ellenewaldrop
04-18-2011, 10:48 AM
Hi I too have anxiety problems, have had them for almost a year. I received my first panic attack back in May of 2010. I was very sick, nausea, fever, blurred vision, intense dizziness - bed ridden sick for almost 2 weeks, I believe it was the panic attack about half way through this sickness that caused it to last for so long. The doctor gave me some antidepressents and I took them for a couple of days but I was still sick and they made me even sicker at my stomach so I quit them. I finally did get well and moved on with my life, well at least for a little while. A few months later I started experiencing other things that were wrong with me. I sometimes and often would get this weird feeling like I have air trapped in my chest. It felt as if I need to belch to relieve the tightness but it never happens, so I try to make myself belch to clear the discomfort. It doesnt hurt, but I have this full feeling and it causes me not to eat sometimes for fear that food will somehow get trapped, even though I know that's silly. This discomfort can last for days and I wake up in the same condition. That all lasted for several months and then when I thought things were getting better I had more things to go wrong with myself. i feel very lightheaded, i have some strange foggy feeling in my head, usually no specific headaches, just some head pressure between my eyes and on my forehead.
i hate that foggy feeling, 'cos it makes me feel very blurry, like i am in a twilight zone, that i cannot concentrate well. Kinda like I’m high, but I'm not I don't and haven't done any drugs in a long long time! Usually this is accompanied by fatigue or a strong tired feeling. Sometimes this feeling is just in the morning and late afternoon, but sometimes the fog lasts all day. I am usually more sensitive to light when this happens. Sometimes I feel a little feverish too, usually in the late afternoon.
I decided to go to the doctor and he claims it is all ANXIETY! I mean how on earth could this be the reason for all my trouble. So he wanted to put me on antidepressents and given that I already had problems taking them, this made me way anxious too. Therefore about 2 weeks ago I decided to just believe that maybe my DR is correct and that if I try to work on this whole anxiety thing then If I get better I will assume he was correct (although I am not taking the meds, I will only do so if i can't control this on my own). I am just taking it one day at a time, my first couple of days into this trial I noticed that I believe my breathing is not normal, fast breaths in the chest, so I got online and looked up how to breath and practiced this for several days. I do believe this has helped me, at least for now anyways.. I do have some good days and when I do I question if this is actually real, I mean out of all the bad how on earth could this be real.. I guess I even almost talk myself into being anxious about feeling good.
Anyone else having similar things happen?
i hate that foggy feeling, 'cos it makes me feel very blurry, like i am in a twilight zone, that i cannot concentrate well. Kinda like I’m high, but I'm not I don't and haven't done any drugs in a long long time! Usually this is accompanied by fatigue or a strong tired feeling. Sometimes this feeling is just in the morning and late afternoon, but sometimes the fog lasts all day. I am usually more sensitive to light when this happens. Sometimes I feel a little feverish too, usually in the late afternoon.
I decided to go to the doctor and he claims it is all ANXIETY! I mean how on earth could this be the reason for all my trouble. So he wanted to put me on antidepressents and given that I already had problems taking them, this made me way anxious too. Therefore about 2 weeks ago I decided to just believe that maybe my DR is correct and that if I try to work on this whole anxiety thing then If I get better I will assume he was correct (although I am not taking the meds, I will only do so if i can't control this on my own). I am just taking it one day at a time, my first couple of days into this trial I noticed that I believe my breathing is not normal, fast breaths in the chest, so I got online and looked up how to breath and practiced this for several days. I do believe this has helped me, at least for now anyways.. I do have some good days and when I do I question if this is actually real, I mean out of all the bad how on earth could this be real.. I guess I even almost talk myself into being anxious about feeling good.
Anyone else having similar things happen?