Breathe
05-16-2007, 07:42 PM
One anxiety symptom listed is a "tickling in the chest that makes you feel like you want/should cough".What is physically happening when this is occurring? I don't believe it is my heart b/c it is too high up..it's around my collar bone. Is it from tightening up and maybe an esophagus spasming?
I had what I called a "meltdown" not too long ago...long story short I had a heart palpitation actually caused by a sinus/allergy drug on an empty stomach. From there I plummeted into a deep hole where I just KNEW I was dying of heart disease...we all know how that goes. Anyway, this particular meltdown seems to have taken a while for me to recover from. I have been much better, but the more you try NOT to think/worry the more you actually do b/c you are trying not to do it...
Well, the last nagging symptom of anxiety that will not seem to go away is the one I mentioned above. Can someone please tell me they experience this, too? You'd think I could think rationally since I already read this is a symptom of anxiety...but the more I know other people experience this the better I feel.
Lastly, why do you think it is that you can experience symptoms of anxiety when at that one specific moment in time you aren't even THINKING about anything stressful? My dr. said that is a common complaint...sometimes I get a hard heartbeat out of no where....this becomes a vicious cycle b/c THEN you think there must be something wrong with your heart if you are not even worried at the time.
Thanks for whoever addresses those questions. :) I hope I get a response.
I had what I called a "meltdown" not too long ago...long story short I had a heart palpitation actually caused by a sinus/allergy drug on an empty stomach. From there I plummeted into a deep hole where I just KNEW I was dying of heart disease...we all know how that goes. Anyway, this particular meltdown seems to have taken a while for me to recover from. I have been much better, but the more you try NOT to think/worry the more you actually do b/c you are trying not to do it...
Well, the last nagging symptom of anxiety that will not seem to go away is the one I mentioned above. Can someone please tell me they experience this, too? You'd think I could think rationally since I already read this is a symptom of anxiety...but the more I know other people experience this the better I feel.
Lastly, why do you think it is that you can experience symptoms of anxiety when at that one specific moment in time you aren't even THINKING about anything stressful? My dr. said that is a common complaint...sometimes I get a hard heartbeat out of no where....this becomes a vicious cycle b/c THEN you think there must be something wrong with your heart if you are not even worried at the time.
Thanks for whoever addresses those questions. :) I hope I get a response.