Soundwave
09-10-2015, 11:22 AM
Hi everybody, I have come here just to make sure I'm not the only one really and possibly get some help/advice if available. I found the website from a simple google search and from what I have seen up to now I am really happy I did.
My name is Billy I'm a 29 year old male.
10 minutes back I read the anxiety list in the General Forum. So many on that list I am experiencing, it was really an eye opener because everything I have experienced, is on that list.
My biggest problems are light headiness / dizzy and a constant fear of something bad happening.. such as maybe an heart attack or worse, dying.
This all started maybe 6 weeks back, I was heavily drinking back then and had a panic attack, I thought i was game over to be honest, I called 999 and tests was done, I got told I was 100% fine and it was just a panic attack.
The panic attack was kinda a big eye opener for me so I immediately stopped the drinking, I wasn't alcohol dependent, but I drank daily for the last 4 years, maybe a few in the afternoon and a couple on the night, nothing too much. When my dizzyness / light headiness started about 6 weeks back I was waking up and having a few cans of beer just because I thought it may help... it didn't. I can happily say that as of 5 weeks ago I haven't had a drop and simply don't want to again.
Since then, I have had on and off days, I have been taking St Johns Wort, which I used quiet a few years ago for a similar thing and they worked, I would have recommended them to anybody I took them for maybe 5 months and was on the top of the world, even when I got off them.
In the past 5 weeks I have been back on them but they haven't really done anything. Which worry's me, I know its all anxiety but I tend to think to myself so much, daily,is there anything else wrong with me? I know I shouldn't but I can't help it.
I sometimes have random pains pretty much all over at different times, and also tingling in my hands often. When this occurs I always imagine the worst.
I consider myself to be fairly healthy for my age. I do smoke, but intending to quit once all of this blows over. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow, I'm hoping he can maybe prescribe something to help.
One question I do have is, I don't feel sad or down about anything in my life, in fact only recently things improved a little for me so can't understand why this is happening, is this normal?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, I will be more than open should anybody require anymore information, I just want to feel better.
Thank you for taking the time to read.
My name is Billy I'm a 29 year old male.
10 minutes back I read the anxiety list in the General Forum. So many on that list I am experiencing, it was really an eye opener because everything I have experienced, is on that list.
My biggest problems are light headiness / dizzy and a constant fear of something bad happening.. such as maybe an heart attack or worse, dying.
This all started maybe 6 weeks back, I was heavily drinking back then and had a panic attack, I thought i was game over to be honest, I called 999 and tests was done, I got told I was 100% fine and it was just a panic attack.
The panic attack was kinda a big eye opener for me so I immediately stopped the drinking, I wasn't alcohol dependent, but I drank daily for the last 4 years, maybe a few in the afternoon and a couple on the night, nothing too much. When my dizzyness / light headiness started about 6 weeks back I was waking up and having a few cans of beer just because I thought it may help... it didn't. I can happily say that as of 5 weeks ago I haven't had a drop and simply don't want to again.
Since then, I have had on and off days, I have been taking St Johns Wort, which I used quiet a few years ago for a similar thing and they worked, I would have recommended them to anybody I took them for maybe 5 months and was on the top of the world, even when I got off them.
In the past 5 weeks I have been back on them but they haven't really done anything. Which worry's me, I know its all anxiety but I tend to think to myself so much, daily,is there anything else wrong with me? I know I shouldn't but I can't help it.
I sometimes have random pains pretty much all over at different times, and also tingling in my hands often. When this occurs I always imagine the worst.
I consider myself to be fairly healthy for my age. I do smoke, but intending to quit once all of this blows over. I have an appointment with my GP tomorrow, I'm hoping he can maybe prescribe something to help.
One question I do have is, I don't feel sad or down about anything in my life, in fact only recently things improved a little for me so can't understand why this is happening, is this normal?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated, I will be more than open should anybody require anymore information, I just want to feel better.
Thank you for taking the time to read.