Hi Everyone, discussing crappy symptoms!

[Sentinelle]

Hi my name is Maria, I have joined this forum yesterday and I think I feel a bit relieved. I have suffered from anxiety since I stopped using drugs which is 4 years ago and have been dealing with crazy symtoms ever since. In fact I was going to relapse due to the anxiety attacks I was having. I never took medicine for the anxiety but I wanted to confirm something with you re the symptoms because in the beginning I started having chest pain, pounding hearth, shaking, cold and urinate a lot which I know are symptoms but after some time the symptoms were changing. Recently I think I am on the brick of insanity with this cause I have constant tension headaches and neck pain and ringing in ears. I don't know whether these are symptoms of anxiety and if symptoms change from time to time. BTW I did echo, mri and ct scan and blood tests. I feel so bad all day long I am scared of doing anything and don't even want to go to work. I don't think I ever felt this bad during these last years!

[alankay]

Yep, anxiety for sure IMHO. You feel distressed, scared, very worried.....it's anxiety. Alankay

[fisher]

Dont worry we are all hear for u if u need to chat.

[jamus75]

After I quit smoking pot and getting drunk I started getting panic attacks. I know the drugs and alcohol were just masking the anxiety that was there all along. Now I think to myself I should start smoking weed again because in reality all the prescription drugs do is mask your anxiety. Plus I'm sure the side effects are way worse. Problem is my job prevents me from doing so.

[fisher]

What is your job?its true what u say about prescription drugs they do just mask the problem.

[bitsofthread]

Hi Maria, I'm new to this forum to. I am in college and am going through the same things. I don't want to go to class or clinicals, which is 12 hours a week of nonstop being in a supportive and sociable massage therapist role. I often feel so anxious that I end up staying home. This makes me feel like a failure, but getting myself back in there the next time is what really counts. Hang in there. I know its hard. Reward yourself with something when you have successful days, and pamper yourself when you don't. The key is keep your chin up, and don't allow it to consume your world.

[Sentinelle]

Thanks for the support. I try to not think of it but sometimes I'm having some fun and suddenly I get the symptoms and lately I'm feeling very dizzy with constant headaches I can't live with that. But at least I'm not alone this forum has helped me a lot this week. Thanks all !!

[rhar]

I used to have constant dizziness, now it's only so often. I do have the fainting feeling a lot of the time.

I also get this weird "shaky" vision than can stop me dead in my tracks.

I have health anxiety so I am constantly monitoring and obsessing over every little feeling in my body. It does my head in :(

[cat eyes]

I used to have constant dizziness, now it's only so often. I do have the fainting feeling a lot of the time.

I also get this weird "shaky" vision than can stop me dead in my tracks.

I have health anxiety so I am constantly monitoring and obsessing over every little feeling in my body. It does my head in :(

Me too and it stinks

[rhar]

It really does...


Any little sensation sets off adrenaline and that dropped stomach feeling....

[Hidalgo21]

Hey Maria I been suffering from anxiety for two months now , the same thing happen to me afte i stop using some drugs , I been in the hospital like 6 times they have done EKG nd blood test and nothing was wrong except for a little of acid reflux , I also went to the cardiologist he did some test like ultrasound , another EKG , also the stress test and a 24 holder monitor that I haven't get the results yet but all the other stuff came out good , that's what the cardiologist told me , but I still can get it out of my head my resting heart is 60 , but yesterday I felt like it was lower and I got super scare , I am soccer and volleyball player so I use to run and so exercise a lot now I don't o anything cause I have fear of something happening to me , I can't stop checking my heart , is so annoying i cant much.

[jamus75]

Hey Maria I been suffering from anxiety for two months now , the same thing happen to me afte i stop using some drugs , I been in the hospital like 6 times they have done EKG nd blood test and nothing was wrong except for a little of acid reflux , I also went to the cardiologist he did some test like ultrasound , another EKG , also the stress test and a 24 holder monitor that I haven't get the results yet but all the other stuff came out good , that's what the cardiologist told me , but I still can get it out of my head my resting heart is 60 , but yesterday I felt like it was lower and I got super scare , I am soccer and volleyball player so I use to run and so exercise a lot now I don't o anything cause I have fear of something happening to me , I can't stop checking my heart , is so annoying i cant much.

It is normal for some athletic people to have resting heart rates of 50-60. I have the opposite problem. Although my resting HR is around 68, when I'm anxious it goes up double or more.

[Hidalgo21]

thankss , but also when i am laying down and i stand up my heart beat start beating pretty fast idk is so weird!!!, i also feel something hard like to my heart idk how to explain but is like something tight .

[Hidalgo21]

is also when i stand fast , do you ever feel like you have to burp , cause i feel something stuck in my throat?

[Sentinelle]

I get that a lot actually feeling like I need to burp! I was told that is acid reflux or GERD and is also cause by anxiety. I never used to have it before.

I sometimes go to a doctor and they assure me nothing is wrong and I feel fine but afterwards I get the same weird feelings and end up panicking again.

[Hidalgo21]

I know what I am scare the most is does little chest pain in my left side specially like little pinching