seems to help. Try saying this out loud to yourself when you have a real bad time with negative/anxious thoughts (I'm saying this all day as my anxiety is there constantly):

"STOP! This outcome is unlikely to happen, so I will CHOOSE not to let it make me feel anxious right now".

I really hope you can overcome and beat the monster, and I' sure you and me both will return to a better state of living.

deleted_user 10/31/2007

I have started the talk about panic and adrenalin in my journal, free for anyone to read Tuesday 31st October. I also write my journal, so ignore that one. I shall try to put a little on everyday for those who nedd a little help. Please tell any friends who needs to have explained what panic is and how to control it. Carol xx

deleted_user 10/31/2007

me too sweetie i understand my anxiety can ruin everything if wasnt for the meds im on i would be mess i know its hell and its hard to function hang on swetie and no you are not alone

deleted_user 10/31/2007

i'm sorry you have that every single day...that sucks....yesterday i had it for quite a few hours...but not all day long everyday like you....best wishes to you friend....

deleted_user 11/02/2007

i am with you, i have thoughts of dieing everyday, a real feeling that noone understands. i can have any kind of ache or pain and instantly think i'm gonna die! i think the paxil helps but not until night time, i find myself drinking more because it makes it go away. now my daughter who's 8 seems to have picked up my anxiety.

deleted_user 11/02/2007

You are not alone. Just wanted you to know that. I hope you can find something that will work for YOU. ~hug~

deleted_user 11/02/2007

Please know that you are not alone. It makes me so angry- anxiety, and how it tortures us. I have "thought" I had at least 5 or 6 heart attacks, and have gone to the ER twice for it. One day, I have chest paint, the next day, head pain, the next day sick to my stomach...or dizzy, ALWAYS a symptom. I am always very nervous, and afraid...and if I take enough Klonopin to get rid of it- I am a zombie. ((I am so sorry))

DogCrazy 11/02/2007

Im sorry to hear your having 24/7 anxiety, i know it really stinks, ive been there a few times my self, months and up to a year.
Go back to your doctor and get different meds, when i was having really having a terrible time they put me on xnax 50mg 3 times a day, it helped tremendously, it helped me to figure out my issues and why i felt so unwell with this.
I did manage to come out at other end.
I know this is awful but please hang in there and go to your doctor.
A freind if you need to talk!

deleted_user 11/03/2007

You are NOT alone. I have been dealing with the same out of control anxiety and heart palpatations for months. The only thing that has healped me is xanax a lot of it every day, walks, breathwork (it DOES help).You ARE young and you can beat this. Get a good doctor and keep playing around with the meds. You WILL get better. peace kevin

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