haroldg12
09-05-2013, 05:26 PM
Hi everyone,
I am relatively new here. I have anxiety but don't take any medication. It doesn't come to me very often and when it does, I am able to control it. I can tell when its coming because I feel something starting at the pit of my stomach and then start to move on up. My last bad anxiety attach was about 4 years ago. It didn't get out of control, but it was heading there. I was able to control it and after that moment, I hadn't had any until yesterday. While I was driving home from work, I had this weird feeling. I was in the highway and stuck in traffic. I felt it start at the pit of my stomach again. I was managing to control it, but I noticed it getting worse. My neck also felt as if it was closing up. You see, the past week to week and a half, I had started feeling like there was something in my neck or the worry(not really fear) that my throat would all of a sudden close up. Ya, I know, it sounds kinda stupid. Well during the past couple days I had felt it get a little worse. It would start to happen towards the end of my work shift, around 4pm or 5pm I noticed. Well I never paid any attention to it, but the combination of my anxiety while driving and my neck feeling like it was going to close made my anxiety worse. Just fyi, I breath fine. When I open my mouth, the air comes in and leaves normally. It's just the FEELING that it's going to close that sucks. Well I decided to take the back roads because the highway was stuck in traffic. As I was driving, I started feeling light headed and weak. I really have never felt this way before, which made it worse. I felt as if I was going to faint. I figured I was feeling that way because I haven't eaten in a couple hours so I decided to stop at a Wendy's. I got food and started eating a little. There was a gas station next to Wendys and I went to fill up gas for my car. Well, I think that's when it hit me hard. I felt so weak that I couldn't get out of the car. I just sat there waiting for this to pass by. I sat and started eating my food. I really felt lightheaded and as if I was going to pass out. I never felt this way before so I was worried. I new I had a panic attack, but I didn't know why I was going to faint. Anyways to make the long story short, I somehow managed to fill up gas in my car and drive home(feeling very faint). I got home and my wife took my blood pressure. It was fine. Now I feel my neck getting stiff. I know it's part of my anxiety, but it's now hitting a different part of my body. The first time I had it about 5-7 years ago, it was my chest. BTW I am 34 no kids. I get stressed, just like the avg. joe, but it's nothing I can't handle. I woke up this morning feeling fine, but my neck feels like it's going to close again. I know what it is and I know what I'm having, but at times I feel a little faint. My neck muscles tense so much that it feels tight. I run activily(2-3 times a week) I'm relatively healthy so I don't worry about my health. Anyways I just wanted to share my story on here with you guys. I'll have to tough it out like I did the first time I had anxiety attack. I don't want to rely on taking pills for the rest of my life, you know. Hopefully this one will go away for a long time. I just have to work at it like I did the first anxiety problem I had.
I am relatively new here. I have anxiety but don't take any medication. It doesn't come to me very often and when it does, I am able to control it. I can tell when its coming because I feel something starting at the pit of my stomach and then start to move on up. My last bad anxiety attach was about 4 years ago. It didn't get out of control, but it was heading there. I was able to control it and after that moment, I hadn't had any until yesterday. While I was driving home from work, I had this weird feeling. I was in the highway and stuck in traffic. I felt it start at the pit of my stomach again. I was managing to control it, but I noticed it getting worse. My neck also felt as if it was closing up. You see, the past week to week and a half, I had started feeling like there was something in my neck or the worry(not really fear) that my throat would all of a sudden close up. Ya, I know, it sounds kinda stupid. Well during the past couple days I had felt it get a little worse. It would start to happen towards the end of my work shift, around 4pm or 5pm I noticed. Well I never paid any attention to it, but the combination of my anxiety while driving and my neck feeling like it was going to close made my anxiety worse. Just fyi, I breath fine. When I open my mouth, the air comes in and leaves normally. It's just the FEELING that it's going to close that sucks. Well I decided to take the back roads because the highway was stuck in traffic. As I was driving, I started feeling light headed and weak. I really have never felt this way before, which made it worse. I felt as if I was going to faint. I figured I was feeling that way because I haven't eaten in a couple hours so I decided to stop at a Wendy's. I got food and started eating a little. There was a gas station next to Wendys and I went to fill up gas for my car. Well, I think that's when it hit me hard. I felt so weak that I couldn't get out of the car. I just sat there waiting for this to pass by. I sat and started eating my food. I really felt lightheaded and as if I was going to pass out. I never felt this way before so I was worried. I new I had a panic attack, but I didn't know why I was going to faint. Anyways to make the long story short, I somehow managed to fill up gas in my car and drive home(feeling very faint). I got home and my wife took my blood pressure. It was fine. Now I feel my neck getting stiff. I know it's part of my anxiety, but it's now hitting a different part of my body. The first time I had it about 5-7 years ago, it was my chest. BTW I am 34 no kids. I get stressed, just like the avg. joe, but it's nothing I can't handle. I woke up this morning feeling fine, but my neck feels like it's going to close again. I know what it is and I know what I'm having, but at times I feel a little faint. My neck muscles tense so much that it feels tight. I run activily(2-3 times a week) I'm relatively healthy so I don't worry about my health. Anyways I just wanted to share my story on here with you guys. I'll have to tough it out like I did the first time I had anxiety attack. I don't want to rely on taking pills for the rest of my life, you know. Hopefully this one will go away for a long time. I just have to work at it like I did the first anxiety problem I had.