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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Rough week.

deejayincanada
deejayincanada

I dont know what triggered it(as usual) but my anxiety has been awful this past week. Daily attacks. I havent been like this in years! I am usual able to manage it pretty well, but for some reason my attacks have been severe the past few days. Chest pains, body heat/sweats, tingly hands...fatigue, I hate it. It makes me so tired. 
what I hate the most is that the physical symptoms of my anxiety make me think I need to go to the hospital. I have to CONSTANTLY tell myself that its just anxiety or I freak out more. I am aware its pretty much all in my head, but I find it hard to stay "logical" when I am like this. 
Im just so bummed out right now. Trying so hard to push it out of my mind.

CRT101
CRT101
God bless you...You should try medicine, like Paroxetine....I take this and it helps to stop panic attacks...Ask your doctor about it and have a blessed day.
arfie
arfie
Hello DJ. Welcome to DS. Sorry for what brings you here but glad you are here.

One of the bigger problems of the physical symptoms of anxiety is that they typically don't stay **just anxiety** forever. In addition, there are quite a few physical illness for which anxiety is a symptom, not the cause. It doesn't hurt to schedule an appointment with your primary care physician, just to rule out physical causes.

Butttttaaaaaa. . . Making a post something like this one can often help me decide if it is time to call in the pros. Hope it helps you, too.

Welcome aboard.
deejayincanada
deejayincanada
Thanks. I have had every medical test done under the sun over the past 15-20 years. Only thing I havent had is an MRI, but at this point I have put all my faith in medical technology...they have never found a thing wrong with me. Doctors have diagnosed me with OCD/GAD and IBS...nothing else. I am taking Fluoxetine which usually keeps me pretty functional, just sometimes I get these angry flare ups.
Talking about it helps, thanks for your replies❤️
arfie
arfie
When talking about it helps, I take that as a clear indicator that the problem is one of the dishes on my psycho smorgasbord. It's usually the dish is steaming a bit more than it ought.
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