New to all of this...hello.

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Hi, just figured i'd introduce myself and give a little bit about myself.

I've only recently discovered i have anxiety, about a week ago i ended up in the emergency room because i thought i was going to die. I was dizzy, everything felt unreal and i just felt like i was " knocked out of sync" with reality and was "fading out of conscious existence" (at least that's the best i can describe it as.) All tests came back normal at the ER, so that led me to wonder if it was anxiety, as i had been under a lot of stress from school lately (i'm a student). Looking at the list of symptoms here, i was almost shocked to see that i had been experiencing 75% of them on a daily basis for the past year. I hadn't had any full blown panic attacks up until recently, but the rest of the symptoms were a daily occurrence for me. I think finally realizing that it really was just anxiety is comforting in a way, because i can recognize it for what it is rather than having this fear that something is gravely wrong with me or that i'm just going insane.

I'd really like to get some professional help for it, but at this point in time i don't have any insurance and being a student, i'm on a very tight budget. I'm hoping i can get better at coping with it, both through my own strategies and with the support of those on this forum.

[alankay]

Does school have a health service at your school? Many do that's covered by tuition. Alankay

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Does school have a health service at your school? Many do that's covered by tuition. Alankay

I'm fairly certain they don't.

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You could also call your county and see if they have any services for students with low income(because they're attending school) that you might be able to use. Depends on your state of residence allot. Sometimes churches also have counseling services free or pay what you can, open to all. Alankay.

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You could also call your county and see if they have any services for students with low income(because they're attending school) that you might be able to use. Depends on your state of residence allot. Sometimes churches also have counseling services free or pay what you can, open to all. Alankay.

Thanks, i have already been through all of that with no luck however. I'm not eligible for any sort of assistance.

[deneen40]

Hi I'm new to this as well. I've had anxiety on and off for years. Right now is the worst it has ever been and have been in the hospital twice in the last month inpatient with doctors searching for other medical findings other then what they already no. The ER is a place I'm way to familiar with. After being diagnosed with a small anyerusm in my heart every little chest pain I get I think it's related to this and that I'm on my death bed. You are deff not in this alone. I never realized how terrible anxiety really could be and was very hard for me to accept that nothing else was wrong with me except I had severe anxiety