
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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Ok guys, as you all know well most of you since my anxiety started a year and half ago I have yet to go one day were I didn't feel like death. I mean elevated heart rate it is at about 80 BPM when I think prior to my anxiety it use to be around 65 I have no idea I am a smoker.
Trying to quit. I am 27 and feel like I am 72. Every morning I get up my body is sore and my left side of my chest hurts. My mind stay uneasy all day even worse on days I have to goto work. I feel like I could pass out at any moment at work and feel like general hell.
Mind you I have yet to get a break from this it goes on and on and on everyday.
I have trouble leaving the house and in the mornings all I do is sit in front of the computer looking for answers.
I keep thinking the doc missed something. I have been to the ER at least 10 times. Seen 3 heart docs and my doctor refuses to run any more tests till I try her meds. I have tried meds in the past and they didn't do anything for me. So now I am trying zoloft as a last hope in meds.
Anyone out their like this. Barley hanging by day by day. Not a panic attack a day or once a month but full blow anxiety almost all day everyday.
Trying to quit. I am 27 and feel like I am 72. Every morning I get up my body is sore and my left side of my chest hurts. My mind stay uneasy all day even worse on days I have to goto work. I feel like I could pass out at any moment at work and feel like general hell.
Mind you I have yet to get a break from this it goes on and on and on everyday.
I have trouble leaving the house and in the mornings all I do is sit in front of the computer looking for answers.
I keep thinking the doc missed something. I have been to the ER at least 10 times. Seen 3 heart docs and my doctor refuses to run any more tests till I try her meds. I have tried meds in the past and they didn't do anything for me. So now I am trying zoloft as a last hope in meds.
Anyone out their like this. Barley hanging by day by day. Not a panic attack a day or once a month but full blow anxiety almost all day everyday.
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Hang in there and good Luck with your zoloft, am sure it will be a big help for you!
You poor man! Big hugs, I feel your pain. I went through all the bull shit too! I can say I have been through every freaking test 2 or 3 times over, xrays, cat scans, mri's, heart monitors, heart tests, stress tests, scans, bloor work, etc, and guess what, everything says I am normal, but I don't feel normal either. I have all these odd symptoms and I was always looking for a pyscial answer, but guess what there isn't one and we both have to accept it, maybe they missed that or this, but they didn't and we know that deep down, but we are maybe afraid or ashamed to admit this could all be anxiety and totally in our head (in one way or another, it's not like we want this for ourselves) but I guess over time we have made it happen and we have to work to undo the mess in some way! I can't wait to feel better pyscailly soon, it sucks and I used to think what if, but you just have try and accept it, otherwise you will keep looking and not focus on what it really is. I always needed something pysical to hold onto and to fix, but it's not that simple! Good luck and feel free to drop me a line if you need more support. Cheers, Sam
I am a smoker too...
Trying to quit, just got Chantix, if you know what it is. If not look into it, it has a high success rate of quiting.
I too take zoloft, and it helps but not in the begining. More anxiety during the intial 6-8 week period. Uggggghhh.
I am so sorry you are feeling this way, I can only say that I feel your pain. It utterly drains me sometimes. (most of the time) And, if I am lucky I get a reprieve.
I hope one is around the corner for you.
Big hugs!
I cannot take antidepressants. My body is very sensitive to all meds. The side effects from them made my anxiety worse. I am only on benzos right now. I don't take any antidepressants and I hope my body can tolerate just that for a very long time. I can honestly say if it weren't for the benzos I would never have gotten to the point I am currently at now. I spent years trying new antidepressants and nothing really worked.
Are you suffering from both anxiety and depression or mainly anxiety?
I am in CBT now just started. I was doing well for a while then my therapist went on leave :(
So I had to start from scratch.
I do take xanax 0.5 sometimes 2 times a day.
I am just really hoping that the cbt and zoloft and hard word pay off and I can be better. I so bad want to be a success story. I would devote my life to helping people with this condition cause I know the hell it causes.
I will say I agree with you, but with me. Before I ever did any searching it just scarred the hell out of me having it every moment of everyday. Even if I am not thinking about it.
I am trying to not fight this, it is like fighting what your mind and body is telling you is true so as you know it is hard as hell.
Thanks again for the comment.
It is fantastic for as needed if you anxiety is under control and you have periods of anxiety you need to control. I would talk to your doctor about klonopin. Ask him the pros and cons about it. Xanax is 4-6 hours per dose when taken. Klonopin is 10-12 hours per dose when taken.
If you have constant anxiety xanax doesn't even cover a 24 hour day taken 3 times a day. I was on klonopin 3x a day for about 3 weeks then I took myself down to 2 a day because I did not really need the middle dose.
I lived in a state of anxiety 24 hours a day like you do. I could have never functioned waiting for antidepressants to work to see if it helped. You do very well for someone that has this and you work and fight through things. Hang in there you will figure out the right way to deal with it for you.
Good luck and God Bless
i'm quite lucky in that I don't get panic attacks really, but I do feel anxious nearly all day every day, it rises and falls in strength! I refuse to take medication though, possibly it might help but I have a strong history of addiction in my family and I can't take beta blockers coz I have asthma! :-(
Also all the medication I took for my virus (anti-dizziness stuff etc) hit me really bad with side effects (dizziness, hallucination and not being able to focus). I've found doctors completly unhelpful! All the small progress |I've made is through reading books and trying working myself to death (not healthy I know, but I get more anxious when i'm not busy!) so i've given up going!!!
hope you improve soon
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