Unexplained Anxiety! PLEASE HELP!!!

[Nancyw]

Hi everyone! Ok bear with me this is kind of long but im begging you to help me, any advice of any kind would help!
Im suffering from a bad case of anxiety attacks that I can't seem to get help with. I'm a teenager who has a great life, no money problems or anything like that. The only stress I may have is from college and jobs. I also had an allergic reaction about a year or two ago and the doctor told me if I had one again and didn't make it to help within 15 minutes my throat would close. I think this may have something to do with it because it seems like all my anxiety comes from feared medical conditions. For example, if my breathing feels weird I automatically assume that my throat is closing or if I'm having chest pains I think it's a heart attack, ect. Sometimes if it gets bad enough where I'll end up going to the hospital and sitting in my car by the emergency room because I feel like if I'm home I can die. I mean the ambulance wouldn't be able to make it to the house before I stopped breathing or my heart failed or whatever. It's really ruining my life. I'm always in constant awareness of my body, " oh, was that a flutter in my heart" , " I feel like I'm breathing weird". It's causing me to take away from what a normal person my age would do, I don't even like to exercise because my heart and breathing speed up and I'll get lightheaded and feel like I need to pass out. I've also suffered from vertigo, not sure if that's connected with anything. I get dizzy and lightheaded a lot. Someone my age shouldnt be constantly thinking I'm going to die and taking random trips ( sometimes in the middle of the night and for hours at a time) to the hospital to sit there just to ease my mind. I've tried to get on medicine before and it didn't help. Please help!! I've gone to so many doctors for conditions such as heart problems but I'm starting to wonder if it could all be linked back to anxiety. It's so aggravating!!, any advice is good advice! Thank you

[fisher]

Hello and welcome,i have just joined the site myself,u sound exactly like me only i work in a hospital,i am 38 yrs old and started with this when i was only young,always thinkin my breathing was funny and worst when i was a teenager,now my problem is my heart always thinkin there is something up because i can always feel it beating hard and when it goes fast i get the anxiety,its a vicious circle,i dont take meds but that is my choice,its all in our heads,i just think i was fine yesterday and nothing happened so its all anxiety,its trying to change your thought pattern,if u have a funny feeling anywere say to yourself well nothing happened the last time i had this feeling so its just my anxiety giving me symptoms,we bring them on ourselves,and an allergic reaction can happen to anyone,my brother is allergic to peanuts,try and make small steps towards slowly not sitting outside a@e because u are feeding the anxiety and letting it win,try seeing if you can have abit of cbt try and change your thoughts.

[Shaun B]

I can relate to so many things you are going through you like me are so in touch with yourself and every little change or ache or pain we always think the worst "I still do it" I am 3 weeks post op after having my appendix out and lost count of how many times I have been to the doctors. I no its not easy but need to start with the small steps and try to divert your attention and brake the cycle "Easier said that done I no" there is a book I have started to read and helps you understand anxiety. Not sure I am aloud to name it on post because I am new to this site. You are not alone there is 1000's of us who suffer the same as you. Please don't be scared and take small steps just challenge yourself to one small thing everyday.

[fisher]

Was you really anxious when you was goin in for op?

[Shaun B]

Yes I was really scared I news all the risks and that scared the heck out of me. I no an appendix operation is an easy operation for the surgeons but every operation has risk and understanding to much did not help me. I should have asked for something to calm me down but could not focus it all happened in the same day and was not a pre planned operation. I was to proud to say hay I need some help here. I find in England on general wards they are really bad with anyone who has any form of stress related illness they just look at you like you are a loon. Anxiety is not something any of us choose or want but the way we are.

[fisher]

You are right,i work on a ward and when they handover a patient with any mental health issue,be it anxiety depression,they have a different outlook on them,i dont want to make a show of myself by panicking because i work there but it comes over you and you cant help it,was it scary being in theatre with your wife when she had her c section?was she ok through it all?

[m1402014]

people, learn to use paragraphs so your posts are readable. If your doctor told you your throat might close up and you could die, that is not anxiety, that is allergies. You can't die from an anxiety attack, even severe tachychardia and globule in the throat won't kill you. However, y'all's grammar is actually giving me anxiety and you need to chill out and put spaces

between

your sentences,

okay?

[m1402014]

*globus-hystericus
is just a result of feeling too tense in your throat. take anti-anxiety pills or have a glass of wine and it should go away. If not, then go to a doctor because you ARE DYING, FREAK THE FUCK OUT!!!