Anxiety Forum

[anxietyguy]

thats a pretty exhaustive list

well done!
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[fastpara]

The worst for me is that I feel so lethargic, I have like literally no energy left after a attack and It feels like I have just ran a marathon.
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[maryrose999]

[keith 010]

hi

ive always been a nervous person, although got far worse when things got too stressful at work. thought i was having a heart attack at one point and ended up in hospital, although it was a panic attack. this has happened twice now as both times it was that bad that i couldnt convince myself there was nothing wrong.

my symptoms include the following:

panic attacks
chest pain
pounding heart beat
checking heart all the time
breathlessness
feeling that i am going to pass out
pins and needles in hands and feet
shooting pains in arms
worrying about things to the point i think i am going insane
worrying that i am going to accidentally hurt someone
stutter - sometimes cant speak at all when on phone and have to hang up

also think i do some obsessive compulsive stuff like i used to watch the clock all the time and wait for the hands to line up before i could leave the room and also balance with hands on the kitchen worktop with feet off the ground until the microwave alarm goes off etc

i work as a surveyor, keep fit, have several hobbies and a great girl friend, but my life is being ruined by the above stuff. trying to sort it out with counselling and dont want to go on meds cause they messed my sister up. cant enjoy my weekends cause always worry about work and same goes for most evenings. was thinking about changing careers although got a mortgage to pay and dont want to be a let down to family.

hope what i am going through can be related to by other people in order to help them deal with their problems

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[Exiled]

The chest pain/discomfort is the worst.... I'm a P.I. and this has all but destroyed my professional life(right along with my personal life). I've had all the symptoms of a major heart attack....only to find out once again that it's anxiety related.

I've had this shit for seven years and I still can't get over it..... It's like a cruel prank your body keeps pulling on you. I'd give anything and everything to get rid of it once and for all.
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[alex1993]

I have a sensitivity to light, anyone else get this?

[Anthony DiClementi]

This is quite an extensive list! Helps though, thank you.

[alex1993]

I want some clarification for some symptoms, if you can help me, that would be great.


* Emotions feel wrong
* Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
* Obsession about sensations or getting better
* Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
* Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision - Sometimes I feel like this, but I want some more clarification for "distorted"
* Your depth perception feels wrong - I think I used to get this

[alex1993]

This is what I have, or have had. The bold is what I have now.

Body

* Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
* Hyperactivity, excess energy
* Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
* Trembling or shaking
* Warm spells

Emotions

* Emotions feel wrong
* Dramatic mood swings (not dramatic, but I'd go from content to depressed)
* Emotional blunting

Fears

* Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
* Fear of impending doom
* Fear that you are losing your mind
* Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
* Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings

Head

* Dizziness or light-headedness
* Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
* When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards

Hearing

* Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head

Mind

* Desensitization, depersonalization
* Feelings of unreality
* Fear of going crazy
* Fear of losing control
* Fear of impending doom
* Having difficulty concentrating
* Obsession about sensations or getting better
* Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear

Mood

* Depression kinda...
* Feeling down in the dumps
* Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike
* Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear

Mouth/Stomach

* Lack of appetite or taste

Sleep

* Difficulty falling or staying asleep
* Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
* Jolting awake
* Waking up in a panic attack

Sight

* Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
* Eye tricks, seeing things our of the corner of your eye that isn’t there, stars, flashes
* Eyes sensitive to light
* Your depth perception feels wrong

In addition to these symptoms, you may also find yourself worrying compulsively about:
• Going insane or losing your mind

[JSS]

I don't get panic attacks so much any more (I've had one or two mild ones in the last 3 or 4 months), but I do have a constant anxiety in some form or another. I think that's worse really, at least when I just got panic attacks I had some relief from them for a while.