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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sunsin-1365151" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sunsin-1365151" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "content": [ "Hi Sasical72,\r\n\r\nThanks for taking the time to respond.\r\n\r\nI am on 15 mg. My sleep is much much better since taking Mirtazapine. It has also been a godsend for me, potentially saving my marriage, just frustrating with the lethargy and the fact I seem to need a bit more sleep than prior to taking it. No issues with weight gain personally. \r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-09-05T19:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sunsin-1365151" ], "content": [ "When I first started taking it I was VERY lethargic for the first few days and then it slowly got better. Another suggestion, if you don't already, is to do some exercise when you wake up.\r\n\r\nI would wake up a bit tired, but for some time now, the minute I wake up I get on my static bike, as soon as I've been going 5 minutes I'm well awake and after 20 mins I'm ready to take on the world, well sort of, haha" ], "date": [ "2022-09-05T20:14+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Sunsin,\r\n\r\nWhat dosage are you on? I take a low dose, 15mg at night, I sleep very well at night and don't feel lethargic during the day.\r\n\r\nI have dreadful insomnia for years and Mirtazapine has been a godsend for that, my only issue with it has been weight gain.\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-09-05T20:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mirtazapine-and-lethargy-and-possible-aternatives--790278?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/craig60181-1350664" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "what did your doctor say about it? Also, sometimes we can feel as though something is swollen when it actually isn’t. go by what your doctor tells you and it sounds like you are in great health. If you have any other signs or symptoms that come up regarding your tongue ask your doctor about it. I haven’t heard about the tongue being affected by anxiety but it may be possible. are you eating anything different that might cause this? Maybe it just needs time to heal. Feel better Take care" ], "date": [ "2022-09-05T18:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tongue-feels-sore-swollen-anxiety--790282?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/craig60181-1350664" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mw1999-1439454" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Feel your pain mate. \r\n\r\nNo advice as I'm as bad as you are (mouth symptoms here) but I'm convinced if I fix the crippling anxiety then I'll be OK. \r\n\r\nI think most biggies docs can spot so don't fret about that. I find that hard exercise sorts me if that helps. And stay off the beer... \r\n\r\nTake it easy pal. " ], "date": [ "2022-09-04T19:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-have-recently-started-getting-really-bad-anxiety-790111?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aspinan-449026" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/aspinan-449026" ], "content": [ "Hi Neil, My main symptoms are sudden panic and hazy vision and all of a sudden feels like everything around is dreamlike which sends me into panic and makes my heart race and I feel sick in put of my stomach. Then I will also get random dream or memory flashbacks pop into my mind from nothing which again creates the panic and sick stomach with a rising feeling to my head. \r\n\r\nI am scared this could be my biggest fear of epilepsy/seizures event though a few years the tests comes back normal. " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T15:22+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Jonathan, what exactly are your symptoms as anxiety symptoms can manifest themselves in hundreds of different ways mimicking more serious symptoms even down to imagining them. The tightness around or in any part of the head is due to the small capillaries restricting so the blood flow is diverted to the muscles when anxiety strikes, if your in a permanent state of anxiety that symptom will remain.\r\nPerhaps give us your main symptom.\r\nNeil " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T14:15+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/epilepsy-seizure-fears-605604?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anxietygirlcc-1005103" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/anxietygirlcc-1005103" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi AnxietyGirl, thank you very much for your reply I completely understand what your saying and I get that you can have panic attacks but surely panic attacks last longer. My symptoms are constant but when the what I call auras they only last a few seconds which panic me and make me think this is going to be a seizure given what I have googled. I really am praying its anxiety and nothing serious but I thought anxiety or panic attacks are usually things like chest pain, hot and cold sweats and short of breath etc... Not the visual auras and deja vu but worried I am going to be diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy even though a few years ago the doctor said it wasn&#39;t.&#160;</p><p></p><p>I also must add I occasionally get these zig zag flashes and partial vision loss before a migraine so wonder whether this is related&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T18:39+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I mean, I am NOT a doctor by any nature of the word- HOWEVER, I can tell you that even though those symptoms may match what you fear, they also match those of anxiety and panic attacks. Instead of obsessvly googling what you fear, I encourage you to google and do deep research on panic attacks and their effect on the body. And to also stop using google as a doctor. Google will ALWAYS tell you the worst possible case of even a sneeze. Definitely talk to your doctor to rule that Temporal lobe ep. out... Tell them that exact diagnoses and allow them to explain to you how it truly works and what it is, not trusting google for the best knowledge. See what they say..... " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T15:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/epilepsy-seizure-fears-605604?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Marleen, thank you very much for your message and reply I am very thankful. I am waiting on a doctors appointment. Do you believe that anxiety can create these unusual symptoms that are identical to temporal lobe seizures? I also get visual auras with migraines so I am scared it&#39;s all connected and I have epilepsy too even though in 2014 the neurologist ruled epilepsy out. But surely things can change?&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T18:42+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "Jonathan do not panic please sometimes l wonder if this forum helps.Listen everyone is different it sounds like you have non epileptic seizures.Now before you take a panic attack there is nothing wrong with your brain it is caused by anxiety and is treated by a psychiatrist and therapy.Now please try to calm down and talk to your doctor." ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T19:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "Oh gosh non epileptic attack that sounds really scary like does this mean I am going to have a full seizure? This is really panicking me. Another post called Jemma on this discussion has sent my panic into overdrive as she has said her symptoms are just like mine and eventually she started having the gran mal seizures I am scared mine turn into this. I will speak with doctor but non epileptic seizures sounds like I am gonna go into fit " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T19:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "Jonathan no you are not going to take a seizure you are not epileptic.Grand mals are only caused by the brain misfiring.Your brain is functioning perfectly.Your episodes are caused by anxiety nothing more." ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T19:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "Hi Marleen thank you for being understanding. But please read Jemma83362 post because this sounds just like mine and she started experiencing grandmals months after her symptoms so this is what really scares me " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:10+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>The drs claim they aren&#39;t linked in my case.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:25+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>I know Jonathan but a lot of people get the very same symptoms and never have seizures so that&#39;s what l have said we are all different.Try to stay calm and talk to your doctor.You need to see a therapist as well so talk about that as well.Let us know how it goes.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:49+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "Hi Marleen Terrible day so far just had another few bad experiences this morning with this. Had the deja vu, random flashbacks but the weird intense fear just come over me which makes my vision go funny and hazy/cloudy. It can last for about 5/10 seconds before it starts to fade and I can rememvber the whole experience but they seem to becoming more frequent which scares me that I am heading for a massive seizure. It also leaves me feeling so panicky and my head always feel tight and heavy after. \r\n\r\nI spoke with the doctor and they are going to refer me to see a neurologist to see if they can investigate further but their is a 3 month waiting list and I am scared that I am heading for epilepsy. I dont know if this is TLE or Anxiety or something else. I am so scared its Epilepsy. " ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T11:14+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jonathan I want you to try something for me please and I know that it is far from easy.Try to find ways to relax l know you are thinking to yourself she doesn&#39;t understand l can&#39;t.I do understand you have to try to bring your anxiety down to see if your symptoms ease a little.l can tell you that you are not going to take a seizure however your anxiety will not let you have any peace of mind.Can l ask why you are so terrified of having a seizure? Have you always had that fear.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T12:50+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Marleen, I am trying honestly but I cant get the fear out of my head. I dont actually know why I have this fear I have seen a few people have fits but it scares the life out of me. If I didnt get the physical symptoms I wouldnt be as anxious but I get all the same sympytoms pretty much of temporal lobe epilepsy and my anxiety has been sent onto overdrive and I am waiting for a seizure to happen.&#160;</p><p></p><p>This information below taken from the [b]<a href=\"http://epilepsy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">epilepsy.com</a>[/b] website is exactly what is happening to me so I have pretty much diagnosed myself as having it.</p><p></p><p>What type of seizures are seen?</p><p></p><p>Seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy include simple partial seizures, such as auras, and focal seizures with complex impairment in consciousness, otherwise known as complex partial seizures.</p><p>The most common auras are d&#233;j&#224;-vu experiences or some gastrointestinal upset. Feelings of fear, panic, anxiety or a feeling of a rising epigastric sensation or butterflies with nausea are also other ways in which auras present in medial temporal lobe epilepsy. Some people also report a sense of unusual smell; this may raise a possibility of a hippocampal abnormality or a tumor in that area.</p><p>Complex partial seizures can be associated with a fixed stare, impaired consciousness, fumbling with their fingers or lip-smacking movements that last 30 to 60 seconds. There can be a posture change in an arm that also can help to delineate the location of these seizures. Some people also note problems where they speak gibberish or lose their ability to speak in a sensible manner. Some individuals report difficulty with the language, particularly if the seizures are coming from the dominant temporal lobe. Some people may have a generalized tonic-clonic jerking and this can lead to weakness after the seizure has stopped.</p><p>Some individuals can also have prolonged seizures and in some rare situations, status epilepticus may occur.</p><p></p><p>I am worried sick Marleen.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T13:31+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>If you can write your reply again as it probably won&#39;t come through until tomorrow.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T13:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "Hi Marleen, I dont actually know why I have this major fear I have witnessed epileptic seizures in the past and it looks so terrifyling however it only because my symptoms match identical to temporal lobe seizures and the fear of these progressing to a full blown seizure I just cannot cope with. \r\n\r\nI am at a loss because i have tried so much to relax and do things for relaxation but nothing works. I am constantly getting these weird symptoms which like i say are exactly like TLE from what all the websites suggest. \r\n\r\n " ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T14:12+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>I understand Jonathan however generally people who have seizures don&#39;t know they are having them they completely lose consciousness.They do look bad however a lot of people live very productive lives with epilepsy and it can be managed.You have to find ways now of controlling your fears until you see the neurologist.Practice relaxation several times a day you may think it is not working however keep doing it.Also exercise and eat regularly.Do things you enjoy doing and please stop googling.l personally think that health anxiety has increased dramatically since Google came about.I keep saying it is not a diagnostic tool.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "Just adding not that I think you are epileptic." ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:01+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "<p>Thank you Marleen you have been v helpful and understanding. I have suffered with this for years but I am scared they wont be able to diagnose me and tell it is nothing like they did last time. Websites say that simple partial seizures which I have convinced myself mine are I have read can generalise into bigger seizures if not diagnosed so if the mri and eeg i have come back clear do I take the neuro&#39;s word for it or just get left waiting for it to happen.&#160;</p><p></p><p>In your opinion do you know anyone with seizures? Can anxiety cause these weird symptoms I have mentioned?&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:07+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Jonathan I have known at least 2 people with epilepsy and they have both grand mals and they are out living their lives and enjoying themselves.Trust me no one would choose to have any disorder however they are not letting it rule their life.l have also known a lot of people with anxiety some with the same symptoms as you have described.l have nursed a long time and to be honest the number of people that self diagnose would amaze you.They are not anywhere near what is wrong with them but they are convinced because they have one or two symptoms they have some incurable illness.Please understand an MRI etc is not just looked at by the neurologist so even if one person misses something the others won&#39;t.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:27+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "People that have grand mals say they get no warning before they have which is really bad. I am trying to imagine do they just drop down and feel nothing they must go dizzy or something? How can you just drop down unconcious without feeling anything?\r\n\r\n " ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:39+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "Most people do get a warning everyone is different.You are definitely getting ahead of yourself.Go back to your doctor and ask to see a therapist so you have someone that can help you talk out your fears." ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:49+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "content": [ "I will do Marleen try and get help. Just one final question with all these symptoms do you think it is likely that I would have had a full blown seizure by now at 37 years old if it was seizures? " ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T15:55+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "Jonathan you most definitely would have.Now get this worry under control and get a therapist and get the support you need and try to rationalize your thoughts please." ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T16:24+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Jonny sounds like panic attacks.Go to your doctor and get referred to a therapist that deals with anxiety disorders and when you get your anxiety under control the symptoms will definitely lessen.As you have said epilepsy is your biggest fear and anxiety latches on to whatever frightens you the most." ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T16:41+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/epilepsy-seizure-fears-605604?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "content": [ "Hi Jemma, thank you very much for your message but now I am panicking even more so do you think I have epilepsy now coz my symptoms are like yours? Oh gosh i am so scared now " ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T18:46+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>No, I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll be ok. I didn&#39;t mean to scare you. I&#39;m not a doctor, but I don&#39;t&#160;<em>personally&#160;</em>think that you have epilepsy, because the majority of people have &#39;flashbacks&#39; or whatever and it never turns into anything. Maybe go to your gp and discuss your findings???</p><p>Again, I apologise for scaring you, I didn&#39;t mean to :-(</p><p>Regards,</p><p>Jemma</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:23+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jemma it&#39;s ok I just panicking as you have just developed seizures for no apparent reason but your symptoms match mine so I&#39;m thinking I will start experiencing them. I wish I could be told from doctor that anxiety can cause these weird symptoms.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:31+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Ive been told that the name for anxiety causing strange symptoms w/o an obvious medical cause is&#160;<em>conversion disorder</em>. I have been told multiple times that the conversion disorder has no chance in being connected to my epilepsy. Apparently it&#39;s a coincidence that I was lucky enough to be the chosen one to have both problems. I&#39;ve been told by my epilepsy drs that there is not any known cause as to why people develop epilepsy. Is there a chance you can see a gp and tell them your idea/worry and tell them that you won&#39;t allow them to act like they&#39;re doing something, but then they don&#39;t do anything. (That probably doesn&#39;t make sense. Sorry)&#160;I think (and hope) you&#39;ll be ok. Please keep me informed</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T20:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "content": [ "Hi Jemma, Terrible day so far just had another few bad experiences this morning with this. Had the deja vu, random flashbacks but the weird intense fear just come over me which makes my vision go funny and hazy/cloudy. It can last for about 5/10 seconds before it starts to fade and I can rememvber the whole experience but they seem to becoming more frequent which scares me that I am heading for a massive seizure. It also leaves me feeling so panicky and my head always feel tight and heavy after. \r\n\r\nI spoke with the doctor and they are going to refer me to see a neurologist to see if they can investigate further but their is a 3 month waiting list and I am scared that I am heading for epilepsy. I dont know if this is TLE or Anxiety or something else. I am so scared its Epilepsy. " ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T11:14+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi,</p><p>i don&#39;t think that it is epilepsy because I had flashbacks before my TCS, but they didn&#39;t get anymore intense, they&#39;ve just stayed exactly the same. From the aftermath symptoms you describe, I&#39;m not convinced you&#39;ll end up with epilepsy. That&#39;s good you spoke to the dr and that they referred you. That&#39;s a shame there&#39;s a 3 mth waiting list tho. Did you explain to the dr your fears? I&#39;m sure you&#39;ll be ok, just keep talking to people you trust :-)</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-11T22:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jemma I wouldn&#39;t say my flashbacks are more intense they are pretty much the same everytime it&#39;s just I have had this feeling daily for the last few months but it&#39;s these intense fear that washes over me which stops me in my tracks and my vision goes hazy and dreamlike and I get the abdominal pain and sickness feeling. Plus get the deja vu feeling which leaves me tired. I have had this on and off for years so I am struggling to see how this can be anxiety and not TLE. I have to wait 3 months for my appointment to live in fear of having a tonic clonic seizure at any point. I can&#39;t live like this waiting for one of these episodes to turn into something major. Also I am fully aware of these episodes when their happening but can&#39;t talk because I am in a state of panic thinking here we go I am going to collapse into a fit. I keep telling myself if it was epilepsy I would of had a full blown seizure by now but I read that&#39;s not the case as it can take years and years to progress. I have convinced myself it&#39;s epilepsy. I am so scared&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-12T04:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Right, so, I have similar feelings to that. [u]BUT[/u]&#160;my drs etc have told me this: it is extremely rare to have [b]both types of fits. [/b]It is [b]either[/b]&#160;TC [b]OR[/b]&#160;the deja vu ones. Based on this (and the fact that you get abdo pain &amp; sickness) I don&#39;t think you have anything to worry about. Please trust the drs when they say they don&#39;t think you have it. Also remember that if they thought it was TLE, they would have made it and urgent referral like they did for me. That&#39;s brilliant, keep telling yourself that until you 100% believe it. Yes, it can takes yrs to progress (I didn&#39;t start having fits until I was 15), but they don&#39;t often start w/ one seizure &amp; progress to another. If you do end up having a TC seizure (which you most likely won&#39;t), there&#39;s nothing to be afraid of. There&#39;s nothing to be afraid of in any case. The thought that panics you and makes you think you&#39;ll drop down and seize is probably the cause of the episodes. The only issue with convincing yourself it&#39;s epilepsy is that you&#39;ll have to tell DVLA and they could revoke your driving license (if you have one). I can&#39;t speak for all epileptics, however, I have heard that not many people have warnings prior to a TC seizure. Please don&#39;t be scared and please keep talking to people</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-12T16:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jemma thank you very much for the informative response. I can&#39;t decide what it is however I have had this years and I am now 36. Between 2014 and say 2 months ago things had eased off but their back with a vengeance and worse than ever. Sometimes the deja vu makes me wake up from sleep in a panic. But I am constantly thinking of these feelings and waiting for it to happen so don&#39;t know if I can bring them on myself. I don&#39;t know whether anxiety can cause all these? Do you think this is likely to progress into a full seizure or do we think that it will just disappear when my anxiety dies down? You say no warning before a tonic clonic seizure but surely you must feel something like fainting or vision goes?&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-12T17:19+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jemma83362-1074119" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi, you&#39;re welcome. By the sounds of it, not even the drs can decide what it is. I think that, as you have had it for years, it won&#39;t get any worse. Yes, I think anxiety can bring on all sorts of things, as I have experienced many horrible problems as a result of my anxiety, such as stridor, flashbacks and unbearable pains (to name but a few). I don&#39;t think it will progress to TCS, and I do think that it will reduce if your anxiety reduces. Yeah, I have no warning. Take my seizure that I had a couple of weeks ago. I was getting ready to go out with my mum. I just turned around to go out of the bathroom and I just collapsed and had a seizure lasting a couple of minutes. I have never had a warning. Not even feeling faint or my vision going. I remember nothing and there are a couple of secs before the seizure and about 15-20 mins after that I have no idea what happened.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-13T19:32+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jonny.</p><p></p><p>i understand your fears and I&#39;ve had crippling anxiety for as long as I can remember. However, a gigantic panic attack in April 2016 left me with many physical symptoms and more that came &amp; went. I had so many things wrong, that I convinced myself that there was something physical. So, like you, I would be frantically searching various ailments that I had, trying to look for an answer, because it felt like nobody else wanted to. This then lead to morse anxiety, that lead to more ailments. Every test I had, it came back negative. Like you, I was happy nothing was wrong, but angry that I didn&#39;t have an answer. Fast forward to August 2016, I had my first seizure, which was a tonic clonic (also known as generalised) seizure. This sent me into even more panic and at one point, I was convinced there was a tumour in my brain that caused it. I then had another few seizures and was diagnosed with epilepsy (to my relief (that I finally had an answer for something) but that also made me quite depressed (forcing my drs to increase my anti-depressant med)). Like you, I have flashbacks etc. to when I first got my issues, or one of the times I was rushed to hospital, or something like that. I explained this to my psych dr, and he told me that it is to do with my brain bringing awareness of the incidents back to my body, so that I never end up in that situation again. Admittedly, they do sometimes scare me, but a lot of the time, I have to just let them take their course, as I know they&#39;re happening for a reason. I see a therapist and they&#39;ve helped me sooooooooo much. Maybe go to your gp and ask them to refer&#160;</p><p>you to a psychiatrist. In the mean time, talk to people you trust, such as a significant other or family member.&#160;</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps and hope you get sorted soon (I know it doesn&#39;t seem it, but they will be sorted)</p><p></p><p>Jemma</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-10T17:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/epilepsy-seizure-fears-605604?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cherelle1392-1439753" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jonathan99185-1009774" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi Johnny, this post is so old but hope you may see it anyway as I am in a desperate state. \r\ndid you ever get to the bottom of this? \r\nthanks so much! " ], "date": [ "2022-09-03T18:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/epilepsy-seizure-fears-605604?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geanina93566-1295200" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "sorry, some of my sentences doubled themselves in my last message. " ], "date": [ "2020-02-13T14:15+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/geanina93566-1295200" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Thank you so much , it really helps me a lot !! I hope I will be able to calm my mind . thank you a lot !! 🤗🤗" ], "date": [ "2020-02-13T14:50+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geanina93566-1295200" ], "content": [ " you’re very welcome! ❤" ], "date": [ "2020-02-13T15:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nina68064-1272160" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "hi jan. Im also struggling with random mind pops. Random clips of dreams will pop up at any time and i wont be doing for them to pop up. when this happens i get this crazy feeling in my stomach/body im so scared im going to go crazy. how do we know for sure that this is due to anxiety? ive talked to a few people who have severe anxiety and no one can relate to me. " ], "date": [ "2020-02-15T07:21+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nina68064-1272160" ], "content": [ "hi nina. you can rest assured that random mind pops do happen with a lot of people who have anxiety especially long-term chronic anxiety. There have been several people on this site that have mentioned this. I have had those also and I know how weird they are. When we have anxiety, a lot of us get unwanted thoughts usually negative thoughts or scary \"what if\" thoughts etc. Mind pops are also a part of this. With anxiety, the mind can race and random weird thoughts can come out of that. The brain is an amazing organ and even scientists don’t completely understand everything that goes on. \r\nit would most likely help if you spoke with a therapist. They can really help you manage all of this. Also, if you were to post on this site and put random mind pops in the subject line you would most likely get people who could relate to that. Anyway, take it easy and try to relax your mind as much as possible with meditation, or anything that helps you relax. ❤" ], "date": [ "2020-02-16T14:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cherelle1392-1439753" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nina68064-1272160" ], "content": [ "Hi Nina, I am really hoping you see this but not holding out much hope as its an old post. \r\ndid the mind pops ever go away for you? like you were, I am totally terrified " ], "date": [ "2022-09-03T17:12+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ " all of your symptoms are common with extreme anxiety. Please be reassured of that. I have had all of your symptoms and so have millions of other people with chronic severe anxiety. I also needed constant reassurance for a long time but now that I know it’s definitely anxiety related, I can actually relax about it. The more you are able to relax your mind, The less symptoms you will have. Some of them may linger for quite a while but you can rest assured th\r\n at they are not harmful! \r\n The best thing you can do is stay in therapy even when you start to feel a little better. You need that support right now because this is difficult to manage alone. \r\nYou see, it’s not the symptoms that are the problem. The problem is unmanaged chronic anxiety that causes the symptoms. \r\nthats why it’s so important for you to take care of yourself with therapy, healthy eating, meditation, a little exercise even if it’s just walking, not isolating yourself. The worst thing to do is overthink all of this because then you’re telling your brain that something is wrong and the symptoms will just continue. \r\nso, You are not going crazy. You’re just experiencing severe anxiety that causes symptoms. There are some great meditations on YouTube for anxiety that are very calming and relaxing and that will help your mind to settle down a little. It’s important to know proper breathing with anxiety to get in better control so search for some mindfulness breathing meditation’s also. you are not going crazy. You are just experiencing severe anxiety that causes symptoms. There are some great meditations on YouTube for anxiety that are very calming and relaxing and that will help your mind to settle down a little. It’s important to know proper breathing with anxiety to get in better control so search for some mindfulness breathing meditations also. Hope you feel better soon! \r\nHope you feel better soon!" ], "date": [ "2020-02-13T14:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/please-help-my-anxiety-is-too-severe--727917?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rob94809-1439677" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I always thought that companies could not let somebody go for taking a mental health leave. But maybe there’s different rules that I’m not aware of. \r\nI left my job due to overwhelming stress and anxiety. And I can tell you that nothing is worth losing your Health over. Not even a job.\r\nI know it’s very stressful but my situation was a blessing in disguise. At first I was so scared at how I was going to go on without this job but it turned out I found something that didn’t rob me of my health or peace of mind.\r\nright now I know you’re feeling depressed and possibly anxious, etc.\r\nbut would you really want to go back to that job? \r\nOne thing I learned in counseling is don’t allow another person, a job, or anything tear you all the way down and make your life miserable. that’s giving power to them and taking it away from yourself. Because all they will do is replace you. All companies are like this. \r\nSo it’s time to take care of you! this may be an opportunity for you to find something that suits you better. You’ve got to think positive. I know that people need jobs however don’t let it define you. in the big scheme of things, they don’t mean anything. Of course they mean a paycheck but what’s even more important is your peace of mind, your Health and your joy. Be good to yourself.\r\n1. I would say to force yourself out of bed. Sometimes we have to do things that we don’t want to do in order to change for the better. Take baby steps. Get up, get dressed and go for a walk outside. You would be surprised how it helps to lift your spirit. do little things like that each day. You don’t have to do a lot to start with. But get moving.\r\n2. as long as you’re getting some nutrition and staying hydrated right now, that’s the important thing.\r\n3. there’s always the option of speaking with a counselor who can help you manage this.\r\n4. don’t give away your power and Health to some company. you have a good future and something else will come along. Sometimes change is what is most needed as I definitely found that out! this is a great opportunity for you. \r\nfeel free to private message me anytime. ❤" ], "date": [ "2022-09-03T13:19+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-depression-and-not-eating--790224?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/weenett-935770" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dl94704-1426426" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi, it totally is worth pushing through i know its hard when all you want it to feel better but by 2-3 weeks the side effects should calm n you should start seeing tiny little glimmers of hope. ive been on it over 5 yrs it does work slowly. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-13T10:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-sertraline-784221?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/igbat09-1439725" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dl94704-1426426" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "How are you getting on now? I'm on day 19 of 50ml Sertraline and was also getting terrible anxiety/shaking. I asked my GP for propanolol and they prescribed 10ml up to 3 times a day as I'm asthmatic. I took this for the first time this morning and it seems to have stopped the physical anxiety (which is what it's meant to do). Hope that helps and you're past the worst of it now!" ], "date": [ "2022-09-03T10:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-sertraline-784221?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mark92132-1439286" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mark92132-1439286" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "content": [ "Hi there\r\nSo a little backstory , I worked my first job as a waiter 2 months ago , worked 15 hours a day and had sum pressure on my stress level ,that's when the first panick attack occurred, I started trembling, cold and hot waves through my body,and felt lightheaded, went to the ER ,they did some blood work ,EKG , and it came out normal \r\ni quitted that job and after a week everything was normal again\r\nNow a week ago I was on the bus,and out of the blue as I was trying to fall asleep I felt panicked, numbness in my hands,dry mouth, trembling, since then ,I have some kind of depression and no apettite, but in the evening I feel a lot better and my apettite is normal, I don't know if I'm going crazy or not" ], "date": [ "2022-08-31T13:24+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mark92132-1439286" ], "content": [ "Not crazy at all, just very stressed.\r\n\r\nAs a first step I would say it's important that you see you GP about it, at least so that he/she is aware, that way if in the future you need medication or anything they will know your history.\r\n\r\nAlso, if all this is new to you and you have a nice and good GP, they can help reassure you and put your mind to rest and also help you if you need it." ], "date": [ "2022-08-31T13:29+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Mark,\r\n\r\nWho diagnosed that it was a panic attack? or is it something you have had before?\r\n\r\nA panic attack is a very scary and traumatic experience, so it is normal that after having one you feel down, maybe scared that it will happen again and nervous, all this can cause you to not have appetite\r\n\r\nIs there any reason that you can identify might have caused the panic attack? if so, working on the cause should help in reducing the symptoms you have.\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-08-31T13:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/panick-attack-790047?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sakshi49412-1439700" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mark92132-1439286" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "it also happens to me i had panic attacks from last 6 months and my life becomes sometimes sometimes i question myself is this reality? please tell some ways to get rid of it \r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-09-03T04:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/panick-attack-790047?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lilcharlie84-1439444" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "The same thing happened to my daughter after she had her baby. Her heart rate was around 50 and sometimes a little lower. Eventually it went higher but it took some time. yours will most likely also resolve. If you find that it stays that way you can always make an appointment with a cardiologist just for your peace of mind. Just explain to that doctor when you had the baby and how long this has been going on. you might even be able to get a 24 hour monitor to wear. That will give a better picture of how often your heart rate is going low. everything is going to be okay. if you feel uncomfortable then you have the right to get some answers as soon as you want to. remember, the doctors work for us! Take care" ], "date": [ "2022-09-01T18:31+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/low-heart-rate-790106?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lilcharlie84-1439444" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi,\r\nI'm a male but also have quite a low resting heart rate - it averages around 50. I don't know whether this may be as a result of medication (Sertraline) or some other reason ? It's weird, during exercise I sweat an awful lot but my heart rate is comparatively low.....\r\n\r\nI guess we are all just different, I don't believe your heart rate is abnormally low but check with your doctor if it's causing you stress." ], "date": [ "2022-09-02T10:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/low-heart-rate-790106?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sweetlinda-1365291" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "you are going to be just fine! You’ve been checked out by doctors and all is OK. \r\nRemember that our thoughts are very powerful so when you think negative that will expand unless you start to talk to yourself and say repeatedly that you are fine. That you are going to be OK. That the doctors checked you out and all is well. \r\nTurn your thinking around little by little. there’s a saying that goes....\r\ndon’t believe everything you think. So you have to take control of how you think. The minute you think scary thoughts, talk to yourself!\r\nAlso when you are feeling scared, stop everything, sit down or lay down and practice long slow deep breathing to calm everything down. \r\nwhen you do that, you realize that your breathing is just fine. \r\nYou can find some great breathing exercises for anxiety on YouTube and they work great. you can also find some great positive affirmations that you can repeat to yourself. That way your brain starts to believe that you are OK. hope this helps!" ], "date": [ "2022-09-02T10:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-gerd-790097?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james1911-1431626" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "anxiety can cause numerous physical sensations. Even if you don’t feel anxious if you have an underlying anxiety it can happen. But just know that it’s not dangerous to your health. Most of the sensations are a result of release of adrenaline. you can get anxiety off and on and it can pop out of nowhere. I’ve had many many physical sensations from anxiety and stress. so yes it is very possible. take one day at a time and don’t overthink things. I’m also sending you a private message. Take care" ], "date": [ "2022-09-01T03:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-790107?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mw1999-1439454" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james1911-1431626" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi James, i have had similar physical symptoms from anxiety where my pulse goes through the roof, i feel dizzy and sick etc. \r\nmy counsellor said that after years and years of anxiety being supressed or pushed down, it will come out as physical symptoms which alot of doctors dont make the link to (physical and mental) so its good to hear that your dr seems to have done that.\r\nI dont have it as bad as you from what your message says but just know that its just your brain telling your body to have physical symptoms in order to make you address the mental. talking really helps so i would definitely go ahead with any further counselling/therapy even if your Dr doesnt refer you any further.\r\ni really hope that you see improvements soon! " ], "date": [ "2022-09-01T10:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-790107?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james1911-1431626" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thank you for your responses. I took my first dose of Effexor today and it made me really sick, like I wanted to throw up. I started sweating and getting a burning skin sensation in my body. I took a zofran for the nausea, but still having the sweating and burning skin. I wish this would stop. " ], "date": [ "2022-09-01T22:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-790107?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annah51720-1313100" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james1911-1431626" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi James,\r\nI have a health phobia, so I know what you're saying. As for the sick feeling after taking your med, well, my doctor told me to expect it. She said it would take a while to get your body used to it. Hang in there. Think positive and imagine how wonderful it will be to not have those horrible fears anymore. God bless." ], "date": [ "2022-09-02T02:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-790107?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annie31369-1426620" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Annie, first of all, if you have been to emergency every day for the past 2 weeks and they have not found anything wrong with your heart, there is nothing wrong.\r\n\r\nRegarding medication, I understand you completely as I have fear of meds as well. But sometimes in life you just have to take the \"risk\" because it is obvious from your post that you are in a bad place.\r\n\r\nWhen I started taking meds for my anxiety I was so scared that I had to do it with a doctor there because I though I would die. This is a long time ago and nothing happened. \r\n\r\nI really would explain everything to your doctor and maybe you can do like I did, they could also give you some benzo (short term) you decrease your level of anxiety, at least enough so that you can function." ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T15:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/too-scared-to-start-medication-please-help-789677?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annie31369-1426620" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I completely agree with Sasical. you are already as miserable as you can be. Sometimes we do have to take a risk and chances are everything will be fine. Don’t overthink this. You are projecting what might happen if you take the med but you really don’t know that will actually happen. See how it goes because the only way to go now is up! relax yourself as much as you can, do mindfulness breathing exercises, etc. your mind is working against you but it doesn’t have to. Take one step and one day at a time." ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T21:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/too-scared-to-start-medication-please-help-789677?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lizzie87873-722050" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annie31369-1426620" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I'm in exactly your position,. I have been prescribed Pregabalin and should start taking it tonight. My symptoms are totally debilitating - vertigo, lightheadedness,nausea, blurred vision, retching, tremors. I have been resisting medication, except for a diazapam occasionally, but I now feel I've nothing to lose. Good luck with the setraline, hope it works for you." ], "date": [ "2022-08-31T11:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/too-scared-to-start-medication-please-help-789677?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1262601" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1262601" ], "content": [ "I can assure you that I don't have dysmorphobia. I find that idea offensive, because it assumes that I'm unconscious what is going on with me, it goes like that:\r\n\r\n- Hello, I have symptoms A, B, C, D and E.\r\n- Nah, maybe you just think you do?\r\n\r\nIt's extremely disappointing to get that easy dismissive answer. You're not first to tell me that and that's why I started to bring photos of me swollen and \"normal\" to the doctors, because they tend to give dismissive answers as well when they have no skills to help." ], "date": [ "2019-10-08T07:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1262601" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "content": [ "I didn't mean to upset you, I hope you find a cure for your symptoms. Best wishes." ], "date": [ "2019-10-08T11:03+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi beartown\r\nI haven't experienced what you are going through but I have heard of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) which is to do with anxiety. It's when someone thinks their appearance is not acceptable to them or others but only they see it, others cannot see it. I don't know if this is something to do with your issues or not but if this is what you have there are cures such as CBT, medication and support groups. May be worth talking to your doctor again in any case to get to the bottom of it." ], "date": [ "2019-10-07T23:12+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-water-retention-be-caused-by-anxiety--716101?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amz87-1267934" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amz87-1267934" ], "content": [ "I most likely should try a clean diet once again (I tried them in the past), but I really feel like that's not the problem. What I'm afraid of is that I will go through hell of dieting just to find out that it's not that. If there's any additional condition, the diet will bring just slight improvement and that's what happened in the past. Yes, the symptoms were better, but just slightly.\r\n\r\nWhat is more likely is that something (hormones?) make my body unable to digest properly and that's why junk food causes more trouble than it normally would. But when I'm stressed, healthy food causes me trouble as well, it's not processed by my body properly. That's why I'm not so keen on eating 100% clean (again), because it makes me more stressed. Of course eating healthy is good for you, but it's not always the answer, especially that my diet is not THAT bad, plus I don't drink alcohol and have never smoked.\r\n\r\nI have had my thyroid tested and all was fine. I don't pee as much as I should. When I force myself to drink more, I pee just slightly more and I'm bloated all day long. I haven't had kidneys checked, but 2 years ago I had a kidney stone." ], "date": [ "2019-10-08T08:04+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I would ask to have your thyroid checked for Tsh, T4,T3 and antibodies that check for graves disease if your endo did not check for these!\r\nBut yes, you will notice a huge difference if you change your diet. \r\nTry mostly plant based, stick to chicken or fish for most of the protein. Up your water intake and lower any processed food, additives, preservatives and artifical sweeteners. Try a natural sweetener such as stevia, no dairy and possibly even lower gluten (or ask to be tested for celiac) \r\nDo you wee enough during the day, have you had your kidney function tested? " ], "date": [ "2019-10-08T00:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-water-retention-be-caused-by-anxiety--716101?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/daniel67879-1370745" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey there, I want to thank you for sharing your symptoms. I have had the same issue as you from time to time. I feel puffy and my anxiety just gets worse because of these physical symptoms. I also struggle with shortness of breath from time to time. One thing i noticed is when i got a good night sleep every night for a week at least, the puffyness was mostly gone. I also found drinking more water just made it worse but i can tell you its not true, keep drinking water regularly and up your protien intake. I lost 9kg over 3 months, heres the thing though.... when you lose weight fast your body remembers (fat memory) and it can come back faster and way easier. if you dont keep a healthy lifestyle. For my its a hard reality heading closer to 30 now, my metabolism isnt the same as it was when i was 18 19 even 20. Also my anxiety is always worse when im a bit overweight... you dont feel good about yourself so naturally your just adding more negative thoughts to the pile, not to mention digestion issues.. keep at it! healthy eating is a lifestyle not a chore " ], "date": [ "2021-04-17T13:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-water-retention-be-caused-by-anxiety--716101?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/chany16496-1439357" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/beartown-1124072" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "HI i have just read your post. have been suffering from this water retention for years. also feel like drinking water is just bloating me. everyone says it cant be and just drink more. but the more i drink the more bloated i get. i also have a lot of anxiety and thinking its an anxiety issue. have you ever gotten rid of it? has anything helped?" ], "date": [ "2022-08-31T01:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-water-retention-be-caused-by-anxiety--716101?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jacob67251-1439249" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "what you are going through with the impending doom, déjà vu, etc. sounds exactly like symptoms of unmanaged anxiety and stress. You wouldn’t believe how many people on this site also have those things going on related to anxiety and stress. Including myself. People with unmanaged anxiety have negative scary thoughts pouring through their mind and they feel like something horrible is going to happen when in fact everything is OK. Déjà vu can happen with anxiety so don’t go to the worst case scenario with all of this.\r\ni’ve had anxiety for many years and have had every sensation you can think of. Including all of the physical sensations, déjà vu, panic, fear of impending doom, etc.\r\nI would say you would benefit from speaking with a counselor on a regular basis. A counselor could help you understand what goes on with anxiety and help you manage it. I speak with a counselor virtually and it works great! this is very difficult to try to manage alone.\r\ntake one day at a time. And get that support. Hope you feel better soon" ], "date": [ "2022-08-30T17:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/extreme-health-anxiety-with-fear-of-seizure-790033?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jacob67251-1439249" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Jacob\r\n\r\nI hear ya! \r\n\r\nWhen my health anxiety was out of control I kept having this all the time too, I even developed a tic because I used to self test by pulling my tongue out and looking in the mirror because I had the idea (idk why) that this proved or disproved a stroke.\r\n\r\nFor me what helped me a lot was to keep repeating to myself \"if I can calm down by people telling me there is nothing wrong, then it has to be anxiety\" and kept constantly reminding myself of all the times I \"was sure\" that something was happening to me and later I had felt ok.\r\n\r\nPlus in the end after A LOT and A LOT of fighting I somehow surrendered to the fact that what will be will be and that by panicking all day I'm not going to avoid it (there is a lot of wanting to control in health anxiety). Quite on the contrary, panic doesn't help our health. \r\n\r\nThis took a lot of mental work and I still have day when I wobble a bit, but at least I can cope with life now.\r\n\r\nOh and exercise!! great help!\r\n\r\nI hope you get some relief soon!\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-08-30T17:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/extreme-health-anxiety-with-fear-of-seizure-790033?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "content": [ "Ty for your response. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T20:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "content": [ "i haven't been diagnosed with anxiety yet but having health issues and all tests coming back ok, I have a friend who believes most of my problem is anxiety. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T20:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "content": [ "i struggle with health anxiety,gad and panic disorder but health anxiety is the worst. Any little sensation just sends me into overdrive. I have palpitations and i think im having a heart attack" ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T20:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi annette, i am the same. My anxiety appears to be there all day everyday. This is very common as your body is so use to being in fight or flight mode that it doesn't relax. Its all about training your subconscious mind to understand there is no dangers. pm me if you need to talk." ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T20:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-symptoms-789689?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/glenn37245-1438982" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "try supplement called Ashwagandha, helps a lot of people, research to learn more " ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-symptoms-789689?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jack84914-1439113" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jack84914-1439113" ], "content": [ "yea my symptoms are constant too, im scared everyday that im gonna die, my symptoms like i stated are a constant dizziness swaying in my head unless im sleeping but minute i wake up i feel it.. No dr has said this is anxiety but they cant really find a medical reason all i know is everyday gets harder to get thru. prayers to you. God is in control and i pray daily for healing and strength. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-30T13:17+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "mine is just constant panic attacks, cant eat, cant sit still and just think everything is gonna go wrong. its awful" ], "date": [ "2022-08-30T11:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-symptoms-789689?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jack84914-1439113" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "sent you a pm " ], "date": [ "2022-08-29T14:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/confronting-anxiety-789970?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nt1983-1405662" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nt1983-1405662" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Thanks, for reply Jan.\r\nI'm 39 years old and only started experiencing panic attacks in 2021. I took 10mg of Citalopram for about 8 months. Then came off it. for about 4 weeks, I was able to manage low levels of anxiety (tension in chest and shortness of breath). But it gradually built up again, without turning into a panic attack though. I am now taking 25mg of Sertraline. The thing is, when I was not taking any medication, and would experience a little bit of tension and shortness of breath, id go on a bike ride and not have a tight chest afterwards." ], "date": [ "2022-08-29T09:54+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ " normally exercise relieves anxiety symptoms but not always. sometimes our thoughts can bring on anxiety also. \r\n have you had anxiety a long time?don’t know how old you are but make sure you are getting a complete physical check up at least once a year.practice some long slow deep breathing for anxiety. There are some great videos on that on YouTube. it will help relieve the shortness of breath and tight feeling in your chest. hope you feel better soon " ], "date": [ "2022-08-29T08:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-for-me-tight-chest-shortness-of-breath-789944?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " dizziness, swaying, head pressure are all very common with stress and anxiety. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had those over many years. All my tests were also normal. \r\n are you going through anything in your life that’s causing you anxiety or stress? Family? Work? \r\n if all your testing was normal then the cause of this is most likely stress and or anxiety. That’s what happened to me. You have to trust the testing. years ago I also thought something was seriously wrong with me. But there truly was nothing wrong it’s just that I had unmanaged anxiety that had built up to the point of creating these sensations. Even to this day I sometimes get the head pressure and lightheadedness but I know that there’s nothing seriously wrong so I just practice my breathing and I listen to great meditations for anxiety that really calm everything down. Feel free to private message me anytime. You’re going to be OK. If you know of something going on in your life that I would suggest getting some counseling and the counselor can help you manage all of this. Try to relax your mind as much as possible. The more you worry about it the more you are going to have those sensations. Have a relaxing evening " ], "date": [ "2022-08-17T01:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "I dont really have a normal time , seems the only relief i get is when i lay down and go to sleep but the minute i wake up its my first thought and i feel the terrible feeling in my head, i had to quit my job due to it which has added extra stress, it feels as though theres constantly an off feeling in my head i spend most days crying and praying for it to go away. God bless you and any other insight is appreciated. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T07:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "content": [ "Hi, I had an MRI head scan and all came back clear which ruled anything out physically - maybe you also could request the same or to see a Neurologist ? Even though I know nothing is wrong I still experience the problem. Tight head / neck, brain fog and a loss of balance...." ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T20:06+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "ive had 2 Mri and have seen 2 neurologist one thought it was migranal but have no headaches the other had no idea, but ty" ], "date": [ "2022-08-17T16:42+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stella21064-1438073" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "Yeah my anxiety goes up up UP around other people, even if they just come over the house." ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T20:08+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hello, I experience very much the same - the awful head pressure and dizziness, sometimes after a day at work my head feels like soup ! Never really suffer with this at weekends when am more relaxed, I just seem to tense up around other people. Does yours feel worst at certain points in the day ? In the morning i feel 'normal' but by about 11am the head pressure starts to build and is worst early afternoon. After a couple of hours of being home the fog seems to disappear....\r\n\r\nI have no idea how to stop this, am really effected by the energy (if this makes sense?) of other people, It seems ingrained in my brain. This may not of helped but at least you know you are certainly not alone or going mad...\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T07:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron737-1437392" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron737-1437392" ], "content": [ "Started about a year ago, woke up in middle of night with room spinning very bad but it has changed since then a few times now the swaying and dizziness feel like its the inside of my head not the surroundings. It's been horrible many tests many doctors but no real answers. Would like to hear more about what your going thru maybe we could help each other. God bless" ], "date": [ "2022-08-22T00:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron737-1437392" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "content": [ "Yes mine is similar like you its like its inside my head not the surroundings. outside and big open bright places make it worse. Its like my head is completely jumbled and cant process anything and my senses are just overwhelmed, with a weird painful head and ear pressure that makes me feel a bit queasy all the time. Is just constant at the moment 24/7. \r\nDid you have anything medical happen before it like a vaccine or anything aesthetic? Had you been experiencing any long term stress prior? Yes be good to head more :-)" ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T23:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron737-1437392" ], "content": [ "no ive never had anything like this before, no vaccines either it's been a horrible time for me scares me everyday that Dr's are missing something don't enjoy much anymore." ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T16:25+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Sorry to hear this Annette i can sympathise I'm going through exactly the same thing at the moment symptom wise.\r\nHow did it start, as in when did you first notice it? Did anything change or happen around that time? " ], "date": [ "2022-08-18T18:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "content": [ "yes im on anti depressant but no relief from symptoms from all the doctors ive seen none of them have said its anxiety related. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-22T12:39+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi all\r\n\r\nCan I ask is anyone on antidepressants and found the syptoms eased up? I have very simular a very weird head sensation going on the doctor has said its anxiety and I've been given Citalopram just wondered if it helps the light headiness? " ], "date": [ "2022-08-19T09:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stella21064-1438073" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Oh I know the swaying sensation.. I have it almost 24/7 except for when I'm asleep (which isn't much) and then for the first, fresh 5 minutes I'm steady.\r\nBut then I start thinking.\r\nAnd the swaying feeling instantly comes back. Like rocking on a boat.\r\nAlso, if I wake up in a panic, I feel like a hot liquid crawling up the back of my head. Good times.\r\nANXIETY " ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T20:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/glenn37245-1438982" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I use to feel similar to your symptoms, after i went to 2 meals a day, no sugar , feel a lot better, i skip breakfast and go 12 hours before i eat lunch, doctors definitely don't know everything and if it can't be fixed with drugs they give up \r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/head-symptoms-anxiety--789310?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I know the feeling all to well and im sorry tp you, ive been dealing with head issues for year now , many tests and drs no true answers ive had to quit working and everything, everyday i feel something being missed by drs and fear dying so my heart goes out to you" ], "date": [ "2022-08-29T14:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-attack-help-required-and-the-end-of-my-wits-789844?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Brian,\r\n\r\nYou ask: anyone else suffered like this? \r\n\r\nUnfortunately yes, most everybody with bad anxiety suffer like this. I know that might not help, but at least it might offer some comfort in knowing you are most deffo not alone.\r\n\r\nHave you had any help for this? therapy, medication? If not I strongly that you speak to your doc.\r\n\r\nWishing you all the best!" ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-attack-help-required-and-the-end-of-my-wits-789844?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kimberly00347-970652" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey all i can comment on is the burning mouth side of things , i had a burning tongue it was terrible four months of it . was taking benzos all the time and then was put on zoloft. once i chilled out it became good. anxiety is a arsehole it takes on many forms, " ], "date": [ "2022-09-01T08:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-attack-help-required-and-the-end-of-my-wits-789844?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kimberly00347-970652" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey all i can comment on is the burning mouth side of things , i had a burning tongue it was terrible four months of it . was taking benzos all the time and then was put on zoloft. once i chilled out it became good. anxiety is a arsehole it takes on many forms, " ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-attack-help-required-and-the-end-of-my-wits-789844?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jack_69969-966774" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jack_69969-966774" ], "content": [ "thanks jack very much appreciated" ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:06+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Brian,\r\n\r\nI'm sorry to hear you're going through all this as I know it sucks from personal experience.\r\n\r\nI had a bad stint with anxiety/panic disorder about 6 years ago. Panic attacks, constant worry I was suffering with a heart problem (I've had all the tests), strange body sensations everyday and persistent worry. It got to a point where everyday I would go to the hospital after work and just sit on a bench just to feel safer, then eventually head home early hours of the morning to repeat the same process the following day. I thought I was going insane.\r\n\r\nIt took me a while to get better, but I got there. I scheduled my days in which I had to complete tasks such as - Meditate, practice learning how to play the guitar, reading, going to the gym and putting myself in situations that would normally trigger my anxiety. I'd ride the feelings and sensations a little longer each time. Eventually I built enough confidence to complete a dream of mine which was to go travelling for 6 months, alone. Upon my return back to the UK, the anxiety felt like a distant memory. \r\n\r\nI know things seem dark now Brian, and you probably feel alone and feel like you're going crazy. But you will get through this, I'm not gonna lie, it's gonna be hard, but at the end of it all you will be a better and stronger person because of it. \r\n\r\nIf you want to message me anytime I'm available to talk. \r\n\r\nJack." ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T15:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-attack-help-required-and-the-end-of-my-wits-789844?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-539771" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I've experienced numbness on one side of my face before but it went after a day or two. I know anxiety can cause tightness and numbness around the neck and face. I've had constant tingling/numbness in my hands for the past month, it's not severe as such, just rather annoying! I don't know why anxiety does this though. It's a pain! " ], "date": [ "2014-12-31T12:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/victoria90562-538448" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kurt1968-1189468" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/victoria90562-538448" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Victoria,</p><p>I know you posted this 3 years ago but thought I&#39;d try anyway. Are you still dealing with your facial numbness? What antibiotic were you on? I have been having similar issues with facial loss of sensation and numbness. Also my facial muscles get tired and lose ability to move - upper lip, forehead and jaw. This all happened after I took a course of Bactrim.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-20T13:34+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I've been dealing with this too. It started off as certain spots on the right side of my face went numb for a couple hours, then felt the tightness a couple days after as well. I was on antibiotics so I went to my doctor to see if it was the medication, anxiety/stress, or something serious. Mine came and went a lot but he said he doubt it was my medication, he's been a doctor for many years and the medication he put me on, never happened to anyone else. He thought maybe I was experiencing a stroke (I'm 21) but he said it couldn't be it with nothing else happening. I asked about brian tumors but he said i would of also had other problems going on with the facial numbness and it wouldn't be just certain spots, that whole side of my face would of been affected. \r\n\r\nHe told me it could simply be anxiety and the stress. I have a hard time believing it too. Anxiety causes so many real things that freaks you out thinking its something else. " ], "date": [ "2014-12-31T12:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mia00389-631226" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/suyash-963123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mia00389-631226" ], "content": [ "Hi! Whatever you described is very similar to me. The start or the onset, the progression, everything. The nose symptoms also. I have disturbances in my ear as well as facial nerves are closely connected with ear. Only unfortunate thing is due to rough handling of an intern dentist i got this problem on both sides of my face. Im taking a medicine to control nerve signals. \r\nThanks\r\nPlease keep me posted with updates. \r\nIm getting an MRI done soon\r\n" ], "date": [ "2016-08-20T09:42+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/suyash-963123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mia00389-631226" ], "content": [ "Where are you from Mia? My MRI report has come normal.. However I am. Planning to consult some plastic and reconstructive surgeon in India where i live and also London or USA wherever im able to travel. Theres more restricted movement of face on my left side when i smile. Similar on my right with less intensity.. It is extremely annoying and depressing.. It may be synkinesis is what i feel after much research on the Internet. Do u feel any restricted movement of your face? If yes then get evaluated for synkinesis.. You and me have same problem. \r\nRegards " ], "date": [ "2016-09-27T00:53+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/fortune_03548-1134233" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mia00389-631226" ], "content": [ "<p>Hey Please I&#39;m having the exact same symptoms and it&#39;s driving me crazy ! How did you deal with yours &#160;please?? Thanks&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-12-27T11:25+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi there! I know this is quite an old thread but I just wanted to share my experience.\r\n\r\nRecently I have been experiencing \"tightness\" in my face too. But its only on my nose. The best way i can describe it is like having a blackhead strip stuck to your nose constantly. To back track a little, I started off having headaches. The first headache I had was like a migraine, then everyday thereafter I started having just a constant throb on one side of my head. That was 2 weeks ago and now my headaches have stopped but I am left with this tight/numb feeling in my nose!\r\n\r\nmy first thought was \"brain tumour\" and I got really worried. \r\n\r\nI have seen two doctors about my symptoms and they were both bewildered. My family doctor prescribed me some medications for sinus problems. The second doctor i seen checked inside my ears and told me I had a dull eardrum on my right side (side where the headaches have been) and she put me on a course of antibiotics. But I'm still not convinced this has anything to do with my sinuses or ears.\r\n\r\nbut still no answers for this tight feeling on my nose! Its driving me crazy. I have no idea what it could be and i am getting so freaked out that i may have a brain tumor or something sinister going on.\r\n\r\non the other hand, i see some of you have mentioned anxiety. I recently moved house and have a 5 month old daughter to tend to everyday and have been under some (but not alot) of stress. But i also don't see how this symptom could be anxiety related. \r\n\r\ndid you ever get to the bottom of symptoms?" ], "date": [ "2015-03-10T12:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jay40m-451017" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "content": [ "Im going on 42. I have had a tight throat for 2.5 years. my neck is also tight. I wake up with numb hands. Ive been tested for gerd and I do not have that. I thought I had a slow onset of anaphylaxis 2.5 years ago when my throat closed up but I cannot confirm it for sure. Its just a theory of the many ive had throughout the years. I had a ct scan and everything came back normal. Ive had numerous other medical tests and all they could come up with was mild to moderate degenerative disc disease c4 which my doctor says everyone has. \r\nThe symptoms that annoy me most right now is my stiff neck and tight throat. I would like to believe it is the muscles as you describe and not something else. \r\nbtw, my blood count is normal too so the doctor says its not cancer. " ], "date": [ "2016-08-20T05:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shirley92836-978838" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jay40m-451017" ], "content": [ "<p>have a test for Scleroderma.. I had pnumonia in 4-16 with broc. was sick for a mo. &#160;(a health nut) never been to a Dr. for anything bad for 20+ yrs. I am 76 women.. In Sept. I sat next to a lady who had a cold at dinner.. 3 days later I had sort of a cold.. not bad but my neck on both side felt like a vise &amp; both of my cheeks same &amp; tight back of head &amp; above right eyebrow,, The test said Scleroderma.. I am seeing a Dr. on this .. this mo. .. I had to go back to the clinic &amp; ask them to do further test.. it came back 2.6 00.0.9 &#160;normal so my is 2.6 .. so tired of this feeling .. also had made a appt. with a salvia &amp; lymph Dr. will keep it to see if that is the problem or something new.. I am scared , so my blood pressure rises.. my husband died &amp; I live alone with my adopted 3 fur babies.. I also feed a cat everyday from my basement window &amp; made a home for it in my back porch.. the stiff neck is like in a vise.. how are u doing now.. let me know what u did to get rid of that awful feeling.. thank u Shirley.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-10-08T05:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jnp900-989144" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "content": [ "<p>LisaLisa - thanks for your insight. This sounds similar to what I&#39;ve been experincing for the past few weeks.</p><p>-&#160; pins/needles feeling on the surface of my face.</p><p>- Bilateral, moves around.</p><p>- I described it as numbnes but it&#39;s more of a pickling.</p><p>- It&#39;s not painful, but it&#39;s distressing.</p><p>- Begins around my lips and cheeks and will go up as far as my ears and even my upper eylids.</p><p>- The more I think about it, the worse it seems to get. (Or maybe the worse it gets, the more I think about it.)</p><p></p><p>I&#39;ve been stressed a lot at work and tend to be clenching my jaw often. The tingling is never present when I wake up, but I wake up with sore teeth/jaw and my facial muscles feel tired.</p><p></p><p>My doctor believes it is stress because it is bilateral and comes and goes. He said if it was just on one side and if it wasn&#39;t going away, he&#39;d send me in for a CAT scan. But right now, he said I&#39;m not describing numbness inasmuch as a heightened &quot;pricking&quot; feeling and he wants me to try Xanax on and off to see if the symptoms go away when I take the anti-axiety drug.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-10-29T04:40+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/allieg1022-982670" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jay40m-451017" ], "content": [ "Hey jay40. I realize this post is old but have you ever gotten an extended thyroid panel tested? Sounds similar to thyroid dysfunction. \r\n\r\n\r\nAllie " ], "date": [ "2017-06-20T01:52+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kristibg-1063867" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shirley92836-978838" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Shirley I&#39;m sorry to heAr about your husband-prayers your way. What test diagnosed your schleroderma? I&#39;m haveing similar odd orofacial</p><p>Pain and also join instability any info you have to share would be wonderful -I too have 2 fur baby kitties I know yours are easing your pain right now</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-03T00:31+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tikendra83173-959766" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jay40m-451017" ], "content": [ "Hi Jay,\r\nI too have same condition some tight throat and persistent tight back of the upper neck since 2 years.cbc normal, have vitamin b12 and d3 in sufficient, so taking these. " ], "date": [ "2017-11-08T14:30+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/philly89-1165844" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jay40m-451017" ], "content": [ "<p>Im 27 and struggling w anxiety for about 8 years now. I also have been having the throat/neck/jaw tightness for a few months now. I think it is def anxiety as it seems to go away when i am distracted and not focused on it.</p><p></p><p>It is so uncomfortable tho! Super tight all over my throat and neck area and even my tongue and jaw feel tight and sore sometimes. I had that lump feeling in my throat for 2 days and when it finally went away i had a sore throat i guess bc the muscles were worn and tired from being so tight for so long. Its so frustrating, i try to ignore it and relax myself but it doesn&#39;t really help.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-29T16:02+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I Get strange facial stuff too. They are muscles and nerves that get effected by anxiety like any other muscle or nerve in your body. Tmj (google that) occurs in many with anxiety and causes much of these sensations along with sinus issues, allergies. I hate it too. We are just humans and living in any heightened state of anxiety has its effects. I use a mouth solint i sleep in. I remind myself its anxiety related and if i want it to calm down i have to calm down. Its more then a simple thought so be patient. Muscles and nerves get inflammed so it isnt going to happen over night. Tmj can go and on. It all goes back to your cooing mechanism for anxiety and seeking self calming tools or suppliments. The core is the anxiety but to believe your body won&#39;t or doesnt &#160;get effected is silly. It will calm down when you have really learned to calm down youself happily muscles and nerves bounce back over time, the jaw is powerful and clenching and bruxism (from anxiety,mwhikst asleep usually) hurts muscles and nerves.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-07-31T13:50+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tugg-965348" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Srite\r\nI know this is an old post but I have been dealing with what you have described. It is hard to put into words but you had me at the drying glue comment. Have you had any luck or can give me any advice? I am going on 5 mths now and docs are getting nowhere. Thanks" ], "date": [ "2016-09-27T00:11+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/palak53046-991641" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey my symptoms are identical to yours plus I am experiencing problem in opening my mouth. Recently I underwent a traumatic tooth extraction and my doctor suspect maybe it is because of this." ], "date": [ "2016-11-07T14:39+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/suyash-963123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shirley92836-978838" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/suyash-963123" ], "content": [ "<p>have had this for 4 mos. been to 5 diff. Drs. what are these Drs. called so I can look up &amp; make an appt. are they ENT Drs.?? or.. thank u... my neck feels like it is in a vise &amp; goes up to my lower cheeks.. used to be in the back of my head also.. glad u feel better sp.</p><p>&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-08T03:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/suyash-963123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shirley92836-978838" ], "content": [ "These are neurosurgeons.. Look for gamma knife surgeries..if u have tingling, pricking, spasms, current like sensations on your face..\r\nThis condition is called trigeminal neuralgia. If you have that, gamma knife procedure will cure you. " ], "date": [ "2016-11-08T03:45+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>There&#39;s only 1cure..gamma knife surgery..it&#39;s a non invasive procedure.. Just like laser ..they treat your sensory root of trigeminal nerve..all your distressing sensations will go away..</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-07T16:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/simon92994-1012957" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi I know it&#39;s been a while since you posted this but what you have discribed word for word is exactly how I&#39;ve felt over the past 2 weeks now just curious if you ever got to the bottom of what it was? Would be much appreciated if you could let me know.</p><p>Hope your well </p><p>Simon</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-21T00:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ibrahim57343-1052721" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cboyd224-1193100" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ibrahim57343-1052721" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;ve had full body nerve tingling before it&#39;s incredibly uncomfortable , never had a surgery or if I understand your situation correctly. But if I do it&#39;s the brains reaction to feeling like something is out of place mentally working that something is wrong and not accepting that everything is all right. I do it often haha . If you read through some of my comments I posted tonight it might help give you some type of direction or insight of what you might be able to do to stop it quickly and understand it and I hope it helps. I suggest developing a routine of relaxation when something like this occurs and other steps I mentioned in my comments. Don&#39;t read into them to much, I&#39;m not a professional, I&#39;m just some that has over come some major anxiety issues and hope it helps. </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-05T07:25+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi everyone \r\n ,\r\n\r\nSensetions on face , like ants walking on face , then nerve reactions like as if somethings under your skin trying to get out , ear ache, tempel area wired spasm and pressure , \r\n\r\n this is whats going on , running me nuts had similar sensetions in 2006 now after a surgery its came back but worst ,\r\n\r\nIs anyone esle haveing these sensetions ? " ], "date": [ "2017-06-05T06:41+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/racheld1975-1074384" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes, I have had the same exact thing. I have also had numbness and tingling and the feeling like there is a hair on my face or my skin is crawling. I went to the ER and they did a head CT and a full work up, told me I was fine and it was probably just my anxiety. " ], "date": [ "2018-03-29T16:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bluedew1985-1184374" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I just noticed your post was posted 3 years ago. I thought by sharing my own problems can somehow makes you feel better or at least you are not alone on this. Yes, I feel facial tightness all the time for many years. The tightness I felt is around my forehead, both sides of my face, cheeks and chin area. From my own experience, this is due to stress, and tension, overused of facial muscles due to overthinking, worrying, anxiety, over using the brain, etc. And also, I try to avoid Monosodium Glutamate, or salt type seasoning, which I believe after my cutting down on the usage, contributes to the lessening of the tightness that I am now feeling in facial area. Hmm, I wonder if my post would still help you by at least letting you know that you are not alone in this. " ], "date": [ "2018-06-01T13:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cboyd224-1193100" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cboyd224-1193100" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "Just to add basically axienty can route from a trauma, exhaustion, overwhelmed, over thinking and has different affects to each. For me it was a mix. Find your route and understand it and accept it for what it is to always move forward and better yourself." ], "date": [ "2018-07-05T07:16+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cboyd224-1193100" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "<p>What I&#39;ve achieved from all this is I quite smoking cigarettes, I quick smoke weed, I cut down drinking to the point I never get drunk and have one or two drinks a month, I began to work out a lot. It helped improve me . Take the good from the bad.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-05T07:18+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cboyd224-1193100" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "Last and final note because talking about this is helping at the moment and not meaning to badger on but I have also experienced a type of issue that mimiced heart palpitations, where when I went to the hospital for it, there was a muscle on my chest that would flex and cause the heart monitor to show an additional heart beat that caused a very sharp pain\r\n" ], "date": [ "2018-07-05T07:28+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I just want to add my piece to this question and over all discussion and the difficulty with anxiety. I have experienced anxienty on a level of panic attacks that have once cause me to turn pale white and vomit, I have experienced anxienty attacks where I go into a state of constant shaking and have experienced anxienty attacks where I believed a side of my body would go numb but wasn&#39;t and one that had a physical alteration to me that would cause me to occasionally lose vision in my left eye from seconds to minutes every 2 weeks or days or months that went on for 1 year and had doctor&#39;s check out. I had no signs of any illnesses or anything that would indicate that I was in any harm and have been able to get past it and no longer have it occur. I learned from it saw what my triggers were and got a routine that would calm me down by putting me in a comfortable place to relax and know I&#39;m not alone. For instance I here on this page because of one now with facial tenseness and trying to use a heating pad to realease any tenseness in my shoulders where I know I keep my stress and have a sound track of rain that always puts me in a good mood . It might sound weird but it works for me. I suggest finding out the triggers when this occurs don&#39;t disregard it and get in a pattern to put you back where you need to be and keep the mind from racing. I&#39;m simply trying to keep my mind occupied with this message in the hope to help others to help myself . I hope it doesn&#39;t affect you to much and always talk with someone. Your not alone and I hope your ok and feel better.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-05T07:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aj1986-1182411" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi Srite, I know it&#39;s been 4 years how are your symptoms now ? Hopefully better and if it is what did you find to help ?</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-25T16:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/paul19166-1309875" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "did you manage to find out how to treat the condition" ], "date": [ "2020-04-28T16:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/belle48-1428224" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi, thank you so much for this post! I am experiencing the same thing. I've been really stressed for a while now, and the past few days the left side of my face around my eye/cheek and a bit of my jaw has been tight/it feels like there's pressure behind it, or like I just need to stretch it out. It comes and goes, and now that I think about it, it's pretty in sync with when I've been the most stressed. I genuinely don't understand it and honestly thought I was having a stroke or the onset of Bells Palsy (being stressed definitely spikes my anxiety about health issues). So does anyone know what it's actually from? Or what to do about it?" ], "date": [ "2022-05-24T23:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bo21402-1439022" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "For the past few week, I have been this condition, a feeling of tightness in my face.It feels like my nose is being squeezed when it happens.Relief from this feeling often comes when I am relaxed or lying flat on my bed.I am just 20 what happen to me" ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T08:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bo21402-1439022" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/srite-539746" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "For the past few week, I have been this condition, a feeling of tightness in my face.It feels like my nose is being squeezed when it happens.Relief from this feeling often comes when I am relaxed or lying flat on my bed.I am just 20 what happen to me" ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T08:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/facial-tightness-336715?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/emilym1997-1343844" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/emilym1997-1343844" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "content": [ "Hey sasical, thank you for the response and I'm doing much better now after distracting my mind with other things to try not to think about the sensations so much and it's working out for me well. So sorry you had to experience this too, but glad you found the right medication to help you clear up the symptoms. I'm still taking my medication, it's omperazole. So far no progress yet since I just started taking the pills, but hoping I can get some relief as well. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T06:37+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Emily,\r\n\r\nI hope you are doing better since you wrote this post.\r\n\r\nI used to get this really really bad all the time, I would feel like I was chocking every day and with every meal. The doctor thought I had acid reflux but the dietician though it was low acid. I followed her advice and took some form of acid pill, I can't remember the name and my symptoms completely cleared after 3-4 days.\r\n\r\nI'm not a doctor or saying this is what you have but just so that you are aware that this could also be an option.\r\n\r\nBest of luck as I know it's a horrid feeling." ], "date": [ "2022-08-28T06:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/bad-health-anxiety-and-acid-reflux-789866?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ejc-938394" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jules98862-1438122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi there sorry you are suffering so much.\r\nI also have health anxiety , have done for many years. My experience with this has proved to me many times that it causes some awful very real symptoms, often worse that the original problem that starts it off! I'm struggling with it myself currently & I know the constant fight to keep your thoughts rational . I am no professional but I think health anxiety is capable of causing any symptom . All the best " ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T09:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-hypochondria-i-think-789543?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sofi4563-1384217" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jules98862-1438122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "\r\nHi, \r\nI'm on the als panic train too, 28 female, and I've been here for almost 3 years. I felt weak and weird all the time. Had internal tremors that would wake me up at night and I felt as if i couldn't walk straight, and when talking my mouth felt full, like I was drunk for example. \r\nI'll tell you what my doctor told me and it actually made sense. You are checking certain movements in your body that you shouldn't. Because these go unnoticed like talking, when you start checking it looks odd, and as if you can even talk properly. I know it's hard but as soon as you stop chrcking yourself the anxiety will subside and the symptoms will decrease. As for your tumor fears, usually if your headache goes away with over the counter soft painkillers then it should be OK. Unfortunately I know 2 close people diagnosed with brain tumors, and one had a random epilepsy attack, and the other crippling headaches 24/7, so it will be OK for! you I'm currently fighting a crippling fear of pancreatic cancer. I've been having a dull pain on my stomach and it's consuming me.. I've been having gastric issues my whole life, but I always expect the most deadly diagnostic. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T15:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-hypochondria-i-think-789543?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/louise17853-1438852" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " it sounds like anxiety and possibly depression also. Many times anxiety and depression go hand-in-hand but a lot of people don’t know that they are actually depressed also. I can completely relate to you because I’ve always been nervous and anxious in social situations including work. it was debilitating. actually I was also like that in grade school, high school and college. So it was very difficult for me to keep a job for very long. \r\n anxiety is usually worse in the morning and that’s because cortisol is highest in the waking hours for people who have stress and anxiety. Cortisol is a stress hormone. I also noticed that anxiety is terrible in the morning for me. \r\n i i’ve been battling this for many many years. It isn’t until recently that I have been feeling a little bit better after getting some great counseling that is still going on. I do that virtually which I really like. Also I’ve been listening to some great speakers on YouTube about how to manage anxiety. i Learned that I need to have a regular daily schedule and do things that promote well-being more than I have done in the past. some of the things are :\r\n 1. morning prayer and gratitude \r\n 2. eating healthy foods and staying hydrated \r\n 3.regular exercise. This reduces anxiety and increases endorphins in the brain which help you feel relaxed. \r\n 4.get at least 7+ hours of sleep every night \r\n 5.speak with a counselor if you are really struggling \r\n 6 some people benefit from medication for anxiety and or depression \r\n 7.journaling your feelings and accomplishments. \r\n i i’m sorry that you’re going through this. I know it’s not fun. take one day at a time and try not to overthink everything. remember that whatever we think whether it’s positive or negative, it will grow! So stay on the positive side and look for the good in everything. Private message me anytime. Take care " ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T13:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-confusion-789808?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jenni101183-924547" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer10087-1351252" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jenni101183-924547" ], "content": [ "hi there, currently suffering from these symptoms, i also had GAD \r\nhave your symptoms recovered? " ], "date": [ "2021-01-12T22:44+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Yes I thought it was only me , lately my anxiety has been through the roof , and one of my symptoms consist of the bottom left side of my face having a burning sensation , or my scalp or my entire mouth inside , its really scary and weird . " ], "date": [ "2021-06-06T23:47+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "Maybe. iron deficiency anaemia and vitamin B12 or folate deficiencyanaemia." ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T16:54+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "content": [ "<p>No.. had all bloods done and all ok.. its a nightmare.. <img src=\"http://s8.patient.media/forums/emoticons/sad.gif\" alt=\"sad\" /></p>" ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T17:07+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Do you have some deficiency? " ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T16:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/borderriever-963132" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/borderriever-963132" ], "content": [ "<p>Yeah i have good dental hygiene i actually been to dentist today and couldnt see anything wrong.. he did infact mention stress being a problem... just another symptom to add to the list <img src=\"http://s8.patient.media/forums/emoticons/sad.gif\" alt=\"sad\" /> <img src=\"http://s8.patient.media/forums/emoticons/sad.gif\" alt=\"sad\" /></p>" ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T17:40+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/borderriever-963132" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "content": [ "Hello sally\r\n\r\nGood having your teeth checked. Sometimes if you suffer Anxiety your tummy may be upset\r\n\r\nIf not already discuss your concerns with your GP\r\n\r\nIf you ned support we are here\r\n\r\nBOB" ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T17:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hello sally\r\n\r\nHave you tried some mouth freshener, I get a dry mouth and it seems to be caused by bad breath,\r\n\r\nDo you need to have a Dental Checkup, if you have problems with your teeth that can caus problems with breath and dry mouth espcially if you need some fillings\r\n\r\nBOB" ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T17:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/psyched_out_kim-943185" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer10087-1351252" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/psyched_out_kim-943185" ], "content": [ "hi there, does this come and go for you? i have GAD but this is the first time experiencing burning mouth." ], "date": [ "2021-01-12T22:46+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>The tip of my tongue gets a burning sensation when anxiety starts to rear its ugly head. It also happens when I&#39;m low on B vitamins, but mainly it comes with anxiety. I just have to ride it out, because I haven&#39;t found anything that helps yet.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-08-30T22:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/andi55538-1065432" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Sally \r\nI am sooo with you on this. A few years ago I started having a painful tongue. I went through all the checks to no avail. Then it started to really hurt when I ate spicy food. This past year I dealt with a lot odd issues and life is better and the tongue pain is gone!" ], "date": [ "2017-07-09T07:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/julie_63410-1066111" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pick334-1348394" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/julie_63410-1066111" ], "content": [ "this os exactly my symptoms. i thought i had all types of stds i got checked for everything and it was negative. im going nuts " ], "date": [ "2021-01-31T12:20+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer10087-1351252" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/julie_63410-1066111" ], "content": [ "hi there? did this go away for you? how are you now? " ], "date": [ "2021-01-12T22:46+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hannah74689-1348742" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/pick334-1348394" ], "content": [ " i had an encounter 5 months ago got a coated tongue and my mouth was really tingly and soar , doctors coulnt find anything i was convinced i had something ! \r\n \r\n 5 months later i still have this burning tingling sensation on and off its horrible ! \r\n \r\n " ], "date": [ "2021-01-31T12:22+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>HI</p><p>I&#39;m suffering too! </p><p>Feels like pins and needles in the end of my tongue, it&#39;s sore in the middle at he back and the sides are too. It&#39;s really getting me down now as it&#39;s been like this for a good 2 weeks. </p><p>I&#39;m also really anxious so my throat is tight and sore. Hate feeling this way!</p><p>Doctor no help at all, &#128557;</p>" ], "date": [ "2021-01-31T12:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Have you been tested for sjigrens? Wont be in the blood tests that are standard. Rhematoid dr. Tests for it," ], "date": [ "2017-07-12T17:40+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pmmb-1069080" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I am 59.&#160; I have had all sort of mouth pains - gums, tongue, teeth, you name it.&#160; I am now thinking much of it is from stress.&#160; However, I believe many of my old fillings are not holding issues at bay anymore, too.&#160; I&#39;ve had one root canal, but I think there are more needed in the future.&#160; It seems like a vicious cycle.&#160; Stress, mouth pain then the pain causes more stress and on.&#160; I look forward to all of this ending, really.&#160; Rest and quiet seem to be the only things that really help.&#160; I also put coconut in my mouth and swish it around for as long as I want - this seems to help, too.&#160;&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-29T02:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa33970-1154435" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer10087-1351252" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa33970-1154435" ], "content": [ "hi there, how are you now? did you end up receiving a diagnosis?" ], "date": [ "2021-01-12T22:47+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "HIYa I’ve been suffering with burning tounge for 3 months now since I went dentist I had a filling Bt also started really bad with anxiety and gadbloods I’m low on vitamin d n iron I’m not sure wat is causing it bt it’s driving me nuts I need help " ], "date": [ "2018-03-06T20:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anna22190-1165291" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I also have had this problem, it took me about 3 years of trying to fix it but now it is finally gone/manageable. I want to share the things I did to fix it, I really hope my experience can help someone else.</p><p></p><p>It started when I had a period of being extremely stressed and it turned into depression. I had extremely sore mouth especially down either side of my tongue, it felt red raw and like I had been chewing on the sides of my tongue (but I wasn&#39;t). I was in constant pain all day every day it was unbearable. I went to the doctor and he said &quot;I&#39;m not sure what it is, drink more water, if it keeps happening come back.&quot; he also suggested I use coconut oil and swish it around in my mouth for 15-20min and then spit it out. This is what I would later find out to be &quot;[b]oil pulling[/b]&quot;- which i would recommend (google it for more instruction).</p><p>I put up with it for a while longer scouring the internet for help, the only thing I could find were people saying they had surgery to remove the sides of their tongue!? ouch. I felt really helpless.</p><p>Then went to a Naturopath, he said it was from stress and basically said I need to just reduce/ manage my stress, so that&#39;s what I did. I started dealing with the underlining problems that were causing my depression, it was really hard but once I started facing them head on it got better (very slowly). I had stopped exercising during this time and I knew that when I didn&#39;t exercise or get out of the house/ be active with my friends the pain got a lot worse (my stress reduced when I was exercising and being social, it was also a good distraction from the pain) I joined a weekly beginners Yoga class (so good for stress management! plus its social and a good work out) and after a while I also joined a women fitness class (just a cheap class in the park using some weights and body strength and a little cardio, this was also super social)</p><p>So far all of these things helped, but it never really went away. I was still in a lot of pain on a daily basis. This is when I started noticing the difference in pain when I was eating different foods, when I was eating badly like processed sugar or processed foods the pain was unbearable and when I would heat healthy whole foods (fruit, veggies, protein, home cooked meals) the pain would reduce! so I started cutting the processed foods out of my diet. It was really hard and it took a long time to get it right but after doing it for a while I saw a big improvement in the pain, I eventually decided to give up processed gluten too which had helped again!. At this point I still felt the pain, but it had drastically reduced and as long as I was eating well the pain was completely manageable and I was pretty happy living like this for quite some time.</p><p>The most recent thing that has happened is- My sister made me go to her Naturopath who id never been to before, she did her initial consult and said the one thing she thought I could work on was my stress ( I thought I had) she explained that compared to where I was 3 years ago my stress levels were great, but my body was showing that I need to do some more work on it. I asked her about the pain in my mouth at the end and she said its definitely the stress and that my body needs some help. She recommended [b]oil pulling[/b], and some natural supplements to support my adrenals and stress management and stress response (Adreno Tone &amp; CalmX), I also take Evening Primrose Oil to help reduce PMS which helps to reduce my stress lol and a good probiotic to keep my gut healthy which helps keep the balance too!</p><p>She also recommended I keep a health diary, I just write down a few notes every day about my stress levels during the day, what I ate, and anything else I want to keep an eye on (pain, headaches, etc) and this diary has already helped me to pinpoint some things I can work on and change in my life to reduce the stress!&#160;</p><p></p><p>I don&#39;t recommend trying to treat it on your own, I recommend looking around for some great Health professionals for support, a great GP &amp; Naturopath to help you out. If you are not getting any help from a professional keep looking around until you find one who will help and support you.&#160;</p><p>I know every ones journey is different but these are the things that helped me, I hope it can help at least one person!</p><p>All the best</p>" ], "date": [ "2021-05-12T18:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mark0507-1165671" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi Sally,</p><p>I&#39;ve been going through full on harassment at work and I suffered from an increasing stomach burning condition with tightening of that area, but my mouth and tongue become inflamed and swell as well as burning of the eyes and a type of headache inside of the top of the head that feels it&#39;s caused by a type of dehydration of various soft tissue or skin lining areas, and doctor s keep avoiding addressing the problem. It&#39;s definitely stress related and coffee and spicy foods worsen the problem. If anyone can help I would appreciate it</p><p></p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-27T23:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ap0904-1315572" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I am facing something very similar especially to what Anna described in terms of sides of the tongue feeling like being bruised. \r\ncouple two years back when this started happening i got my blood pressure checked and it was above normal. the doctor put me on meds which at my age (37) creates even more anxiety. \r\nwould like to share a couple of things that have helped me cope with this to some extent \r\n1) short term coping - chewing green cardamom helps. even chewing gum helps but not as much as cardamom\r\n2) long term coping - have recently begun yoga classes and that's helping somewhat\r\nthe whole anxiety around covid \r\n\r\nAnna, your experience has been particularly helpful and given me hope that i will be able to overcome it. many thanks for that" ], "date": [ "2021-05-12T18:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cathy25228-1349958" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "7 years ago i went through a stressful time with my neck. totally flipped out and diagnosed myself with everything under the sun. Doctor did an Mri and scared me MS. another exrayed my arm and told me i had a bonne tumor, which was later found to be benign. i freaked! my mouth was on fire like crazy! so yes, it can. hang in there. mine went away. although now it is back off and on, and my lips feel weird. " ], "date": [ "2021-01-05T22:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mollie53127-1071105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "a few weeks ago i have been having this sensation too on top of my tongue and had been under lots of anxiety. When I have anxiety attacks or feeling anxious my tongue in the past always gets dry. I think that is why now my nerves on my tongue are acting out from dry tongue. I sure hope i can get it under control with controlling my emotions. This really sucks " ], "date": [ "2021-01-13T20:23+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shiva18851-1345791" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Sally,\r\n\r\nI wonder if you also got a white tongue? My tongue has turned white and most of the time it's sore and numb..\r\nThis is so annoying :(" ], "date": [ "2021-04-27T01:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/danyelle74183-1375667" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thank you for sharing your experience and getting this conversation started. I have experienced so much of what others have shared, too, and it makes me feel less alone i am going to try some of these things. \r\n\r\nThank you again! " ], "date": [ "2021-05-12T18:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/randy41812-1376983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "could be your grinding your teeth at night and not knowing it , I do that it can make your mouth sore and I every once in awhile bite my tongue in my sleep. Try a teeth guard for teeth grinders at night it might help." ], "date": [ "2021-05-21T00:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jacqueline93455-1185690" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/david54398-1380394" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jacqueline93455-1185690" ], "content": [ "I have had the exact same thing since the end of February. I have been to every Dr. from Gastro, Ent, GP, even the ER. I have had every blood test they can run and everything is normal. I have had an endoscopy, Hida CT scan, ultrasound for gallbladder disease and everything comes back normal. I have been on anxiety treatment for the past 5 weeks and symptoms are a smidgen better bit still there. The Gp has put me on gabapentin and it seems to help some but like the anxiety medication it's not fast enough. I do hope you can find relief soon and just know there is alot of us out here dealing with the same issues. Next step for me is going to a psychiatrist to see if this is all stemming from severe anxiety which at this point I am thinking it is." ], "date": [ "2021-06-06T02:11+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jacqueline93455-1185690" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/david54398-1380394" ], "content": [ "I'm so sorry you are going through this too 😩 it's a nightmare. Do you find this is an all day occurence and never goes away? I find it hard to believe it's anxiety because it lasts all day with no other symptoms attached. I haven't had an anxiety attack or panic attack in about a month. I haven't been anxious or haven't felt overly stressed (although I'm not sure I would know if I felt overly stressed because my body is so adjusted to feeling that way) but it just scares me to think something bigger is going on. I have been taking acid reflux meds and no relief. My doctor suggested I find an oral surgeon who can take a biopsy of my tongue but that scares me to even think about. " ], "date": [ "2021-06-06T03:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cg587-1383143" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/david54398-1380394" ], "content": [ "i am also dealing with the same thing. Mine also started in February and it has been pure hell since then. i have been to my doctors, ENT, GI doctor, and no one can find out what's wrong. aside from burning mouth i also deal with dry mouth, a sore throat (ocasionally), i developed a salivary gland stone, and dealt with a few ulcers here and there along with anxiety. mine started after i had strep throat in feb. since then it has all been down hill. dont know if the strep and antibiotics had anything to do with it or not. its so frusterating! " ], "date": [ "2021-06-18T19:00+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "anyone find any relief or figure this out? during my final exams in college my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and i have been her primary caregiver. i am 28 years old with generalized anxiety disorder and panic disorder. This burning feeling started out of nowhere on May 3rd and i wss given medication to treat thrush which ended up making my symptoms worse. i went to see a dentist and he said it seems bacterial so he gave me bacterial antibiotics. It seemed to go down a bit but now that im done the course of all of it, it burns again. My tongue feels like sandpaper and it burns as well as the roof of my mouth and sometimes my gums. I have a horrible taste in my mouth all the time and the tip of my tongue is really red.. Its now been 32 days and im going insane!! i literally eat plain rice, chicken, and avocado mixed together everyday and thats it.. i can barely drink water as it just aggravates it. I cant get in to see an ENT for 3 months and im just at a loss. i was given acid reflux meds and im taking vitamin B and probiotics. Ive had bloodwork done which came back all good (although im not sure what she tested me for) shes horrible at communicating what shes doing. Im just in a lot of pain and i cant even get out of bed anymore and \"having fun\" is not enjoyable as i cant stop thinking of the pain. Please tell me it gets better 😔 Its about an 8/10 every day... i notice there is slight burning in my throat now too. No doctor will even look in my mouth due to being in lockdown still. We have to do over the appointments. I should also mention it feels like there is hair or like things crawling all over my tongue but nothings there... Any advice would be amazing. " ], "date": [ "2021-06-04T08:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " are you drinking enough water? Most people are actually dehydrated and they don’t know it. Stress and anxiety could cause your symptoms but you want to make sure that you’re hydrated also.there is a mouth rinse or a spray that you can use for dry mouth. You use it before bedtime. It helps keep your mouth moist during sleep. You can get it at a local drugstore. " ], "date": [ "2021-06-06T13:31+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/alteredstu-1386300" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Wow I have really similar symptoms. For a few months I have had off and on burning on my tongue with no obvious cause. Sometimes my tongue is white as well. I have also had similar skin symptoms elsewhere - burning on my feet, my backside and my face.\r\n\r\nI've seen a dermatologist who ran plenty of blood tests and found nothing. No nutritional deficiencies.\r\n\r\nI don't think it's dehydration because I have normal levels of saliva in my mouth. It just feels like I've scalded my tongue, usually around the edges or at the tip. Sometimes the front of the roof of my mouth feels sore as well.\r\n\r\nI am wondering if it is caused by anxiety and depression, because my mental health has been a complete mess over this same time period (the last six months).\r\n\r\nIt's reassuring to hear similar stories from others." ], "date": [ "2021-07-06T22:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/candy36192-1437518" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey sally62433...I am of menopausal age and I have the very same thing. But my symptoms include little sores all over my tongue and inside my mouth. Very painful. I googled it and there is a syndrome called sore tongue syndrome or sore mouth syndrome. The dr I spoke to abt it had never heard of it. I have never found anything that helps. I use over the counter toothache medicine when its really bad. And yes, stress and anxiety exacerbate it or cause it to flare up again. Hang in !there" ], "date": [ "2022-08-16T20:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/brianmcs72-1438919" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally62433-969208" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi sorry you have this i have burning mouth syndrome caused by anxiety and stress came on one day and never went away for 5 years but with help from dental hospital i was put on anti depress tabs which worked wonders - i now have it back due to life events causing stress - please ask your doc about BMS - biglove hope u getter soon B " ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T07:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sore-mouth-burning-tongue-caused-by-stress-anxiety-532339?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/stella21064-1438073" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stella21064-1438073" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "I did that last night, with your advice in mind.\r\nI appreciate this. Thank you Bev 💚" ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T00:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stella21064-1438073" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "* Jan. (sorry!)" ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T00:35+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "as soon as you start to panic when you wake up start doing some long slow deep breathing. it will keep you from overthinking this and it will also keep you in the present moment. keep telling yourself that everything is OK, that you are OK , and that you are safe. and this will pass. \r\nOne thing I do every night that really helps me fall asleep is listening to white noise. There are many different types including fan sounds, ocean waves, spaceship sounds and on and on. It’s the only way I can fall asleep and stay asleep. I’ll leave it on all night. find them on YouTube.\r\nyou are going to be okay!" ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T00:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sleep-trouble-please-help-suggestions-789755?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/john70777-1438861" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "john, you have nothing to be ashamed of. every single one of us has regrets of something we thought, said, or did. but that doesn’t mean that it should ruin the rest of your life with anxiety and depression. Every single one of us have had bad thoughts about somebody else, even family members. \r\nOf course we are not proud of those thoughts but your grandfather died because of other reasons and not because of what you thought. so your thoughts did not affect him in anyway. \r\nBut one thing you need to do is forgive yourself. You are human. and yes, it is a forgivable thought. just the fact that you regret thinking that is enough. \r\nand now it’s time to move on with your life. what good is it to have anxiety and depression about this at this point? It does absolutely no good. it was just a thought and not an action. you didn’t hurt anybody by thinking this. Forgiveness will free you! \r\nand it’s really nobody else’s business that you thought that so don’t feel like you have to tell somebody in your family. I’m sure they also have thoughts that they regret just like the rest of us! \r\nyou have been through enough. Treat yourself well. \r\nit also helps when you’re struggling with guilt to go out and help somebody else. It’s such a great feeling! \r\nIf you’re still struggling I would suggest that you speak with a counselor who’s going to tell you pretty much what I did. \r\nSome counselors will tell their patients to imagine the thought that you regret being surrounded or enclosed by a huge bubble. Or a balloon. Hold that bubble or balloon up towards the sky and then let it go! Watch it float off and disappear. and then take a deep breath and forgive yourself out loud ! cry if you have to. And let this be the end of it. you deserve to have peace of mind. And I’m sure if your grandfather could tell you right now, he would also want you to have peace! ❤ take care " ], "date": [ "2022-08-27T21:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-since-2022-789811?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anonymous111-1107196" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/anonymous111-1107196" ], "content": [ "<p>Yep agreed but I&#39;ve been off them atleast 2 months plus feeling great no stress anxiety been OK will my sex drive return ?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-14T12:49+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anonymous111-1107196" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "content": [ "Are you eating normally? Normal Weight?" ], "date": [ "2017-11-14T13:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/anonymous111-1107196" ], "content": [ "<p>Yes, I eat mostly very healthy, drink mostly water and herbal tea&#39;s. Umm only drink once every 2 weeks etc. Usually work out weights etc. Used to suffer bad social anxiety and would drink all social situations. But I&#39;m feeling better good self confidence YES I still have some issues but feel amazing, will my sex drive return ?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-17T20:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/anonymous111-1107196" ], "content": [ "<p>Yes, I eat mostly very healthy, drink mostly water and herbal tea&#39;s. Umm only drink once every 2 weeks etc. Usually work out weights etc. Used to suffer bad social anxiety and would drink all social situations. But I&#39;m feeling better good self confidence YES I still have some issues but feel amazing, will my sex drive return ?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-17T20:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bobothemonkey-1148584" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi</p><p>I broke up with my long term girlfriend and life pretty much went into a downward spiral. Depression, couldn&#39;t sleep due to over thinking, anxiety due to overthinking and lack of sleep (and for fear of bumping into her in the street etc).</p><p>Tried all the herbal teas I could drink, read all the self help books.&#160; Went to a shrink. Didn&#39;t help much, so after a few months I went to the doctors who perscribed me Escitalopramum 10mg and some sleeping tablets three weeks ago.</p><p></p><p>Ironically, I met a new girl two weeks after I&#39;d been on the Escit...and despite being able to get an erection no problem, I couldn&#39;t orgasm. Of course, I haven&#39;t told her I&#39;m on medication, so each time we get down to having sex, then I have increased anxiety because I am worried I can&#39;t orgasm!&#160; This in turn is pretty depressing itself! Thinking back, the libido with Escit wasn&#39;t too bad, I still felt horny, but maybe not as much sex drive as I had before.</p><p></p><p>I went back to my doctor and explained the situation, and she suggested mirt. Said that it wouldn&#39;t affect my sex drive or ability to orgasm. She did tell me however that it will increase my appetite for food, so I could put on weight if I didn&#39;t control the hunger pangs.</p><p></p><p>When I researched mirt (google, Mirt libido), it led me to some conflicting views. Some people say it doesn&#39;t affect sex drive or orgasm, and some people (like you) say it does.</p><p></p><p>So now I am wondering what do do. I actually stopped taking the Escit for two weeks, because I wanted it to get out of my system, because I wanted to be able to orgasm. Finally I could cum, but at the back of my head is that the depression is still there (despite having a new girl, she&#39;s not THE one, and I&#39;m still desperately sad about my previous break up), so I would like to take meds to prop me up.&#160; But I certainly don&#39;t want to lose libido and I certainly want to be able to full satisfy whoever I&#39;m sleeping with.</p><p></p><p>I&#39;m in a dilemma :)&#160; Also a bit worried about this gaining weight situation. How hungry does taking Mirt make you feel and how do you manage it?</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-08T13:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/h60770-1395470" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "content": [ "I thought to check if the issue resolved itself eventually? " ], "date": [ "2021-09-02T07:08+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Yes - the psychotropics are infamous for causing this.\r\n\r\nDepression and psychological withdrawal can also destroy sex drive.\r\n " ], "date": [ "2017-11-13T10:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mirtazapine-kills-sex-drive-621048?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mia51947-1191139" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I started Remeron three weeks ago and my libido has plummeted. I also got super irritable, frustrated, and spontaneously angry, like a hyper-PMS, and my period came early. I&#39;m in a really healthy, loving and supportive relationship with a partner that I find incredibly sexy, but I suddenly lost interest. Everything felt mechanical and kind of gross, honestly, which is really sad and hard on both of us. And it&#39;s not just with him--I generally don&#39;t feel horny or sexual at all anymore, even alone. I take 15mg of Remeron once a day, and 10mg of Busparine twice a day. My appetite has increased since starting the Remeron which was a welcome change for me, as depression and anxiety have made it difficult for me to eat for years. I put on 10 pounds in 3 weeks, which I&#39;m stoked about. (It&#39;s not body image issues keeping me from feeling sexual.) I&#39;m looking all over the internet and not seeing many people other than you saying that Remeron has had a negative effect on their libido (in other words, lowering it). Remeron also makes me groggy and sleep more than usual. I take it before bed but I wake up later than I&#39;d like. I&#39;d like to find either another anti-depressant, or an additional medication to help with the libido issue.&#160;</p><p></p><p>A note: I was previously on Zoloft which upset my stomach horribly. So much so that it was affecting my social and work life because the gas was so horrible and the bloating and discomfort made me not want to go out because I couldn&#39;t focus on much else.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-27T04:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mirtazapine-kills-sex-drive-621048?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/paul020485-1305300" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hello there iv been having the same issue and considering doing the same its good to know now i know whats been wrong with me latley " ], "date": [ "2020-04-03T11:54+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mirtazapine-kills-sex-drive-621048?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike24557-1438862" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shane78855-988940" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " I was on mirtazapine for about six years, initially at 7.5 mg. This caused about a 25% reduction in my sex drive, but made orgasms difficult. My sex drive had previously been very high so the reduction in that was not a problem, but the orgasm difficulties were a problem. I then increased to 15 mg for about 12 months and I realized my libido was almost nonexistent. I then weaned myself off in about four weeks. And about six weeks after being completely off my libido returned to its original very high level And orgasms were no longer difficult." ], "date": [ "2022-08-26T18:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mirtazapine-kills-sex-drive-621048?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/peter00143-1437990" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/peter00143-1437990" ], "content": [ "Thanks Peter i was quite prepared for this!" ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T10:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "content": [ "stay strong sarah it gets better. Try to keep yoir mind busy. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-21T19:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "content": [ "thank you James I will try and keep busy it's finding the strength to push on through it but I need to! " ], "date": [ "2022-08-21T21:07+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "content": [ "its hard because it just occupies your mind doesnt it? i can email you some cbt sheets with coping strategies if you want?" ], "date": [ "2022-08-22T07:14+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "in 2/3 weeks the side effects will disappear and you start to feel the benefits of the medication. Long walks and plenty of rest is key for the first few weeks. Good luck" ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T10:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/any-tips-advice-for-getting-through-side-effects-of-citalopram--789536?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ejc-938394" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah70365-1437777" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi there I'd been on citalopram for lots years but had a break the last year. I've recently had to go back on them & all the symtoms are back again. Nausea my worst symtom .. it's not nice for sure but they do definitely get better. A few weeks down the line you will feel the benifit. I have nausea pills from g.p that help with it . \r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T08:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/any-tips-advice-for-getting-through-side-effects-of-citalopram--789536?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/annie31369-1426620" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " sounds like you are going through what is called de realization or depersonalization which is very common with anxiety and stress. it’s like a feeling of detachment. What’s happening is that your brain is trying to protect you from severe anxiety so it kind of blocks out the rest of the world which causes the weird feeling you are experiencing. It’s not harmful. But can feel scary. \r\n the feeling that something bad is about to happen is called feeling of impending doom. Also very common with stress and anxiety. \r\n Try to relax your mind as much as possible. Listen to some relaxing meditations for anxiety on YouTube a couple times a day. See if you can speak with a counselor who can help you manage this. you need support right now. \r\n Is there something going on in your life that’s causing you stress? Something that’s been building up? \r\n you Will be OK. Practice some long slow deep breathing for anxiety. I do hope you feel better soon \r\n " ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T02:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-wierd-feeling-of-disconnection-i-m-the-head-789717?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/peter00143-1437990" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/peter00143-1437990" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "content": [ "thanks James. Did you experience nightmares on Citalopram? " ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T10:32+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james49527-1432381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/peter00143-1437990" ], "content": [ "yes peter i did, my partner said i use to sleeptalk whilst i was on them too." ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T18:10+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi peter, sorry to hear what your going through. I was on citalopram for 8 years and this year things got stressful and my gp switched me to sertraline, i can honestly say i am furious he did because i feel so much worst. i will be asking to go back on citalopram this week as i feel he should of just recommended cbt. My advice is you make the choice dont let your gp push you into anything." ], "date": [ "2022-08-25T10:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/citalopram-nightmares-789491?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sillysally1978-1383411" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "i too have been dealing with this for 3 months. no one has a clue whats wrong. im on so many meds for all my issues... 4-5 that help with other things and anxiety. then why do none help this? im miserable. \r\n\r\ni have a mental health med prescriber. reg dr. counselor. me tal health crisis works close with me. yet no one knows whats up. it all just HIT. \r\n\r\nim interested in talking to others in the same situation. its hard for me to type alot as i have some tremors from other meds.\r\n\r\nim 42, female, from oregon usa." ], "date": [ "2021-06-20T17:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=13#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tara06816-1273137" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have physical symptoms of anxiety constantly. Pit in my stomach, slight tremor in arms, sometimes legs too. The pit in my stomach is the most frustrating. I am not usually worried about anything I just have physical symptoms. I can go weeks or months with the symptoms and then weeks or at the least a month with out it and then boom its back. When Im having the physical symptoms and I think of the littlest thing I dont want to do the pit in my stomach will surge bigger for a few second then go back to the normal pit. I call it a pit and its that usual feeling you get with anxiety if you can relate. Going on for 3 years.\r\n\r\nI am on Lamictal, Wellbutrin, Propranolol and Lorazepam as needed, Seroquel for sleep.l\r\nOf course if I am actually worried about something I have symptoms. \r\n\r\nI read some things about over active adrenaline but Im not sure why it happens." ], "date": [ "2021-07-13T13:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=13#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dawn81303-1379924" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi yes i have this really bad i have weakness in hands arms like i have lost strength when i lift anythink i have been like this for six weeks now i am so ill with worry thinking i have serious things up with me i am googling all the time then get in a state because i convince my self i have things " ], "date": [ "2021-07-13T19:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=13#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mom61621-1389561" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi, did you ever find relief?" ], "date": [ "2021-07-27T16:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=13#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/gary86832-1438592" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi there. sorry to hear about your experience. i went to see a neurologist yesterday and he put all my symptoms down to anxiety and depression, but i dont believe him. i suffer from tremors, body jerking, shoulder pain etc i dont see how this is to do with anxiety. anxiety is also a big symptom of parkinsons disease " ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T15:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=13#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shaun2306-1121695" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shaun2306-1121695" ], "content": [ "Hi shaun2306, I think you should talk to someone about things on your mind, if you cant afford a psychologist, here is my e-mail address , I currently work as a psychologist practitioner, so maybe a talk could help you. Feel free to contact me\r\n\r\n[b]Moderator comment: I have removed the email address as we do not publish these in the forums. If users wish to exchange contact details please use the Private Message service.[/b]" ], "date": [ "2017-11-13T09:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shaun2306-1121695" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "content": [ "Hi Trina us2000, Thank you for your message. I really am in a dark place at the moment. I would like to email you but not sure how to access The Private message service to receive your email address. Perhaps you could think of another way to exchange the email details. Many thanks." ], "date": [ "2017-11-13T17:51+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>meteror63, it is 4 years later but I have been suffering constant anxiety as you describe here. Physical and mental all day long. The same thought(s) are in my mind, and they are terrifying. So terrifying I don&#39;t want to share the thoughts. &#160;I have deep seated trauma from childhood that has been&#160;full on in my mind&#160;for the last 2 weeks. I spent a week absolutely petrified to sleep. This is still there but with a sedative in very small doses I can just about cope. This week is slightly better. Citalopram is known to make anxiety worse and give you panic attacks where your chest tightens until you slow your breathing down and get it under control. People react differently to anti-depressants. I started hearing voices after 3 days on Citalopram. I also had the panic attacks you described. I am now on Sertraline anti-depressant which is more for anxiety. I am on day 5 so it will take another 4 days to a week to get the full benefit.&#160; I have the dry mouth as well. I need diazepam to calm my anxiety during the day but I am scared of getting addicted to it so I have stopped taking it. Waking in the morning at the moment is hell as the anxiety hits me full on. Making breakfast is such a struggle. I&#39;m not coping well at the moment. I have been told I need trauma focused CBT. I am not working and don&#39;t have money. Hope this helps in some way. You are not alone.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-12T15:31+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/julia12734-1126133" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi, I have the same problems, constant palpitations, numbness in my left arm, tingly and shaky legs. I’ve never had anxiety before but since my first attack everything seems to be getting worse. It’s all I can think about, I used to run 10km every day but I’ve just been to the gym and running made me feel like I was about to have a heart attack, horrible chest pain everything. I don’t know how to make these symptoms stop. " ], "date": [ "2017-11-27T21:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren91399-1136233" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello\r\nIve suffered from anxiety and panic attacks all my life in school then they stopp" ], "date": [ "2018-01-03T11:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren91399-1136233" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ruth51056-1162019" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren91399-1136233" ], "content": [ "<p>Anxiety is hell. Had it bad for 7 years. Tablets cbt minfullness therapy but no use. So many symptoms. Once i got the label &quot;anxiety &quot;drs stopped looking for the cause of my ruq pain after lots of negative tests. They said its Functional and probably due to anxiety. Its so bad i know im dying but cant get anyone to take me seriously any more. Noth8ng helps.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-25T15:19+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hello\r\nIve suffered from anxiey and panic attacks since high school it happened cause i got bullied then they went when i was in college i met loads of friends i got pregnant when i was 19 had my little boy at 20 the panic attacks and anxiety came back when i was 20 weeks pregnant i thought they would go after i had my baby cause my mum said when she was pregnant she had dizziness and after she had me it went and was the same when she was having my 2 sisters im now 21 my little boy is 14 months pld nearly i have them none stop now some days i can be fine others i wont be i put on a brave face for my baby i smile all the time even when having a panic attack but im fed up of being like this so im going doctors tomorrow ive never been on medication or anything i get panic attacks before going out aswell and i have to ask this does anyone get vision problems or panic attacks after usong there phone? I normally go on my phone at night or if im not going anywere i go on it a bit during the day not alot tho cause i cant these are my symtoms \r\nSweating\r\nDizziness\r\nTingling in legs\r\nTingling in chest\r\nBurning sensation in chest/stomach\r\nI always need the toilet\r\nI get tired\r\nI get uncomfortable \r\nFeeling sick..\r\nI can control the dizziness i just close my eyes or lie down for a few minutes it goes \r\nBut im hopefully gonna get it sorted tomoz" ], "date": [ "2018-01-03T12:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rj30559-1148318" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hello everyone.</p><p></p><p>[b]I used to not ever have anxiety and then one day it hit me. The good news is that it only lasted for 3 days and found out that the cause was pretty simple. I&#39;m only writing this because while I was going through the random anxiety I came across this forum and felt exactly like many of you feel, so hopefully my story helps you guys out.[/b]</p><p></p><p>My anxiety occured on a Thursday morning and it went on for 3-4 days. In my desperation I called my doctor and had him receive me the following Monday and while we were trying to figure out the reasons of why I felt that way, I happened to mention that last week I bought a bottle of Vicks 44 (a popular cough syrup) for a nasty cough I had. I took it for 3 straight days: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Then I stopped on Thursday which was the day I started feeling anxious and weird.[b] I felt like I had lost my soul. I felt trapped in my body. I didn&#39;t feel normal at all.[/b] So it turns out, my doc is an expert in chemical reactions and he figured out that Vicks 44 contains&#160;dextromethorphan which somehow is based on [b]opioids. [/b]And that&#39;s when we understood that my anxiousness was because I had stopped taking the cough syrup suddenly so I was having opioid[b] withdrawals. I[/b] didn&#39;t feel normal until that day I saw the doctor and knowing the cause really helped me because not knowing why this was happening to me only scared me more. The good thing is that the chemicals left my system after 3-4 days.</p><p></p><p>As you can see, the reason for me feeling like that was pretty silly. I bought an [b]over the counter [/b]cough syrup and it ended making me feel like I had lost my soul after I stopped taking it. So my message to you guys is, please, please check what meds you&#39;re taking because they might be the reason for your anxiety. Even some [b]anti-anxiety pills have opioids[/b] in them so they can not only worsen the anxiety attacks but also keep you addicted.</p><p></p><p>Be careful and take any meds you took before your anxiety started to a doctor who knows his chemicals.</p><p></p><p>God bless you and I hope this helped someone.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-07T19:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/joshua1803-1166424" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bre479-1145725" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/joshua1803-1166424" ], "content": [ "<p>YES!!It isn&#39;t just you. I&#39;ve only had a couple occurrences of the tingling and that was at a time my anxiety was severe. My therapist ended up giving me a copy of common sensations those with anxiety and panic attacks experience. I used to carry it in my purse so I could reassure myself it was just my anxiety and that I wasn&#39;t dying. All of these symptoms are on there. Are all of them occurring at once or do you notice they appear at different times? For example, I never experienced the lump in my throat at the same time I did the tingling. It&#39;s like the anxiety shows itself differently depending on my stress levels. I hope this brings you some comfort &#128147;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-31T14:39+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dbmetsfan-954706" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/bre479-1145725" ], "content": [ "I too suffer 24/7 for the most  part. Occasionally I get a few days where I have no anxiety no pain and it feels wonderful. Then one day I will wake up feeling good and then bam. A little chest discomfort or head pressure and I am done. And I know it’s anxiety because if I have chest discomfort my head is good if I have head pressure I have no chest discomfort. Vicious cycle and I hate it. Today I feel like the right side of my head is swollen and my anxiety ifs through the roof. Hope you and everyone else living with this awful anxiety feel better some day soon" ], "date": [ "2018-03-31T15:22+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/losangelessun-1056605" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/joshua1803-1166424" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Josh,</p><p>For the last few months - my neck tightens up, sometimes my chest tightens, but mostly my nasal cavity swells and tingles really badly. My nasal cavity symptoms never go away and when i&#39;m stressed they almost completely close up to the point that I can&#39;t breathe and have to open my mouth. </p><p></p><p>I&#39;ve had other symptoms come and go, but this is the worst and I really wish it would just go away!</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-11T06:26+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi, I am a sufferer of Extreme Anxiety. I need some confirmation, so I don’t feel like I am dying! Does anyone else have symptoms of like tingling internally through arms and legs, a full throat feeling like something is stuck, constant neck tightness or issues, fighting to get to sleep for several hours each night and the worst of all, feeling dizzy like you need to close your eyes and chill out. When I get up from sitting I feel dizzy, when I am just sitting I feel it as well. Just on and on weird symptoms. Please tell me others out there have this. I don’t want it to be my Heart. " ], "date": [ "2018-03-30T01:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billy12200-1158904" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/april1304-994952" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/billy12200-1158904" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi,Billy I hear you loud n clear,you&#39;re not alone,I was diagnosed with anxiety at age 13 and have spent all my adult life suffering from it,eg.clenched teeth,butterfly,s in my stomach,afraid to go places in case &quot;something&quot; happens to me feeling shaky and weak,digging my fingernails into my palms,thinking I&#39;m going to die ect.,I,m on antidepressants and while they helped a bit for a while I think they have burned themself out now.I,m not ashamed to say I take a Valium if I get a bad attack as they seem to be the only thing that works (for me anyway) I&#39;ve tried Everything else,cog.behavior,hypnosis,counciling ect,had my heart checked as I ended up in E R so I&#39;m after coming to the conclusion it&#39;s something I will have to live with and if I have to pop a pill now and again to help me I will.Well that&#39;s Me,and I really hope you&#39;re feeling a bit better,we are all in the same boat X</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-04-11T13:05+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Yeah. So I&#39;m very similar. Landed in the ER in mid Jan. Landed in the ER again less than a week later. Went to see family doctor. I&#39;ve been &quot;guess&quot; diagnosed with anxiety, acid reflux, hiatal hernia, etc. I&#39;ve had a 64 slice CT scan on my heart, ultrasound and hida scan for gall bladder, cat scan of my torso, 24 hour heart monitor halter test, the works. I&#39;ve had 3 ekgs. All are normal. Oh and a endscopy and colonoscopy. All came back with nothing wrong what so ever. I&#39;m still waiting on the results of a pulmonary test and echo test on my heart. Today I&#39;ve been proscribed some anti-anxiety meds that I&#39;m going to be reluctantly taking.</p><p></p><p>So my symptoms were out of nowhere, I mean literally never anything similar before I got hit with the urge to breath fast and deep and tightness in my chest. Tingling in my lower facial are and weakness in my legs. That&#39;s what landed me in the ER twice. Lately I&#39;ve had persistent chest pain and &quot;butterflies&quot; like feeling in my mid chest area. I&#39;ve also had shooting paints that almost feel like sore pectoral muscles from a super hard weight lifting session. And it can last for an hour or so without subsiding at all. It can come and go in a matter of minutes. But it&#39;s fairly persistent, it&#39;s not like it&#39;s an every other day thing. At least 8-10 times a day. At this point it&#39;s been going on for nearly 3 months. There were times when I thought I was better because the episodes where so light and becoming in frequent but then I&#39;d relapse and it would get intense again. One of my weirder symptoms is that I wake up feeling short of breath now but pretty much ONLY right at the start of dozing off. I can be lying down, sitting up, however, if I started to doze off I like wake up feeling short of breath just for a couple of breaths. Generally though if I ever fall asleep then I&#39;m good, it&#39;s like that initial hump, like stage one sleep or something that I&#39;ll get the shortness of breath, then I&#39;m good if I ever get past that.</p><p></p><p>It&#39;s been a long 3 months full of misdiagnosis and a butt ton of anti-acid meds which I&#39;ll be stopping at this point. I hope you find or have found some relief, I&#39;ve been pretty miserable/stressed out about it myself and I will be closely following this thread.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-04-11T01:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anupam56065-1181082" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I am suffering from anxiety disorder for almost one and half year. Sometimes I feel good but sometimes anxiety come back and effect my daily life.. feel shortness of breath,chest pain,nausea,dizziness,muscle tension,fatigue most in the case. But now a days I feel a bone fracture pain in my thigh area and it&#39;s horrible. I have already visited doctors for more 10 times.. last time he out me from his chamber. I know it&#39;s simply anxiety but sometimes I scares what the f**k is going on! Have anyone face same problem? Please say</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-05-19T16:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=11#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi lisa\r\n\r\nall I can say is you will get better and you have to believe what the doctors say to you. I was convinced I had a serious illness  after numerous tests I got the all clear . I couldn't believe anxiety could do this to a person, but it does. I had to go on citalopram for six months to get better. You will get there and it will pass your brain is just missing serotonin..x" ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/whitney74579-437635" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes yes and yes. It's so scary. I always have some physical symptom, none are painful just annoying and scary. I don't get how anxiety can cause it, but it can. Even when I don't have anxious thoughts, I have the pysical symptoms. In my opinion it is the worst part of anxiety " ], "date": [ "2014-12-22T08:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/whitney74579-437635" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/whitney74579-437635" ], "content": [ "Thanks Whitney.\r\n\r\nMy severe symptoms were actually caused by the 'medications' that were supposed to treat them. I got agitation after taking some antibiotics that I reacted to. This led me to citalopram which blew my brains out. I didn't know what was going on and thought it was me but it was all the meds. I developed terrible symptoms that I didn't have before taking the meds. Absolutely awful. I was kept on them despite this and got worse. I then came off them and was put on a horrible cocktail of other drugs which further destroyed my receptors. I came off those only to get hit with horrendous withdrawal. So now I have severe akathisia and severe withdrawal on top. I've been off 'meds' for six months now. This weekend is the best I've felt although far from normal. I have a way to go but am steering well clear of medication.\r\n\r\nMy message here is, try other non med routes for your anxiety. I would give anything to have normal anxiety and panic disorder compared with what I have now. \r\n\r\ni hope you feel better soon." ], "date": [ "2014-12-22T12:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cianna_18772-1001209" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "Has your akathisia gone away?" ], "date": [ "2017-01-04T01:52+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Wow I just saw that you posted this over a year ago. I had no clue. I hope you've got much better since then. Sorry for the super late reply I thought this was a recent post" ], "date": [ "2014-12-22T08:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/thomas62638-538389" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Meteor i just made a post about this - ive had my symptoms 2 years now. Really gets me down and does my head in. 24/7 i have chest pain on the left side of my body, i also get random pains over my legs, arms , shakey feeling all the time and anything new that continues to \"hurt\" i think is a new issue and i'm going to die.\r\n\r\nIve had loads of heart tests and blood tests all negative.\r\n\r\nI also have a dull pain in my chest area which i think is acid from the anexity feeling so its a circle that just goes around and around for me." ], "date": [ "2014-12-22T10:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ken28224-629536" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Are you sure it's just physical anciety? I have all the symptoms you have plus some. It has taken a very long time to get anwsers in my case. In fact I won't have a difinitive anwser until April 17th after yet another set of tests (MRI & EEG) The \"Internal shaking\" you describe sound like tremors. I have had them for almost 8 years now am on my 3rd neurologist. We are lookining into Parkinson's as the problem. I don't know your age but mine started at about age 45. The problem I have found with getting a diagnosis on this is health care professionals always want to treat symptoms seperately (At least here in the US) My first neurologist tried to say seizures, My second, Migraines. Both came to this conclusion by just talking to me for an hour. To believe you can do that is just sheer arrogance on their parts. If you are getting no satisfaction from your physisian don't be afrais to disagree. If I haden't I would still be getting prescriptions (of which I have had over 50 that did nothing to help my condition).\r\n Anyway don't just sit back and let the health care professionals and write scripts all day disagree if you think they are wrong. You won't make friends but you might get a better diagnosis." ], "date": [ "2015-03-02T15:47+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stacey11102022-629245" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi there ive suffered anxiety since december when my dad died suddenly out of the blue. I have physical symptoms everyday all day long, mine are dizzyness, racing heartbeat to so slow i think its going to stop, tension headaches , butterflys in tummy ,tight neck , tight shoulders , blurry vision , cant relax , trembling , muscle spasms all over my body u name a symptom ive got it. I was taking mirtazapine but then got put on venaflaxine which sent me into a manic episode which then had me calling 111 who then sent an ambulance to me , then social services got involved! Im no better than i was and am being weaned off diazepam , the diazepam helps for a while . I really want to start taking mirtazapine again as i was actually getting better on them but ive now developed a fear of side effects so am to scared to take anything!! Its a vicious circle and i dont help myself as im a big googler so i convince my self i have every terrible illness going!!! Its a long and hard road but hopefully we will all get to the end of it soon :-) . I have 4 children and i need to sort myself out asap as sooner or later it will start effecting them and i dont want that x" ], "date": [ "2015-03-03T07:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tr3mblay-903303" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi All,\r\n\r\nI feel your pain I've struggled with mild anxiety for years and could control it somewhat but over the last year it is uncontrolled and getting worse. Actually i started having erectile dysfunction on and off recently so that is a little frustrating.\r\n\r\nFor me allot of my symptoms are\r\n\r\nHeart racing\r\nLump in throat\r\npulsating ear \r\ntrouble relaxing\r\nvery emotional/sensitive\r\njumpy or easily scared \r\npanicky \r\nlack of sexual drive or libido\r\ndifficulty focusing \r\nsocial anxiety\r\nreduced strength physical activity\r\nhead aches\r\n\r\nI'm not going to see a doctor to get some help. I know... I know ... I should have went a long time ago but it can be difficult to admit your weaknesses sometimes.\r\n\r\nI just wanted to share my experience and wish everyone a healthier life. I'll post further with how things go so maybe it can help someone else m." ], "date": [ "2015-10-23T17:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Cortisol levels from constant attacks are very draining. Ubiqinol co enyme q10. Follow the bottle start at the lowest level 50mg i think. Your body makes it butt it gets depleted with meds and stress and is extremly helpful for the body to stabilize. A protein bar dueing the day around three is massively useful as well. It amazing how a little vitamin oill is so useful but it is." ], "date": [ "2015-10-24T21:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/david88975-909967" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ace444-1004121" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/david88975-909967" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi David,</p><p></p><p>I know it&#39;s been over a year now since you posted this, but just wanted to see if you were doing better. I too have struggled for the past 6 months with similar symptoms as you. Thankfully I have been feeling much better now. Just wanted to reach out to and let you know you&#39;re not alone and hopefully you are feeling better now too</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-23T05:35+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi, I've been experiencing what my doctors describe as anxiety for four months now. It all started after a massive attack in the cinema which was completely out of the blue. It's the physical symptoms that are getting to me- headaches, chest pain, weakness in hands, eye floaters, second guessing my vision, funny taste in my mouth from time to time, palpitations and a recurring feeling of dizziness and just feeling not really present. It got better after 3 months but never really left and now it's back. I have a lot going on in my life- clise family illness, separating from my wife and moving apart, meaning I don't see my son more than twice a week and I have come through two years of an awful lot of sustained stress and worry to do with money and property as well as a disintegrating relationship. I just can't help thinking that despite all the things I've read and my context that it is anxiety BUT any instance of the symptoms just makes me think I have something life threatening or degenerative. Life is hell. I just can't seem to get on top of it. I've tried mindfulness, cbt and am having weekly psychotherapy and taking propanol but nothing seems to get on top of it. I'm wary of the side effects associated with citalopram. Reading this thread has helped me feel better today, seeing the similarities. Is there anything else anyone can recommend, too many time I feel like my life is falling apart?" ], "date": [ "2015-12-01T21:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rahb01-901018" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi meteor63,\r\n\r\nI know it has been awhile since you posted but I was just wondering how have you been doing?hope you'remember doing better..I'm just wondering cause I'm having some of the symptoms you're having now so I'm just thinkingoing if you could share your experience. .thanks" ], "date": [ "2015-12-26T06:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-919325" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello, i have been having symptoms 24/7 since November. But now my legs are getting swollen and my arms feel stiff, can this happen? I've gone to the cardiologist they say my heart is fine. This is terrible! " ], "date": [ "2016-01-23T14:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shewarrior-918979" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-919325" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shewarrior-918979" ], "content": [ "What medication are you taking?... i was prescribed Paxil but am afraid to take anything not a fan of medication " ], "date": [ "2016-01-23T19:24+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "i feel like that almost all the time. it s been 6 years since my last crisis. i am currently on my fisrt week on medication and i have seen some progress but usually weekends are hard cuz im home all the time i barely get out of the house. i work during weekdays and even though its difficult to concentrate at least it keeps me less anxious after i get home i just take a bath and go to sleep." ], "date": [ "2016-01-23T18:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=6#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pdiddy283-102081" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello, I've been suffering from anxiety for over 4 years, earlier in my life I was very close with family and friends all of a sudden after my university education, I found it hard to get a position related to my education, my confidence just dipped, resulting anxiety, I slowly lost al my communication skills, I started to lose my family and friends after I had undergone an operation on my head due to having epilepsy, I could no longer start a conversation or get involved, we'd have visitors over at our house, I'd just be there staring at the TV, my adrenaline would rise, when it'd come to someone asking me a question in a room full of people I'd be shaking in response. Before I'd be making phone call on a daily basis now once a week. I've tried all sorts to overcome it but haven't been to successful with family and friends but in my workplace Ive accepted communication is a high priority and address any issues in assertive manner\r\n\r\nI'm now trying to solve my family problems as I was living with family in a crowded house, now I'm in my own house with my wife, but family do to want to know me now" ], "date": [ "2014-02-20T00:15+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pdiddy283-102081" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Pamela, I believe I've been in the same position as you but for a shorter duration, I was close with all my family, all of a sudden suffering from depression I had no one to help me out, the family I asked for help replied 'we can't help you with your depression, you've got to overcome it yourself', despite me growing up with them where as I'd spend a night over at their house on a weekly basis with their kids, etc. it made me feel worthless. I only get descent sleep coming home after work that's 4 days a week, the rest of the week I sleep around 3 hours per night.\r\n\r\nThe only way to overcome it is to try and keep your mind busy;\r\n- going out for a walk\r\n- take part in events\r\n- visit your local religious place of worship, if you believe in it; for me it's one thing that I still have even if family left me\r\n- keep in touch with your mom on a weekly basis\r\n\r\nRemain strong, just remember you have your mom who loves you, something I've lost due to my depression, but now I have my wife. That's all I need. Look after yourself erase the thoughts of suicide." ], "date": [ "2014-02-20T00:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/quandryite-102261" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "This should be a new topic, but I'm not quite ready to write about this effectively. My soon to be ex-physician is obsessed with my \"psychological problems,\" namely, anxiety. I can be in the office with my arm hanging off, and, invariably, that will become her focus. I have repeatedly pointed out that much of the health anxiety is due to lack of communication, whether from office staff, who should not be addressing health concerns, but do, or physicians to whom I have been referred, or, for that matter, this physican.\r\n\r\nI have a long history of anxiety-based problems, but I also have a long-history of not BEING \"anxiety.\" She truly seems to prefer to perceive me in only that way, and it is \"proven\" out by the physicians who lay strewn by the wayside in their communal \"fireside chats.\" \r\n\r\nI have diagnosed medical problems, and some that have not been. I tell the physician that I have X - which she could see if she bothered to look in the records...3 visits later, she says, \"you might have x\" - surprise! My anxiety level increases. This is iatrogenically-caused anxiety.\r\n\r\nShe continually misses that I have had, and welcome therapeutic measures. And, here I'm the one who fully discloses my problem. Drives me nuts. Makes me feel insane - and dismissed.\r\n\r\nUntil the physicians stop stroking their Freud wanna-be beards, me, I, and many others, will have actual health fear and anxiety that is preventable. But, for that matter, the actual Freudian types - psychiatrists - no longer practice that trade.\r\n\r\nI think we all deserve a break from intensely serious physicians who are obsessed with neuroses - no matter how disabling they may be, if we have been diagnosed with, say, cancer, or heart disease, or a broken toe." ], "date": [ "2014-02-20T19:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jossy80-165503" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have been having the same symptoms from the first post in this chat/post. Its unbelievably scary.Constant all day panic, a sense of fogginess, heart palpitations, a flutter here and there, nervous butterflies in my stomache. I have been in the ER twice thinking i had heart problems. Twice they did a EKG and assured me if i did have a heart problem it would have showed up on there. But of course my mind thinks negative and i start to think they missed something. I was on Lexapro for 4 months, i stopped cold turkey because it made my heart flutter, it happend a couple times. Then BAMM...all this started to happen. Its reassuring to know its not just me and is not a heart attack have not read all the posts here, what exactly did doctors tell you?...and what did they put you on?How did you feel after and how long after?" ], "date": [ "2014-03-20T19:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Jossy80. I was the first poster in this chat. I am so very sorry to hear of how you are feeling. It's just awful and my heart goes out to you.\r\n\r\nMy question is .. did you feel like this before you went on Lexapro? I'm guessing, from your post, that this has all happened in withdrawal. I'm not a doctor but it sounds like it could be med related.\r\n\r\nI'm about 100% sure that meds have messed me up. Temporarily. I absolutely believe that I will get better through my determination and patience. Things got much worse when I went on Citalopram. I came off it in November (tapered down) and some things improved. I was only off it a week and was put on Sertraline and Quetiapine. I got worse and ended up in a psychiatric hospital. What happened? My doses were increased. And I got even worse. The only thing that helped me was Lorazepam, a benzo.\r\n\r\nI'm now off everything (although I take the occasional Lorazepam. I won't allow myself to have it too often). I tapered off the Quetiapine and suffered quite a few withdrawal symptoms. Then I tapered off the Sertraline. I've been off for less than 2 weeks and am getting new withdrawal symptoms, even though I've done it gradually. Some things are gradually improving though. I'm clearly way too sensitive to take meds and wish too goodness I never had. Med free is definitely the way forward from now on. It could take a long time but I will get there. I don't really know why SSRIs are prescribed for anxiety and panic because, in my opinion, they seem to make things worse. I shouldn't really say that though because I'm sure they help a lot of people.\r\n\r\nI don't know what to advise you or if I even should advise you. I think that going cold turkey may have excercerbated things for you. Perhaps a doctor could help you with a taper plan? Propranol can be a very good drug. I'm considering trying that. Benzos can help, although they have their own dangers.\r\n\r\nHow long have you been off the Lexapro?\r\n\r\nI don't know if this is helpful at all. My own personal recovery plan is to not take any anti depressants or anti psychotics again, clean up my diet (no sugar, gluten or dairy as this can really help recovery), be gentle and patient with myself, remind myself that other people have gone through this and totally recovered, try to do things that I enjoy as much as I can manage and be patient.\r\n\r\nOne thing I will say ... I had some horrendous symptoms after taking psych drugs and I thought they'd never clear up. They did. I developed new ones after going on the other drugs. Some of those have cleared up and the others will in time, as will the withdrawal symptoms.\r\n\r\nYou WILL be okay. My thoughts are with you." ], "date": [ "2014-03-20T20:15+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jossy80-165503" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thank you so much for replying.Is it really this severe? And does it ever go away? I had only been off of it for three weeks but during that time, a week after, I started crying alot over random things and then these symptoms.I stopped taking Celexa a year ago because of the \"flutters\" and this did not happen. I didn't even have these symptoms before lexapro. I started to take it for stress and very, very mild anxiety. This is through the roof, all day. I felt like a idiot going to the hospital again and have them say the same thing..ANXIETY. Its like they assured me twice in two different EKG's that nothing was wrong with my heart, but i still don't trust it, maybe only because these are all new extreme symptoms. Again, thank you for responding. I go see my therapist tomorrow...crossing fingers for help and that i dont keel over:(" ], "date": [ "2014-03-21T03:00+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Jossy. I hope haven't scared you with my reply. I only want to help.\r\n\r\nI am sure your heart is normal. They really would have picked it up if there was a problem.\r\n\r\nI wouldn't like to say for certain whether this is anxiety or withdrawal related. I only speak from my own experience and what I've found out from my own research. I've lived and breathed anxiety and depression. I had a bout of it a few years ago. What I've been through since taking psychiatric drugs is completely different, 24/7 and through the roof.\r\n\r\nI think crying, like you described, could well be withdrawal related. The same thing's been happening to me. I get loads of brain zaps, interspersed with crying spells.\r\n\r\nThree weeks isn't long off the drug. Your body is likely still adjusting to not having it.\r\n\r\nNot enough is known about ssri side effects or withdrawal symptoms. If I'd known, I'd definitely never have taken them! I don't think doctors really know. They scratch their heads. All kinds of things happened to me on citalopraml the osychiatrist didn't believe me and just said it was my 'underlying condition'. Strange that because I never had any if it before I went on the drug. Also strange that a lot of the symptoms cleared up when I came off it. I only had a week off it before being put on another ssri and an anti psychotic. The psychiatrist said it would calm my anxiety right down. It never did. I just got worse. The ssri (sertraline) made me feel awful. Heart rate was through the roof. I was shaking like crazy. I felt suicidal all the time. Couldn't sit still.\r\n\r\nIn your case, I can't say whether it's anxiety or med related. It's possible it's med related, especially as it all kicked off after stopping the meds and some of it came on when you were on them.\r\n\r\nAre you seeing a doctor? If so have you discussed the possibility of withdrawal symptoms. Not being a doctor, I wouldn't want to give out the wrong advice. I've heard that propranolol can help with this sort of thing as fan benadryl. Those are both things I'm going to try.\r\n\r\nLet me know how you get on. \r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2014-03-21T09:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/foretwunny-166157" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I feel the same as most of the stories in this forum. I asked my phone \"why does my stomach only feel good when I press on it\" an it took me here. But idk what to do about the way I feel, sometimes it even feels overbearing like I won't be able to handle it. But I've allways been a strong minded person so I'm able to hold alot back mentaly. But I've felt this way since I was on medication in 6th grade. I'm 22 now an not a day goes by when I don't stress about every lil detail of my life. And I feel the mental anguish is starting to get to me and b4 long I'm afraid my mind will finaly break down from trying to suppress my full anxiety. I have the butterflies, and stomach tension, I worry about things that regular people would find unimportant. Nobody understand how I feel, and I was begging to thing I was the only one that felt this way. Not n a bad way or not wishing bad on anyone, but it feels good to kno I'm not alone in this feeling this horrible. I used to be on Concerta. But I didn't eat much and never realy was social. When I was in middleschool, it was like i was a different person. I'm not on it NY longer nor am I on anything else. Idk what I would even go to ask for at the Dr if I ever got insurance. I'm in a state of loss of hope and idk what to do. I don't let my freinds or family kno how I feel cuz I don't want them to pitty me or get upset. Cuz they have there own problems. Idk what to do anymore. My mom has eating problems now at her age, along with fibermialga, an a lump. So I think she had what I have an it slowly tore away at her until her mind couldn't gold her body health up. An I'm afraid I'll be there b4 long. But if someone has any ideas on how I can begin my journey towards helping this illness, ease let me kno. I'll try an check here when u can. Other then that my name is jeremy day. An my Facebook picture is me holding a bunny lol I have pricing as well. It's sorta a blueish picture to. But if you were kind enough to read this then thank you for you're time and the help on the issue. " ], "date": [ "2014-03-25T21:59+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marie13717-165884" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Meteor I was put on citalopram for newish anxiety panic symptoms but was stopped after 9 days as insomnia worse and query anxiety worse now a few days later when anxious feelings not there I feel really low and dont want to do anything could that be withdrawal? X" ], "date": [ "2014-03-26T09:54+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi marie13717. I'm not medically qualified so don't know whether you have withdrawal symptoms or not. Were you on a high dose of citalopram? You were only on it for 9 days so I don't think stopping it suddenly should cause you any harm. I couldn't sleep on citalopram either. I'd never been so wired in all my life!! Give yourself a bit more time to adjust to your body not having the meds. My mood got way worse on citalopram and on sertraline. I've been off sertraline 2.5 weeks now and last night, my mood lightened (completely the wrong way round!).\r\n\r\nHas your doctor recommended Propranolol? \r\n\r\nIf you weren't sleeping on Citalopram, you are probably very tired which could also be contributing to you feeling low and not wanting to do anything. Rather than doing things you don't like and feel you 'should' do, how about trying something you DO enjoy?\r\n\r\nTake care. I hope you feel better soon." ], "date": [ "2014-03-26T10:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Foretwunny..I will send you a private message." ], "date": [ "2014-03-26T10:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bohyaw-229786" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi I suffered from phycial anxiety for many years now. Is there anyone out there that live near Banbridge so we can get together and chat to each other about ours illness? We dont have to suffer it alone. So get intouch and we can get together over coffee.\r\n " ], "date": [ "2014-04-24T10:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/blackpoolred-230454" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/blackpoolred-230454" ], "content": [ "Blackpoolred, im so sorry you had to go through this. I hope you are better now?\r\n\r\nI was on citalopram 8 weeks in total and things got worse and worse. Then I was put on sertraline, very reluctantly, and I got even worse. I was also out on another drug to are to the mix. I discovered I had akathisia from the drugs (doctors said all my crazy symptoms were due to my depression and not the drugs!!! I finally have a doctor who believes me). I'm off all the drugs now but am now having severe withdrawal symptoms which are about as bad as the drug side effects I was having.\r\n\r\nThese SSRIs are a joke!\r\n\r\nI've been considering propranolol for a while so I might give it a try.\r\n\r\nThanks." ], "date": [ "2014-04-30T07:55+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I have anxiety too and a few years ago my doctor prescribed me Citalopram also, exactly the same thing happened, I felt 10 times worse and started getting tremors every where, diziness, palpatations, pains everywhere and still have them to this day. My doctor said it had nothing to do with the tablets, but I am not sure. They are supposed to make you feel worse for the first few weeks of taking them, but apparently you then start to feel the benefits, but I never got that far with mine because they made me feel awful. Look up propranolol - this is a much safer drug and by all accounts and helps with anxiety - performers swear by it, and also good if you are not brilliant in social situations or meetings at work" ], "date": [ "2014-04-29T22:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "content": [ "Thanks Christine. I realised it was my drugs that were making me ill. My initial anxiety consisted of constant nausea and anxious thoughts but when I went on citaloprsm things got worse and worse and worse. I had akathisia but didn't know what that was at the time. I STILL have it. I came off the citaloptam. I went onto sertraline and quetiapine and they made me even worse. I had a lot of the symptoms of seretonin syndrome. I haven't had ANY relief in nearly nine months because of these drugs. I came off the drugs and now have severe withdrawal syndrome. I've had this for 3 months on top of the existing akathisia. I tried reinstating the sertraline but that just ramped up the side effects. The symptoms I've suffered from SSRIs have been just unbelievable. I mean really unbelievable. I won't go into it here because it's too horrific. It's like having a major brain illness. I haven't been able to work throughout this and am now mostly bed bound. I had an amazing life before I took these pills. Now I have no idea if I will ever recover. I'd give anything to go back to the time I was just anxious. I'm too scared to take any drugs because I'm so sensitive and I don't want to get even worse than I am now. The last time I had anxiety disorder years ago, I came through it and I completely recovered. I really wish I'd done that again instead of resorting to drugs to try to speed things up. The drugs have ruined my life." ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T07:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "I am so sorry you have suffered so much.  Finding the right drug is trial and error and the error can range from 'just doesn't work' to 'your worst nightmare'.  I have experienced all the side effects you mentioned plus the kind of nightmare that neither one of us wants to remember.  Plus, it takes weeks to get there and just as long to reverse the process.  Thus, Gun Shy, is the understatement of the year.  SSRI did not work for me either.  Unfortunately, finding the right drug was never a choice for me.  It was either that or the grave so I moved on.  For me, the only thing worse than drugs is no drugs at all.  Good Luck!  Chris" ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T14:47+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "content": [ "I am so sorry you went through this. Wow! Do you think there's a drug out there that might work for me? If there was, I would take it. I'm so scared of all of them now. do you mind me asking which drug(s) you are on? Do any of them not cause akathisia, suicidal ideation and cognitive impairment? Thanks Chris. I really would take a drug if I thought it would make me functional again." ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T15:12+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "I take Tofranil (imipramine).  It's an old drug.  Not recommended often but it is the only one that worked for me.  For those of us that are treatment resistent, finding the right drug is a long hard road and they all have unwanted side effects.  These, for me, are tolerable so I have stuck with what is know as 'old faithful'.  From the sound of it however, you must find some thing.  I lost my brother due to that failure.  It is a loss that I will never recover from so don't give up.  " ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T16:17+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "content": [ "Chris I am so sorry. I can't begin to imagine what you've been through. I really am sorry to hear this. I won't give up. I nearly did last year but decided not to. I decided to fight. Thanks for telling me about the imipramine." ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T16:24+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "I too had side-effects from cipralex and trazodone but Citalopram (just one pill) really messed up my stomach, maybe permanently. 9 month now. Not just affecting the brain." ], "date": [ "2014-09-30T03:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nathan22-1038435" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/christine22352-302440" ], "content": [ "<p>Hello Christine my doctor just prescribed me citoplam and I feel a lot of people are not a fan of this I&#39;m scared to start this..Should I at least try and see if it works if not I hear the portrocolon or however u spell it people seems to like..Any opinions on this? I do have larazapaem for backup</p><p></p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-01T19:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Anxiety and depression hurt.  Generally, anxiety is the worst part of depression and the first symtoms to be elevated once you have found the right anti-depressent that works for you.  Start with the one's considered the most effective and more on from their.  Most take 2-3 weeks to determine if it is one that works at all.  In the mean time, an anti-anxiety drug (xanex, ...) which still allows you to function should be used.  If you have any vacation time, or can come up with an \"acceptable\" (honesty will cost you your job - sad, but still true) excuse for taking time off of work, use it to get you through.  Less pressure, less anxiety.  The important think to know, when all seems lost is that - it's not.  Once you have found the right drug, you never have to go through this again.  Hang in there.  It will be alright.  Promise.  (Been there.  Done that.  For 40 years now.)" ], "date": [ "2014-06-01T02:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=4#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Ben. I know what your going through I had a rough ride last summer with anxiety. It took me a about 5 months to get through it. I'm now on citalopram, it starts to work about six weeks.I can feel myself getting symptoms of anxiety but not as bad as it was. I'm now left with what I think is a anxiety disorder.I worry about this and get stressed very easily which doesn't help. I found running helps only moderate at first. When my anxiety was at it worst I couldn't go outside or be left by self as it was scary stuff, the physical affects scared me the most.what you have to is just try to crack on don't worry it will pass in time.." ], "date": [ "2014-01-27T20:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ben_14862-50533" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thanks for ur replies ken and jim, i cant seem to do everyday things i have just stopped going out completly i had a very bad episode in may and im still feeling the effects now. I cant concentrate on normal things like tv or reading, combined with not going out that leaves me with nothing to do with my time its horrible. Ive tryed meds but if im honest i self medicate with alcohol when things get too bad. I cant take the physical symtems, ive been suffering from anxiety since i was 17 its gotten worse over the last 5 years im 27 now." ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T01:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ben_14862-50533" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "P.s Im on mirtazapine 30mg but i do skip them when i drink alcohol i know i shouldnt." ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T01:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Ben you need to give up on alcohol and keep on the meds pal. I know its hard and scary stuff. Can I ask what your symptoms are. Do you get brain fog and constant ringing in your years, whats your average nights sleep. When My anxiety was bad I had constant ringin going in my ears, brain fog, unbelievable constant dizziness. This went on for months and really did scare me. I was told that my serotonin levels had been depleted hence why I was put on meds. When I get stressed or start to worry about nothing for long amounts of time it starts to flare up but hopefully I don't have a relapse and go to how I was back in August. Do you believe it is anxiety?? I didn't at first and my hardest problem was excepting I had anxiety or an anxiety disorder.. Do you have anyone who you can talk to..." ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T06:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Under no circumstances must you miss your medication even a couple of days without a dose of 30mg can send you into a spiral of depression. Perhaps you have depression rather than anxiety/stress. Alcohol may help initially make you feel better but it adds to your problems in the long run. Your feelings are incredibly difficult to cope with but speak to our Doctor and do not miss meds you are holding back any progress in doing so. Good luck for the future x PS good advice from Jim" ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T07:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kennybhoy-45666" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi Ben,\r\nThe situation your in is exactly what i went through/ going through,\r\nBasically i used to have a lifestyle of taking recreational drugs and drinking alot,,i developed into a nervous wreck so badly that i had to get help,,but no matter what i did the constant anxiety and fear wouldn't go away.\r\ni was 20 years old and i was put on all sorts of different anti depressants to find the one that worked,which ended up being citalopram,,but even though it helped slightly,i took the only medicine that completely freed me and that was alcohol..i eventually gave up hope and my drinking went out of control,i became anti social when i used to be the most confident person you could ever meet,i became a full blown alcoholic because of my anxiety,,i nearly lost everything.\r\nI was diagnosed with GAD(Generalized anxiety disorder).basically i don't want to go on and on about myself here,but after 5 years of this terrible existence, i managed to get sober with the support of professionals not to mention my family.i'm now nearly 5 years sober and on a combination of different meds,,,one being mirtazapine,,trust me the alcohol will only make you a million times worse,and you've go to stop completely, which is difficult enough, but with the right help you can do it..another 5 years on i'm 30 and the best i've been in my life,there is hope mate,..i would highly recommend you give up the drink,otherwise that's the only medicine you will rely on and the real meds won't help you..as they'll be fighting against each other..A very good physical reliever is a drug call inderal or propranolol as its known,it's a beta blocker which has fantastic results,i wouldn't recommend benzo's but they have helped me greatly too,,but you need to talk to a psychiatrist and tell him/her everything,..they will help you buddy,there is light at the end of the tunnel..good luck mate, try giving the booze a miss and stick to your meds. " ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T09:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Fantastic and honest advice from Kenny. The best help you can be given is your own and your own worst enemy is yourself. Contradictions there but that's the point. You have to want to change. Take small steps and see the difference. Drink and drugs are self destruct buttons and wont help. Live the life you have been given to the best of your abilities and don't beat yourself up for being a sensitive soul. A sensitive soil is a wonderful thing once it is functioning well. Good luck x " ], "date": [ "2014-01-28T09:32+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/scruffy61-91583" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I know this sounds awful but you are def not alone I've been feeling ill sore throat neck ache for about 3\r\nMonths and. I didn't think it could be anxiety until I had an attack that seem to last hours but every day seems to be a constant struggle and I just never ever think of anything but my self and that I must be really ill\r\nReading other peoples worries is helping and I feel glad that I may be able to help just one person by saying tthat together we may be able to conquer this horrible illness" ], "date": [ "2021-06-07T01:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bill79-48473" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Anxiety can be a terrible thing, I've now been suffering with this horrible thing for four months now, I've had some major lows, first of all I was convinced I had a brain tumour through the head aches and pressure I was getting, then all of a sudden I was convinced I had something wrong with my kidneys then my heart then my bowels, I've been convinced I've had bowels cancer for over a month!\r\n\r\nafter plenty of reassurance from my Gp's etc.... I had a great few days Saturday to Thursday then BANG it hit me all over again to the point were I was convinced that I again have bowels cancer & a brain tumour (how unlucky can a person be), this anxiety is a really difficult thing to deal with but I'm hoping with the medication, cbt, and reassurance from my Gp's I will over come this, I feel every ache and pain is a new illness, hopefully in time this will all go away, I have to admit even with the dr's reassurance it's always in my mind what if their wrong what if their wrong, hopefully as I've said this will all be forgotten SOONER THE BETTER" ], "date": [ "2014-02-15T11:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/anxiousface-42968" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello all, I have not been diagnosed by my GP as having health anxiety but on research i know i have. My latest thoughts are that i will have a stroke at some point as i have pulsating tinnitus which has got worse also so much pressure in my head and really bad headaches i also get woken up with a loud pulsing in my head which i assume is my blood trying to get round but maybe getting blocked. I cant blame high blood pressure cos mine is low and can dip too low at times. I did have a CT scan last year for the tinnitus which proved clear but what about the loud pulsing that wakes me ? Unfortunately my GP gives me the impression he has no time for me so I can only go back to him in an emergency. Jim i can so relate to you, i hope your ok and getting through this better than you was. take care all x " ], "date": [ "2014-02-16T19:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/joan152-40277" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Anxiousface,\r\n\r\nStill suffering when will it all go have had a terrible day with tremor and bad head won't be long before bed trying to hang it out a bit.I do in fact sleep except when the head wakes me up.I know what some GP are like mine is quiet good except wants me to take meds. but don't want to.Do you take anything?" ], "date": [ "2014-02-16T20:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ten211218-47546" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello! I have anxiety for over a year, it started with a full blown panic atack,and another one after the next day.my phisycal symptoms were terrible.i though i was dealing with a dadly sicknes that nobody can figure it out.i had numbness, tingling,all over, weakness , pulpation, chest pain,problems with vision, ringing in my ears, headache,diarrea, lightheaded,sleard speach.etc.i have done every test posible. Still have symtoms but i take xanax when needed. I know is hard and the worst thing is you cant depend on medication has to do a lot how much you pay attention to the symptoms.my life is not the same, but ill not go to emergency room for every symptom i have, cause i done it and was bad idea.now i follow with my gp and if she says you are ok then you belive that you are ok.god bless everyone." ], "date": [ "2014-02-18T14:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pamela01540-102182" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/pamela01540-102182" ], "content": [ "Dear pamela01540,\r\nIt is very important to see a clinical psychologist or a psychiatrists in this occasion. Together with your doctor you will deal with the source/reasons of your panic attacks and depression and with his/her help whether it is counselling, psychotherapy or medication, your simptoms will improve and the problems you are facing will be reduced and gone. I know what you are going through and in these cases the help of a professional is neccesary. The problems you are dealing with may seem uncontrollable but believe me that with the help of a professional you will see an improvement. All the best for you from Trina (clinical psychology practitioner, MSc. Clinical and Health Psychology)" ], "date": [ "2016-11-26T12:47+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I have just experienced a week of severe panic attacks for the first time in my life although suffering with depression for the past 40 years. This seems to be different to the depression and I have no idea how to cope with the physical symptoms-sickness, erratic breathing, stomach cramps and the terror and fear.\r\nIt is so stupid because I know the reason why this started is so trivial and unexplainable, people related.\r\nI am not taking any medication or having any counselling, I have had years of therapy,(inc CBT) and antidepressants in the past and you just learn to keep going.\r\nI am not living a 'life' only existing and of course have had suicidal thoughts, just because I do not want to live in constant daily pain.\r\nI cannot replace my fearful thoughts with anything nice or positive as I feel as if I have lost my mind and cannot think of anything joyful.\r\nI do not have any friends or family around or anything to distract me from my latest thoughts which seems to have taken over my life. I cannot relax or function normally and for the first time in my life had to leave home to obtain a good nights sleep at my aged mothers house.\r\nIt would be lovely to have the support of a clinical psychologist/psychiatrist but know this is unobtainable.\r\nHow do people cope with the daily pain and constant fear.\r\n" ], "date": [ "2014-02-19T23:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pipps1-91698" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crest-722340" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/pipps1-91698" ], "content": [ "Hi pipps, please can you tell me.How you got on after your lightheadedness and anxiety etc? Did you start the pills did they work? Hope.You.are well now. " ], "date": [ "2015-06-06T15:46+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi\r\ni became uwell last November out of the blue for no apparent reason. felt strange lightheadness slow heart rate then fast cold sweats and shakes. since then ivd beem lightheaddd every day.my daily life is effected can't work proper.i nearly collapse at times.I've been in hosp 5 times been in ccu one nite .i do have irregular heartbeat but nothing dangerous I'm told ivd had lots tests done all clear.I'm at wits end now I've been on baby dose beta block which knocked socks of me.i went t gp and asked if he csn diagnosis me with anxiety he said no coz he thinks its secondary to whatever causing my symptoms \r\nhe doesn't know.so I'm goin to hypnotherapy /pscyotherapist tomorrow for some cbt.I'm desperate now I've also been on passiflora tincture for 2wks whicg i think helling. my doc prescribed citolopram 10 mg but I'm afraid to take it at mo.anyone else suffer same??" ], "date": [ "2014-02-19T23:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aston54-904716" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "This is how i feel, omg i feel like dying what helps??? Benzo's make me depressed i hate it" ], "date": [ "2016-05-17T02:29+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/charlie1989-968459" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/aston54-904716" ], "content": [ "I feel the exact same " ], "date": [ "2016-08-18T14:15+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Jed25740 and Lisa1812. Thank you both for your replies. Jed25740, I am so, so sorry you have had to put up with this for so long. Lisa1812, I am very sorry to hear your symptoms got worse. I'm glad the Citalopram is helping you. I'm glad your counselling is helping.\r\n\r\nI had anxiety for the first time about 4 years ago and I got over it in 9 months. It gradually got less and less until it completely went. I was on Propanolol then. This time round, it's worse and harder to get out of.\r\n\r\nThis time round, I have severe depression too. It seems to alternate between the two. Sometimes the anxiety symptoms are worse and the depression less bad, other times, the depression is horrendous and the anxiety symptoms lower. I find that if I take Diazepam (4mg), or a sleeping tablet (I rarely take either because I don't like the idea of them) the anxiety symptoms lessen but the depression increases. If I don't take them, the anxiety is through the roof.\r\n\r\nI was on Citalopram 20mg for 5 weeks and I was getting nowhere. I have now dropped to 10mg. I've had some better days since then but I can't control the anxiety - I wonder if this is because the AD is exarcabating it. I believe anxiety is created in our own minds by our worries. It's inappropriate fight or flight. It's a switch that needs to be turned off. I'm trying to do that by not running when my anxiety says run and by doing things that my anxiety says I can't do. I'm trying to control it rather than it controlling me. I'm also trying to replace my negative thoughts with positive ones.\r\n\r\nI was having CBT - I've had session 2 and was waiting for my materials to arrive in the post in readiness for my 3rd session. My doctor called them to arrange additional support for me (I thought this was as well as the CBT) but now the CBT people have discharged me as they say I can't have both! So that's the end of the CBT which I was hoping would help me. I'm not yet sure what the 'additional' support consists of.\r\n\r\nTake care both of you. If I find anything that helps me, I'll let you know in case it helps me. Let's all get better." ], "date": [ "2013-10-31T17:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/linda23514-43570" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes Meteor. Im definitely a candidate. Ive been ill for some time. Ranging from kidney reflux to hypertension to mild lymphoma. All of these conditions seem to interlink when testing procedures and symptoms are managed and monitored. it all started off about 2007 with major joint pain. couldn't move somedays. I always kept going though. pushing and pushing. I worked very very hard at my job and had a few work related repetetive injuries that I perservered with until I just couldn't any more. I did see my doctor about the joint problems and injuries and was taking pain killers daily. these pain killers started off as quite mild analgesics to now major narcotics. I never really made the work related injuries an issue to my doctor, I told him they were work related but wanted them gone rather than stop work and take the workcover road. Small investigations and tests were being made, but with no real outcome. Stress was probably the only factor that now makes sense. well 6 years have passed and a lot has happened in that time. I was forced to go on workcover with new management taking over company and making my life utter hell. I nitially claimed stress but my doc explained that it was impossible. My noted work related injuries for past 2 to 3 years were claimed on instead. Genuine work injuries, but not the approach I wanted. More focus was put on my work injuries for the next 3 years and my other illnesses were simply put aside (my doing). The stress and pressure from being on workcover simply did me in mentally. I was supressed with so many drugs that I was a zombie for 3 years. The meds were used for depression, anxiety and pain. I have been off of those mind numbing drugs for 2 years or more now. ive mentally gained a lot more control but still suffer chronic stress and anxiety from the experiences. its left me with nasty post traumatic stress. Currently I am suffering some sort of immunological breakdown that docs are trying to name. To date im diagnosed with Hypertension (coronary artery spasm), Kidney stents from narrowing of ureters in kidney, query on lymphoma. Things that were tested for but ruled out, were crohns and gastric disturbances etc. Ive been on steroids due to malabsorbtion....My body just shut down and didn't want to function any more.Im still seeing many specialists for ongoing health problems. The sad part of all of this is,,,,,,I am now really confident that its all stress related. ive worn my mind and body out to the point it wants to stop. Sometimes I think, Thank god I still have determination, but then I think, maybe its the determination that drove the bus to crash. Do I just give up? or do I keep fighting. Both approaches have had poor outcomes. I feel that I need my stress and anxiety managed and balanced. Not overpowering drugs that just wipe you out as they did in the past. I think maybe this time around, im managing it better. Im on pain killers that keep me active, im on anxiety meds that allow me to function mentally and physically and im now confident that the cause to my problems are ptsd. (post traumatic stress disorder). Time will tell for me at the moment. if my health improves whilst treating these areas, well I can honestly say that the chances of me getting better are excellent. Naturally, ive simplified this story as best possible. Theres a lot more that happened through the traumatic time that isn't detailed. But generally, it gives a bit of insight. So to summarise, myself, my doctors and specialists were and still are looking for medical reasons and explanations, only for me to wake up one day and say..... its stress that did this and is doing this. \r\nI hope that this story has helped you to evaluate your symptoms and experiences. Its peoples feedback and stories that have helped me understand what stress is capable of doing. my journey is far from over, however, im attacking it with a more probable answer and solution...I hope" ], "date": [ "2013-10-31T20:15+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lamice-540422" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "content": [ "hi , i know this old , and i couldn't even go through the entire discussion , but it is the first time for me to read about tinnitus as a direct result of anexity .\r\nmine just started one day out of a sudden , i went to sleep fine and simply woke up with hearing loss ,  tinnitus , hyperacusis  , later on over the course of a three months  palpitations , trouble swallowing , vibrations everywhere in my body and heavy bounding noise in my head .\r\nsadly i had test for each sympotoms of those , so you can imagine the number of doctors i had to visit , until i finally got the advise to visit a psychiatrist .\r\nhe prescribed lustral , lexotanil , dogmatil , in the very first 4 days nearly every sympotoms have gone away - Except for tinnitus and hyperacusis they never went away :(  - \r\ni stayed on this medications for 6 months and honestly quit without consulting my doctor , i just wanted to stop taking these meds - i had nearly no side effect - but i just wanted to stop .\r\nnow two years later , i have a better understanding to anexity and how my body \"behaves\" .\r\nfrom time to time i got a mild vibration or tremors in my legs but i know now where this coming from so it is easier on me -this usually solved with one pill of lexotanil -\r\ni wish i could reach the point that i could handle anexity without any meds .i wish i could stop this annoying tinnitus or at least have some assurance that my anexity wont eat what left of my hearing .\r\nsorry , but i wanted to share .\r\nwish you all the best ." ], "date": [ "2015-01-02T19:45+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi gang, I'm just reading your discussion and I to have these symptoms. Mine all started back in July when I was having a lot going on in my life with work and personal problems. All of a sudden i got this tension headache and felt like I was going to pass out I also had digestive problems which I had for years doctors told me it was ibs. Ever since that day in July I have not been the same, muzzy head,tinitus,muscle aches and dizziness. I have had bloods took twice,colonoscopy,balance test,barum x ray and toilet samples all came back ok. Five doctors are putting it down to stress which is now health anxiety. I can't go anywhere as I'm anxious about my symptoms flaring up. I'm in week 4 of 20 mg of citalopram. My heavy head ness has gone now just left with tinitus and muzzy head. My symptoms go in the night and are not there when I wake up but start about an hour after I wake up and last all day. I'm still working as I found being by myself makes me worse and I start thinking about my symptoms. My biggest problem was understanding that anxiety can do this to someone every day and believing it was something serious because of this my doc thinks I have somilisation disorder aswell...to anyone who suffers anxiety or a nervous disorder stay then my thoughts are with them as I know its a tough battle but we will fight it and to stay positive I know it hard sometimes........." ], "date": [ "2013-11-02T18:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "well said jim all we can do is battle this evil horrible illness and try and lead a normal life for our families and children,always hold our heads high and I know its easier said then done," ], "date": [ "2013-11-02T19:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "This is my first time having anxiety so it has been a shock to the system to say the least. We have to get better for our families and children and will..I'm back at the doctors next Friday to see what way to go next hopefully I'm slightly better or my symptoms are showing improvement..." ], "date": [ "2013-11-02T20:23+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "My heart goes out to everyone suffering from anxiety and I recently read Ruby Wax's book which is about mindfullness. Changing the way we think. It's easier said than done but it's a start and it is interesting to ready about the various problems people can have that really does put things into perspective. Take control of you, even if you have never done so before start now and good luck to you all x " ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T07:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rena16369-1125783" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "content": [ "<p>Have you had your thyroid checked? Work stress and inflammation from [b]candida overgrowth[/b] made my reverse t3 go through the roof high, as a result i got panic attacks and anxiety and couldnt sleep or eat. I couldnt take ANY stress until I was treated for it... seem to be doing better now. </p><p>Might want to see an ND instead of an MD.... </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-26T21:25+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bre479-1145725" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rena16369-1125783" ], "content": [ "How did your Dr treat this?" ], "date": [ "2018-01-31T15:38+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Does anyone else find that the smallest stress make there anxiety worse?? I'm finding that when I'm at home at the weekends my symptoms are worse for some reason. I feel I'm anxious about my anxiety flare ups..it's a never ending circle at the moment with me..I wake up fine then half an hour later I get tinitus then muzzy head. This has been the same since July.. I started citroplam some 4 weeks ago I don't know if its working...any stress makes it worse or load noise.. I feel lost with this at the moment, hopefully it will disappear in a few months it will take time.... " ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T10:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rosa20280-932775" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "content": [ "HI Lynda,\r\nyour words of encouragment are really elevate the mood. I am on Zoloft 100mg for a long time and sonce 2009 didn't have any bad days. Unfortunately 3 weeks ago I was poisoned from Sushi and felt really bad vomiting, etc. Had to take Antibiotic and that what caused me to get a panick attacks and than again I got into this terrible cycle of heavy mood, heavy head, nausea etc. My dc increased from 1`00mg to 150mg on the 18th of March -and I have all the side effects from it. Had some nice days but suddently today on the wekend feel bad again. Is it correct that it wil take 4-6 weeks until Zoloft kicks in? Your reply wil be highly appreciated" ], "date": [ "2016-04-02T21:24+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I hope it does clear for you but seeing yourself clear of it is step one. Could weekends be worse because you don't drink coffee like you do at work and the drop in caffeine can have drastic effects. You start to pick up again on Monday because you are back to regular coffee drinking habits. These feelings associated with stress and anxiety are very difficult for the person concerned and they can feel like a drain on their family because they don't seem to be getting better, do you perhaps feel like a burden at weekends. When you have an illness that cannot be seen and it does not improve you begin to feel guilty and stop mentioning it, almost hiding it away. That just lets it get stronger, tell the world how you feel and you will be surprised how many others feel just like you, but never mentioned it either. Whatever the reasons love yourself, see yourself getting better but nurture yourself too. Watch a DVD, read a book, garden whatever you enjoy do more of it and life will become more enjoyable. Take a walk, see what's around you and what you might like to change. You can improve, keeping busy is vital, it doesn't have to be busy boring, painting, drawing anything but its your life and you should go out of your way to enjoy it. Make plans for the future that you deserve to have. Above all else love yourself and until you are feeling better put yourself first, once your well you can help others but right now you have to help yourself. You may be lacking in a chemical which your Doctor can help with but whatever the causes don't blame yourself for the way you feel. Be kind to yourself. Good luck x " ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T10:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thankyou Linda, I find it am I busy it takes my mind off things..I do believe this has happened due to stress which lead to health anxiety. I slowly getting there some of the symptoms are slowly reducing especially the heavy dizziness that was scary...sometimes when I'm in busy places the symptoms get worse...ps I don't drink coffee...x" ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T10:35+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I am delighted to hear you don't drink coffee I don't think it helps. Focus on your strengths sometimes stress comes into our lives and we don't realise the effect it's having on our health. We just learn to cope with it but if you find yourself in situations or amongst people that stress you more then avoid them. If your not happy in your work, change your job. Don't let doubt sneak it and say but I wont find another one, create your own world from this day forward and fill it with things and people that make you feel good about yourself and happy within yourself. It won't be an easy ride but if your focus is on achieving good health and a happy life then that is what you will get in time. Good luck and I truly hope things improve for you. x" ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T10:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi jim, its true what Lynda says when your not busy you get time to think about your anxiety and you don't realise it but your actually feeding it and making it stronger ,judging by what your saying you seem to have a form of social anxiety, do you have a fear of eating in restaurants, travelling on trains,buses,etc,jim I know its scary but your min the early stages and if you don't begin the fight now it will get stronger & you will get weaker, at times you will think your going mad,some times you might have to take different meds before you find the one that works for you and then it can take 4-6 weeks to work properly," ], "date": [ "2013-11-03T21:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "That's the bugbear I have about the anxiety. I'm not able to get my mind off it at any time because the symptoms are there 24/7. They never leave me. So no matter what I do, it's there. If I do get my mind off it, it's only for a few seconds. Not sure what on earth I can do to take my mind off it. Last time I had anxiety I was able to have times when I didn't think about it." ], "date": [ "2013-11-04T10:15+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "For every time we see our anxiety levels rising we must return our focus to something of a more positive nature. Its not easy when you turn on TV and are bombarded by negative news constantly but we all have a good memory about something. Return to it time and again and remember those feelings because it's not so much your thoughts as your feelings that are pulling you down. It doesn't matter how new or old that memory is it belongs to you and if it makes you feel good think about it often. Don't expect it to be easy and you may well spend a lot of your time correcting your own thoughts but keep at it and the gap widens. Take up a hobby that consumes your mind, like Sudoku or Chess. Knitting's not bad either but you can find yourself knitting I should have said something, or why didn't I.....whatever you choose leave no time for rumination. Write your life story in 4 pages. Read it and see how uplifting that story is. How much negativity was in there? Then write it again from an upbeat perspective, yes tough things have happened but I'm still here and I will go from strength to strength from now on. It takes time but its a journey worth going on. Write your story again for the third time after a period of focus on the positive, place objects in that story that you would love to have such as a particular house, car, woodland, whatever you enjoy and watch your life flourish and get better every day. Some ill health is not curable and most of us have a DNA mutation of some sort but we have to learn to cope with it as it's our inheritance, embrace even the bad things, fear nothing, love yourself more and more each day and seek out happiness. Good Luck x " ], "date": [ "2013-11-04T10:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ken19857-43852" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello Folks, I was looking for a Forum with just the problems being aired here! I have been taking a pill called Clopidigrel for about 18 months now, and experienced problems with feeling confused and tired, a constant tickle in my throat, urging me to cough to clear it. At night my cough goes, but my mouth gets very dry, and I get little sleep, waking up after about four hours, then tossing and turning the rest of the night. I also have constant Tinnitus. I spoke to the last Specialist I saw in April. He says I have to go through my GP, when I did that, she said she would have to check with the specialist, then get back to me! Like being on a Roundabout. However, I came off the Clopidogrel, last week, back onto Soluble Aspirin. My GP said to give it three weeks, and see if there are any improvements. At the moment, just extra feeling of anxiousness, but living in hopes of some relief. I am 74yrs old male. Regards Ken" ], "date": [ "2013-11-04T11:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/linda23514-43570" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi ken, my aunty has a throat issue when she is stressed. Her doctor has called it globus. Pronounced glowbus.. I think my mum suffered something similar. The whole family as far as I can remember back has some sort of anxiety symptom. Myself and cousins also. It's definitely in the family genes. Some of us manage it better than others. my grandmother would disagree and deny any problems exist, yet she is probably the most highly strung person I know. I watch my family and there behaviour and have learnt a great deal from doing this. I call it \" what not to do or say \" . I tend to have done the opposite to the rest of my family. They are all out there and often behave irrationally at situations. I on the other hand have withdrawn and have a very isolated reclusive life. I don't know which one is worse ??? \r\nGood luck ken, speak to your doctor maybe.... Let us all know if you find anything out...." ], "date": [ "2013-11-04T19:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "How is everyone doing?" ], "date": [ "2013-11-22T09:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I hope you are feeling well. I was reading a book recently which says the Universe has no concept of negativity and removes from our sentences any trace of it. e.g. I do not want to be fat becomes, I want to be fat. Hey presto that's what you get and the Universe believes that's what your asking for. \r\nSo I do not want to have stress and anxiety, or I do not want to be depressed becomes for us the negative as it gives us more of the same. So instead of focusing on what we DON'T want we should focus only on using words that cannot be manipulated and can bring us only positive results.\r\nI don't want to be ill, I will fight this illness all the way, I will win out over this illness are all focused on being ill.\r\nI have a greater sense of well being as each day passes, I am feeling better every day and if you are diagnosed with a particular illness embrace it and make it your friend and the fear of this illness can be reduced. I was once waiting for DNA genetic inheritance results for a condition called Hereditary Hemochromatosis I embraced it and made it my friend whilst together C282Y a genetic mutation and I waited for the results. I took C282Y with me everywhere until my results came through I still introduce him to friends I shared this with at the time as an old friend. Eventually I got my results and had the condition but with only one marker which is better. I do not fear this condition or give it any more of my thoughts except when retesting is done and then it is an old friend come to visit as I refuse to allow fear to dominate me when I can do little or nothing to change the result. I intend to live happily into old age is my mantra and although life throws difficulties at you and some are so hard you cannot help but respond. Allow yourself a little down time before picking yourself up again and focusing on what the future holds for you, you deserve the best and I sincerely hope you all see improvements soon. A poem called I feel love sometimes helps...\r\n\r\nI feel love,\r\nI feel loved,\r\nI am loved,\r\nI am love.\r\n\r\nUntil you fully understand line one you cannot move to line two and when you move to line two you realise line three and it dawns on you that line four is what you and life are all about. May you feel love today x \r\n " ], "date": [ "2013-11-22T10:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lynda-5094" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello darkness my old friend has just sprung to mind. x" ], "date": [ "2013-11-22T10:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rose2267084-45589" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "A few years ago I had very bad anxiety attacks. It came to the point that I had an attack every 30 minutes! \r\nI even got to the point where I couldn't even leave the house for fear of having an attack\r\nIn public. This went on for more than a year until someone recommended a book to\r\nme called Hope and help for the nerves, by Claire Weekes. I highly recommend it to all \r\nanxiety sufferers. I was cured of my anxiety attacks after 3 days. The book explains the\r\nReason attacks occur and what to do to cure them. " ], "date": [ "2013-11-24T05:00+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sally52255-48142" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nathan22-1038435" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally52255-48142" ], "content": [ "<p>Hey Sally this is Nate here and that is my panic attacks to a T. The yawning thing I do a lot cause it does calm you down I have noticed that being outside and walking and cold weather seems to help me a lot and calm me down..Also not sitting and keep walking around kinda keep busy with minor tasks as easy as putting shoes away or moving something small downstairs to upstairs.i also take larazapaem which helps me tremdously. I&#39;m sorry you feel this way it&#39;s terrible and also getting heart tests made me feel better and I seem to get them when I wake up but still sleep very well at night </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-01T19:21+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi everyone, i wonder if anyone has had the same symptoms as me , i was driving when i has my first anxiety attack it start with a rush of adreneline from my knees to my chest , then my legs went weak and i kept yawning too , i also felt like i was not myself like i had an outer body experince, i actually was sat there thinking this is it im going to die sat here in my car on the side of the road. after that i had test for stroke, blood pressure ,diabetise alsorts but all came bk clear. has anyone had any kind of symptoms as there , its been going on now for 15months i dont know where to turn , ive had help but then it stopped as they only do it for 8 weeks, could anyone plz help me :( " ], "date": [ "2014-01-02T01:49+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sally52255-48142" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thankyou i will look for the book and website you have mentioned. Just wondering how do you keep positive when all the negative thought push through. I think i need some kind of strategy to take my mind off of it.😊" ], "date": [ "2014-01-02T22:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ben_14862-50533" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I suffer from anxiety 24/7 its cost me everything,my life my partner my sanity i accept it all & live in hell everyday. Watching my years fly by and watching people getting on with there lives. Anxiety is a horrific illness i wouldnt wish it upon my worse enemy. I need some help il always tryed to be independent but cant go on like this anymore people who havnt experianced it just dont understand. Somebody with experience who can help me msg me thank you in advance" ], "date": [ "2021-06-07T01:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kennybhoy-45666" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Ben, I feel your pain mate, absolutely totally understand what your going through, but I need to ask, are you on any meds?" ], "date": [ "2014-01-27T18:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/farah86735-995989" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi !&#160;</p><p></p><p>I have just seen your issue, and I believe I am facing the same , in addition to Panic attacks !! this is really burning my joy and struggling my life activities.</p><p></p><p>I have that difficulty sleeping, I almost sleep 4-5 hours then wake up, unable to breathe and scared all time, I feel my hands and legs are shaky and I feel I am weak and can&#39;t handle anything or hold strong.&#160;</p><p></p><p>I also have this non- stop negative thoughts!&#160;</p><p></p><p>I was recommended to try citalopram, but to go first to the Psychotherapy and see how it goes.&#160;</p><p></p><p>I hope you will feel better soon, and I want you to know that you are not the only person who feels like this and who is facing the horrible symptoms.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-23T06:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/delany49842-989839" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have been suffering this exact same thing for months. My body shakes so bad all over I can actually see myself shaking sometimes. The shaking never goes away. My heart is always pounding so hard and loud it makes it impossible to sleep. I wake up in the middle of the night in a panic several times. All day long I feel uncomfortable and shaky and scared. The doc put me on gabapentin 100 mg, it helps with the shaking but i still can feel it. I have to constantly listen to meditation music to get some relief. When I have to pee I have a panic attack. When I change positions or sometimes when I talk I get a panic attack. When i hear loud noises I get a panic attack. Life is hard right now for me. I hope you get to feeling better soon." ], "date": [ "2016-11-25T14:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/carl95724-999241" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>hello iv been having anxiety 24/7 too I shake can&#39;t think straight have panic attacks the psy. put me on cymbalta iv tried about every pill you can think of its not getting any better ether I had alot of blood test done a few months ago docs. could not find anything wrong so they say it&#39;s all anxiety it the back of my mind I think it&#39;s got to be something else have no luck with doctors I know how you feel and it&#39;s he&#39;ll on earth to live with this stuff your not along by no means and I hope you get the help you need</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-11T23:19+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sheila50461-980508" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I suffer from these same symptoms. Constant physical symptoms. dizzy, nausea. it&#39;s tuff to deal with.I sometimes just want to scream. I wish you peace and healing as well.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-12T12:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kim59492-365954" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I reacted bad to citalopram. Bad headaches. Bad nightmares. Generally felt more anxious. I&#39;m now on Prozac and after seven weeks I&#39;m a lot happier in my moods. But suffering from anxiety still as in shortness of breath. Talk to your dr. Ask if they think maybe a change would be good for you. How long have you been on citalopram ? Maybe it&#39;s just adjustment. </p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-13T23:51+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Sorry to hear what everyone is feeling and going through I&#39;m going through something I have tachycardia and my palpitations are acting up again my my heart rate is normal finally got to see my heart doctor today he raised my metoprolol I&#39;ve been on the pill for 9 years I hope this makes the difference like it did last night cuz I can&#39;t take this anxiety that comes with the palpitations and the panic attacks and the feeling sick and nauseous I wish everybody luck wish me luck that it works again this time</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-14T14:50+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amanda_39-1004418" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi I have suffered with anxiety for 16 years on and off but had it almost constantly for the last 3 years I have horrendous physical symptoms, and they aren&#39;t always the same. I have all the same as you do but the worst one is feeling faint, I hate it! I&#39;m terrified I will pass out and be sick. Anxiety is awful and I&#39;m glad this forum is here as even though J have family unless you have experienced it then you cannot understand it. I hope this helps you. Sending hugs xxxx</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-24T15:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Ask your doctor about propranalol.he put me on those for a short while to tide me by whilst my sertraline kicked in (about 4 weeks) .the propranalol slowed my heart rate right down and stopped the shaky feeling and butterflies.they stop panic attacks within 40 mins for me. But of course im not yr doc but ask him if it will help you.hope you get well soon." ], "date": [ "2016-12-24T20:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/maureen_65564-896562" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/maureen_65564-896562" ], "content": [ "Hi maureen what is yr symptoms exactly.? I have quite a few tricks to help if its simular to my anxiety" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T17:26+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Seeing this is old but ya I&#39;m in that boat right now!</p><p>How&#39;d you make out from this?</p><p>Any tricks to share?</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T16:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "content": [ "Hi billiejo.i hope your well for the new year. You said throat tightness.do you find yr neck hurting at all(ie neck ache? Im saying this because anxiety can make you tense up yr body especially yr neck. I find that when i wake in the morning my neck sometimes hurts because i tense up and also tence my jaw and grind my teeth in my sleep. This might explain yr head and neck tightness. " ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T19:32+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "content": [ "My neck always hurts even before this the muscles keep getting tight so does my head it comes and goes but it makes it hard to breath I get that when my body gets nervous" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T19:36+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "content": [ "Yes i understand. When yr thinking bad thoughts you tense up and most of the time you dont even realise it.(so im guessing). Find some relaxation music app. " ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T20:53+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "content": [ "<p>Anything that keeps coming back to my mind is the symptoms coming back I do relax it does ease off some at times it goes away for awhile I had this all before with my tachycardia and palpitations and what&#39;s my medicine for that for a while all the anxiety went away and that&#39;s what I&#39;m trying to do now</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T20:55+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "content": [ "Bless ya." ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T20:59+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "content": [ "Thanks" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T21:01+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/robert78268-1015169" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi, I have anxiety as well. My stomach gets tense and I wake up in the middle of the night and I have trouble sleeping in. I getrestless and irritaited. My racing thoughts drive me nuts. I get so frustrated and about what I&#39;m thinking, and then I have to take a Depakote because I get so mad about what I&#39;m thinking. I was upset today and started crying because it felt like all of these thoughts and ideas were popping up, and at times I feel like digging for stuff, but the wrong stuff comes up. When I start digging for stuff, I try to do other things and different stuff or ideas sort of hang there. My racing thoughts drive me nuts.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-28T18:12+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hi everyone I hope everyone had a good Christmas considering we are all going through anxiety most I&#39;m having is shortness of breath head tightness and throat tightness also everyday it tries to hit me hard get hot feel like I can&#39;t breath Dr changed my med to atenolol to it for like a week and 4 days did nothing so back to metoprolol he wanted me to take 75 mg twice daily I started with 62.5 since I been off of it for over a week been taking 50 twice for 9 years don&#39;t know why it stopped working I was like that&#39;s 9 years ago except my heart was going 140 when I first started to metoprolol it took almost a month to kick in and then he added another 50 everything went away anxiety everything that&#39;s what I&#39;m trying to accomplish this time but it&#39;s so time consuming I have faith that we will all make it through this</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-26T18:00+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=8#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kristenswan-1186314" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I am also suffering from these symptoms since one month and can&#39;t get help with any medication. I want to know some easy self-treatment, so guys please share you ideas with me.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-11T09:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ef4468-1128829" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Are your fingernails affected by anxiety\\ stress? I&#39;ve noticed that on some of my fingers, the nailbed has redness at the very tip, and when I walk or lay in bed that redness goes away. Can someone help me figure this out? I&#39;ve read somewhere that this is an early sign of heart disease. I&#39;m 26, 170 lbs and have major health anxiety.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-11T20:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laura09700-1188443" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hello there, </p><p>I have physical symptoms all day from anxiety and panic attacks... Feels like surges of adrenaline, heart pumping loud and hard, shortness of breath. Hardly any Sleep , Or feels like I&#39;m can&#39;t get enough oxygen in and I feel like I&#39;m literally going to die , My hands And Feet Sweat Ridiculous amounts and I feel anxious of every and anything it&#39;s so scary I can barely leave my home if I do my anxiety gets to the point I have to return home immediately, And it just started happening about a month n a half ago and it was mild now it&#39;s literally all day every day... My doc put me on 50mgs of vistaril Hydroxyzine PAM. 1 capsule 3 times a day and it works so well I can almost function as well as I did b4 all of this hit.... I still struggle a bit in the morning hours however I try to just sleep through it when I can!! To make it all worse I&#39;m 20 weeks pregnant and these hormones wasn&#39;t helping matter however this vistaril is a god send it has helped me beyond words I&#39;m so happy n grateful that my doctor knew what was recognized it and treated it quickly! </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-16T13:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/clayton44136-1189506" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/preston19-1255571" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/clayton44136-1189506" ], "content": [ "your not alone... im here to talk eberything will be ok i feel the pain it helps to talk to people with your pain! im here bud" ], "date": [ "2021-06-20T17:37+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "My anxiety is so bad i feel like im dying! I cant breathe and my head feel like a band around it and get really dizziness i been dealing wit this for 15 years and im 25 i been to the er over 25 times and same results .. Im just tired of living like this having anxiety everyday for like 2 months and then it stops for 2 weeks and then start back and go for 2 months.... I just lost my job and now its at its worse.. I cant get my mind off negative thoughts" ], "date": [ "2021-06-20T17:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/andrew666666-1083535" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/preston19-1255571" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/andrew666666-1083535" ], "content": [ "tips.. keep your mind busy!!! go golf go play video games work just keep your mind from thinking it will get back to thinking like it should im here to talk! " ], "date": [ "2021-06-20T17:36+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Yes I get all these symptoms and I have suffered them for 10 yrs.</p><p>Nothing seems to stop them or even get rid, they come and go whatever I&#39;m doing, it&#39;s a waste of time visiting a Dr I think anyway, they don&#39;t know how to really treat them, but I suppose every one is different.</p><p>If I don&#39;t have any symptoms I&#39;m 110% fine and fit, but when they hit out the blue I&#39;m absolutely grounded, they are the worst thing to ever experience, and before all this I was a out going person who like to socialize, but came to an abrupt end 10 yrs back, I have tried to got out but your feeling ill, feeling sick, shaky legs, palps, chest tightening, hard to breath sometimes, extreme lightheadedness, sweating there&#39;s no way u are going to out socializing. I have been looking for more help for yrs but no Dr seems to be interested, I have tried cognitive behaviour and numerous pills but it&#39;s all crap for me did not wrk at all.&#128545;&#128545;</p>" ], "date": [ "2021-06-20T17:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nervouskid98-1207151" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I’ve been experiencing what you’re going through for about 4 years now. In my head I think I’m going crazy. I can’t remember the last time I felt at peace. Except for when I had gotten my hands on Xanax a while back. I know now a days everyone says it’s bad for you. But that’s because those people didn’t need them. While I was taking them I actually felt better. Not just physically but mentally things felt like they were going back to normal. I was able to have normal conversations with people, like I actually had time to think. &amp; Now that I’m not taking anything it feels as though my anxiety as risen to new heights. It’s frightening because it’s all in my head and I just can’t seem to let it go. &#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-12T03:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/prometteus-1233693" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/preston19-1255571" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/prometteus-1233693" ], "content": [ "there is a cure... keep your mind tricked!" ], "date": [ "2019-07-19T23:08+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I just like you. Exactly like you, a free mind but you I feel the physical symptoms 24/7. Nausea, dizziness, for 15 years now. There is no cure" ], "date": [ "2019-03-03T23:23+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "There is no cure, so we are talking about managing.\r\nThe worst is that there is no reason. Things seem ok. Clearly there is a problem.\r\nAlso it changes over time.\r\nRecently I am sweating over night. Around the neck and head.\r\nAfter eliminating night flash, below neck, virus, whole body. Only anxiety left.\r\n\r\nI was never prone to alcoholism.\r\nLately that is one of my controls. \r\nThe other is Ativan, but just occasionally.\r\nSimplifying life is necessary. \r\nI worry, even when I think I am not. \r\nBest not to know anything. No news, but even movies, if you are very empathic like me.\r\nlh" ], "date": [ "2019-03-04T02:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/preston19-1255571" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hey there i came here to see if anyone faces this... i have for years since i turned 16 im 19 now and ive had months i would get better then like now im \"dying\" but its the hardest thing to overcome but it will get better im here! if anyone facing this needs to talk your not alone you not going crazy!!! 5your brain is fine nothings happening you cant die... from anxiety just relax if you have depression your not alone im here i panick when im alone i feel like no ones going to be here for me.. everything is ok i promise" ], "date": [ "2019-07-19T23:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/charlie19-1174362" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/charlie19-1174362" ], "content": [ "I separate CFS as lack of energy. That means rest is needed. If no rest, everything gets worse.\r\nSo I call it physical.\r\nAnxiety I call mental/phycological/emotional .\r\nIn case it helps to understand what is going on at the time." ], "date": [ "2019-07-22T07:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/charlie19-1174362" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "content": [ "Sorry I am confused about your reply. I wasnt saying my CFS was a result of anxiety, rather the latter has badly affected it and continues to do so. Until the past year or so I was totally unaware how anxiety could affect some physically. \r\nApologies in advance if you were, but were you trying to say something else?" ], "date": [ "2019-07-22T10:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/charlie19-1174362" ], "content": [ "I wrote that to this, in case it helps.\r\n\" .....I cant tell if it is anxiety or not or both....\"" ], "date": [ "2019-07-22T15:44+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi I can relate completely. I have been diagnosed with CFS and fibro and the symptoms associated with those too are as long as your arm and that is without the anxiety they bring. I ended up in emergence seven times last yr when anxiety exacerbated symptoms. Problem is now where does the CFS end and the anxiety start and vice versa? Some days I am a mess and I cant tell if it is anxiety or not or both.\r\n\r\nPhysical symptoms that I know anxiety makes worse is chest pain and raised heartbeat, neurological stuff on face and extremities, muscle twitching and lightheadness. \r\n\r\nI will say prior to becoming unwell some 18months ago anxiety played hardly no part in my life. I had no idea who much it can effect you physically. By the way I am 57yrs old." ], "date": [ "2019-07-21T05:55+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=12#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica40019-1009256" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/robert78268-1015169" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica40019-1009256" ], "content": [ "I have bad anxiety. I have started to read up about anxiety. I then started reading into how the body works(which was a bad idea). I went to the hospital and they injected me with Benadryl through an IV. The back of my head hurt and then my stomach started to hurt. I had anxiety but, since I have been out of the hospital, I feel lke part of me is gone. I wake up sweaty, I wake up early at night and I try to sleep in. I get irritatated and I have racing thoughts and I think of a bunch of stuff.I was really upset today and was crying. I hate the racing thoughts and my thoughts can get on my nerves sometimes. Sorry to hear about what your going through. I know the feeling of anxiety and feeling tense. I feel tense, and then my arms will feel loose. " ], "date": [ "2017-01-28T18:06+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;ve always can control my breathing.(knock on wood!) But everything else is horrible! Body shakes, feeling like your gonna pass out, nausea, whole body tense, and rapid heart rate.. just feel like your going crazy or just gonna die.. I&#39;ve gotten 10x worse the pass couple months and I feel defeated.. like I went to the lions game and had to use all my will power from freaking the hell out and ruining everyone elses time. Really sucks! Hope there&#39;s relief one day for us</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-10T03:49+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/robert78268-1015169" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi, I have excessive anxiety as well. I go to bed at 10p.m or 12, and then I will wake up at 3a.m, or 5, 0r 6. I always have this thing about waking up at 3. &#160;I have racing thoughts and I try to write out my thoughts. I don&#39;t write how I&#39;m feeling but, I just write out the thoughts. I&#39;m trying to get use to doing that but, at times, I forget to. I am trying to deal with this anxiety but everytime &#160;I try to go to an appointment with to do an intake, I get nervous and worried. Everytime I try to think about going to the hospital, I get worried about it. I wake up sweaty and I get angry when I wake up at times. I get angry and wish to sleep in. My stomach was upset this morning, but I knind of feel better after my stomach is upset.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-27T14:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/johnnie99998-1019580" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey wassup I have it 24/7 aswell my heart always racing for no reason that i know of i dont think am nervous or anything but right now at the moment my anxiety is really bad been like this for three month after smoking weed it changed my life that day never been the same chest pains heart racing physical body sypmthoms and its hard to control these things and when i do my head is always hurting for some reason." ], "date": [ "2017-03-06T21:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ed97158-1040325" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>For the past 6 weeks I have had physical symptoms almost every day. Mostly light headed to the point I feel like I&#39;m going to pass out. Constant head aches and nausea. I have had 2 trips to hospital where they focus on heart issues but all tests came back ok. I&#39;m convinced I have a brain tumor but doctors say it&#39;s anxiety. I can&#39;t get in to see a neurologist for 3 months. I&#39;m scared. Has anyone else had these symptoms related to anxiety.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-08T02:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jeromy61007-1052714" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi there. I had my very first Panic attack when i was working on a secluded island resort out in the Fiji Islands 17 years ago. I had to be medivact at the time as i didnt myself know what was happening and neither did the staff at the resort. I returned home as the company feared for me. I could not work for 9 months after that in my profession. With little money and nowhere to go i found a tiny room to rent on the property of a friend. I had basically lost everything. I eventually did end up getting back into my field with signs again after that. Up until 4 years ago i started to get panic attacks again, i ended up rushing myself to emergency. I was wheeled off to the psychiatrist after i was stabalized in the ER. She had booked me in to a clinic for a month the very next day. I have anxiety and panic eversince. My chest pains are constant from morning to night. I have very painful stomach pains couple with Thoratic pain. </p><p></p><p>I did myself a favour and booked myself into hospital for peace of mind to have my body checked for any medical problems to put my mind at ease. Its kindof the &quot;process of elimination&quot; Having said that i am in good health apart from the last test which i still need to do, gastroscopy to check if my stomach ect, as chronic anxiety i have learnt can cause alot of acid reflux and even ulcers. I find myself bloating terribly and unable to pass gas or burp. They are all interlinked as i have learnt for myself. There are tons of thoughts flying around my head all day long and i worry how on earth i am going to cope at work and not let anyone see that i am &quot;weak&quot; </p><p></p><p>I am taking up some form of art, as i personally think there is alot of negative frustration and energy that needs to go somewhere in a positive way. I know for myself that my fuse is extremely short. Anxiety is debilitating and with it comes so much fear. I fully understand that if one looks around, there are no immediate threats yet inside i feel like i am going to lose everything again and this somehow is lifes way of telling me i have done something wrong. Sorry for this post being so long but i am of the firm belief we can overcome.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-21T17:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rimen33406-1059940" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/deb14256-1049710" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rimen33406-1059940" ], "content": [ "<p>&#39;all I can say is that I understand&#160; A few things that help are gratefulness.&#160; Write down 30 things&#160; essential oils, yoga. deep breathing, laughing and focus on doing something to meet your needs and someone else.&#160; I know that isn&#39;t a total cure but it helps</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-06-17T16:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dianna67960-1079562" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rimen33406-1059940" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m 64 , Quit smoking, quit drinking alcohol and Dr took me off zoloft after 10 years. Be off of these for 3 months. Have tingling, numby feel, nausea, a warm feeling coming over me and makes me feel like I am going to pass out. Having thyroid trouble now too. Has any one experience these side effect with drawls symptoms . Never a day goes by that I don&#39;t get this. Used to be pretty spunky lol. Wish I could get back to my old self. Just miserable </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-30T18:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lolasmom-927465" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dianna67960-1079562" ], "content": [ "Dianna,\r\nI have been weaning 2 meds since March 2017. I have been off Trazodone for the last month, and I have the tinniest bit of Klonopin left.  I am actually ready to just finish that crap too.\r\nWithdrawals have been a nightmare.  Everyone looks at you like your look fine but inside you are not fine.  I went through all of the same things you went through.\r\nDid you experience waves and winodow?  I found it helpful to write down ech day when the waves or windows start and finish, and what withdrawals I was feeling at the time of a wave.   Trying to see a pattern to it.  When you have a window you think everything is just fine and you feel good, but also knowing that a wave is coming.\r\nI started taking magnesium  glucinate about 3 weeks ago. I started noticing a difference in how I felt the next day.  I felt less jittery and less anxious. My sleep was way better too.   I am only taking 200 mg which is low dose. and I am taking the glycinate type because it is the easiest on your stomach and bowels.  With these withdrawals, I have had huge stomach issues with awful gas  bloating. burping[b] and palps.[/b]   " ], "date": [ "2017-12-01T01:20+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I found this forum after looking up whats going on with me. 4 years ago almost to the day i went through panic disorder that had strong physical symptoms it hit me out of no where while on vacation and lasted 8 to 9 months coming on every other day at first and as i got a grip on one symptom it would change and i would have different symptoms. It was hell but eventually i kicked it and the last 3 years or so i would have a bad day maybe once a month. Flash forward to a month ago. I was playing basketball with my brother, it was hot and we had just got done eating and mid game i got this feeling like i was light headed real bad and i couldnt shake it. I went in and tried to focus elsewhere. Now its getting worse. I am getting waves of what feels like anxiety that last 30 minutes and comes multiple times a day. I feel drained . The symptoms seem different than i remember. When it hits i feel like i dont have the energy to do anything. It comes in waves and i feel nauseous. When i start to calm my mind is reassured its this anxiety but while the waves hit i feel like its sometging more" ], "date": [ "2017-06-17T11:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ackers1972-1066881" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi there was reading your story it&#39;s horrible the thing you have to go through. I myself suffer the same things I have constant chest pain tingling in my throat and body head fog etc 24/7 for 8 months now I also have health conditions ie had heart attack, Crohn&#39;s disease, type 2 diabetes I find I&#39;m forever at my gp&#39;s are er been on so many meds physical anxiety sucks I&#39;m starting to get more anxious at be anxious keep getting told to stay strong so on so on it hard too when your drained and tired all the time I hope your coping with it and find a answer that help you.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-14T14:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mary92414-1067384" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I just started having sevear anxiety for one month now it is taking over my life i was in a car accident when it started and now i am on 0.5 MG of Larazepam every 6 hours I still feel so nervous every day all day the thought of leaving the house makes it so bad " ], "date": [ "2017-07-16T18:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tttttt05945-1070743" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lolasmom-927465" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tttttt05945-1070743" ], "content": [ "Hi there,\r\nI have been having everything that you do, and it has been 18 months\r\nThe worst is the faical pressure, plugged ear that meakes my balance really bad. Seeing neuro tomorrow but not very optimistic\r\nI also have such lower back pain that effects my feet that go numb. I have been on 2 medications but am slowly weaning off to be able to have a cardia abaltion.  I have never ecperiences so many physical symptoms that are to numerous to mention. Just sucks" ], "date": [ "2017-07-31T00:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tttttt05945-1070743" ], "content": [ "<p>I know how your feeling, I&#39;ve suffered with anxiety since 2013.thoight I&#39;d cured it and came off meds but it came back about a month ago, so back on the meds. I&#39;ve tried everything to help cure it some days are better than others. My biggest problem is my stomach and ibs which goes with anxiety so I have to be carfull what I eat. Any stress at the moment I can&#39;t handle. Hopefully be OK in a few days.... </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-31T06:20+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I know this is an old post but I literally feel defeated because of my anxiety I don&#39;t know what to do, my chest is always hurting I am losing weight I feel soooooo weak and fed up to do any work all I can think about is if I&#39;m gonna survive, I get weird face sensations and horrible back pain it&#39;s so painful I can&#39;t do anything but cry. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-29T22:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=9#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stephen_21749-379429" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi all ,\r\n          I came across these posts when searching for something else. I suffered anxiety for over 30 yrs from mild panics to full blown panic attacks lasting for hours which went on for days , sleepness nights , drained of energy many physical symptoms , confidence shattered. I would go from 'normal' to full blown attack in seconds for no apparent reason and it could happen anytime anywhere. One of my worst times being on a plane for 12 hours with a full blown panic attack underway,  that was a real nightmare.\r\nThe worse it got was when I immigrated to New Zealand 6 yrs ago. The anxiety  came on and never went for almost 5 yrs . I tried medication and when the Dr told me that I could be on medication for life as the anxiety may have effected my brain chemistry I was devastated.\r\nOne morning I got up and thought I have had enough I'm not going to suffer any more I'm going to get his sorted. Off to the Dr's determined, I have a good understanding Dr. Explained how I felt. He put me in touch with a therapist in Otago University. This guy taught me to relax and a lot of ther stufff to numerous to mention, I likened it all to self hypnosis and positive thinking, but the basic was relaxation. My determination paid off afet 8 weeks into the 12 week course the therapist told me he could'nt help me any more I had progressed as far as he could take me, it was up to me to continue for myself. During the thearpy course I enroled into a hypnotherapy diploma course and learn't as much as I could about hypnosis. I offered myself up as a guinea pig as often as possible, this helped build confidence etc. \r\nAfter 10 month I earn't my diploma , afer each lesson I came home from the classs feeling radiant and positive something I had'nt done for years\r\nThat's the basic' of my cure, I conquered many a fear to the extent that last yr I fullfilled my dream job to work as a dog handler - only this job entailed being based on a sub antartic island for over 12 months cut off from the rest of the world - no way of getting off the island for the first 8 month ! No pills could be sent to me  I could'nt run from this one once there . No planes or helicopters could get there no ship was coming back for 8 months I walked and worked my dogs for 12 months sometimes weeks alone sometimes sharing a small isolated hut with another person, i walked covered over 3000kms. Yes a few things popped up in the head but I was able to deal with them sometimes it took a while there's was plenty of time to think for sure. There was a time when I thought I was going to have a heart attack - pains in the chest and I worried -  so I got up one day and pushed myself up hills and up more hills and walked and I pushed  for over 12 hours, heart attack, no, mind playing tricks yes but a way to deal with it was found. I never had one panic attack and I hav;nt since the day I got confirmation I was going to the island.\r\nI had a chance to go back to the hypnosis course for a refresher weekend, a few months before I departed for the island. At that time I was still getting the slight panics. mostly panicking over what would happen if I started to panic .But I was dealing with it and no pills. So over that weekend I had the chance to explain my anxiety past to the shock of the class, I offered myself up for a regression session and the tutor took me back to a time that caused a big upset in my life and as I know now was the start of all my problems. The tutor got me to see the problem in a different light, it was a horrible time that I was regresssed to  and the consequences of what could have been were horrendous and also the start of my anxiety.\r\nSo for me learning hypnosis, self hypnosis ,  exercise and determination was the road to recovery. \r\nSince qualifying as a hypnotherapist I have helped several people with anxiety and depression,  one woman suffered for 25 yrs her  words after several sessions was that the hypnosis had done more for her than Dr's and pills had ever done. The said woman sold her house and moved on for a new life something she was never able to do proir to her hypnotherapy and learning self hypnosis.\r\nI'm not saying this is the miracle cure for all anxiety sufferers but it's well worth a shot, what's to lose.\r\nSteve" ], "date": [ "2014-07-24T04:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rob11368-383645" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi, Just saw your post. Hope I'm not too late in replying. I have suffered from these exact symptoms for over 15 years. Been to the emergency room with a \"heart attack\" a half dozen times. I get these symptoms 24 hours a day. Just had a full stress test on a tread mill and came back normal. I mostly ignore the symptoms, but it is very stressfull. It realy causes problems in daily life, but not much I can do. I just live with it." ], "date": [ "2014-08-17T22:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/bennyv-384796" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron03090-384960" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/bennyv-384796" ], "content": [ "Hi bennyv I have studied anxiety for the past 20 years and have suffered from it myself I know what you are going through all of the feelings that you have experianced are completly normal with anxiety the advice I offer is this, make an appointment with your GP to discuss about a referal to a hospital for a course of therapy this really helped me and my patients." ], "date": [ "2014-08-25T19:58+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hey I am a 16 year old male and i suffer from annoying anxiety. I dont know why it happens as even when im relaxed on my bed i still feel chest and back pain. With me its usually keeping myself busy, if your busy doing things you tend to forget about the anxiety and it usually helps. But i just cant get rid of it and i dont know what to do about it. I went to the Drs a couple of months ago as i had a racing heart and was tested for my blood pressure, oxygen levels and heartbeat and they were all excellent, Yet i still suffer from this feeling that my heart is going to explode" ], "date": [ "2014-08-24T18:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/aaron03090-384960" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi meteor63 I am a professional on all anxiety related conditions that advice I can give you is this, as a past sufferer of anxiety I know what you are feeling and what you are going through, I can also tell you that yes it is normal to feel all of these symptoms this is your mind playing tricks on you but what i can reasure you of is that none of these symptoms can cause you any harm so if you need help contact me I can offer the best advice that I can (Hope you find this helpful" ], "date": [ "2014-08-25T19:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi all, thank you for your replies. Sorry for not replying earlier. My situation is complicated because I discovered my symptoms were caused by my 'meds' and I am now very, very sick. My original anxiety was triggered by a reaction to antibiotics. My symptoms then were constant nausea and retching, dry mouth, derealisation, racing thoughts, a bad feeling in my head, hyperventilating..typical anxiety. I was working through it using distraction and pushing myself to go out, however I felt. It was starting to work. Sometimes I felt completely normal. I was going in and out of it. I truly believed if I'd carriedon doing this, I would be better now.\r\n\r\nMy huge mistake was going to the doctors and going on an SSRI. It seriously messed me up. I got akathisia, which I STILL have. I didn't know what it was then. I never knew such a severe side effect existed. It causes an inability to keep still. So I can't sit or lie comfortably, ever. It also causes suicidal ideation and feeling of doom and terror and a severe inner restlessness that never stops. I can't believe they are giving out these drugs like candy. I wasn't taken off the drug and kept getting worse with loads of other awful side effects. I was on it 8 weeks and put on further meds which made me even sicker. I lost 2 stone. The doctors said it was me and not the drugs. It wasn't. I ended up way worse after taking the meds than before I went on them. After researching, I discovered I had akathisia which finally got recognised. I came off the new drugs only to be hit with severe withdrawal syndrome. Again, I never knew this could happen. I am mostly bedbound now with severe symptoms which I won't go into here because they are anxiety inducing for people.\r\n\r\ni have tried benzos..to start with they helped. I was taking them here and there to avoid dependency. Unfortunately, I hit tolerance anyway. The last time I took one, it turned on me. When it wore off, withdrawal was worse than ever.\r\n\r\ni fully believe I would be better now and living a normal life if I hadn't taken any antidepressants. Some of us can't metabolise them. Instead, I'm hanging on by a thread. I'm told akathisia goes away eventually although I have no idea how long that will take or when the withdrawal symptoms will stop.\r\n\r\ndrugs are not the answer. Distraction is the key. Doing things even though you feel anxious is the key.\r\n\r\nsorry this is so depressing. I've been dealing with this for a year and am rather sick of it now." ], "date": [ "2014-08-25T20:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Sorry all, I've just properly read through the thread and seen that I already talked about my drug reactions.\r\n\r\nchristine, you mentioned treatment resistant depression. In my case, it was treatment caused depression. Before I went on antibiotics, I was very, very happy and did not have anxiety or depression. After I took the first antibiotic, I got very sudden agitation and suicidal ideation (I had no reason to feel suicidal and never have in my life before). As the reaction died down, this morphed into anxiety which led me to the meds.\r\n\r\ni don't think I can take any anti depressants because they can ALL cause akathisia. It's a fairly rare side effect but if you have it in you, none of the meds are safe. I know people who went on just about every med and got sicker and sicker. Eventually, after going through withdrawal and getting off the drugs, they recovered and ended up without anxiety or depression. I hear thus often.\r\n\r\ni talk to people who went through what I did and are recovering. One lived with skathisia and terror for ages but now it's started to recede and she is feeling normal a lot of the time. She has done nothing to make that happen, it just naturally did. I often hear this when people recover from their meds. They simply can't be positive or use any tools to get out of it but eventually, they naturally recover from the reaction as the brain heals. That's what keeps me going." ], "date": [ "2014-08-25T20:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/alex47169-386327" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes, I've experienced 24/7 anxiety symptoms that lasted about a year. Intense, daily exercise and medication are what eventually helped me get over the symptoms. Good luck and take care." ], "date": [ "2014-09-02T22:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dragondubstep-394602" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Okay, I'm a bit young but I have gathered much of my own knowledge.  I have suffered for 2-5 years now with very real and present severe anxiety disorder.  Just recently in about the past year, or since last august, I have had it so bad that I wake up every hour or a few times at night, I am always afraid to sleep for fear of the anxiety and nightmares, which I seem to have there.  I have had endless problems from both ends and I feel like I am trapped, as if something or someone is about to get me so to cope my body decides to regurgitate whatever is in my stomach, this causes me to spend about half an hour kneeling at the toilet, so unpleasant.  I have also found that it made me suicidal, once I even tried to overdose.  I found that what helps me is a small dark space or even just a small, closed space like a closed, where you feel safe, even having a pet as I have gotten, has helped a little, feeling the house is more secure as your pet guards you and it's territory is a good feeling, inviting it into the closet or enclosed space to comfort you is nice too.  Now I just had an attack, and I'll tell ou, it's a hell of its own.  Each one's journey to recovery is their own but so ethi es advice from others helps as well.  Feeling helpless sucks, but just try to pull yourself out by telling yourself that you're actually okay and nothing is after you.  Try to create a schedule, follow it well and try to form a little comfort zone for yourself in patterns, it helps.  Though you will need to have a bit of new stuff just to try to stay comfortable if things change a little." ], "date": [ "2014-09-07T02:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shawnch33-437020" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I'm not sure if this was answered for you, but yes I have left leg tremors associated with my anxiety. With any and all \"new\" experiences; which can be as simple as going grocery shopping, I feel my muscles tense up and I start having extra difficulty walking. I am not sure if this is the type of anxiety issues you are referring to, but I have other issues also. Though I know the leg tremors and muscle tension is caused by my anxiety. Hope that clears things up." ], "date": [ "2014-10-01T01:50+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lor793-461521" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Meteor63, \r\n\r\nWhen my anxiety is at its worst I have panic attacks, tingling throughout the body, sickness in my stomach, tiredness and a hotness in my head when I feel like i'm going to pass out. I have only been on my medication for around a week ( Fluoxetine and Diazepam) so im hoping they will kick in soon although the doctor said 4-6 weeks. The Diazepam makes me very tired I don't know if anyone else has felt like this? \r\n\r\nlor xx" ], "date": [ "2014-11-02T16:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa17251-538577" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laszlolh-426263" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa17251-538577" ], "content": [ "hate to say it, but a bit of xanex helps. I break the .25 in half. usually in the evening, and if I sleep better, next day I feel, better." ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:18+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa17251-538577" ], "content": [ "Hi lisa\r\nall I can say is you will get better and you have to believe what the doctors say to you. I was convinced I had a serious illness  after numerous tests I got the all clear . I couldn't believe anxiety could do this to a person, but it does. I had to go on citalopram for six months to get better. You will get there and it will pass your brain is just missing serotonin..x " ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:20+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa17251-538577" ], "content": [ "Lisa, others here won't agree with me but I would avoid meds like the plague. \r\n\r\nI will never, ever touch another psych med in my life. I don't want to scare people, I really don't, but I want to prevent people going through what I went through and what countless others have gone through. I've been through hell because of psych meds  and I know so many other who have too. Today, I've actually felt some relief..I'm starting to recover from the toxic meds. I honestly believe if I hadn't gone on meds, I would have recovered long, long ago. I've lost 15 months of my life because of meds.\r\n\r\nI'd take normal, non induced anxiety and panic disorder over what I have now any day. Seriously.\r\n\r\napologies to those who think this is a bit strong but these meds are bad news." ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:27+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "content": [ "Agree with you meteor but at the end of the day it was the only way out. Exercise helps aswell if you can get your balance that is...citalopram was a nighmare to get off as you think you are replacing again.. Keep at it though you just need to see it out it will disappear.." ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:32+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa17251-538577" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "content": [ "Thank you for taking the time to respond, your positive words mean a lot x" ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T21:47+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi everyone, I know it's been a year or so since this conversation but I wondered how everyone was getting on a year later? About a couple of months ago I felt ill and suspected I had diabetes. My doctor tested me for lots of different things and all came back clear, however the two weeks waiting for the results I was a complete wreck. Constant panic attacks and migraines, I could barely leave the house. So I've had the all clear and I hoped that would close the door, however it hasn't. My brain is still telling me there is something wrong and I feel constantly tight chested, sick, dizzy, tension headaches etc. My doc wants me to go on a/d but I'm so afraid of the side effects I'm fighting going on it.  In fact, I am so afraid of any external factors such as food and drink affecting me and making it worse I avoid it as much as possible. I'm still eating, but I panic every time I do. I feel that the tests missed something, like a brain tumour or something else serious. I have always been a confident outgoing person that this has been a massive shock to the system. Now I'm a shell of my former self and I'm worried about it affecting my family and my life. I'm waiting for my CBT appt but at the moment I see no light at the end of the tunnel. Although reading this thread makes me realise I'm not on my own, I want to feel there is some hope for the future. Thanks." ], "date": [ "2014-12-20T20:12+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=5#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lightening1245-919601" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/seirra77604-940133" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lightening1245-919601" ], "content": [ "Thats how i am i cant even go anywhere without havin an attack. And its making me depressed i feel like a freak and i try to rlk to my parents about it n they say oh its all in ur head i wish it would just disappear it started a few weeks ago i just moved to utah 3 months ago i think i just miss home. I lay in bed all night tryin to force myself to sleep but cant fall sleep till like 4 5 am n wake up at 9 am n cant go back to sleep i got to where i had shaks bad my whole body was trembling n my head will feel like tons of pressure my chest will hurt n feel like i cant breathe im even scared of the hospital i freak put before i even get there" ], "date": [ "2016-05-08T02:09+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi, I suffer from all of the same symptoms and I have for years. Over the last 2 years it's been getting harder and harder to cope with all of it. And some point I just stopped going out and dealing with these feeling. I have gotten to the point now where I don't visit anyone don't go shopping do even go to the corner store. My husband has to do everything. I work part time and up till now iv been able to force my self to go to work but I'm finding that it's getting to be to hard. Does anyone else just shut themselves in to cope." ], "date": [ "2016-01-25T02:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/simon7452-924624" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/seirra77604-940133" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/simon7452-924624" ], "content": [ "Same here i feel just like that but i am bot on meds at all i dont wanna feel any worse cus im afraid ima work myself up to much and pass out i cant even get any sleep" ], "date": [ "2016-05-08T02:14+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I hear you! Mine seems to affect me more when I'm at work or out and about. When I'm in the house, the symptoms die down somewhat. I experience a vague lightheadedness, slightly laboured breathing, sweaty palms, cold extremities, mild nausea, constant tiredness/yawning and heart palpitations (skipping beats). I'm always so worried these symptoms mean something else and I can never seem to \"fully\" relax. I too am on citalopram, have been for two years. They did start to help eventually, but I'm currently waiting for CBT. You're not alone! " ], "date": [ "2016-02-19T16:41+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lanie222-932383" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes I have just been to see my doc I have very dry cough \r\nFeeling sick \r\nVery very tierd but carnt sleep well at night at all dry mouth yes . But I have had so much upset In my family that \r\nThat it's all come crashing down on me \r\nMy immune system isn't working properly and with all the stress has made me Ill \r\nIt's all stress related look at your life and if you have sress in your life and I mean upsetting things \r\nYour body is telling you something \r\nOnly thing you can do is have you time and rest " ], "date": [ "2016-04-02T09:47+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/altair-932193" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I myself have gone through this and i can understand the pain , the agony , the loneliness , and the desperation associated with it .. I hope you recover from it very soon . My advice would be what i tried on Myself and that releived me from anxiety (panic disorder) or more particularly health anxiety . you must do Progressive Muscle Relaxation (look up YouTube for PMR's)... I have drastically reduced my anxiety by this technique.... Its about 20 min procedure. But you must do it continuously for results.... You will see results in like a week... Hope you will benefit from it... \r\nRegards" ], "date": [ "2016-04-02T14:47+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/seirra77604-940133" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I am feeling the exact way but i havnt tryed meds yet i really dont wanna be on meds n have them make me feel worse i get anxiety all day n night its exhausting n i lay here worring bout whn the next attack will come" ], "date": [ "2016-05-08T02:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lolasmom-927465" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello there,\r\nI know your post was some time ago, but was wondering how you are doing" ], "date": [ "2016-05-20T23:59+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stephx-445956" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lolasmom-927465" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/stephx-445956" ], "content": [ "Hi Steph, could you please explain more about what your legs are doing" ], "date": [ "2016-06-01T13:39+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/joseph05321-947064" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/stephx-445956" ], "content": [ "Hi Steph\r\nSorry to hear your story. Hope you get better. It was just lately that I realized that I might be having Health Anxiety. I have this stitch pain in my right abdomen triggered when I sit or stand for quite long period and suddenly walk. Im thinking it might be something in my organs. I got checked, blood ang urine testing and ultrasound in my kidneys but everything went normal. Its quite long period that i am dreaded with colon diseases Im anxiuos im having colon problems always keeping track with my BM and other symptoms related. The stitch pain in my belly is tolerable and not sure if it was there all the time and was only magnified by my mind to something serious. I want to get my mind off to this but cant prevent from worrying especially when i am walking. Always thinking that the pain will be present again. I am now having thoughts of colonoscopy but im afraid. This is now affecting my day to day life. Cannot focus on my Job and Wife. Been wanting re assurance from internet and people that I am Ok. Sigh. Just sharing" ], "date": [ "2016-06-05T06:18+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Did this ever go away ? I'm having constant adrenline I have the burning scared feeling throughout my body my chest my arms my legs I feel so weak I actually cried at the doctors yesterday because of how ill I feel I'm awaiting a ct scan so my nerves are already all over the place but I've always been hypercondria I went through a stressful time I give birth 5 weeks ago and feared I'd hemmorag well I did end up having a heavy bleed after this panic attacks started and I got dizzy now the dizziness is 24/7 but now so is this burning adrenline rush feeling I can't walk I'm sat down all the time my chest is so tight I think it's a heart attack at the minute normally I'd get adrenline I'd then have typical panic attacks but now it's like a 24/7 thing all because of this dizziness no doctor can give me answers I feel like I'm dying constantly I'm really trying to fight it but it all is too real to just be anxiety im biting my nails all the time shaking my legs all the time and nothing is stopping it nobody understands how bad I actually am I keep crying I feel so depressed because of this " ], "date": [ "2016-06-01T13:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/metalhead3792-961507" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I know excatly how you feel. I get the chest tightness all the time and excessive worrying and shaky legs ,feel faint and its constant too. It just gets worse as i get older\r\n" ], "date": [ "2016-07-25T21:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rawa-982379" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m also feeling the same continuously since I was 13. I&#39;m 21 now and the symptoms got worse in these 2-3 years and I have experienced panic attacks sometimes. Sometimes due to stress in exams it gets worse than ever and I feel burns when swallow or drink anything else than water.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-10-05T04:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/delany49842-989839" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I suffer the same exact thing that you do. Mine is so bad I can&#39;t even have a converstation with my own family without it resulting in a panic attack. My heart pounds really loud and hard all the time and the anxiety never goes away. I just took a xanax and it helps for about 5 hours. You should try it.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-12T14:18+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ana97778-995579" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hello I m 23 female I been suffering OCD compulsive disorder and panic attacks my whole life I never been in medications I do therapy myself all the time for anxiety I remenber 2009 I have a really. Bad obsession with mouse I couldn&#39;t eat or sleep I was just thinking about washing my hands all the time my panic attacks and anxiety got worse everyday day I start therapy and it took me about a year and half but I did it I overcome that obsession and I was happy again a normal life from 2009 to 2012 ;( it came back again 2012 I have obsession and panic attacks the worst ever I couldn&#39;t get over my OCD I have OCD for 2 years 2012 to 2014 in 2015 I decided to start to face my problems it was hard is like seeing a monter coming to me but I couldn&#39;t do nothing ;( I was so depressed but I start little by little to do this therapy for anxiety my self and I feel better now I overcome alot of my fears and obsession now I can face my panic attacks and obsession I can face everything now I only have panic attacks and obsession sometimes I still working on it but I progress a lot I never thought I was gonna face my monter why I m saying all this is telling you that everything is in the mind we just need to work really hard medication only hide it for a little but still there we need to face our problem fears is not easy feel like if the ocean is coming for me and the sharks want to kill me but I have to face them and let them do what they wanna do with me without getting scars that&#39;s how mind work I m so sorry that ur are facing this too I thought I was the only one ;( please get therapy help it really help to overcome and face ur fears. </p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-21T21:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=7#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sleeplesslydying-50454" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "content": [ "Did the anxiety also cause you erectile dysfunction? I'm facing both problems as well." ], "date": [ "2014-11-02T15:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah14014-992603" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "content": [ "25 years of non stop anxiety ?? this is literally freaking me out " ], "date": [ "2016-11-12T15:10+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah14014-992603" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Sarah sorry to hear about what you&#39;re going through I can&#39;t imagine going through anxiety for that long mine started 8 years ago I felt sick to my stomach I couldn&#39;t eat I couldn&#39;t sleep can&#39;t get off the couch my heart rate was 140 went to the hospital several times finally I wasn&#39;t mad it had all kind of test time it was treating me for anxiety the heart doctors finally said I had tachycardia I was put on metoprolol it took about a month to kick in I started feeling better I have my colonoscopy and endoscopy and wind up having acid reflux that what started first then the fast heart I have an appointment with my heart doctor may need a mes adjustment but that worries me don&#39;t want my heart rate to low it&#39;s between 80-94 beata a min with medicine when it was in the 60 with medicine but that&#39;s the only time I get anxiety when something is wrong just wanted to let you know I know how u feel I feel like I&#39;m fighting to make it through the day</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-26T02:15+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/steven_64793-914238" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sleeplesslydying-50454" ], "content": [ "Erectile dysfunction is defo a part of anxiety for alot of peeps and you need to have sex to be able to release the endorphins ( feel good chemicals) like exercise . I think yr mind tells you that yr sexual appetite is low and as you know its just because of the constant anxiety. Its all just physcological and it wont be a perminant dysfunction but the misses might get fed up. " ], "date": [ "2016-12-24T20:41+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/adrian67243-1005061" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi I&#39;ve had anxiety for about 20 years it don&#39;t get any better for me I&#39;ve just stopped the citilapram going through hell at the minute can you tell me if any medication worked better for you </p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-27T19:40+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/monika92605-688186" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/adrian67243-1005061" ], "content": [ "hi Adrian, i have suffered from anxiety and consequently OCD for about 10 years now. I was also on Citalopram, tapered down couple of months ago and I have the crippling anxiety back. Started Paretin (paroxetine) 3 days ago, but no help so far." ], "date": [ "2016-12-30T14:47+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/laura73826-1141444" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jed25740-43518" ], "content": [ "<p>I have been breathing very deep and fast most of the time for the last three months and it is scaring me&#160; i started 3 months ago but i went to the doctor and she didn&#39;t say anything about me breathing fast or deep is it just in my head or what</p><p>&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-12T21:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike52627-1166554" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/laura73826-1141444" ], "content": [ "I just wanted to know if your short breaths are worse when you stand up. My symptoms seem much more noticeable when I am standing. If I sit it seems not as bad..." ], "date": [ "2018-03-30T12:48+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheri80326-1169185" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mike52627-1166554" ], "content": [ "You may want to check into a condition called Dysautonomia/POTS. This is a condition that is caused by your nervous system where your blood pressure does not regulate properly . It will cause issues when you go from sitting to standing... \r\nMaybe just do a Google search and see if that fits.. \r\nGood luck!\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:53+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi, ive suffered for the last 25 years with anxiety,and ive had some really bad times,i still do, it can be dangerous to know too much about an illness the more you look into it the more you think you will never find a cure,with anxiety its all in the mind that's why at times its so scary,your thoughts make a mountain out of a molehill,and at times you will think you are going mad, the simple little task can be the most terrifying,the medication you are taking can sometimes take 4-6 weeks before you reap the benefits from them,as john Milton once said \" the mind is its own place,and in itself can make a heaven of hell,a hell of heaven,i do wish you all the best," ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:50+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa1812-43563" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amylynn-988505" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa1812-43563" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Lisa,</p><p>When I read what you said about not being able to breathe properly and other symptoms you mentioned it was like describing how I feel. It&#39;s awful, the breathing thing is really uncomfortable and unsettling.</p><p>How are you doing now? </p><p></p><p>Amy </p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:55+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amylynn-988505" ], "content": [ "<p>Hey its ben a month since you posted this. But in dying to know exactly how you felt and what your symptoms were . And if you found an answer . It strated with me one day just couldn&#39;t breathe, on top of all my anxiety n dizziness i had 24/7 i was still kinda functioning.. but now its been a month of no breathing, feel like something is stuck in like almost my sternum.. i also have acid reflux , very wierd stomach issues that have gotten wired since the breathing problem started ive been to the ER so many times for high heart rate ans pounding heart but they all blamed it on anxiety . UGH so frustrating. Im constantly swaying because if dizziness and my obvious issue with balance . Its scary . Just wondering if you felt similar?? </p><p></p><p>Maddi</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-11-25T22:48+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m glad I found a recent reply. I&#39;ve suffered with anxiety since 2011. I&#39;m now 21. It&#39;s been a huge part of my life these last few years and although it sucks I try to use it to help others by sharing my story. My anxiety showed up randomly, and I still get attacks without triggers for the most part. My symptoms feel scary when it does happen and once one goes away it is replaced by another. BUT I have had stretches of feeling good and like my normal self for days, weeks, months. So I stay hopeful. I am in nursing school which is stressful and I think can trigger it. I also tend to overthink the symptoms and sensations i get. Currently ive been having steady anxiety symptoms since this October. Lots of dizziness(cured by massage therapy) then heart palpitations and chest pain (ecg ruled out issues, plus i could work out without pain!) and now a tight feeling in my throat with shortness of breath(again, i can workout and feel fine, i think because my mind cant focus on it) The symptoms are rough. It can make everything feel impossible. Even after feeling these things before and having had this feeling for a few days again now its hard for you to not keep thinking about it and being concerned. Just know that you are ok. You will have relief. While my anxiety used to make me feel alone, depressed, and lost Ive now found my identity with it. Its important not to hide it, be open, do your best at work and school etc. and have a sense of humor. Its amazing how many people youll meet who have suffered similarly once you open up. Also, I have taken zoloft and ativan since 2012. Ive had some dosage changes in my zoloft which may be my reason for the current anxiety. Stay strong. Stay honest. Remember you are so very far from alone. </p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:57+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "<p>I also have shortness of brearh 24/7 and heart rate increases. Its worse when I stand or eat. Feel like a lump in the throat tight chest feeling. I started 10mg of citaliptam and it&#39;s been 2 weeks. I&#39;m waiting to see if it&#39;s all anxiety related. I have had ct scan, ecgs.ekgs.and next a scope and heart ultrasound. Dr. Thought I had svt heart arythmia. But my heart rate increases from the short of breath. Just wondered if meds helped to relieve your symptoms. </p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-13T23:24+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi there. Meds have sometimes helped relieve my symptoms. I take 25 mg or 50 mg of Lorazepam as needed. Sometimes the symptoms come along with the anxious and doomsday feeling but othertimes I will feel ok and these symptoms appear out of nowhere, as if my body is stressed and responding to just putting up with it but I am unaware. In the last week I have just felt very tired and achy and haven&#39;t had too many symptoms but have been aware of my heart at various times during the day (I try to stay busy so I won&#39;t notice it or think about it, its not easy to stop thinking of once it happens). I have had random shooting pains in my ribs and sternum but I believe it is stress manifesting itself. I am in nursing school which I think adds to me overthinking and fearing the worst. I just remind myself that when something actually life threatening is happening I will pass out and there will be doctors and nurses to figure out what to do. I worry so much about myself and all these sensations etc and realize thart many sick people barely paid attention like that. Health issues happen to everyone and will most likely come to find us one day but right now we are very much well. Our problem is anxiety. It takes away your happiness and your ease. The worst thing we can do is think about all the crappy feelings and what ifs! Of course its easier to say we should stop thinking about it than it actually is to do. Just know that you are well! There is no rare condition you have that they cannot find (I tell myself often that maybe just maybe they are missing something!), your body is well but your mind is making it sick with a flood of chemicals making you feel anxious and ill. Take your meds as prescribed and stay busy (an idle mind is dangerous)! Also, do not be afraid to talk about it. Hiding it makes it so much worse. I joke about my neurotic ways a lot and have found that I am not alone! Stay strong and know that there will be better days and that you are so not alone!</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-14T01:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "<p>But to answer your question (sorry I babble) I take &#160;25 mg Lorazepam (Ativan) if I have a tough day ahead or if I feel like I am starting to get anxious, heart racing, shortness of breath, sweaty, etc. 50 mg if I get an attack and need help right away! I try not to take them daily so the effect stays strong when I do but if I am going through daily 6/10 or worse anxiety and stress symptoms I take a half of or a whole 25mg each morning. I have just started taking magnesium glyconate supplements and folic acid (mag mildly helps with heart racing and folic acid supports healthy nervous system function) and will see how it goes. I also cut coffee out. I love coffee but I started to get jumpy after even one cup. So now I try to have less than one cup a week. I don&#39;t drink soda, and I know only drink a glass of wine maybe twice a month (don&#39;t mix with Ativan or anxiety meds though!). Caffeine and booze started to be real triggers for me and caused me to feel my heart wayyy too much. I also find that eating well helps (perhaps psychologically). Fresh foods and homemade foods are great for energy and keeping you feeling less groggy and sickly. I also drink ice water constantly to keep myself feeling ok (it helps for nausea, throat tightness, and helps get your mind off of things). Some people swear by using ice packs on their hands and back and neck to relieve anxiety too.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-14T01:23+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "<p>Thank you so much. I feel I&#39;m going crazy here...wondering if.I&#39;ve had a nervous breakdown. I&#39;m still going to finish with the last few tests. Dr. Thought maybe esophaegal spasms may be causing this. Once I rule everything out, (to ease my mind) I suppose I have to accept that it really could ALL be caused by the stress and anxiety I have had in my life. I am still going to take the meds prescribed and give them a chance to work. It&#39;s been 2 weeks on meds and I know it can take 4 to 6 to see results. I am just relieved to know how many.people are feeling this way....although I wouldn&#39;t wish this on my worst enemy. Thanks again for your response. I am also going to try cognitive therapy. I want my life back and I hate feeling controlled. I wish you good health. &#128522;</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-14T14:16+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "content": [ "Good luck. Prolonged stress and anxiety does some weird stuff to your body. I just tell myself that if something was truly wrong I would be passed out or doubled over in pain. Its definitely not easy. Especially when the symptoms add to the stress! Try all you can to keep your body and mind occupied and take the prescitbed meds(afterall these manifestations are caused by our messed up chemicals that need to get back in check). \r\nMerry Christmas! Wishing you a more relaxing time!" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jamie_59561-942738" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amylynn-988505" ], "content": [ "I get that to its scary " ], "date": [ "2017-01-28T21:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lachastity04089-1015994" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "<p>Thank you so much for your post. I have been dealing with anxiety over 7 months. Been to the emergency room over 20xs. Thinking I&#39;m having a heartattack. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-29T23:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/stevelebe25217-1026145" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "<p>Liz I&#39;m in the same boat I&#39;ve been battling anxiety panic depression for over 25 yrs if you want you can email me at debaryy11 @ aol . com would be nice to have someone that knows exactly how you feel hope your doing better </p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:08+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/linder516-1039473" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "hi there,\r\n\r\nI just wanted to say that your story mirrors my own. I am 51 years old and have been dealing with panic/anxiety issues since age 17.. they SUCK!  I have bee on zoloft (50mgs,100 mgs at times) and corgard (beta blocker) since age 32. I just want you to know that i sympathize with your situation and am so glad that you were able to get meds at an early age. Keep taking them even whe you feel fine!  I have learned the hard way that stress really triggers attacks... and being lax in taking the meds (like i have done in the past) makes a huge negative impact. I have big issues with my blood pressure going crazy high while having a panick attack, try to monitor that if its an issue for you as well. Hang in there, good wishes and thinking of you." ], "date": [ "2017-04-05T03:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/clippy-1049444" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "Thanks for sharing! I have similar anxiety problems " ], "date": [ "2017-05-09T23:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren8165-1062084" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi maddi,</p><p></p><p>I have your symptoms to a T. Have you had any luck with a diagnosis or is it still anxiety? I keep trying so hard to tell myself it&#39;s anxiety, but these symptoms are just so scary. Almost went to the ER last night. The chest pains that radiate to my back, on top of the extreme dizziness is just terrifying. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-06-29T00:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/elaine73067-1050742" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "content": [ "Hi I ready stories from months ago and wonder how people are doing now?" ], "date": [ "2017-07-26T21:15+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jsmith02-1076681" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/elaine73067-1050742" ], "content": [ "Me too it has been 7 yrs for me and I am so afraid to try meds I tried Prozac and it made things so much worse I would love to hear how people are doing and what has helped " ], "date": [ "2017-08-18T20:19+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dbmetsfan-954706" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren8165-1062084" ], "content": [ "<p>I have the same thing. This past week I was and still am having a major family issue and my anxiety has been 24/7 and in overdrive. I feel like I have shortness of breath, afraid to eat, my legs are weak and shaky, tightness around my upper abdomen. I can&#39;t wait to go to bed at night because all anxiety goes away. When I wake up in the morning the first 15-30 minutes are great. Let me feel one little twinge of anything I am done for the day. This has been a bad week normally I only have partially bad days but not every day. So tired of living like this and being terrified something physical is wrong with me when like all of you tests gave come back normal</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-02T17:30+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jim40867-43741" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dbmetsfan-954706" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Db</p><p></p><p>I think we all have been there when things get tough so does your anxiety and physical symptoms kick in. I&#39;m the same I have some days which are great and some days where I feel awful. I suffer from ibs which goes hand in hand with anxiety and can zap you of all energy. It took me a while to come to terms with these two disorders but do my best to battle both them. Keep your chin up pal and hope things work out for you at home.. </p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/frank93814-1063112" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "Feel the same. Been to emerge dozens of times also" ], "date": [ "2017-09-12T03:48+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/william87946-1091674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren8165-1062084" ], "content": [ "Hi I get so stressed all my money goes to dokters and nothing helps" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:05+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/chris88400-1121824" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amylynn-988505" ], "content": [ "I am new to this. It started about 2 weeks ago in the evening just out of the blue I got a horrible feeling of dred and doom and feeling like I was going to die.  Also I have had bronchitis on top of this happening. I’ve been to the ER 4 times in 5 day with the same results. Every thing seems fine other than giving me antibiotics for the bronchitis. The shortness of breath has been going on for several days now. I just want to feel normal again. Is the anxiety causing the tingling in my toes and fingers, shortness of breath and the feeling like their is something seriously wrong with me that I might end up dying?  I have never dealt with anything like this in 39 years. " ], "date": [ "2017-11-13T03:11+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shaun2306-1121695" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/chris88400-1121824" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi chris88400 I think the shortness of breath and the tingling of fingers and toes sounds like a panic attack. I know all about constant anxiety. Mine is absolutely horrendous and the thoughts that my anxiety latches onto I don&#39;t like sharing so as not to inflict others with these thoughts. If it is a panic attack, just know that they all go away if you just stay calm and breath slowly. You don&#39;t have to breath deeply every time, just normal calm slow breathing will do it. it should go away fairly quickly. There is usually an underlying reason for the anxiety so consider seeing the doctor and a therapist maybe. I hope this is a little help at least.</p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:01+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jacques72493-1131605" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "I see you posted this about a year ago , I exaclty have the sam problem with the breathing thing , is rediculous , how do you cope or did you cope , somwthing always feela stuck in sternum" ], "date": [ "2018-01-09T11:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/april1304-994952" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jacques72493-1131605" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jacques I know what you re talking about its like you can&#39;t get a deep enough breath and you feel you&#39;re going to suffocate,it usually happens in the evening,what I found that helps is just shallow breathe for a few seconds or fake a yawn and get up and do something to take your mind off it even if its only a phone call at your front door!Hope I was able to help a little bit.</p>" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:00+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jorgeae-1181948" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "<p>IM going through that I feel like any little thing triggers me to have bad thoughts and it&#39;s hard trying to stay at peace and in control but reading all your comments and knowing I&#39;m not alone in this and knowing it&#39;s all in your head is making me feel peaceful only thing that scares me is sinking feelings in my chest that I get if I get too too anxious but I&#39;m feeling a bit fine now</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-06T16:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike67984-1191415" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/madison57163-996669" ], "content": [ "HI do you still have symptoms" ], "date": [ "2018-06-28T01:59+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ef4468-1128829" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "content": [ "<p>Do you have chest tightness as well? I&#39;ve had that plus left side shoulder pain that doesn&#39;t last for more than a few seconds to a minute along with that. Brain fog and feeling off-kilter too. </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-06T00:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/omarbenitez863-1198664" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "<p>Liz I’m a current nursing student, and I please ask if I could discuss this issue further with you. I’m through hell, have been for the past few months, would mean the world to me if you reach out to me. [b]My email is[/b]: </p><p></p><p></p><p>[b]Moderator comment: I have removed the email address as we do not publish these in the forums. If users wish to exchange contact details please use the Private Message service.[/b]</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-27T02:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheri80326-1169185" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/liz95s-996985" ], "content": [ "Hi Liz ~ How are you doing now with the anxiety? Do you think the meds help?\r\n\r\nBest to you,\r\nCherie" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheri80326-1169185" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley_49119-981051" ], "content": [ "Hey there. I am reading this feed, 5 years later! I was wondering how it ever panned out for you with your anxiety? Please let me know if you get this and I am hoping you are feeling great and the anxiety is a thing of the past.\r\n\r\nThanks!\r\nCherie" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:12+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi\r\nMy physical symptoms had gotten worse over the summer and can empathise how awful they are. I would have a tightness of the chest, unable to swallow or breathe properly, and an upset stomach.. all being fuelled by further panic. i was reluctant at the time to go on AD as i hadn't found one which i was compatible with, however I was prescribed beta blockers (propranolol 40mg) which i took when i felt a bit wobbly. They did calm me down. I am now on the same anti depressants as you ( 10mg) and i prefer these to the the beta blockers which was not controlling my emotional anxiety which i can thankfully say is much better. \r\n\r\nObviously, i did try self help techniques such as controlling breathing and CBT etc but i had gotten too far in my habit which was fuelling my anxiety. Im currently getting counselling which is also helping. \r\nIts an individual journey to recovery so id speak to your GP about maybe trying propranolol if its suitable for you\r\n Good luck" ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T14:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cgrimaldi7-1065577" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tttttt05945-1070743" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cgrimaldi7-1065577" ], "content": [ "<p>I feel you!! I can&#39;t remember the last time I went to bed with no worry in the world, I just want to be able to sleep without Lying down and getting up after minutes with terrible chest pain. Literally become reminiscent when I think about how I used to be, literally become such a easily anxious person even when i feel like there&#39;s nothing to be anxious about!!!! Comes out of the blue and it comes with the aim to defeat and fully make me afraid to do anything but think about ANXIETY. I never even used to be able to spell the damn word but after googling about it 24/7 that has changed! </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-29T22:58+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Yes!!! Me me. I never feel happy I either feel numb or eh. I jsut want to be normal again. I go into panic mode easily. I haven&#39;t slept in days because my heartbeat is too strong and my anxiety thoughts are very strong I can easily think myself into an anxiety attack. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-29T22:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/pandacake-495883" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/deb14256-1049710" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/pandacake-495883" ], "content": [ "aswaganda and rhondiola extract and valerium\r\n​fish oil and vitamin D also important\r\n " ], "date": [ "2017-07-30T19:41+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hey,</p><p></p><p>I&#39;m currently suffering with breathlessness that comes and goes and lasts for hours or even days. A tight and dry throat and more, sometimes, my arms feel weak. I&#39;m terrified about heart failure or other conditions. So, you are most certainly not alone.&#160;</p><p></p><p>Though it&#39;s always worth getting your symptoms checked out by a doctor.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-30T02:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/deb14256-1049710" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I can tell you a few things that help me.&#160; I still get anxiety but&#160;</p><p>?Turn off electonics before bed and read a hopeful story or listen to a relaxing meditation.&#160; Those help me relax.&#160; Do mindful walking, observing and being thankful for everything you see.</p><p>Join a support group to talk about feelings and fears and then let the fears and feeling go</p><p>Know that you are loved and show someone else they are loved, even if they don&#39;t deserve it</p><p>?Eat your protien, even a filling smoothie</p><p></p><p></p><p>&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-30T18:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/texas_tea-1076479" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I deal with anxiety every freaking day also, I wish I could rid of my anxiety I wish I can go back to my old self when I didn&#39;t know what anxiety was! I get the chest tightness everyday, when ur feeling that, breath arms over your head it helps loosen the chest gives you airway and a more comfortable chest! I hope your symptoms suppress to where they go away</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-19T18:14+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/billiejo86504-996337" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi everyone I feel the same way y&#39;all do mine all start at 9 years ago started taking metoprolol palpitations went away so did the anxiety well here I am again it&#39;s been almost a year of me dealing with it had an ablation done started taking my metoprolol again after a month couldn&#39;t take it no more it helps a little bit I have more better days than I have bad days my heart is still palpitating all day just not hard all day I hate the bad days feel like I can&#39;t breathe that my &#160;head tightness going to see if I can have another heart study done I think there may be more SVT there that didn&#39;t show up the first time also going to go see a neurologist to having my gallbladder taken out tomorrow to see if that&#39;s causing them there&#39;s something there because my medicine just all the sudden stopped working I hope we all find an answer soon and get back to our normal selves because feel like you can&#39;t breathe is the worst feeling in the world</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-08-29T12:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lachastity04089-1015994" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "content": [ "Most definitely!!! Sometimes it takes an hour for me stop shaking" ], "date": [ "2017-09-07T18:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lachastity04089-1015994" ], "content": [ "Do you take any medicaments?" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T08:14+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lachastity04089-1015994" ], "content": [ "<p>Do you take any medicaments? I sometimes take diazepam 2 mg, and i feel ok, even though my mom is very against me taking pills because she says they are addictive, but it helps me, i feel much better when i take them, i can function, i can go out, do shopping, go for a coffee with friends, i take also fluoxetine (antidepressant), but very rarely one per week, cause i showed improvements according to my psychiatrist and he reduced my pills. When i take anti anxiety (diazepam) i feel the old me as I used to be before depression and anxiety, full of confidence, happy, calm, and in one word &quot;normal&quot;. I just need to ask if someone is taking diazepam 2 mg also, and what do they think about it? do you take them everyday? how often? my psychiatrist said that i can take them &quot;as needed&quot;.</p><p></p><p>I understand that psychotherapy helps, did anyone tried psychotherapy for anxiety?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T10:28+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Does anyone have tremors?" ], "date": [ "2017-09-07T14:11+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/samantha17943-1083955" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I know this thread is old. But i saw some recent comments, and i figured I would put in my 2 cents.</p><p>I&#39;m almost 30, I&#39;ve had anxeity on and off my whole life. It&#39;s weird how it comes and goes. I can go years with no panic attacks, but they can come out of the blue. Usually though, when I&#39;m in very stressful situations. Like currently, I&#39;m getting ready to move to Florida with my family from Tennessee. In the beginning I was super excited and couldn&#39;t wait, but as timed passed on stressed took the place of my excitement. Now here I am, battling constant anxiety. Mine can get pretty intense too, it can be all day. Tight chest, locked jaw feeling, the feeling of freaking out, hot flashes etc. </p><p></p><p>Its very frustrating to say the least. However, I&#39;ll be honest with you. There is hope! </p><p></p><p>Even though I am in the situation I am in with my panic Attacks, I know these feelings are not forever. I know I will soon resort back to myself. It may take months etc. But honestly it depends on you.</p><p>Right now, you&#39;re letting your anxeity control you. Once you learn to control it, you&#39;ll be golden. </p><p></p><p>It always takes me a bit , (sometimes) to figure out how to control it, but the key is, staying positive about the fact that you&#39;ll eventually get it under control.</p><p></p><p>If you think about it, we are causing the anxeity to spread and grow. We are allowing it to control it</p><p> Because we give into it. Once your fear to flight instinct kicks in, and your anxeity starts doing it&#39;s thing, you react by trying fight it off.</p><p></p><p>But, I promise you the more you just relax take a deep breath and just let it do it&#39;s thing, your body starts to realize it&#39;s actually something not to be fearful of, and as they start to come back your brain will eventually be able to tell it&#39;s actually nothing and the feeling will go away, and they&#39;ll soon be non existent.</p><p></p><p>Trying to fight panic away, increases it.</p><p>You aren&#39;t dying, you aren&#39;t having a heart attack, you aremy having a nervous breakdown, you aren&#39;t doing anything your mind/body thinks it&#39;s doing. Just take take a deep breath and accept the feelings and soon, you&#39;ll be golden. </p><p>You are stronger than your anxiety.</p><p>You&#39;re a very brave person (we all are) to live our lives with this illness. </p><p></p><p>It takes courage to have to live this way. </p><p></p><p>Anxiety is making nothing into something for no reason.</p><p></p><p>Do me a favor, tell your mind/brain/ body to have an anxiety attack. </p><p></p><p>Did it do it? I highly doubt it</p><p> Because you actually do have control. If you body knows not to have them on command, then you can easily teach it to not have them without command. </p><p></p><p>Push yourself to do things, that anxiety keeps you from doing, by doing that it teaches your brain that this isn&#39;t something to be fearful of. Even if you have to take babysteps. If you feel your anxeity is stress related, research some stress managements strategies. </p><p></p><p>Just know you aren&#39;t alone, and you have a voice, you also have the power to help a fellow anxiety goer.</p><p></p><p>I refuse to take medication, because I dont believe in taking something my brain can actually control. Don&#39;t lose hope. If you feel medication is a good option for you at this time, then do it..</p><p></p><p>Just take each day one step at a time. </p><p>But push yourself alittle every day. You&#39;re a victim to a sickness, but a very curable sickness. </p><p>I hope you soon find peace and comfort.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T07:50+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/trina_us2000-996818" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Do you take any medicaments? I sometimes take diazepam 2 mg, and i feel ok, even though my mom is very against me taking pills because she says they are addictive, but it helps me, i feel much better when i take them, i can function, i can go out, do shopping, go for a coffee with friends, i take also fluoxetine (antidepressant), but very rarely one per week, cause i showed improvements according to my psychiatrist and he reduced my pills. When i take anti anxiety (diazepam) i feel the old me as I used to be before depression and anxiety, full of confidence, happy, calm, and in one word &quot;normal&quot;. I just need to ask if someone is taking diazepam 2 mg also, and what do they think about it? do you take them everyday? how often? my psychiatrist said that i can take them &quot;as needed&quot;.</p><p></p><p>I understand that psychotherapy helps, did anyone tried psychotherapy for anxiety?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T10:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/april1304-994952" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi,I&#39;m suffering from anxiety on a daily basis and I can get panic attacks without warning, I wake up with an apprehensive feeling every morning, Im taking Effexor 150 plus Mirtazapine but I feel as if they have timed themselves out, is this possible? Im having a miserable time at the moment.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T21:00+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebecca9111-1060476" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/meteor63-42336" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I always feel like my hearts going to stop all day every day I’m so scared &#128543; I have 4 kids I carnt do anything I feel like my life’s over&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-28T12:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-have-physical-anxiety-symptoms-24-7-41666?order=oldest&page=10#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/borderriever-963132" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tami91112-1024354" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "You need to discuss this with you Doctor, there is a conition I understand that can cause this syndrome.\r\n\r\nBOB\r\n " ], "date": [ "2017-02-20T11:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feels-like-something-is-crawling-up-my-legs-in-bed-566415?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/gill21655-1004618" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tami91112-1024354" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>There is a condition called restless leg syndrome. i had it in December but it only lasted a couple of weeks.</p><p>Or it can be a physical symptom of anxiety...&#160;</p><p>either way i did progressive muscle relaxation every night in bed , it only takes 10 mins to do whole body so a couple of mins for your legs.</p><p>go on to you tube and type in &#160;guided progressive muscle training and it will guide you through it .</p><p>good luck &#128522;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-02-20T12:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feels-like-something-is-crawling-up-my-legs-in-bed-566415?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shelley10976-989622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tami91112-1024354" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi. I have had RLS for years. It is important to completely drain your bladder before going to bed. It takes a conscious effort but well worth it. There&#39;s a few things you can take at the health food store too but mine is almost completely gone just from learning to drain my bladder. Sounds weird but it works. Good luck </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-02-20T12:59+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feels-like-something-is-crawling-up-my-legs-in-bed-566415?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jldean-1167025" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tami91112-1024354" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tameisha53290-1171636" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jldean-1167025" ], "content": [ "<p>Hello,</p><p>I&#39;ve been searching the Internet trying to find answers for some things that have been going on with my grandmother and I came across your reply. I&#39;m very interested in what you may believe is the cause of something like this. &#160;Here&#39;s a little background, my grandmother is 84 she is very spiritual/ religious we are southern baptist. She was born and raised on Louisiana. She was married to my grandfather who was a minister for almost 60 yrs he passed away 3hrs ago from alzheimer&#39;s. And shortly after she said she started hearing breathing at night, that has slowly subsided but she has now been speaking of feeling something crawling /moving in her bed towards her. She is distressed and now won&#39;t sleep she said she feels whatever it is wherever she sits/sleeps and says she feels like it&#39;s trying to go inside of her! I know this sounds outlandish but I&#39;m desperate for anything that may help her.&#160;</p><p>Thanks&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-04-14T01:18+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jldean-1167025" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tameisha53290-1171636" ], "content": [ "<p>Hello Tameisha, I&#39;m sorry it&#39;s taken me so long to check this site. &#160;I am happy to find a message from you here. &#160;If you receive this message, let me know and I will reply immediately there after.&#160; I hope your grandma is doing well. &#160;If you like, past an update to her experience, i.e., breathing that was decreasing and feeling of something crawling on her. &#160;I would love to know the latest. &#160;</p><p>See you very shortly.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-07-09T14:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jldean-1167025" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tameisha53290-1171636" ], "content": [ "Hi Tameisha,\r\n\r\nWe wrote a couple of years ago regarding the experience (referenced above) of your grandmother. Upon losing access to this account, I have thought of your grandma on a number of occasions, wondering about her experience, if they continue to occur, if you've been able to find additional information to help her to understand what she's experienced. \r\n\r\nPlease tell me how she is and whether the encounters have stopped. \r\n\r\nThank you!" ], "date": [ "2021-01-11T14:39+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/michelle17817-1438474" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jldean-1167025" ], "content": [ "JLDean. I am having the same issue. I am wide awake and it happens when i have just laid down to go to bed. It feels like an animal (small dog or a cat) is walking on my bed and up my leg. I can feel the blankets push down on me and things (hands? paws?) walking slowly up my legs. What are your thoughts??? i moved into this house about 8mo ths ago and its only happened here. " ], "date": [ "2022-08-24T04:19+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Tami91112, It&#39;s been over one year since you&#39;ve posted this, but I had to write to you with hope you&#39;ve learned what you needed about what ever it is that &quot;Feels like something is crawling up my legs in bed&quot;. &#160;This, as described is not a matter of a physical condition, but something more, different, and possibly unheard of judging by your statement, &quot;I can actually feel the blanket tightening around my legs&quot;. &#160;Please let me know what other information you&#39;ve learned about this oddity. &#160;I might have something to share with you that you might not like at all, but which will explain this thing much clearer. &#160;</p><p></p><p>When/if you write, please tell me what kind of travel you did last year or year prior, what your religion or spiritual philosophy is, how often this exact thing has happened, and if it occurred within this year 2018? &#160; Thank you! &#160;I look forward to hearing from you, but more, I hope you&#39;re doing well.&#160;</p><p></p><p>JLDean</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-04-01T00:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feels-like-something-is-crawling-up-my-legs-in-bed-566415?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/taylor_17978-990137" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello,\r\n\r\nI most certainly have been through the same.as you and still am to some extent. I have loads of weird symptoms, sometimes numbness, sometimes (like now) burning skin but without it being red. I don't know just loads of really odd funky synptoms." ], "date": [ "2022-05-10T12:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-something-seriously-wrong-with-me-so-scared--784175?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/heather0912-1012896" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " absolutely. Twitching is very common with anxiety. I have had it on and off for over 30 years. I’ve had it on my face, even my eyelid, my arms and legs and even my buttocks. It’s not serious it’s just a reaction of your nervous system during stress and anxiety.there are many other people on this site that get that also. Once you bring down the anxiety, the twitching should subside a little bit at least. I basically ignore it and it goes away . you’re going to be OK! " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T08:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/twitching-783856?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/heather0912-1012896" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yep, I do." ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T11:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/twitching-783856?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/heather0912-1012896" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "at the beginning of the year my eye was twitching for months and then all of a sudden it stopped " ], "date": [ "2022-05-05T08:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/twitching-783856?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/heather0912-1012896" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "A lot of people go through twitching but I don’t think it is anything serious. Just ignore it and it will go in no time." ], "date": [ "2022-05-09T06:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/twitching-783856?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I also wanted to add that I feel like such a failure.. in summer it will be 1 year since my health anxiety developed and I will feel better for a day or two and then I find myself googling and searching up various illnesses again and again and AGAIN.. I don't know how to break the circle... I feel like giving up and accepting my faith :/" ], "date": [ "2022-02-19T23:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Jan, I want to begin by saying a HUGE thank you to you because this is not the first time of me writing a post here and you have always been so helpful and kind and caring...I want to show my personal gratitude and tell you that at some situations, your words were my only glimps of light in the dark, your words kept me going.\r\n\r\nI will try everything you suggested and I am sure that while people like you exist, it's always possible to find hope in every situation. thank you thank you thank you!!! have a beautiful day " ], "date": [ "2022-05-23T12:40+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "this is kind of long but I wanted to share some things with you. \r\ni’ve had anxiety on and off for over 30 years and I’ve been through every sensation you can think of. And one thing I can tell you is that when you obsess over something and think about it all the time or Google your symptoms, everything is going to feel worse! That’s because you were telling your brain that something is wrong so your brain responds by creating those symptoms and sensations. \r\nAnd yes, anxiety can definitely cause déjà vu. I have had that more times than I can count and I am perfectly healthy. When you Google you are going to find the worst case scenario for everything and 99% of the time you’re not going to be in that category.Google doesn’t give you the whole picture.\r\nOne thing I would suggest that you stop doing is calling yourself a failure. There are millions and millions of people who have anxiety that comes and goes. Sometimes you can feel good and all of a sudden anxiety will hit you. It’s not your fault.\r\nthe MAIN And most important thing is how you respond to the anxiety. I found that when I respond in a relaxed, matter of fact way, the anxiety would tone down. Some counselors even say to \"talk\" to your anxiety. For example you can say in a very relaxed way \"oh it’s you again. Take your time stay as long as you like but i’m busy doing something else right now.\" then that’s exactly what you do, you get busy doing something else. I’m not saying it will go away 100% but the more you do that the better you will feel. Of course you can do it your own way however works best. \r\nanxiety can be short term or chronic and you can find ways to manage it so you feel better. I would suggest speaking with a counselor who can help you. \r\nOne thing to remember is that any anxiety sensation is not going to hurt you even though it feels weird and scary.\r\nYouTube has some great meditations to calm down anxiety. I listen to them every night when I lay down to sleep and I end up falling asleep before they’re over.\r\nremember do not overthink this. Just let the sensations or déjà vu come and go and you will find they will decrease as you relax your mind more. Feel free to private message me anytime. Have a nice evening!" ], "date": [ "2022-05-23T12:40+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "you are so welcome! " ], "date": [ "2022-02-20T13:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nichole68721-1342487" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have been dealing with the exact same thing. Ive had anxiety since i was 18 and recently with the pandemic crap Ive been extremely OCD and worried constantly. I already have health anxiety and started getting deja vu June 2020 it comes and goes ive seen 2 different neurologist had 2 brain MRI 1 in office EEG and 2 ambulatory EEG for them to all be normal. its so scary and I try to ignore it but it happens more and more and sometimes i get a rush of adrenaline as well. Im sorry youre dealing with this as well its no fun. " ], "date": [ "2022-03-07T15:31+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nichole68721-1342487" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "youre always so comforting Jan- i see your replies to jonathan on other threads and youre helpful :)\r\ni was wondering if you have ever had that adrenaline rush after the deja vu? i dont know if Ive freaked myself out or what but i feel like theyve been more intense lately. Im also coming off of lexapro its been 4 days i so badly need a medication but i have horrible side effects and my doctor keeps taking me on and off of ssris" ], "date": [ "2022-03-06T17:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nichole68721-1342487" ], "content": [ "It's so ironic to me how I JUST NOW started having those adrenaline rushes as well and I could not explain what it was even when I would explain it to people I would be like \"it's like a one second feeling but very intense, at that moment I feel like my heart is beating very fast and everything becomes dizzy\" and no one could understand what it was and now I come here and see you mentioning adrenaline rushes and my brain is like \"ding ding ding, it's something similiar to what you are facing\" funny how we, humans are not original in any way lol...whatever you are going through it's nothing new or unique :DD it's very comforting as well tho " ], "date": [ "2022-03-31T04:20+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nichole68721-1342487" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "content": [ "i get them often, more often when im anxious. be well and please reach out if needed " ], "date": [ "2022-03-22T04:28+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "déjà vu absolutely can happen often with stress and or anxiety. I had them so many times with anxiety and stress on and off for years. \r\nWhen you say you get them more with worry and then they settle down when you settle down that is very telling. \r\nIf you had seizures déjà vu wouldn’t settle down when you stop thinking about it and it would not increase when you worried. however that can and does happen when you have anxiety.\r\nit’s been long enough for you to feel confident that you have very high anxiety that is causing déjà vu. as far as what you have been telling us, nothing bad has ever happened so it would be healthy for you to let it go and work on reducing your anxiety which will help get rid of déjà vu. Counseling could be very beneficial for you to reach that goal. It helps to have somebody supporting you in giving you very helpful information on how to feel much better. \r\nyou can rest assured that anxiety most definitely can bring on déjà vu. Don’t waste another second. worry takes away days and even years of our lives and does not add a single day to our life. You’re OK. Enjoy the beautiful day and enjoy your life!\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-03-31T04:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/harley--1426410" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ani11755-1417561" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hey just wanted to say that i have been experiencing the same and im also always online looking for answers or people with relating stories. im always questioning if these are focal seizures forming in the temporal lobe. like you my deja vu peaks when im more stressed anxious, but youre also more likely to have a seizure when youre more stressed and anxious which always makes me question what it is. i also get real bad deja vu where i know what someone else is about to say, these are the ones that cause me to panic the most.\r\ni have talked to my doctor about all my symptoms and says they could be seizures. ive had an mri which came back normal and ive also had an eeg but still on a waiting list to hear about the results.\r\ni saw you posted this a few months ago and just want to know if you have any updates or how you are handling it all?" ], "date": [ "2022-05-09T03:55+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-related-deja-vu--780122?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "Ahh that's interesting ive been on it for a week now, thanks for the reply " ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T15:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I have been taking propranolol for a number of years now. I found the first couple of weeks the hardest as it made my anxiety worse before it got better. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T18:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/propanolol-for-anxiety-783585?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/melanie04109-1426311" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Im not sure its helping me with panic I take 40mg twice a day" ], "date": [ "2022-05-08T21:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/propanolol-for-anxiety-783585?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have neuropathy and have had loads of EMG, I wouldn't say the are painful, it's a bit of an odd feeling but not painful. That is my experience" ], "date": [ "2022-05-08T06:49+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/emg-painful--784002?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "yes i get this and my voice goes all shakey" ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T16:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/hoarse-voice-with-anxiety-783967?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "content": [ "yes im the same thats the exact way I would explain it. It is very annoying " ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T17:42+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "content": [ "yes, and im sure nobody notices anything " ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T17:43+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "sometimes to me when i talk it sounds like my voice is sort of vibrating/raspy, its really hard to explain and annoying. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T17:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/hoarse-voice-with-anxiety-783967?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah170116-1422300" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes, I get that too, I think it's from the tension and tightness in the neck" ], "date": [ "2022-05-08T11:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/hoarse-voice-with-anxiety-783967?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "do you have anybody you can talk to about this? Having support does make a difference. \r\nIs it this job in particular that creates anxiety or could it be just any job in general?\r\nwondering if there’s another job that would be more suited for you. Something less stressful. If you absolutely must go back to this job, take one day at a time. \r\nConsider getting some counseling for the anxiety. \r\nI absolutely know what you are going through. When I was working I went through the same thing and I know how upsetting it is. I hope you’re able to find support and feel better." ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T14:19+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/going-back-to-work-783988?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/caz19600-1066907" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/caz19600-1066907" ], "content": [ "It is mainly work related. I work in a call centre in sales, I also dread work every day and just reached breaking point with it all. I have always been an anxious person but it just seems this job has completely worn me down, causing my anxiety to spiral and get me in a hole I don't seem able to help myself out of. \r\n\r\nIt the causes me to be anxious about every little thing, going for a walk with my dog, being in public or doing an activity I would normally enjoy. Makes me feel so hopeless." ], "date": [ "2022-05-07T06:35+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "So sorry that you have struggled with your anxiety. Is it work causing it or external factors?\r\n\r\nI'm struggling with anxiety again at the moment which is work related and getting panic attacks on a near weekly basis. I've never taken sick leave before despite my anxiety disorder but I'm really feeling now like my limit is reaching capacity. I dread work every Sunday.\r\n\r\nTrying mindfulness and worry lists at the moment, maybe it would help you to write out your concerns and then you can work on creating an action plan for each one.\r\n\r\nMuch easier said than done i know. Feeling your pain xx" ], "date": [ "2022-05-07T00:07+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/going-back-to-work-783988?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/caz19600-1066907" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I can imagine and I'm sorry you feel hopeless right now. Have you spoken to your employer about a return to work strategy?\r\n\r\nI keep trying to remind myself to take one day at a time. I'm having a lot of bad days too right now but key is remind yourself its ok to not feel ok. I'll certainly forget that myself I'm sure when Monday comes but soon as i do take a beat, like now, i try to acknowledge that fact.\r\n\r\nI hope your return does go ok, but if you do struggle on return, thats ok too. Take your time and try to be kind to yourself. I'll be trying my best to practice this myself too 🤞" ], "date": [ "2022-05-08T07:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/going-back-to-work-783988?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "your heart is most likely racing due to anxiety and worry but you can always talk to your doctor . \r\nkeep in mind that when your thoughts start coming up with conclusions like your circulation is poor, that is what anxiety does to our thinking. We start self diagnosing and we rarely if ever are correct about it. it would be best to discuss with your doctor the real facts about Covid so that you don’t have to drive yourself crazy thinking about all of this. you’re gonna be okay. Remember to calm down your mind as much as possible. And don’t overthink things. Take care" ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T09:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anyone-who-has-had-covid-783944?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/klaire68470-1426212" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "physcomatic isnt a bad thing. and yes since i got covid back in feburary i experienced anxiety and depression very bad. now its been 8 weeks ive my sertaline and im finally feeling relief. i too convinced myself daily of having heart attacks and left arm was numb but its just all in your mind. try to read a book or just some calm music. take things slowly and do one thing at a time." ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T17:12+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anyone-who-has-had-covid-783944?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marleen85993-1054072" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jennie have you asked him to stop doing it as it does upset you?Does he do it to make you jealous as l would say most people would be annoyed if their partner said they fancied someone else.You also say he is a liar as he doesn&#39;t want to be with you.If he doesn&#39;t want to be with you why is he?I think you probably suffer from low self esteem which you need to address with your therapist.Keep going with the CBT and work hard on it and remember that he is probably putting a show on for his friends but he is with you for a reason.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T20:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Keep in mind that young guys will talk with each otherabout Other girls looks. They are just very visual and nothings going to change that. &#160; there is not going to be only one person that somebody is attracted to. There are lots of good looking people in the world and people are just going to look &#160;at them. &#160;That&#39;s just the way it is.&#160;</p><p>&#160;that&#39;s been going on for centuries.</p><p>It&#39;s not polite to talk like that in front of you though. It&#39;s one thing to talk, but another thing to take action &#160;And actually go out with someone else. &#160;That&#39;s where the line has to be drawn.&#160;</p><p>&#160;you have to have enough self-esteem within yourself that no matter what happens you&#39;re OK with yourself. &#160;If you know for sure that he is lying and wants to go out with other girls then he may not be the right one for you. &#160;It would be nobodies fault, it&#39;s just &#160;possibly not the right match at that time in your life. You want someone &#160;that appreciates being with you. He may not be ready for a committed relationship. &#160;Sometimes you have to let someone go especially when you&#39;re young &#160;and one is more mature than the other. Remember girls mature way faster than boys.&#160;</p><p>&#160;stay in therapy so you can get some ideas of how to best approach this.</p><p>You&#39;ll be fine no matter what happens! &#127800;&#127800;&#127800;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T21:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/alexander04446-1044874" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi Jennie, I&#39;m going to say right now that I feel as though it&#39;s one of the most natural things in the world for both men and women to find other people attractive. Attraction is completely unrelated to love or sexual arousal. I&#39;m only 22 so, the rebuttal to what I say could be &#39;oh but you&#39;re young, young people find everyone attractive&#39;. But the reality is, your boyfriend loves you, so what else really matters?&#160;</p><p></p><p>I&#39;m sorry to emphasise this so much but there really is a huge difference between attraction and sexual arousal, you both should find other&#39;s attractive, that&#39;s only natural. Your relationship is fine and by the looks of it your boyfriend will do nothing but support you!</p><p></p><p>I hope the CBT works really well and it clears up any issues you may be having.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck for everything!</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T21:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/frazzled-1046302" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mac58-1081241" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/frazzled-1046302" ], "content": [ "<p>I agree with that, Frazzled.</p><p></p><p>I sometimes ask my partner if he thinks some random woman is attractive and if he says YES I feel great, because he&#39;s with me, and has stayed with me for many years now. I also tell him if I find men attractive.</p><p></p><p>It doesn&#39;t mean we&#39;re going to be unfaithful, though.</p><p></p><p>Maybe it&#39;s your age that makes you feel insecure, my love. I am over sixty now and I trust my partner implicitly. And vice-versa.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T21:53+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hi jennie:&#160; Question -- how do you know your b/f is lying?&#160; If you don&#39;t trust him, then maybe he&#39;s not the guy for you.&#160;</p><p></p><p>Jealousy and/or envy whether real or imagined, can eat you up alive.&#160; Are you jealous of and hate all good looking women who men might talk about?&#160; If so, you really do need some professional help right now (obviously more than you are receiving since you typed that CBT therapy is not working.&#160;</p><p></p><p>You&#39;re going to have to deal with that reality for the rest of your life.&#160; Speaking positively about a good looking man or woman is, IMO, healthy as long as there is no obsessing over it.&#160; when I see a good looking guy, I&#39;m prone to stay something like OMG look at that guys bum and if my husband remarks about a gal having good looking legs, I may agree and think nothing more of it -- doesn&#39;t mean much unless he leaves my side to join her. &#160;</p><p></p><p>I hope you can get intervention for these emotions or you are gonna be one unhappy gal.&#160;</p><p></p><p>&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T21:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cla32690-1425540" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hey, I know this was posted years ago and you might not even be in a relationship anymore or see this, but I have the exact same problem and its completely destroying me. Did you ever work out how to handle these feelings?" ], "date": [ "2022-07-10T08:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennie33545-1084122" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I think you really need to work on yourself because this can harm your beautiful relationship. Your boyfriend might genuinely talk about someone being attractive and that’s a very normal thing. You can tell him not to tell you about it if you don’t feel good." ], "date": [ "2022-05-06T05:18+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-can-t-handle-my-boyfriend-finding-other-women-attractive-611287?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "my doctor said to me he strongly believe that I'm physcomatic. its a disorder. but I've found my heart racing now and I'm just a little scared that covid has caused heart problems. my legs are hurting so much sometimes and I did tell my doctor yesterday. he took some blood to check my thyroid and a few other things as I've had a thyroid problem last year.... I wonder is it possible that this could be down to covid. I was doing okish up untill I got covid. should I ask for an ecg or another heart monitor ? my last ones have all came back good. but I'm worried covid has messed me up and I'm scared I will die of a heart problem. I feel like there isn't enough circulation getting to my arms and legs and maybe that's what's causing me pain and numbness. could that be my heart." ], "date": [ "2022-05-05T12:07+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "rachel have you had numerous testing in the past? I thought you said that you did but not sure. If they didn’t find anything wrong I can’t think of anything else other than intense stress and anxiety causing this. \r\nThere are people who have such severe anxiety that they get symptoms that mimic serious conditions but the person does not actually have that serious condition. symptoms are usually neurologic and cannot be explained by medical evaluation. I’m not sure if you are or are not in this category . im definitely in this category because none of my symptoms have been able to be explained. That’s how I know mine is all caused by severe anxiety and stress over many years.\r\nbut I just wanted to let you know thats A strong possibility." ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T16:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/pls--783891?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "it's so so hard I've never had it so so bad u know. it all started even when I was pregnant and after having baby. I honestly am not gonna lie I've needed the xanax every single day and still do even after four months. and I'm just so scared it's gonna damage my health. like every day I feel dizziness off balance. numbness. u name it I have it. my mom said i might always have thyroid problems so it might be just that and need medication for it. I was already told (not by a doctor) but by one of those natoropath people and she's also a nutritionist that I have subclinical hypothyroidism. so i don't know what to do really.but honestly I'm just so sick of it all. every single day. I just want to feel normal. I just want to feel how I felt before becoming pregnant u know. my babies are my whole world but I can't can't enjoy being a mom 😭 . and that's the hardest part of it all not being able to enjoy mom life because of this dam illness xx" ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T07:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Rachel I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I’ve been having some issues with anxiety lately myself.\r\nmake sure that you talk with your doctor about the Xanax because as you know, it can be addictive.\r\nwhen you get the palpitations, it’s a good idea to do the breathing exercises for panic. That’s what slows down the heart rate. The exercises can be found on YouTube. I just search for things like breathing for panic attack. \r\nanxiety is just a horrible thing to have. I just don’t enjoy life when I’m feeling even when I’m with loved ones. So I know how bad it can get. The only thing I can do is take one day at a time, try to calm down my mind as best I can.\r\nI hope you have a good visit with the doctor. ❤\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T00:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-feel-like-i-will-never-enjoy-life-again--783762?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "have you ever considered speaking with a counselor? Everybody needs somebody to vent to when they’re under such intense anxiety. I was telling my adult daughter the same thing about my anxiety but then I stopped because I saw that it was affecting her and making her worry about me. That’s when I got the counselor. I do that virtually right at home and it really feels good to talk to somebody!\r\nwe need to make time for ourselves otherwise our health suffers. Is there anyone who could help you take care of your mother? \r\npractice not telling yourself that you’re going to get dizzy. The more you tell yourself that the more you’re going to get dizzy. Just take one day at a time.\r\nI think seriously about talking to a counselor or therapist who can give you ideas on how to manage everything. Take care" ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T21:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/struggling-badly-please-help--783818?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Please reach out and speak with your doctor if you feel like that. Also tell your daughter how you feel. You need a support network out there. Cherrish the time with your mum. God bless. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T10:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/struggling-badly-please-help--783818?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel_35350-1157001" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I'm so sorry ur going through this. I get scared of Passing out or fainting I think because I've actually felt that way during my pregnancy 10 months ago and ever since it keeps happening. and it scares me so much. and aswell if i get a little dizzy. I'm the same as u pick up on every little sensation in my body. I'm struggling too. ur not alone. I pray u get the better of it and kick it's ass. health anxiety is the worst thing to have. i wouldn't wish it on anyone. xx" ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T20:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/struggling-badly-please-help--783818?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauryn_57932-1155081" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lauryn_57932-1155081" ], "content": [ "no not got that just very anxious " ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T07:24+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "im literally going through the same thing I was told to up it to 50 but cant handle 25 so i wont . Do you feel out of body? " ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T23:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/doctor-gave-me-sertraline-and-having-side-effects-783823?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "content": [ "did you have high anxiety when you first started sertraline " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T09:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "content": [ "Yeah. Got right up to 200mg though and felt better after about 6 months. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T11:40+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "You have to remember that these things do take time. And it's every chance you do feel more anxious before you feel better. I was on sertraline for years and to be honest swore by it. I have now started venlafaxine after trying to come off sertraline and my old symptoms came back. So I feel you with your anxiety just now. Always consult with your doctor though. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T09:51+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/doctor-gave-me-sertraline-and-having-side-effects-783823?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "content": [ "how long was you on sertraline for " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T09:43+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Yes, I had those side effects and many more on Sertraline so in the end I gave up. I then started on Mirtazapine and other than sleeping non stop for the first couple of days I have been fine on them. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T12:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/doctor-gave-me-sertraline-and-having-side-effects-783823?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "how long you been on sertraline and what dosage " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T10:11+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "content": [ "50mg daily for around 2 years. If I don't take the drug regular I start to experience strange brain zaps. I have had Neuro visit and MRI, nothing was found physically...." ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T11:40+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "did 50mg help you with ur anxiety? ive been on 25mg for a week and my anxiety is worse, clenched jaw and sweaty feet. gotta up it to 50mg today. just want these side effects to go away " ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T13:21+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kevin77579-1179622" ], "content": [ "No it didn't seem to help, just made me sweat very easily. The only drug which I felt had any sort of benefit in reducing symptoms was Diazepam - however Doctors are reluctant to hand this out long term due to potential addiction...." ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T16:38+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi,\r\n\r\nA side effect I have noticed with Sertraline is that it makes me feel dehydrated after taking and I now sweat very easily, which can be quite embarrassing. Unfortunately, I haven't noticed it having any real positive effect on my anxiety symptoms of head pressure & brain fog - am still really effected by these...." ], "date": [ "2022-05-04T16:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/doctor-gave-me-sertraline-and-having-side-effects-783823?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ethan96330-1424672" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "unfortunately anxiety and panic can rear its ugly head suddenly. even doctors are unable to explain this thoroughly because they just don’t know. is there anything going on in your life that could possibly have brought on the panic? \r\nbut there are times when we can feel pretty good and all of a sudden anxiety and panic appear. There needs to be more research on this so that people like us can get some relief. \r\nwhen you have a panic attacks it’s important to know how to manage it. Proper breathing is essential in calming everything down! You can learn this by searching on YouTube. And you can also find some great meditations for anxiety and panic to relax yourself. take care" ], "date": [ "2022-04-22T03:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/why-do-i-keep-having-panic-please-help-783320?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/perry78494-1126842" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/perry78494-1126842" ], "content": [ "Try the headspace app (guided meditation). First 10 sessions are free. It can help a lot with breathing and relaxation." ], "date": [ "2017-11-30T16:41+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/perry78494-1126842" ], "content": [ "You have an upset stomach. " ], "date": [ "2017-11-30T20:38+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hello everyone,</p><p></p><p>The symptoms you are experiencing are very similar to mine and I truly understand how you feel and it&#39;s a horrible feeling. My anxiety is pretty much put into check during the day but at night trying to fall asleep it hits full throttle at times. My heart starts racing but my pulse is normal until it creates an anxiety attack and that&#39;s when my heart rate really starts jumping. I try breathing techniques and I do eventually calm down but it has been every night. I hope everything is okay for you now and everyone else that has posted but it makes me feel better just talking about it you know.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-11-30T07:35+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah43910-1144421" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah43910-1144421" ], "content": [ "Hi Sarah,\r\nYou are definitely not alone. Check your breathing throughout the day, see if your breaths are shallow or full and deep. Try to get to a point where it is natural to take deep breaths without thinking about it. Try meditation (I like the app headspace as it helps train your body how to breathe properly). See if you can reduce your stress during the day. Take frequent breaks, go for a walk outside etc. Try to stay balanced. And remember, your health check-ups are all normal!! Pin these to your wall and remind yourself everyday. Clean bill of health." ], "date": [ "2018-02-15T00:48+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I have this problem as well. I have tried holistic approaches and decided to go to my doctor for some meds which definitely help. I am also seeing a therapist, as I separated from my husband last year (trust me, it was a good thing!). \r\n\r\nI have had 2 normal ECGs, 3 normal chest X-rays, and several blood tests all normal except for slightly elevated calcium levels. I couldn’t get in to see an endocrinologist until April to get my thyroid tested. The hypochondriac in me is saying I have thyroid cancer and I know I need to calm down!\r\n\r\nI did get a referral for a cardiologist for this Monday because I would rather have a second opinion regarding my heart palpitations, dizziness, and fatigue. It’s interfering with my work and home life and I just want to feel normal again.\r\n\r\nIt might be stress and anxiety but I want to be sure. I also feel like I can’t take a deep breath and feel a heaviness on my chest from time to time. It’s awful! I wish we all had answers!" ], "date": [ "2018-02-14T19:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/racheld1975-1074384" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/racheld1975-1074384" ], "content": [ "<p>Rachel--I&#39;m not sure if you read my reply to Keith-but i am proof that it can be something else and it took them yrs to find it.,(age 57) and just by luck.Ever since they caught the SVT the concern has become more important-not to mention that the condition isnt completely understood.At least the drs admit that! The ER dr said what happened to me wasnt my fault----but what it felt&#160; like was a huge panic attack that got out of control ,that felt like it was my fault!</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-19T07:01+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>You are frustrated because it is anxiety and you are looking for something else. I have been there many many many times. It is what anxiety does with us, it makes us irrational. You have been tested and told you are fine, you are fine, but anxiety is making you play the what if game. What if they missed something, what if there is something new, what if??? You need to try to accept that it is anxiety and start treating that. I&#39;m not saying that is the be all and end all but if you start by treating the anxiety your symptoms should become less intense. Now treatment can mean a lot of things, you decide what is best for you. I only get relief from my anxiety with a combo of meds and therapy. Without them I am miserable and visit the E.R way more than anyone should. Also try doing your own research on coping techniques. Things like aromatherapy, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, diets (what foods to avoid), anything that you can try on your own that might help with your symptoms. And don&#39;t for one minute let anyone tell you that these symptoms are NOT real, just because they aren&#39;t being caused by something other than anxiety. Your brain is telling your body to respond a certain way, your body&#39;s job is to listen to the brain, that is why you feel the way you do sometimes for no apparent reason. I&#39;ve been struggling for over 20 years and have heard it all and still have really horrible days. I have been without medical care for a few years now because I can&#39;t afford out of pocket medical so I have been stuck for a while. But I can tell you that when I was on the right meds and in regular therapy I went almost 3 years without seeing the inside of a hospital. Talk to your doctor or a psychiatrist as soon as you can about what you can do to help with your anxiety. Don&#39;t be afraid to speak up, ask questions, you are the one who has to live in your body. Best of Luck!!!</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-19T02:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/isocamelot-1163092" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/isocamelot-1163092" ], "content": [ "Feeling like your heart is racing but actually having a normal pulse is or can be a symptom of anxiety. I have experienced this." ], "date": [ "2018-03-21T11:58+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/isocamelot-1163092" ], "content": [ "<p>so you are saying at the same time you have different rates?sometimes I feel like there are 2 different pulses in my neck by carotid pulse when it beats fast</p><p>I cannot find any info on different heart rates but here is info on the pounding feeling.with normal pulse</p><p>[b]<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.womensheart.org/content/Newsletter/ArchivedArticles/2001_05_article_PalpitationsWhentoWorry.asp\">http://www.womensheart.org/content/Newsletter/ArchivedArticles/2001_05_article_PalpitationsWhentoWorry.asp</a>[/b]</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-21T18:15+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p> Hello Kitty, I totally understand what you are speaking about. I too will feel like my heart is racing. I will put my hand on my chest and my hand will feel like there is a rapid heartbeat but at the same time I will check my pulse and there is no rapid heartbeat, my pulse is normal. I am researching to find out if this could possibly be some type of a spasm in the chest area that makes me feel like it is a rapid heartbeat. For me it is not any type of anxiety or palpitation or rapid heartbeat because at the same time I am experiencing this my pulse is normal. Thank you so much for sharing this If you find any answers please let me know. [b]<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://findinghappinessproject.com\">http://findinghappinessproject.com</a>[/b]</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-03-21T04:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jimmy79692-1290121" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Same problem here. In my case, and may be yours, it could very well be a build up of gas. I had heart palpitations really bad today, I made myself burp as many times as I could and the palpitations went away. \r\nPlease try it and let me know. " ], "date": [ "2020-01-19T00:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sarah4robyn-1425087" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Welcome to the club!!! \r\nThis started happening to me since March 9! \r\nI went through a heart monitor, ECG, 3 chest x rays, 3 emergency room visits just to tell me everything looks normal and it's anxiety. \r\nI'M A VERY calm person. I don't get anxious and I don't worry about to much of anything lol. \r\nI was really nervous when it was happening though because the first night my heart was racing, followed by all day next day pain in chest and then my whole entire body was shaking. Since then I've only had the heaviness when breathing and when I'm sitting my heart feels like its racing and my heart rate is like 75-83... which is normal for me. Only happens at night time. randomly during the day for like 2-3 mins (rarely) Feels like i get winded easily too when working out. My body doesn't feel right and thats probably the most annoying part. Just feel kinda off. I also can't drink caffeine or liquor anymore either. Its super frustrating to be told its anxiety when you're a calm person who is chill 99% of the time lol. Since night time is the worst i take .5 of a anxiety meds so I don't wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air. Best of luck. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T01:23+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=3#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "<p>Not emotional feelings ..body &quot;feelings&quot;. The mind has thoughts and the body has feelings. The two just intertwine.</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-07-28T17:22+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Five times? Are you in any kind of therapy? You seem to be trapped in the body &quot; feelings&quot; aspect of all this. You need to address the &quot;thought&quot; part of this disorder. Its a panic disorder. I know you know that im just saying honing in on the symptoms all the time and addressing the &quot;feelings&quot; isnt going to break the cycle of all this.&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2016-07-28T17:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rachel02253-962381" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi i suffer from this sensation and also what feels like a sinking/ fluttering feeling and have also many ecgs and blood tests etc all normal so far do i also experience a rush to the head when i stand from seated but still no answers as to why im 28 and otherwise fine." ], "date": [ "2016-07-28T19:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/moonshine42-1005834" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>So im just gonna throw this all out there.. dont judge me. Lol yes I am a gown man.. for the past couple years have been feeling this a couple nights a week. I had went through some pretty emotional times that I can only describe as &quot;mind altering&quot; I was depressed for a while there but got over the situation and moved on. Im for the most part a happy person. Very shy but ok. But any way.. I get this feeling in my chest like most every night and I cannot go to sleep until it passes. It feels like my heart is pounding so hard so I started to medicate naturally. This itself didn&#39;t make it go away entirely. But while the medication starts to kick in my brain for that brief moment in time becomes clear and I have &quot;room&quot; now to think about literally the things that have happened and how they have changed me and what I want out of life and for some reason every time this happens I start to get emotional and (im alone at this time) I start to cry. Its not like a wierd cry for no reason tho. It was something I feel had been bottling up for a while and It just needed to get out.. because this is the only thing that ever helps that feeling for me.. who knows. Maybe it will make sense to someone else. </p>" ], "date": [ "2016-12-30T06:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Classic anxiety symptoms. Stress=anxiety (its a sliding scale)...the more stress you have in your life, and the more one allows it to go unchecked, the greater the odds of a full blown panic attack (ie, feeling like you are actually having a heart attack, racing heart, choking, tingling arms etc.). Breathing problems can bring them on (yes people can mildly hyperventilate without knowing). Try to manage your stress with exercise, eating healthy, quality sleep, breathing exercises, changing thought patterns, avoiding stressors in your life that can be avoided. Also speaking with a professional can help you understand and manage your stress/anxiety." ], "date": [ "2016-12-30T19:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hamza50212-1008532" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nikki94463-1009943" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hamza50212-1008532" ], "content": [ "<p>Hey kiddo,</p><p>I came across this post when I was searching through Google and signed up just to reply to you. I have a son who is 13 so being a momma I couldn&#39;t stand it for you to be on here worried, scared, and looking for answers.</p><p>First relax. Your mom and dad will take care of you. Never doubt that honey. Have you sat down with them and told them how you&#39;re feeling? Make sure to let them know. It very well could be you&#39;re just nervous. You also have to remember your inhaler and use it like you&#39;re supposed to. I would rather you get off the internet and go sit with mom and dad and talk to them and snuggle them for a while ok? Is that possible? </p><p>Everything will be alright. Enjoy every minute of your young life. God will take care of you. If you wind up here again let me know how you&#39;re doing.</p><p>((( hugs )))</p><p>Nikki</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-12T00:59+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I am twelve years old and every evening I feel like I can&#39;t breath, at the moment it&#39;s happening and my heart is beating at 86 bpm,is this serious or should I just do breathing exercises</p><p></p><p>PS:I have asthma and I always forget to take my preventer</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-01-07T22:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/claire088-1043387" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nicole071011-1010555" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/claire088-1043387" ], "content": [ "<p>It&#39;s always out of nowhere. Up an hour now for no reason. Heart rate normal </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-19T07:15+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/g06932-1064804" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/claire088-1043387" ], "content": [ "<p>You are so not alone I&#39;m also in the exact same position! Message anytime if your panicking again xx</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-08T09:02+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hi I&#39;m from the uk I&#39;ve suspected these episodes I have are panic attacks it&#39;s 2:23am right now around 1am I was layin down to sleep my heart startin flickering away I got all flushed needed the toilet arms felt fuzzy but now both arms just feel a little pained I get goosebumps all over my body can&#39;t relax panicking thinking I&#39;m gonna have to ring an ambulance horrible feeling trying to calm myself and tell myself nothing&#39;s wrong if it was something serious I would know as it&#39;s almost an hour later sorry this message isn&#39;t very clear but I don&#39;t really know how to word it it&#39;s all kind of new to me st first I thought I was just s hypeocondriact thinkin something was wrong with me constantly and fixating on my health I hate this I just wanna sleep xxxx &#128546;&#128546;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-19T01:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nicole071011-1010555" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "content": [ "<p>It&#39;s always out of no where. Even in my sleep</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-19T07:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/perry78494-1126842" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nicole071011-1010555" ], "content": [ "I feel the same way. My heart beats very fast when I wake up from my sleep or a nap for the past few days." ], "date": [ "2017-11-30T07:47+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Maybe its more of a sensation awareness. Some people can feel their hearts beating in a state of anxiety but its really beating normal." ], "date": [ "2017-04-19T02:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ogb-1055945" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ogb-1055945" ], "content": [ "<p>Ask your doctor to check Adrenal glands and cortisol level. Because normally doctors don&#39;t know it&#39;s a adrenal gland or cortisol problem. They will just give you beta blockers.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-06-22T13:24+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/irme-898708" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "And beta blockers just make things even worse" ], "date": [ "2017-08-14T11:17+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/irme-898708" ], "content": [ "hi irme --what do you mean it makes it worse--they help me sometimes." ], "date": [ "2018-02-14T08:39+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "I believe all anxiety-stress is due to catecholamines going crazy in our bodies! tell us more info!\r\nwhy there is not a condition that is based on unstable or overactive nervous systems ,i dont know.there are a few-but usually it is an adrenal tumor or  thyroid storms--pots--so if its is not a documented disease--forget it.its called anxiety,Stress disease is not a real disease it seems.It ruined my life for sure tho.in my younger yrs couldnt study right-think right etc without feeling extreme stress.Just day to day living is not an easy task ." ], "date": [ "2018-02-14T08:46+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "content": [ "<p>This is how our body respond when there is something wrong but not for long period. It comes back to normal when disease or else is fixed. In my case Gastroenterologist found that I was having palpitations due to stomach disorder. Later on my Cardiologist found that my heart racing due to lack of sleep. So I&#39;d changed my time table and tried to sleep as early as possible. 12 hours sleep. My gastrologist gave me stomach and anxiety medicine but I took only stomach med. My Cardiologist gave me beta blocker only for a week which controlled my heart rate. Actually my Cardiologist is against beta blockers and anxiety meds for long period. Now here I am 100% fine. In the start my experience with doctors were very bad. It&#39;s very hard to find right doctor. </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-14T18:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "Interesting--what was stomach disorder?(I do have hiatal hernia-small and larangeal reflex)and who checked your cortisol?they dont normally do this I think because they would say its just stress if it was high. I have been on xanax for yrs to sleep and beta blocker too and other BP meds on and off..I cant live without benzo it seems-as I tried.cant sleep and feel like its killing me if I cant rest.I do have svt that was found over a yr ago. not usually bothered with fast palpitions .i had a bad reaction to stress 1 day and my neck had been pounding hard but not fast under the carotid for 2 yrs on and off with no explaination.then when i had the very stressful event Iwent to ER and they caught the svt with a 230 pulse!didnt even know it was fast--just harsh!,Then they said the neck pulse feeling was caused by the heart !\r\nglad you are better! natural medicine is what I would like to do too" ], "date": [ "2018-02-14T23:29+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "content": [ "<p>OMG what have you done to yourself. You know in the beginning there were fewer Dr who told me that I had svt but later on checked up with another Dr the results are odd. One thing I will tell you if you have stomach disorder then definitely you will have high blood pressure but that&#39;s only due to stomach problem. Now you are on a path where you haven&#39;t take beta blocker. But nothing is too late.</p><p></p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-18T21:31+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I feel ya. I&#39;ve dealt with panic attacks since I was six-years-old. But recently&#160;they&#39;ve amped up to levels where I feel like I have a heart attack. I called in to make an appointment with my doctor, and she sent me to the ER. Everything was normal, and I was also told that I had a perfect bill of health. I did a follow-up visit with my doctor, and she confirmed that all vitals were good and I was healthy. She suggested I take&#160;a Benadryl to help with my sleep in the evening. Because of previous panic attacks I started up yoga, I run, I dance, I bike, I hike, I eat very healthily, I basically&#160;do a &#160;lot of activities that help to mitigate the stress and control my panic attacks. Recently I have not been able to keep up with some of these because I&#39;m working a full-time job that requires me to travel every other week, I&#39;m planning a wedding, and I&#39;m in college. Eventually, the fight or flight mode is turned on permanently, and unless you find what it is that is stressing you out you will continue to experience&#160;the same symptoms. Anxiety and depression go hand in hand because your body is exhausted and you can&#39;t do the things that help release the stress. One thing I&#39;ve learned is that you have to create boundaries for yourself whether that is work, relationships, family, etc... When I started waking up in panic attacks recently, and I lost control of them, I realized&#160;I let my boundaries go and was overextending myself again. Now I&#39;m back to square one and recreating those boundaries&#160;and getting back to normal. These are all things that I&#39;ve been taught through therapy and life experience. It&#39;s frustrating, but things will get better. :)</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-06-02T15:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=1#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amy89817-102245" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "It sounds like heart palpitations, which is a normal symptom of anxiety. Try and reassure yourself that all of your tests have been clear, and you've been told my specialists that you're healthy. I hope this passes soon :) " ], "date": [ "2014-08-13T14:54+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/keepgoing-382149" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yup, that's a classic anxiety symptom as it's part of your fight or flight response. Anxiety causes an increase in adrenaline which in turn makes your heart race." ], "date": [ "2014-08-13T15:33+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/malcolm47-35153" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/malcolm47-35153" ], "content": [ "I, too, have recently noticed that I tend to hold my breath when I feel anxious, and I also tense the muscles in my neck and shoulders...little wonder that I might feel lightheaded, right!? I now have to remind myself to breathe normally and not tense up....like you, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't (depends upon how early in the anxiety cycle I'm able to catch it, I think). I'm doing my best to simply accept that it's all due to anxiety and not start down the road of \"but what if this time it IS something real\"? Or \"will I ever feel better again\"?....those roads only lead to more tension and anxiety....if only my panicky animal brain would catch up to my smart human brain I'd feel better!!!! Take care...and thanks for the words of wisdom." ], "date": [ "2014-08-13T21:41+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/keith35501-1152085" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi wearykitty, I see your post is 4 years old but it&#39;s really helping me now. In fact everyone&#39;s response is helping me. I was so relieved to hear that I&#39;m not alone. Everyone&#39;s post sounded like I wrote them personally. I too have been having feelings of heart palpitations, dizziness, tingling,etc... I too have been to my primary Dr &quot;You&#39;re great&quot; been to urgent care because my heart is pounding &quot;Everything is fine&quot; Neurologist &quot;no problems found&quot; ENT Dr &quot;No issues&quot; I&quot;ve had MRI&#39;s and just finished wearing a heart monitor and I&#39;m sure that&#39;ll come out fine too. It&#39;s so frustrating because when I logically hear what they are telling me I believe that it&#39;s probably anxiety but in the moment of the anxiety, all logical thinking goes out the window and I think &quot;oh no but this is different&quot; Your words from the above post helps me when you say &quot;if only my panicky animal brain would catch up to my smart human brain I&#39;d feel better!!!! &quot;</p><p>I feel better right now just writing this. By the way, if you happens to read this, how are you feeling 4 years later?</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-18T16:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/keith35501-1152085" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Keith</p><p>interesting how it feels so dangerous---and maybe it is-maybe it&#39;s not.just because it is not life threatening today doesnt mean it cant change.My story is high blood pressure&#160; has got drs attention for a while,but didnt care about my other symptoms,except for 1 cardiologist--he didnt say much but I could see it was important to him and I got xanax to help sleep. Ekgs-holter&#160; were always fine.Then I had a frightful feeling come over me&#160; 1day when i was in the hospital visiting-and felt trapped like my opinion didnt count.I was so thirsty and felt like my neck was going to explode and was worried my BP was over the top.I was told to go to ER--because my BP wouldnt register on the machine.ER asked me what I took(drug) and I said what?nothing--didnt even have coffee!they would not let me drink water--because that could ruin the test (ekg).my pulse was very high(over 220) and i didnt even know it. It was SVT which they said can be very hard to catch.but they did --so if you want to catch it--get dehydrated maybe!SO-it may be part of this whole thing--or maybe not-but i felt just relief after the adenosine(3 doses)like all my panic was gone!It did feel like it could have kept escalating and been fatal if i hadnt gone in--but then again--if I drank water it might have gone away after a while .I still suffer from what you are talking about--daily.Even tho svt usually known as a not fatal condition--it can put wear and tear your heart.just a heads up-even as a kid i felt it--where every dr said I had a healthy strong heart-and actually I was born with an arrhythmia</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-18T22:32+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kkssmom-1153893" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/keith35501-1152085" ], "content": [ "You are describing me perfectly.   I have gone to the ER with racing heart and shakey hands.   Im dizzy and disoriented.   I have had every test and every doctor cannot find anything.    Its frustrating.   My latest blood test this week showed a level of 13 for Vitamin D. Wonder if that is too low and can cause this.  " ], "date": [ "2018-02-23T15:29+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kkssmom-1153893" ], "content": [ "<p>It is likely your &quot;fight or flight&quot; response. That is, basically an anxiety attack. Try to reduce stress in your life. Watch your breathing...work on breathing properly, always. Be mindful, take care of yourself. Eat well, exercise, go to bed on time. Avoid caffeine.</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-02-23T17:33+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/researcherx-842047" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "content": [ "ya-caffeine is the devil--im so addicted to the feeling and then I pay.but the day of my bad svt I had no caffeine.why it is so hard to be in control and just feel normal i dont know." ], "date": [ "2018-02-23T18:49+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi kitty,\r\n\r\nClever thing this anxiety,it can make you feel anything it wants you to feel,panic,fear,worry,suspected heart attacks,strokes etc etc.\r\nBut it feels so real,and yes I've had this with my heart too,i think it's a nerve to be honest,I get it in my chest,leg.arm,and it's a weird sensation,which can linger or disappear in minutes,mine usually linger.\r\nHave you checked your breathing? when i am anxious I actually hold my breath unknowingly,somebody pointed it out to me and since then i've tried to breathe normally in tense situations but fail miserably sometimes.\r\nBut when i do it right,I never get this racy,nervy feeling around the heart,it's tension that does it,holding all those muscles tight.\r\nRelax Kitty,it will go at some point,till then try and take your mind off it,hard,but it will help,you WILL BE FINE.\r\n\r\nGood luck and best wishes.\r\n\r\nRegards Malc" ], "date": [ "2014-08-13T18:19+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/andrea92630-582040" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/andrea92630-582040" ], "content": [ "Where you are having pain left or right side? Is it where you have kidney?\r\nIf yes then go for Adrenal gland check up. Do cortisol test." ], "date": [ "2017-06-22T13:17+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Oh my its awful isn't it.  It comes on even when you are not doing anything strenuous.  I too have had 4 ECGs in the last year and they said the readings were perfect.  But I still can't stop those worrying feeling when it happens, which is is right now actually, whilst sitting at my desk at work.  It then leaves me feeling shakey and fuzzy headed for ages afterwards and it feels like my heart is plopping, and now I am getting pain in my back too.  I've been told I am in the peri menopause and anxiety amongst many many other symptoms are all part of it.  The Peri was bought on by the death of my brother in September, the last few weeks have been hell.  I'm on medication now to try and calm things down, they can't work quickly enough for me, its making me not want to go anywhere or do anything.  Please tell me it does get better someone.  xx" ], "date": [ "2015-02-26T14:48+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/chad73-885282" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I go through this stuff all of the time. So glad it's not just me. The emergency room is my friend lol. To top it off I have eplipsi too. So I really freak out sometimes. " ], "date": [ "2015-09-03T17:51+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cuki20-929690" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nicole071011-1010555" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cuki20-929690" ], "content": [ "Ever find a way? " ], "date": [ "2017-04-19T00:52+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "i've been having this symptoms for quite sometime now...and it's really scary...just got home from the ER a while ago, ECG reveals normal values but i still feel the strong pulse in my whole body and it is making it more difficult to sleep..can anyone help me with this? my BP and HR are both normal too...if it's anxiety how can i lessen the feeling..." ], "date": [ "2016-03-16T18:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/razzledazzle810-962305" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I am going through the same thing...i am 53 and have 4 children and I am not even sure what is triggering these feelings but I feel it all the way to my stomach and feel very sick. I feel like my heart rate should be like 150 but it is normal. I do not like to take medications so I will try deep breathing and see if that helps. Thank you for all of your post and sorry you haveing issues. My ears even ring and i feel like i might pass out." ], "date": [ "2016-07-28T14:28+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/champagnepapi-1055473" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I feel like this often lately ! It&#39;s horrible and terrifying. My heart will skip beats for as long as I am anxious or worried...... sometimes hrs. You are not alone with this </p><p></p>" ], "date": [ "2017-06-03T00:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/wearykitty-365311" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/duuude-1083885" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>Not trying to sound weird but did your cousin have diarrhea at one point because I had diarrhea at one point but now it&#39;s gas and I&#39;m also having heart palpitations now actually I&#39;m having them now and I can&#39;t seem to calm down but any who I think I&#39;m having the same symptoms can you explain all your cousin&#39;s symptoms?</p><p></p><p>You don&#39;t have to if you don&#39;t wanna</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-13T01:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/duuude-1083885" ], "content": [ "<p>I have your exact symptoms. </p><p>Do you by any chance have any diagnosis by your doctor? </p><p></p><p>I&#39;ve 3 ECG test, came back normal. </p><p>Wore a holter monitor for 48 hours, apparently it&#39;s fine. </p><p>Waiting to do a echo and stress test. </p><p></p><p>I&#39;m beginning to think it&#39;s involved with my stomach some how. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-09-28T14:28+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "Finally your Dr will give you anxiety medicine but take it. Just take stomach medicine. If your Dr prescribe beta blocker than avoid taking it because it will cause more problems afterwards only if your test are clear. Try to eat and drink cold stuff.\r\nDid you take vinegar or lemon or chilli frequently in your diet before palpitations? " ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T21:52+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "I wrote wrong before. Please avoid anxiety medicine if Dr prescribes you. " ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T21:57+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>Thanks for your reply. </p><p></p><p>I did get prescribed lorazepam. I haven&#39;t taken any. </p><p></p><p>I can&#39;t remember if I had eaten any of those things before. </p><p></p><p>But I do know that if I eat &quot;bad&quot; food then the vibrations do get worse. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T22:11+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "What sort of stomach medicine?" ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T22:12+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "<p>In my case Dr prescribe me (Pantoprazole 40mg + Domperidone 30mg). I took it for a month and discontinued. Now I take Husk with raw honey before and after meal. Now I don&#39;t need to take medicine. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T22:31+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>Thank you. I will ask my doctor for this. Hopefully it works &#128534;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T22:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "<p>Lorazepam/ativan is on the W.H.O. list of best safe and effective medicines. It&#39;s best use is during a panic attack, it will calm you down. For anyone that experiences panic attacks it is essential. Like anything on the internet, you can get good and bad advice. Chancea are your doctor is prescribing the proper medication.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-02T23:20+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "<p>lolz Lorazepam is for anxiety disorder. Trust me I didn&#39;t take anxiety medicine and I am fine now.</p><p>When Dr doesn&#39;t understand what wrong then they will always give you anxiety medicine.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T01:30+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>I agree with you. Somethings not right and I don&#39;t think it&#39;s rooting from anxiety. </p><p></p><p>I do get anxiety but this is from me not understanding what these symptoms are coming from.</p><p></p><p>I&#39;m determined to figure it out with more testing. Changing eating habits ect. </p><p></p><p>Once I figure it out I will post about it. </p><p></p><p>It&#39;s not fun and I hope to help other people.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T02:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "<p>I know the feeling and it&#39;s normal. Anybody who get sick have same feelings. It will go away when you finally know what&#39;s wrong with you. Trust me try Husk with honey. Palpitations will go away.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T12:01+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>I agree every patient has their own unique circumstances. But be careful when promoting information that suggests the doctor doesn&#39;t know what they are doing. Anti-anxiety medications can be very effective in treating anxiety disorders and panic attacks.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T13:05+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tina80797-1088674" ], "content": [ "<p>I hope you find the root cause(s). Even though you may not think you are experiencing anxiety, you may still suffer from it and/or have attacks. In my case, I hold my breath (when busy/focussed). Holding the breath creates a pH imbalance in the blood that can trigger heart palpitations. I likely hold my breath because of some underlying stress. The mind is also very tricky--just thinking about having a heart palpitation issue can bring them on! This is a key tenant of anxiety, is your thoughts and how you handle them. There is also subconscious thought (not in your awareness) that may be triggering anxiety symptoms (even though you do not think you &#39;have&#39; anxiety). The mere fact of trying to find an overt physical ailment to explain heart palpitations can be a source of stress that causes them.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T13:11+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "content": [ "<p>You don&#39;t want to know what doctors did to me. I was nearly going to become a heart patient. Thanks God I found a right doctor. My trust on doctors is limited. You know medicines are not good for lever. For healthy life avoid medicine as much as we can. I have been through side effects of Medicine.</p><p>Now I cannot drink coke,Pepsi,coffee, tea,beer any sort of drink which contains cafine. Even I am not allowed to take panadol. These artificial things gave me health problems. I don&#39;t believe on panic attacks. There is know such thing. FYI my gastrologist doctor told me that I am having panic attacks and I didn&#39;t believe that and I treat my stomach and now I am 100% fine.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T16:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [], "author_to": [], "content": [], "date": [] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "<p>Science is not about &#39;belief&#39;. It is based on high quality evidence and facts. Anxiety disorders and panic attacks are fact. They derive from neurochemical imbalances in the brain. The panic derives from the &#39;fight or flight&#39; response, a mechanism meant to protect us from predators and dangerous situations. It is a fact.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T16:54+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juster-1005983" ], "content": [ "<p>I was living far away from home and I was eating from office mess. I ate something bad which caused stomach problems. colleague of mine appeared to have same problem after few days of my illness. So I believe it&#39;s not a panic attack. Perhaps could be some kind of bacteria or else. I did all kind of test but nothing appeared.</p><p>I remember my sister when she was in university. She went sick and every time doctor tells her you have no problem. And after a year she&#39;d been finally diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Doctors gave her steroids which turned her illness into osteoporosis. And you know what we found now. She had a vitamin D deficiency and that&#39;s why she&#39;d got ulcer in the start. So my friend our family experience with doctors are not very good.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-03T17:10+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/duuude-1083885" ], "content": [ "<p>No she didn&#39;t have diarrhea</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-10-05T00:38+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa749414-1159957" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "content": [ "Hi Sohaibkhan- Could you give me more information on this Husk and honey please. " ], "date": [ "2018-03-12T22:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sohaibkhan-1060613" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisa749414-1159957" ], "content": [ "Yes sure. Husk is easily available everywhere. Always use raw honey. Please tell me about your location." ], "date": [ "2018-03-13T16:34+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>My cousin had same feelings but with fast heart rate. She was taking beta blockers from last four years. Now some doctor diagnosed her with hietal hernia which is a problem of stomach. In beginning doctors always tell people that it&#39;s anxiety but always. Sometimes there are different cause of fast heart rate and palpitations but not always anxiety or panic attack. Sometimes people have h pylori bacteria in their stomach which is making Gases in stomach and that trigger the palpitations.</p><p>When your doctor unable to find any thing they always say it&#39;s an anxiety or depression. I know people who have same symptoms but at the end they found that it is due to stomach problem. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-07-08T10:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-but-pulse-is-normal-what-s-happening--272906?order=oldest&page=2#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mike67235-1425555" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike67235-1425555" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Hey man thanks for the reply but i feel like meditation that focuses on my breathing would make me feel like i have to control it. Making it kinda intuitive, i realized that im scared of hyperventilating making me try to control my breath leading to hyperventilation. Ik that sounds dumb but it became a negative feedback loop now :( " ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T15:41+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "sounds like you are definitely over focusing on your breathing. Get on YouTube and search for mindfulness breathing or breathing for anxiety, etc. You will learn how to relax and breathe. they will guide you. \r\nThere are many great breathing meditations on there that should help you! " ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T11:40+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-having-problem-where-i-focused-on-my-breathing-and-then-i-try-to-control-it-what-should-i-do--783713?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/megan2323-1301231" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "are you ocd? It has nothing to do with the lexapro. 100% anxiety " ], "date": [ "2020-05-20T04:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/potatoghost-1243977" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/brianna30964-1425565" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/potatoghost-1243977" ], "content": [ "did it ever go away for you? I'm currently having this non stop too and its driving me nuts. makes me feel worse." ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T13:17+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "definitely anxiety. I get that every day when I wake up. it's scary at first because you wonder why you cant stop it from happening and why it happens but its definitely anxiety. starting meds can increase anxiety at first too so its gonna happen for a little while until your anxiety gets better. it will pass though x " ], "date": [ "2020-05-20T09:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes, I can be OCD, meaning wondering if I left the water turned on, etc and can have excessive unproductive worrying. The covid experience (and really missing my gym!) had made these conditions a bit worse but then a round of prednisone just put me over the edge and brought back the panic condition which really had not been bad for several years. When I was still feeling excessive anxiety and panic, more than a week off the prednisone I started the Lexapro.\r\n\r\nThe thing is, this round of anxiety / panic is a bit more manageable then some I've had in the past (quitting drinking several years ago for example), except for this damn ear worm which I have to fight to keep the anxiety/panic down. And I wonder why now all of a sudden as opposed to past panic episodes?It does seem to lighten up a bit in the evening when watching TV. I have been avoiding listening to music in the car or at work, is this the wrong strategy?\r\n\r\nI do hope it passes!" ], "date": [ "2020-05-20T11:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam90321-1212216" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "not the meds i get this and its annoying, even in my sleep i get it too, i dont know why, ignoring it helps it go away, " ], "date": [ "2020-05-21T02:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have found that when my mind becomes filled with more acute, unwarranted, unproductive, anxious thoughts, it will drive away the song lyrics!" ], "date": [ "2020-05-22T16:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/geepondy-1310286" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/brianna30964-1425565" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "content": [ "did any of the meds help stop your earworm or has it stuck around no matter what? I also started lexapro 2 weeks ago and noticed my ear worm got worse. I had it a little on and off before the med but now it's like all the time unless I'm asleep. I cant turn my brain off and its driving me crazy. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T12:16+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/brianna30964-1425565" ], "content": [ "It's hard to say my body and mind are still getting used to venlafaxine. You should discuss with your doctor. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T09:33+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Yes I get this also. I also get this with reoccurring thoughts. I have just switched from sertraline after 8 years to venlafaxine due to the thoughts coming back. I could have went back up the dose of sertraline as we were tapering off however my gp and I where keen to try something different knowing that the sert is a back up option. I was on mirtazapine for 4 weeks also at night which worked for a couple of weeks but started to get suicidal ideation and had a break down. I'm only on 32.5mg of slow release venlafaxine for the first 7 days then will double the dose. On day 3 and its a weird drug, feel anxious as hell in the morning and that's when I take the med. Then as the day goes on I seem to chill out a bit. Not sure if this is due to the slow release casuals....Been given 10 valium for emergency's. I know they work but prefare to try and keep them for an extremely bad day. " ], "date": [ "2022-05-01T12:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-t-get-rid-of-music-ear-worms-could-it-possibly-be-the-lexapro--737359?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jaredb123-1321972" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jaredb123-1321972" ], "content": [ "Hi, I dont feel short of breath thats the problem :( just that its really hard to breathe in and feels restricted. I hope you find some relief soon, its horrible " ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T09:29+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi I'm currently going through the exactly same thing as you! I constantly feel short of breath but I promise you it's anxiety, because we're constantly checking if we're out of breath we become hypersensetive and you can become convinced you're short of breath when in reality if you didnt't have anxiety you wouldn't even notice!" ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T04:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/katy27135-1314759" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/katy27135-1314759" ], "content": [ "Its so unpleasant. I dont necessarily feel short of breath just that I cant inhale air properly and it feels restricted which is why im concerned because everyone else i've seen who posts about this says they feel short of breath or unable to take a deep breath and thats not me. Thanks for your advice, im a bit wary of exercise as my sats fall too low so I dont think it would be good for me to do that " ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T12:38+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/katy27135-1314759" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "content": [ "hi amber, if your oxygen sats are significantly falling during exercise then it's worth further investigations as ordinarily our increased breathing and heart rate would mitigate for the increased oxygen demands..._but_ just be wary that things like poor placement, nail varnish, movement etc leading to inaccurate readings on 'over the counter' pulse oximeters that rely on light so I wonder if your doc is wary of the measurements you mention? , \r\n\r\nhas your doc checked your sats after a walk themselves (even just up and down the corridor?) x\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T16:36+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/katy27135-1314759" ], "content": [ "They go to 90 and sometimes under just doing a few steps but then as soon as I stop it increases again and now I'm worried. I dont know whether its because i'm underweight due to this and not engaging in any physical activity that it might be the reason but im quite concerned and I have told them earlier this week but they haven't really said much about it. I dont know what it could be :( x " ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T16:45+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mikhail80487-1323711" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "content": [ "The first issue is your language which is a window to your mind ... You are worried about everything and that is in and of itself, not healthy as I am sure you realise.\r\n\r\n* Why are you underweight and how long for?\r\n* Have you been checked out for Asthma and had the tests?\r\n* Have you tried a different make of Oximeter and/or changed the battery?\r\n* You do realise when people are worried and panic they breathe less ... because 'Fight or Flight' is kicking in, adrenalin is pumping up and one's body is about to induce vomiting so it can run faster.\r\n* Get a 2nd opinion from an unrelated surgery.\r\n\r\nMyself I have a long list of physical chronic illnesses and illnesses which they or their medication have created over the past decade+ ... Presently I take 30+ tablets a day and two injections ... I can have low oxygen and I am seen as 'border line asthmatic' after a whole raft of testing. \r\n\r\nMy wife is a Dr of Psychology and from my own life experiences which include being professionally trained to interrogate people, the mind is capable of anything ... Remember if something in your body is in trouble, it is your mind that informs you and itself ... Notice you do not know your oxygen level without an oximeter.... so that tool becomes a focus for your mind and you are most likely creating a 'self fulfilling prophecy'.\r\n\r\nYou expect to be breathless, so you concentrate on the meter and bingo ... your breathing slows automatically as you concentrate like everyone else's does .... Then your oxygen drops, you panic, your oxygen drops more as you breathe even less, you enter 'fight or flight' out of fear ... and so your oxygen drops more, as you body gets ready to purge itself ..... This is why people feel sick when afraid, it is an innate response.\r\n\r\nThe real question is .... what triggered your first ever panic attack ... what specifically kicked it off ... Find that, get counselling and it'll most likely cure all your issues.\r\n\r\nGood fortune to you." ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T21:19+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mikhail80487-1323711" ], "content": [ "Been underweight for a few months due to anxiety and stress and just not eating so didnt know if that would be a factor in my sat levels dropping when moving \r\nI've had a spirometry test that came back normal and because i dont wheeze and the issue is only on inhalation they dont think its asthma.\r\nand i get that but as soon as i sit down it goes back up again my sats do so im now worried.\r\nI dont actually feel breathless which i see most people are. just a constant feeling of breathing through a straw and restricted.\r\nThanks for the advice X" ], "date": [ "2020-08-01T22:26+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren97333-1326745" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/katy27135-1314759" ], "content": [ "These are great suggestions! " ], "date": [ "2020-08-03T19:52+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I have been experiencing exactly the same. went out for a long walk this morning and it's not like I physically cant breathe, but I often find myself not thinking of anything but breathing. \r\n\r\nwhat helps me though is that the respiratory consultant I saw said \"even for me, if I think about my breathing it feels like I cant do it or that I cant breathe in deeply\". breathing is meant to be a subconscious process and so when anxiety does its thing and makes us think about it, it starts a vicious cycle. \r\n\r\nin terms of the physical/mental question, it is absolutely possible that the mental anxiety can lead to real physical symptoms. you can genuinely be feeling short of breath even though it stems from our mental illness (just like it could cause chest tightness, tiredness, tics etc etc), but that doesn't mean there is anything going on with the respiratory system\r\n\r\nmy advice would be exercise exercise exercise! not necessarily strenuous, but get outside and walk. I've found listing to audio books whilst walking good as a distraction\r\n" ], "date": [ "2020-08-03T19:51+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "has anyone had the same :(" ], "date": [ "2020-08-03T16:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren97333-1326745" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lauren97333-1326745" ], "content": [ "It doesnt really feel tight just feels extremely strained and constricted almost like im suffocating and its every breath :( distraction techniques dont seem to work for me these days so im stuck at what to do now. thank you " ], "date": [ "2020-08-03T20:06+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I know the feeling you are describing, you can breath but its like a tightness that makes it feel like you aren't getting a full breath. I started having this feeling and its worse when I lay down to go to sleep (i think because i am thinking about it so much). I have had many tests over the last year due to physical symptoms that have been caused by my anxiety. Once i notice something i fixate on it and go worst case scenario which only increases my anxiety about it and the symptoms. I was having anxiety about having a fast heart rate so i got a fitbit to track it and became obsessed with checking it and had to stop wearing it. Your situation sounds similar so i would suggest not using the finger oxygen device for a few days and trying to focus on activities that you enjoy. Get lost in a good book or a TV series, something that takes your mind elsewhere. Usually if i can distract myself for a while it will lessen my symptoms and put my mind at ease. " ], "date": [ "2020-08-03T19:51+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Can someone help " ], "date": [ "2020-08-14T14:59+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "can someone help " ], "date": [ "2020-08-14T15:00+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dip58448-1376343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amber8607-1290762" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Amber,\r\n\r\nI have this exact thing for one year now. Breathing feels tight and restricted, like it takes so much effort, and I feel like I'm suffocating. I know its been over a year since you posted - how are you feeling now? i started on Zoloft a few weeks ago because I just couldn't take it anymore." ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T12:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/trouble-breathing-24-7-what-is-this--743413?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/anondetail79151-1425641" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "that would be a good question for your doctor or a pharmacist. you’re taking a lot of medication so it would be best to get an answer from a professional. Best wishes!" ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T13:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-have-had-panic-attacks-for-3-years-and-have-been-taking-medicines-what-should-i-do-now--783754?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "thank you, I have had anxiety for about 18 yrs now, it was only after about 10-12 years that I had come to the end of my rope and decided I was either going mad or dying so walked myself straight down to my GP and asked to see someone and stayed there until I was seen. I know these feelings will pass but they are just soooooo unsettling and I can barely function when I am in the mists of it......well actually I don't function. I am keeping a journal to see if there is anything that is triggering the episodes as I have hear that anxiety can peak during your monthly cycle\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-13T11:01+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "ive had it over 30 years, not continually but always a nervous feeling at least. symptoms began age 27 . thought i had a disease but didnt . well anxiety is one. \r\nit may never go away totally so i have to manage it. i cant let it take away my joy in life. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-13T12:59+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "That's how i felt there must be something 'wrong' with me as this cant just be anxiety. sometimes it flares up really bad and I really struggle to get myself out of the cycle as I'm just waiting for that next wave to come. It is just such an out of body experience, feeling unconnected to my body is the part that scares me the most.\r\nthank you for replying it helps to know im not going crazy" ], "date": [ "2022-04-14T05:39+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "your sensations are very common with anxiety and stress. Is there anything in your life that could be causing you excessive anxiety? I’ve had it for a very long time and the sensations come and go but I do know that the more you focus on them the more they will occur. \r\nAnother thing is everybody should have a complete physical check up at least once a year. \r\nBut with anxiety, focus on relaxing your mind as much as possible. To get some relief, you can listen to some meditations for anxiety on YouTube. I do that a couple times a day especially when I lay down to sleep. I also use white noise when I sleep because that helps to relax me and I leave it on all night. \r\nyou can also learn proper breathing with anxiety which is important. I know how frustrating all of this can be. But take one day at a time and try not to overthink this.\r\nSensations of anxiety are not harmful. speak to a counselor if there are things in your life that are stressful because then you can get some ideas on how to resolve this. Private message me anytime!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-13T10:12+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "content": [ "Hi, when i went to the doctor they just said i was suffering with anxiety and prescribes propranolol and citalopram, They do help but when i have a flare up they seem to get worse each time as i can feel the sensations coming and i get myself even more in a state because i know whats coming. Then i start thinking this cant be just anxiety i AM going to die, somethimes that will last days and then im on high alert for the next wave. its very frustrating i wish there was a magic pill to fix it.\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T05:23+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hello, ive been having these exact sypmptoms! its driving me crazy. did you figure out what was going on and what to do to help??!!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T01:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "content": [ "Have you been to see your doctor at all? If so did they recommend anything? It is such an awful debilitating condition, some days its all I can do to just sit on the sofa with a fan on and wait for it to pass. usually this can take all day or days as Ive worked myself into such an anxiety state that one attack just rolls into another. x" ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T07:15+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "thank you for responding! this is really affecting my everyday life. this has literally been going on for 5 days now and idk what to do. i feel like im in a constant fog, i cant concentrate at all or remember anything. and when i have an anxiety attack i feel like im so out of my body and that the feeling is never going to go away or that theres something else mentally wrong with me. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T16:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jazlyn10484-1424197" ], "content": [ "well hang in there you have made the first steps in seeing your doctor, I also had therapy first years ago and it did help. Hopefully that can give you some anxiety reducing tactics. There are some great anxiety reducing meditations on youtube, also some helpful people to follow Mel Robbins and Therapy in a nutshell. I have found both of these quiet useful. Stay strong xx " ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T07:34+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "yes i just went yesterday, was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. they still havent put me on any meds, i have to go to therapy for it then they will start me on some meds for it and hopefully that will make a big difference, just want to feel normal again " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T14:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "content": [ "I haven't lol. I can't seem to calm myself. I am sorry to hear you are suffering also. What do you do to help?" ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T19:38+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I've been having these same symptoms! Crazy! How did you figure it out??\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T10:55+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "Not great, I think this has to be the longest anxiety episode I have had in a while. I just can't seem to shake it." ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T19:35+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "aww blesss you what mg of citalopram are you on? im suffering at mo going up on my citalopram 30mg to 40mg its day 9 and today all ive done is cry 😪" ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T19:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "i also am on 40. i just want to feel normal" ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T20:03+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "have you just gone up to 40mg? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T20:22+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "maybe u need a change of medication ? how long have you been on citalopram? xx" ], "date": [ "2022-04-29T20:23+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "yes just these past 2 weeks, ive been taking propranolol and citalopram for about 7 yrs now" ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T06:04+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "yeah its awful when you increase your dose as got to go though hell to get better again. I'm the same. have you felt really tearful ? my mornings are absolutely horrendous with the knot my my stomache and shaking. sweating feeling really sick do you get these aswell ? can take up to 3 weeks to feel bit better my doctor said 😔" ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T10:42+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "yeah exactly the same feelings I get. Mornings are worse as I just think about what's to come and it terrifies me. Fingers crossed we will feel the benefits soon x" ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T13:50+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "yeah i really hope so i feel like im going mad somedays I really do. I get this really horrible feeling through my body its like a really depressed feeling don't no how to explain it 😕 . " ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T14:13+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "i feel like its not me im outside myself and just an overwhelming sense of doom" ], "date": [ "2022-05-01T05:40+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "content": [ "yeah i feel that aswell its horrible init 😪 ive been anxoues for so long ive lost myself completly. the back of my head is really tight and strange and i cant eat xx" ], "date": [ "2022-05-01T15:26+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "Does it feel like your head is in a vice being squeezed? If so its probably a tension headache caused by your anxiety. I get them alot used to make me think i had a brain tumor" ], "date": [ "2022-05-03T05:35+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hello how u feeling now ? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T16:01+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-will-this-last-782853?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "thank you for replying, i am not taking medication. ive had all sorts of tests for ibs and the dr said it was stress/anxiety induced but didnt tell me what to do. im looking into self referral cbt. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T08:47+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "content": [ "brilliant. i suffered really bad tension headaches and they only thing that got rid of them for my was medication did take a few weeks to ease the presure but works brilliantly xx" ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T14:51+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer29157-1424259" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "content": [ "You should take migraine pills during attacks. At least to ease the pain. There is nothing bad for health in this. But if the pills do not help or the pain does not stop, you need to check up with a competent doctor." ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T16:08+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jennifer29157-1424259" ], "content": [ "Thank you. I've been taking panadol. Phoned the dr and he is calling me tomorrow afternoon. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T16:08+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "ueah i used to get headache all the time with my anxiety its tension that causes the headaches. are you getting help with your anxiety? on any medication for it?? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T16:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/headaches-783566?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "content": [ "mine is sort of similar, its uncomfortable, what youre describing does sound like a tension headache " ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T16:59+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi, I experience a tightness sensation in the head - I wouldn't really call this painful just very uncomfortable. It plays with my balance and feels very odd, I am unable to think clearly during this period. Are these typical symptoms of a tension headache ? When I am at home or relaxed I have no such problems at all...." ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T16:59+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/headaches-783566?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yes, I used to get headaches in the back of my head due to stress. But after I started taking an evening walk in a nearby park, it got better." ], "date": [ "2022-05-02T06:40+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/headaches-783566?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juliexxm-1047019" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>I have the same thing exactly, I think it&#39;s just when I walk I concentrate on something that&#39;s in front of me and when I walk towards it it feels like I&#39;m not getting any closer, but whenever it happens I look at the ground and I realise I am in fact moving and then I carry on, don&#39;t worry it gets better, it happens every now and then but you start to realise it&#39;s just your head </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T00:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-walking-but-i-feel-like-i-m-not-moving-help--588787?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juliexxm-1047019" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m happy that it&#39;s not just me that it happens to, I thought no one else had it apart from me, Its gave me some comfort knowing that other people get the same feeling </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T01:52+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m glad you have some comfort knowing other people have the same symptoms. It&#39;s nice talking to people who understand what your going through. I&#39;ve tried explaining to my husband, and he sympathizes as much as he can, but will never fully understand. Anxiety symptoms suck!</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T02:14+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "content": [ "<p>I honestly didn&#39;t think I have anxiety and some what still don&#39;t think I do it&#39;s just a really scary experience like it happens but very rarely maybe once every couple of weeks I realise that It&#39;s happening, it made me really angry and made me feel disconnected with what&#39;s going on around me, i thought it was something that never happened to anyone but knowing some one else had it happen make a big difference knowing I&#39;m not the only one </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T11:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "content": [ "<p>You probably do have anxiety, but just not severe. Hopefully it never gets to that point with you. Just make sure you try to get a grasp on it now before it spins out of control. Just know it&#39;s a quick spurt of anxiety, you&#39;re not dying, and that your body is just overreacting a bit. Nothing to worry about! </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T13:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "content": [ "<p>Thank you I really do appreciate it &#128516;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T15:24+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amykins21-1047389" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01538-1047403" ], "content": [ "<p>No problem! &#128512;</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T18:06+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>I get this quite often. It&#39;s all anxiety. I notice it happens to me when I go out in public. My anxiety likes to kick in when I go to a store or out to dinner. It feels like my legs are really weak and I know they&#39;re moving, but they feel like I&#39;m not going anywhere. Kinda feels like I&#39;m walking on air. Then I get all anxious thinking I&#39;m going to embarrass myself and collapse in public. But when my anxiety goes away, that feeling also subsides. </p>" ], "date": [ "2017-05-03T00:55+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-walking-but-i-feel-like-i-m-not-moving-help--588787?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jazz01917-1360202" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juliexxm-1047019" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "this was pretty scary, i was walking past a grave yard with my friend and were right above the hill in sight of the grave and we heard creepy music playing with noone nearby and i started speed walking and going back to the house with my friend and right from the bottom of the hill not even a minute back to the cemetary it was like a boundery we couldnt walk past this one thing we were freaking out and even tried running ans everytime i look at the ground when walking the same object kept appearing like i was on a repeat so i turned around to the firection of the cemetary and i was able to walk. untik i turned around and start saying its okay held my friwnds hand and was able to break the invisable wall. it sounds crazy but it happened" ], "date": [ "2021-02-24T21:30+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-walking-but-i-feel-like-i-m-not-moving-help--588787?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jamie90193-1385744" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juliexxm-1047019" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi do u still suffer from this and what is it " ], "date": [ "2021-07-03T13:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-walking-but-i-feel-like-i-m-not-moving-help--588787?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/daniel37441-1425603" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/juliexxm-1047019" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Oh man! I am so relieved to find that im not the only one !!! its comforting. This has been going on for awhile , to the point where I mentioned it to my doctor and she looked at me like I was crazy !! She blamed it on my blood pressure , and I explained to her exactly what I was experiencing . Its like I am walking in place and it is very discomforting , its hard to be out in public , or even do physical activity sometimes . I fight it off and ignore it as much as possible , but it comes every so often. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-30T21:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-walking-but-i-feel-like-i-m-not-moving-help--588787?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/alyssa07811-1410194" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Jessica. \r\n\r\nIv had anxiety for as long as I can remember. \r\nAs of late it's more of the health anxiety which is crippling. \r\nI create all sorts of physical symptoms for myself including stomach upset, and chest pain. \r\n\r\nTake reassurance in knowing all results have been clear, even though I know it's hard to still let your mind wander. \r\n" ], "date": [ "2021-12-21T13:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lorraine90511-1398879" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi jess, just curious have you had covid? " ], "date": [ "2021-12-21T18:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/maddie71187-1410716" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello, you probably wont be surprised to find that gut health and anxiety are linked closely. As someone also suffering with stomach problems and anxiety all i can recommend is seeing a doctor. none of your symptoms sound dangerous at all however it does sound like irritable bowel syndrome, which symptoms can be worsened by stress. Book an appointment with your GP and try sticking to low fat foods. Other then that you should be fine to take painkillers/anti acids. I don't see any major cause to worry about just try to stay calm. " ], "date": [ "2021-12-27T14:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/millie12345-1366167" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/millie12345-1366167" ], "content": [ "oh lovely, I am so sorry you are going through the same thing I really hope you find some answers and peace soon let me know if you ever need a chat x" ], "date": [ "2022-01-17T22:41+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/millie12345-1366167" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "content": [ "Hi Jessica a chat would be great thankyou. x" ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T19:03+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Jessica, just thought i would drop you a message, im in the same boat as you, anxious all the time, reflux, indigestion, head spins, feel off balance, feel sick dry mouth, shaking, forever going to the toilet, the list is endless, ive had every test under the sun all come back negative, i convince myself the results are wrong, its never ending, always feel something bad is going to happen, its really horrible, i know exactly how you are feeling, and its good to know we are not alone, i want to get better, hate feeling the way i do, im with you if you ever need a chat." ], "date": [ "2022-01-17T22:40+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ashley92970-1292284" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/ashley92970-1292284" ], "content": [ "yes lovely it does sound similar to reflux x" ], "date": [ "2022-01-17T22:41+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hey I also have anxiety and I take medicine 30 mg of celexa which I am\r\nhaving the side effects of right now since i just upped from 20 to 30. i have this horrible issues lately i assume is anxiety where my throat feels tight and like i cant get a good breath. especially after i eat, is this acid reflux? i hate this feeling of not getting deep breaths and burping. Im almost scared to eat cause of how i feel " ], "date": [ "2022-01-01T23:34+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sofi4563-1384217" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hey there, I've been battling bad health anxiety since I was 16, and I've always had an array of gastric symptoms. At some point I was convinced I had pancreatic, stomach or intestinal cancer, I also had the back pain you mention. I've been checked my multiple doctors, the exams came back clean, but I had gastric reflux and very mild lactose intolerance. So I was told to cut lactose from my diet entirely, reduced gluten intake to the bare minimum, and removed greasy foods from my diet. I did this religiously for about 3 months, and magic! No more acid reflux, no more constipation followed by going way too much. I even stopped worrying about those types of cancer, now I'm obsessing about other disorders, but at least my stomach feels fine x) \r\nNow I can eat some of those things in small amounts without feeling sick.. It really helped with my anxiety levels, and I feel much better." ], "date": [ "2022-03-12T10:05+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/selenem-1337865" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica34102-1410191" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have GAD and panic disorder. My physical symptoms include chest/upper back/shoulders/neck/nape/back of ears pain. I also developed sinus tachycardia because of it. My chest feels heavy and I couldn't take a deep breath. I feel tingling down my arms to my hands. I also have GI issues. It's hard to believe that anxiety can cause this much physical pain but I felt better when I started taking anti anxiety and antidepressant. Of course they're not without side effects. Right now I have extremely dry lips, I put on Blistex and Vaseline round the clock but they stay dry and cracked they hurt. " ], "date": [ "2022-03-12T11:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-and-physical-symptoms-776691?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica12356-1418453" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica12356-1418453" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "thank you! im not sure whether its because im on a new tablet from fluroxetine but im not entirly sure why, it comes in waves. i have been to the doctors now for the 6th time, i never walk out of the doctors surgery happy and reasurred, i think half the time they arent very useful and im worried they will think im a pain for going back everyday. i also do have anxiety so it could just be that. " ], "date": [ "2022-02-26T19:45+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "you shouldn’t have to feel that awful after eight weeks. of citalopram. \r\nIt may or may not be the citalopram but definitely talk to your doctor about this. He or she can make some adjustments or stop the citalopram. I’m sorry you have to go through this. But don’t suffer through this every day talk to your doctor! I do hope you feel better soon" ], "date": [ "2022-02-26T19:38+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-ve-been-on-10mg-citalopram-for-8-weeks-and-i-m-feeling-awful-and-not-feeling-better--780482?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica12356-1418453" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "yes anxiety is very tricky. And it could very well be what’s going on. Do some things to relax your mind that’s the only thing that slows down my racing thoughts and negative thoughts and everything else anxiety dishes out to us. ugh " ], "date": [ "2022-02-26T21:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-ve-been-on-10mg-citalopram-for-8-weeks-and-i-m-feeling-awful-and-not-feeling-better--780482?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica12356-1418453" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "i actually rememeber now before christmas i went over to meet a friend a couple of miles away from where i live and we went for a walk with the dogs and i felt funny then and had a bit of a panic attack/funny turn and i had to sit down and i felt all out of my body then and that was before i started taking citalopram and was still taking my fluroxetine then.. so i think it must he a build up of everything thats happened. i dont like change and moving house has pushed me out of sink. Its the racing thoughts id like to stop, the negative thoughts going round in circles all day which then leads me to feel depressed and helpless.\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-02-26T22:18+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-ve-been-on-10mg-citalopram-for-8-weeks-and-i-m-feeling-awful-and-not-feeling-better--780482?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica12356-1418453" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hello how are you now 8 weeks down the line please? hope your feeling better ? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T14:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-ve-been-on-10mg-citalopram-for-8-weeks-and-i-m-feeling-awful-and-not-feeling-better--780482?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dip58448-1376343" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dip58448-1376343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "Hi,\r\n\r\nMy doctor told me to up it to 75mg, because the theraputic dose is apparently 100mg. So I've done 75mg for a week now. Still nothing. I was so excited that this would help, but so sad and scared that it may not :( I can't keep living like this." ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T00:44+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/dip58448-1376343" ], "content": [ "yeah it does take a little time for them to work I'm afraid. I'm on day 9 of increasing my dose of citalopram and I actually feel worse 😔 they take time to get into your system and to start working and sometimes they can make you feel worse before you feel better xx" ], "date": [ "2022-04-28T08:00+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi how you feeling now? a week has gone " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T16:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/how-long-till-ssris-work-for-breathing-issues--783091?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jerome20142-742044" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "keep in mind jerome that anxiety causes the negative scary feelings and overthinking. 99.9% of everything we worry about never happens. \r\nLife does not have to be about worry and fear. We can change our mindset to find joy in life. \r\nAlso people get all kinds of sensations in their body most of which are not serious. \r\nWe have to stop jumping to the worst case scenario whenever we feel something. \r\nWhat I do is I get a complete physical every year and when that is all clear, I go and live my life and not worry! \r\nI spent years worrying about everything but it did absolutely no good. It just made me miserable. There was never anything to worry about because everything was fine. I can’t get those years back.. \r\nso next time you worry, ask yourself what’s it doing for me ? \r\nOne thing that helps me is when I stay busy doing other things.. Don’t be idle too much because that creates over thinking.\r\nYou’re fine. take care of you!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T07:26+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/positive-success-stories-783475?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike04106-1416424" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jerome20142-742044" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I had never had anxiety in my life until one random day in my senior year of high school. I woke up from a nap after school, and my heart was pounding, mind racing, etc. This carried on for weeks, and the only relief I found was when hanging out with friends, or once I got ready to go to bed. As the days went on, the anxiety got better and better. After about 1-2 months it was only 85% of what it originally was, and I was starting to have days in a row where i would have nothing at all. for months 3-4 it was 75%, and by month 5-6 it was only 50-60% as bad, and i would have weeks in a row with nothing. At the end of May (Month 6), the anxiety was gone again, and I never had a problem with it again (maybe two total days in the past year and a half. I went from someone who had never had anxiety, to a near 5 month panic attack, back to a relaxed kid. I went on to have one of the best summers of my life at that point and doing really well. I also have a family friend who went through a similar situation. She woke up one morning terrified for no reason, and after a few months the anxiety was gone, and she is going on 5 years of no anxiety. You'll get through this." ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T18:46+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/positive-success-stories-783475?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jerome20142-742044" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "wonderful stories thanks so much" ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T20:54+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/positive-success-stories-783475?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/philly89-1165844" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jerome20142-742044" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Any real success stories from anxiety issues come from either 2 huge things: therapy and/or medication.\r\n\r\nI have had anxiety for 10+ years. Like others, I first got it randomly one day as a 20 year old. It lasted for months and then thankfully disappeared... However, once I started to get more stressful events in my life as the years went by, it came right back. Each time it came back it was a little less scary as I got used to it, but what really helped me actually cope with it and get it to leave quickly was seeing a therapist.\r\n\r\nMedication can be very helpful if it gets so bad where it is severely affecting your life, but from my experience and knowledge of anxiety issues, what really beats it is therapy and understanding why you have it and how to deal with it when it pops up bc it most likely will pop up again later if you don't learn how to cope with it.\r\n\r\nI had terrible health anxiety for about a year in 2017, after my MIL passed away suddenly. Seeing my therapist helped greatly. After that bad phase I had 3 years were I felt absolutely great and had 0 anxiety. Unfortunately another traumatic event came about this past February and my anxiety is back now. But I'm working with my therapist again to get rid of it and hopefully it will go away soon." ], "date": [ "2022-04-27T19:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/positive-success-stories-783475?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "I tried citalopram a number of years ago but it didn't really help me personally. Im reducing the 15mg mirt to 7.5mg for tonight to sleep but discontinuing use once it's finished. I have a couple options I could go back to the 150mg of sert and deal with the side effects or try 2 other recommended medications. I genuinely don't know what to do if I'm honest. It's crazy how stable I've been for years and all of a sudden I'm back to square one. What kind of side effects do you experience when increasing your meds? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T20:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "content": [ "hello my side effects are feeling really anxoues on edge. feeling sick vivid dreams internal shakes sweating suicide thoughts heaches it's torture 😢 what are the 2 other medications ? you could try,? xx" ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T09:54+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "Venlafaxine or lofepramine I think. Just wish I felt better had a break down today. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T19:47+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lastlaugh-1424853" ], "content": [ "oh no so sorry to hear this. did you go to thr hospital for some help? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T21:15+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [], "content": [ "are you in the uk? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T21:16+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hi my mental health started getting really bad when my doctor messed around my with medication in nov and i tryed mirtazapine and i was onit for 8 weeks stared at 15mg for 4 weeks then increased to 30mg for 4 weeks and it didn't really help my anxiety amd low low mood so I stopped that. I'm now increasing my citalopram to 40mg which that was what I was on before the doctor messed it all up. but for me mirtazapine just made me gain alot of weight and sleep better didn't do anything else. I've been to hospital for my mental health as its so bad at the moment we're I'm messing around with medication and stuff it's been 5 days since I increased my citalopram so feeling very rough still. if you need to go hospital for help go. I was so bad I didn't sleep or eat for 10 days with, thoughts, anxiety was absolutely horrendous it was awful. citalopram saved my life in the past when I first went on them. have you tried citalopram? xx " ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T20:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/ocd-relapse-intrusive-thoughts-depression-anxiety--783400?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rose7070-1424767" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "just try to take one day at a time and before you know it the higher dosage will have kicked in. Try to keep yourself busy would be my advice. \r\neverybody’s different as to when you will feel the effects. Some people it only takes a week or so and others several weeks. You will know once it happens. Wishing you the best" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T00:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/increasing-zoloft-after-10-years-783357?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rose7070-1424767" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hello how u feeling now? few days on? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T16:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/increasing-zoloft-after-10-years-783357?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "i have just started taking propanol and sertaline been on them for about 2 weeks " ], "date": [ "2022-02-01T23:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "in the first few weeks or more your anxiety can get worse when you start new meds. ask your doctor for some lorazepan they really help me calm down when I need them. if you don't inprove in another 2 weeks or so may need to increase your sertraline to see if that helps " ], "date": [ "2022-02-01T23:14+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "thank you very much i will speak to my doctor i have never felt anything like this b4 it really is scary at times thanks for replying to me much appreciated " ], "date": [ "2022-02-01T23:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "lorazepan has been a life saver for me at times until my meds kicked in. shouldn't take them for more then 4 weeks as you can become addicted to them but hopefully in the next couple of weeks your meds would of kicked in and your feeling better. are you in the UK? " ], "date": [ "2022-02-01T23:37+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "hopefully my doctor will prescribe me some tomoz because i have been really bad the last 2 days. and yes im in the uk i live preston lancashire. how about you?" ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T00:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "he should do If u tell him your struggling . yeah I'm in UK Portsmouth " ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T00:52+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "got an appointment today so fingers crossed and i dont feel as bad this morning. portsmouth nice never been down those ways hope yuu have a lovely stress free day " ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T10:08+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "morning glad your feel bit better today. fingers 🤞 for you. let me no what he says. have a lovely day " ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T10:17+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "yeah i will do and thanks slept a bit better so feel more refreshed going to take my dog on a long walk now aswell clear my head x" ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T10:26+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "hiya how did the doctors go? " ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T23:04+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "he didnt want to give me the lorazepan but gave me 5mg diazepam which has worked a treat tonigt only 5 days worth though just to calm me at night feeling much better today hopefully same tomoz hope your feeling good also ✌✌" ], "date": [ "2022-02-02T23:10+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "content": [ "hello how are you now couple of months on? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T17:01+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hiya are you on any medication ? if so how long have you been onit for? " ], "date": [ "2022-02-01T23:04+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/bad-anxiety-779086?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/divyaparvin-1424480" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "It’s been two months now. I hope that you are all good now and having a great life. Did you change your medication in between?" ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T10:56+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/bad-anxiety-779086?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee59447-1415343" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi lee hiw u feeling now 2 months on " ], "date": [ "2022-04-26T15:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/bad-anxiety-779086?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "No medication for anxiety, but I'm seeing a therapist for help to learn how to cope with anxiety better" ], "date": [ "2022-04-22T20:44+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "hello i used to get this all the time before i got help for my anxiety. are you on any medication for anxiety? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-22T20:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/is-this-symptom-very-common-with-anxiety--783277?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Well I've never seen a spider but once I woke up and clear as day I saw a man in armour for a couple of seconds and then nothing.\r\n\r\nSo I either have to start believing in ghosts and past life or I put it down to anxiety. If I were you I would just put it in the anxiety f#*k bucket.\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T19:11+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/is-this-symptom-very-common-with-anxiety--783277?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lou62989-1406506" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I go through stages of this and it is so real and I leap out of bed then as soon as I'm up I realise and then it's OK. I have lost count of the amount of times its happened but honestly it is so life like and runs across my pillow. Has happened on and off for a few years.Doesent answer your question but just to reassure you you are not the only one!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T15:20+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/is-this-symptom-very-common-with-anxiety--783277?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/patient-1076321" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi rebekah77521</p><p></p><p>We note from a recent post which you have made to our forum that you may be experiencing thoughts around self-harm. If we have misinterpreted your comments then we apologies for contacting you directly. But if you are having such thoughts then please note that you are not alone in this, and there are people out there that can help.</p><p></p><p>If you are having these suicidal thoughts then we strongly recommend you speak to someone who may be able to help. The Samaritans offer a safe space where you can talk openly about what you are going through. They can help you explore your options, understand your problems better, or just be there to listen.</p><p></p><p>Their contact details are on our patient information leaflet here: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"/health/dealing-with-suicidal-thoughts\">https://patient.info/health/dealing-with-suicidal-thoughts</a>, which also offers lots of other advice on how you can access the help you may need.</p><p></p><p>If you are having such thoughts then please do reach out to the team at the Samaritans (or the other people detailed in our leaflet) who will understand what you&#39;re going through and will be able to help.</p><p></p><p>Kindest regards</p><p>Patient</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-20T09:36+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/really-scared-about-h-pylori-treatment-678828?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/elaine73067-1050742" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/elaine73067-1050742" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Elaine,</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the quick reply.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned the difficulty swallowing to my doctor but they just said to try with a straw. Sadly the antibiotics I&#39;m taking have to be swallowed whole. I&#39;ve taken them twice today, both times they disintegrated in my mouth as I kept sipping water to try and swallow them. Eventually they went down but they left a horrible taste in my mouth and now I&#39;m worried that because they weren&#39;t swallowed whole they won&#39;t be as effective :(&#160;</p><p></p><p>If I can get the hang of swallowing tablets and the anxiety doesn&#39;t go once this H.pylori goes then I might try antidepressants. I&#39;m really hoping this infection goes and that my appetite returns so I can start to have some sort of life again.</p><p></p><p>Hope your side effects from Venlafaxine lessens x</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-20T19:12+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "content": [ "They will work fine even if they dissolve a bit. I hope you feel better soon. " ], "date": [ "2018-09-21T21:33+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Rebekah\r\n\r\nYou are certainly having a time of it. Not all anti depressants have side effects. I took citalopram for 10 years and when they stopped working came off them no problem. My new ones Venlafaxine however do but they outweigh my horrendous feelings of anxiety and that is why I’m sticking with them. You don’t mention but have you explained all of this to a doctor? Regarding swelling the tablets, have you tried crushing them up with a drink of milk? Just a thought. I’m sure once you finish your course of antibiotics and you are free from H pylori your appetite will return x" ], "date": [ "2018-09-20T10:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/really-scared-about-h-pylori-treatment-678828?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi, thanks so much for responding.</p><p></p><p>I&#39;m also on omeprazole and metronidazole and it does leave a horrible metallic taste which scared me at first but I&#39;m starting to get used to it. I&#39;m so glad to hear you felt better once the infection cleared. I&#39;m really hoping that will be the case for me because I&#39;ve been feeling so bad for a while and am having stomach pain and burning as I&#39;m typing this. I&#39;m on day 3 so I know there is still a while to go before I might see any improvement so I&#39;ll be patient.</p><p></p><p>I haven&#39;t really had any side effects either and I fortunately managed to switch to a liquid suspension of the antibiotics so mentally I feel much better and more hopeful. Each time I had eventually swallowed the tablets, I would cry for ages after because it was so hard and I felt such a a failure. Hopefully when I&#39;m in a better place mentally I&#39;ll tackle tablets again but at the moment I&#39;m just too tense and anxious. Thanks for your advice though, I&#39;ll have to try that in the future.</p><p></p><p>Again, thanks so much for respsonding. It helps me not to feel so alone and now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel&#160;:))</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-22T19:31+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "content": [ "<p>It did take a while (maybe a couple of months) after my stool test was negative before my stomach felt normal again. I think I demanded another test because I didn&#39;t believe it was gone! That bacteria has probably been upsetting your acid production for quite a while and it takes your stomach time to adjust. I hope your appetite and enjoyment of food return very soon :) </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-23T20:34+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "content": [ "<p>I&#39;m glad to hear you eventually felt better. I&#39;m halfway through my 7 day treatment and still feeling bad but hopeful this bug will go and I&#39;ll feel that bit more normal at some point. It had got bad over a few months so I know I shouldn&#39;t expect it to get better overnight. Today is the first day in a while though that I haven&#39;t cried so I&#39;m ridiculously pleased about that&#160;&#160;:))</p><p></p><p>I had a headache instead today so you win some and you lose them lol</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-24T19:27+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "content": [ "Yay for no tears! Get yourself some paracetamol and keep celebrating little successes :) " ], "date": [ "2018-09-24T20:50+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "content": [ "Will do. Thanks so much again :))\r\n\r\nHow are you feeling at the mo? " ], "date": [ "2018-09-25T19:30+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "content": [ "<p> I&#39;m just finishing a secind course of antibiotics for a sinus infection, both infection and abs have proven troublesome to cope with symptom-wise (vertigo from sinus and nausea from both) but I know I&#39;ll be better soon and I&#39;m not letting anxiety win. So I&#39;m also looking forward to my digestive system getting back to normal again too! Thanks for asking :) </p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-26T22:09+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "content": [ "<p>Poor you :(&#160;. It&#39;s hard enough suffering from anxiety without having infections and being on antibiotics too. Both vertigo and nausea are horrible so I hope they pass soon.&#160;&#160;</p><p></p><p>Glad to hear you&#39;re not letting the anxiety win though. I need to find the strength to do the same because I&#39;ve been feeling really down for a while but I felt slightly today. I&#39;m going to tell myself that I&#39;ll be better soon and this too shall pass. I&#39;m taking a powdered probiotic to help with my digestion so I hope both our digestive systems are running properly soon.<i>&#160;</i>I can&#39;t wait to have chocolate and enjoy it!&#160;&#160;:))&#160;</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-09-27T19:56+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jane07123-1403644" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sparklypickle-619123" ], "content": [ "hi sparkly! i know this is an old post so im hesistant to ask but desparate. after being in and out of er's and urgente cares and endless doctors i have h pylori and was just put on triple antibiotic therapy , i am on my second day and feel reallt no difference , even having stomach cramps. How long into your antibiotic therapy did it take to start feeling better? Thanks" ], "date": [ "2021-10-29T23:10+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jane07123-1403644" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/rebekah77521-1208295" ], "content": [ "hey rebekah! i know this is an old post but i fugured id try and reach out. im on day two of my triple antibiotic therapy for h pylori. How long did it take for you to feel better? Was your infection cleared after the first round of antibiotics? " ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T11:02+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/natalie09745-1425011" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jane07123-1403644" ], "content": [ "hi jane ive just finished my antibiotics and ppi three days ago and i feel slightly better although i have a lot of trapped wind when i eat and then lots of burping and still have burning in my stomach and cant eat much but not as bad as before it can take upto six months for your stomach to feel better i was told ive to get retested in a few weeks to make sure its gone so will find out then i take pro bitoics and have ordered mastic gum as i heard that can help hope you feel better soon x" ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T11:02+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "<p>Hiya, I had H. Pylori and took amoxicillin, omeprazole and metronidazole. I don&#39;t particularly like metronidazole because it makes everything taste like metal but aside from that I didn&#39;t really get many side effects and I felt soooo much better once the infection cleared. Now I just take [b]gaviscon[/b] at night to control GERD.</p><p></p><p>For the tablets, try swallowing them with some yoghurt or icecream. I take about 8 tablets a day and sometimes I just forget how to swallow them and have to grab some yoghurt :) </p>" ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T11:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/really-scared-about-h-pylori-treatment-678828?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mike04106-1416424" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/mike04106-1416424" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "I do have a good group of friends here, but its just not the same as my buddies from back home. Im also a person who just loves to be outside and doing things (I live in the suburbs). I go for walks, car rides, and just love being outdoors in general. Ive never liked cities; even as a kid when I visited New York City I hated it (it made me feel trapped almost). At a school in the middle of Pittsburgh, there is nothing for me to do. I literally sit in my room everday except friday and saturday night. I dont know why i chose to visit a city school, but I liked it when i visited. My mood in the fall was good, and it has been slowly going down hill while im here. ive never felt like this before, but ive been extremely stressed for months now and thats whats causing all this. Lastly, I am going to attend a college very close to home this coming fall. Its a larger school so I get everything I need, but its only about a ten minute drive from my house. one final thing ill add, is that when I talk to family/friends from back home on the phone I am able to get a sense of brief relief." ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T02:43+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "is this your first year away at college? A lot of new students go through this. Do you have any friends there? What are you going to do when you get home as far as schooling goes?\r\nI had to force myself to do things and meet some people who became friends. But I know what you’re talking about. \r\nyou are probably super anxious to go home and that’s why you are feeling anxious right now. Try to calm down your mind and body as best you can. Well it’s only five days away that you leave so just take one day at a time before you know what you’ll be back home. Those feelings where you feel like life isn’t real are very common with anxiety and stress. Yes they will go away. Maybe you were just overwhelmed with going away to school. \r\nwhen you get home talk it over with family. You can even get a counselor to help you manage this. You could do counseling virtually right at home. Everything will work its way out and you’re going to be OK!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-25T00:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-from-living-somewhere-i-dont-like-783443?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jessica61856-1396374" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello Naomi,\r\n\r\nIs there any possible way that maybe your job can work with you? Maybe allowing you to work a few hours a week. So your body can get used to work again. I know it sounds so scary. But exposing yourself to it over and over again you will eventually get you back to normal. you need to remind yourself that there is no actual danger at work.\r\nMy anxiety began last July and I was terrified to be home alone with my kids for fear something bad would happen to me. My psychologist had me stay home alone with my children little by little. One hour a day and slowly increasing the time. and now I'm staying home alone with them again😄 \r\nI couldn't sleep for about a month and it was driving me insane. I finally accepted that I couldn't sleep and didn't try so hard or worry about sleep and then one night I fell asleep on my own with no medication. \r\n\r\nAnd the eating part is a tough one. I'm still learning to cope with that one. I eat whenever I'm hungry and sometimes I throw up. Before I used to panic about it for fear I would become underweight. But I'm trying to accept it as just a feeling as well and not working myself up over it. \r\n\r\nPlease try not to allow anxiety to shrink your world. It is possible to overcome this. And remember that these are just feelings and thoughts. No matter how horrific they maybe. They cannot hurt you. You got this!!!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T18:27+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/disability-for-anxiety-783331?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tracey73517-1292233" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " your blood pressure is absolutely fine. Sometimes the numbers can fluctuate a little bit that’s no big deal. Some people naturally run a low blood pressure. \r\n are you being careful with what you eat? Are you avoiding fats, spicy foods, junk foods, and foods with high acid content? That’s important. Also make sure you are drinking plenty of water. Look for foods that are higher in alkaline and low in acid. things like gastritis, indigestion etc. can come and go. I had really bad gastritis for a long time and I didn’t get much relief with the omeprazole. But I did change my diet which helped a lot. The other thing that helped was bringing down my anxiety level. I know that is difficult to do sometimes but just try working at it little by little. you have to completely relax your mind and body. I use meditations from YouTube for anxiety and they work great. There is a very strong connection between the mind and the gastrointestinal system. So when we are really stressed out with anxiety it can affect our stomach, intestines, etc. anyway I hope you get some relief soon. Have you ever considered speaking with a counselor for anxiety management? You could do it at home virtually. Feel better soon! " ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T13:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-menopause-or-digestive-problems-help--783239?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sasical72-1279105" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/tracey73517-1292233" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I'm in the same boat as you, I also wonder if it's menopause, anxiety or bowel issues. It's just getting old now, has been going on for too long.\r\n\r\nI mainly suspect menopause as I get some really funky symptoms, like today, I woke up and my feet and fingers are burning as if someone is throwing coal on them, but I've had this before and after a couple of days it goes away and doesn't come back for months, wtf?" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T17:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-menopause-or-digestive-problems-help--783239?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cindy13373-1424759" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cindy13373-1424759" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "thank you ❤️" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T00:42+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "you are most likely overthinking this. If something was going on it would’ve shown up in your tests. But it didn’t. Don’t get hung up on one word the doctor says. It’s most likely weight gain. everybody is shaped a little bit differently from other people. I have had doctors make comments like that many times but when the testing is normal I am relieved and I don’t worry anymore. Worrying won’t do a bit of good except make you feel miserable.\r\nif you’re not having any symptoms of anything, try to make your self relax. maybe that’s the only word she could come up with at the time. You’re going to be OK ❤" ], "date": [ "2022-04-23T00:41+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/neck-fullness-783353?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/somayeh1982-1424690" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "\r\nyou are definitely not alone! When I was in my late 20s I suddenly developed weakness, tingling in various parts of my body, heat sensations, floaters in my eyes,, Muscle twitches all over, feeling like something is crawling on my scalp or face, and several more. I thought for sure I had MS!! especially since my aunt had it I thought I inherited it. My dad took me to a neurologist and I had all sorts of testing done including an MRI and it came out perfectly normal. \r\nevery single one of my sensations was due to long-term stress and anxiety! When anxiety comes on, it tends to produce sensations in the nervous system that’s why a lot of people think they have MS. . But if your MRI was normal then you do not have MS! There are other non-serious reasons for those sensations., And that includes anxiety and stress. You have to believe the results of the testing otherwise you will just be miserable for nothing . \r\nI want you to know that I am now in my 60s and I am perfectly healthy. Over those years, when I would get anxious some of those sensations would come back but I basically ignore them and they go away because I know they are not harmful and they are produced by anxiety.\r\nI highly suggest for you that you relax your mind and body as much as possible. The more you worry about this the more symptoms will stick around. try to think of what in your life is creating anxiety and stress. That’s the important thing to do right now. You can speak to a counselor about this. You’re going to be OK! There are millions of people around the world that have these exact sensations from anxiety. You could even read about a lot of them right on this site. YouTube has some great meditations to relax your mind and body. Private message me anytime! " ], "date": [ "2022-04-22T17:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/ms-like-symptoms-please-help-783326?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Thanks, the bruising has gone down, my partner has just had a look. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T16:19+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "i have rung the dr and their advice is to go to a&e " ], "date": [ "2022-04-22T07:45+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I think all of us have bumped our head at some point. Most are not serious but if you’re concerned you can always talk with your doctor." ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T16:18+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/bumped-head-783292?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/nesty-1260867" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nesty-1260867" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheryl20077-1012552" ], "content": [ "Hi Cheryl \r\nMany thanks for the advice. \r\nAfter some research I think Ciprofloxacin is to blame for the majority of the symptoms. I should of never taken it. \r\nI'm hoping these will ease, but it's certainly anxiety based & have a holiday day booked next week, which hoping will help before a GP visit. \r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T17:40+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "yeah i would definitely go see your gp and explain to them all your symptoms he will probably give you a antidepressant. Good luck " ], "date": [ "2022-04-21T17:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/high-anxiety-having-trouble-sleeping-and-nerves-feels-charged-783058?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ghostdivision87-1033110" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/mary08081-1423850" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "i have night time anxiety, try seroquel for it. no anxiety and a full night of sleep." ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T18:25+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-insomnia-anyone-take-medication-within-24-hours-of-premethazine-782923?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "ringing in the ear is very common with long-term anxiety. I’ve had it for many years. It could also be caused by other things that are not serious. I just had to get used to having it because I nothing has been able to get rid of it. But for you, go to your ENT appointment and they will most likely give you a hearing test and go from there. in the meantime don’t put anything into your ear. just see what the doctor says." ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T13:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-anxiety-cause-your-ears-to-ring--783100?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jenni101183-924547" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I am literally going through this right now it woke me up out of my sleep. my right ear started to ringing really loudly. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T04:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-anxiety-cause-your-ears-to-ring--783100?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/nesty-1260867" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have had Tinnitus for 25 years now, I found some relief in eventually finding out why I had it. In my case it was damage across the frequency's due to bout of German measles, when I was young. \r\nI think you will have to identify the issue and get tested if you have any hearing damage, you can have Tinnitus without hearing damage, but first you need to eliminate other causes.\r\nI know it's easy to say, but you have to first start by realizing the noise is not a threat, it's common the more you concentrate on it, the louder it will appear and then the more anxiety it creates. \r\nThough, first see if there is anything causing it, it might be fixable in your case, then once you know you can take the next if relevant steps. \r\nGood luck \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T17:16+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-anxiety-cause-your-ears-to-ring--783100?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/janetx-991939" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Don&#39;t let anyone bully you into thinking it&#39;s &quot;all in your head&quot;.&#160; Especially when you have physical symptoms.&#160; Have you had allergy testing done?&#160; Make sure you do [b]food allergy test[/b]ing too, very important as the modern engineered wheat, corn and soy are very problematic to many people (Celiac etc.), and as the saying goes, you are what you eat.&#160; I&#39;ve heard that dairy can cause similar symptoms.&#160; Make sure you stay hydrated as dehydration can cause stuff to thicken up.&#160; If you live in a very dry climate, a humidifier at night might help.</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-09T18:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lisalisa67-542864" ], "content": [ "<p>Hi Lisa! I have tried different sprays with no effect! Tried to exclude food I might be allergic to, also been tested for allergies! One important and extremly sad thing is that my symtoms get far worse from physical activity, even a ten minutes walk! I underline not under the act , cause I wouldn&#39;t bother but afterwards and the up coming 24 hours! The blood tests do not conclude any autoimmune disease or hormonal problems! Haven&#39;t been to endocrinologist! Recently I&#39;ve developed pain right side abdomen under the ribs and the ribs it self! It&#39;s also stinging pain on left side cheek(sinuses) I assume where the secretion is mainly from! The same side that also gets stuffed! &#160; Should I take a biopsy in order to exclude any tissue problems? Could it be a connective tissue disease? Could it be hormonal problem that needs closer examination? Anyone?? Please, this is seriously a nightmare!!!</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-09T22:38+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Thick sticky mucous is not mental. Drink more water. A lot more. And shower before bed if its an allergy from nature at least your removing it. Nasonex is otc try that as well. The throat can be anything from anxiety to gerd to auto immune issues with the salivary goands. It is how you are explaining things r your state of mund when talking that andr concludes this. Heaven forbid anyone ius come of nervous whilst speaking, but overall some doctors just suck. You will need to change your diet. I would say see an allergist and get a food sensitivity  test.  Take a multivitamin daily and be sure you d levels are good. Start exercising stagnant people have a lot,of issues with mucous. Walk half an hour  at the gym. Whatever works. And lastly acupuncture is amazing for  this stuff. Clearing the throat can be psychosomatic not thick drips going on, i hope you feel better" ], "date": [ "2017-04-09T20:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/janetx-991939" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>My last comment is still waiting to be moderated - I think it had info about electrolytes and Mast Cell problems and allergies but I can&#39;t remember what I wrote.&#160; Mast Cell problems are not autoimmune in nature.&#160; One food sensitivity that I frequently hear causes thick mucus is dairy (milk, butter, cheese, etc.).&#160; Did your allergy testing include food allergies?&#160; Have you been evaluated by an Ear Nose and Throat specialist?&#160; Any imaging like a CT or MRI to see the sinus cavities?</p>" ], "date": [ "2017-04-10T01:58+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jackie000-1067499" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/azulasbluefire-1162927" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jackie000-1067499" ], "content": [ "Hello Jackie! Did you find a solution to your problem? My situation is pretty similar to yours! \r\n\r\nThank you!" ], "date": [ "2018-03-20T18:17+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/roheryn-1412737" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jackie000-1067499" ], "content": [ "I am curious if you found a solution. I have been vegan for six years, and I focus on organic and high raw plus supplements when needed. I have anxiety and wonder if it's hormone triggered. But so far, nothing is helping. Every time I get an anxiety attack, I feel like I'm getting the flu. But my body temp is hovering around 97 and sometimes even lower!" ], "date": [ "2022-01-13T02:12+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi Sam! I am literally in the exact same boat as you...one night I was going to sleep and realized this disguting feeling in the back of my throat, as if I had been crying and needed to keep swallowing to get my mucous out of it. I waited about 2 months before realizing something was up and went to the doctor. It has been over a year and I have seen about 6 doctors all who have perscribed me about 5 medications...I have recieved steroid shots, didnt work. I got an allergy test, Im not allergic to ANYTHING. I am vegan and do not eat meat, dairy, or eggs so thats out of the question. I do however suffer from anxiety. Whether the post nasal drip caused the anxiety of vice versa is what i am trying to fgure out. I am so depressed because of this. I am 24 and should not have this weird thing going on...i cannot live like this. I can only hope that we can figure this out. \r\nI have read some stuff about anxiety causing PND...so I actually am going to go see a psychiatrist thinking I can maybe take some lexapro and see if it helps. I notice that when I am with my friends or hiking or doing something where my mind is preoccupied, it is not in the back of my throat, so maybe it does have something to do with it?" ], "date": [ "2022-01-13T02:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/ann1013-1063156" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have a blocked feeling behind my nose and it can hard to swallow. The mucous moved around face and drove me nuts.  I did test positive for food allergies and this eliminated the mucous moving all around  but I still have the thick drainage behind my nose and Eustachian tube dysfunction in my ears.  I recently read that any patient who presents with unexplained sinus issues and etd should be tested for TMJ.  I do have it and wearing a bite splint improves my ears and sinuses quite a bit but not completely.  I had no idea my sinus issues, ear issues, neck and shoulder pain, dizziness and facial muscle spasms could be TMJ.  The one symptom I do not have is jaw pain! " ], "date": [ "2017-07-17T06:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/raven0801-1187253" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "<p>Hi Sam, I’m having exactly the same thing for weeks. My throat feels tight, whenever I swallow it feels like glue stuck &#160;in my back throat. The mucus is clear(if I’m lucky enough to hack it up but it comes back right away) My mouth also feels super dry and sticky. It affected my eating and drinking and my appetite went completely away. I did an ENT endoscopy, found nothing. I also DON’T have any symptoms for sinusitis or rihinitis such as runny nose, sneezing, etc., just the mucus...and I can differ it from a Globus Sensation because it feels so sticky...I really don’t know what to do next maybe go see another ENT or test for Sj&#246;grens? </p><p>Are you better now? Did you find anything to help?</p>" ], "date": [ "2018-06-18T14:03+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/patricia57987-1424351" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello Sam, have you found a solution to this problem? ive been having the same issue for 3 years now. ive had to drop out of school i cant eat or drink in public because the mucus never stops. its thick slimy. and thick jelly mucus balls. i am hacking up all day everyday. i dont know how much more i can take honestly. luckily i work from home so im confined to my house 24/7. i no longer have a quality of life. please let me know if tou have found a solution. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T11:13+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/peetree84-1424491" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sam01206-993051" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Sam, \r\n\r\nhaving similar problems myself with no answers so far; did you end up finding out any more? \r\n\r\nP" ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T13:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/post-nasal-drip-mucus-in-throat-psychosomatic--585250?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/yvette_1938-1008524" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "no sorry i don't have that issue " ], "date": [ "2018-10-20T18:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/kayleigh1412-1181703" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/kayleigh1412-1181703" ], "content": [ "bingo ! but when i google it nothing comes up " ], "date": [ "2018-10-20T19:36+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "i know exactly how you feel whenever im with people and i like to have a good laugh when i laugh too much i think im going to pass out or its like i get light headed then my anxiety kicks off really bad " ], "date": [ "2018-10-20T18:43+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/chelsea31880-1204672" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Yep. Its like the laughing makes you short of breath and then your anxious mind is like hey that means youre dying...which then ruins all the fun :/ " ], "date": [ "2018-10-20T19:39+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jademariew-1018501" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "i have wondered this for a while now. It seems like everytime i go into a \"proper\" laugh, i lose my breath and then start to feel anxious! " ], "date": [ "2018-10-20T20:35+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/marvinmartian-1141667" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Definitely yes when I was on Buspar. I would be relaxed not a care in the world, find something funny and go into the mother of all panic attacks during a laugh. 1st the sensation of laughing and joy at the time was foreign to my mind. 2nd as others mentioned it will make you light headed. 3rd you may become excited. Being excited is normally a positive emotion. However it has the exact same feelings and body symptoms as anxiety. Your brain can flip in a split second from identifying a good feeling like excitement into a negative bad one like anxiety. But even in my norm I got to walk away if I find something overly funny because I monitor my body too much and it makes me feel off. I got to calm down at times even from positive emotions.\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-03-30T06:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/reishi-1373982" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "I have this too T^T And thanks to the comments, I can feel now that I'm not alone. " ], "date": [ "2022-03-30T06:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/james07998-1422107" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "its such a relief to know im not the only one" ], "date": [ "2022-03-30T06:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/georgia48613-1423140" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "when i laugh i feel a pressure feeling around my head and behind my ears and im starting breathing irregular. Also it feels like im having chills on im my head and im always afraid of having high blood pressure or even i will die. same thing happens when im getting excited.plz answer .\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-07T23:45+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/adityasanghvi-1422250" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "The best way to reduce anxiety attacks at that moment is to splash chilled cold water on the face. It will help your heart rate to lower and calm your mind." ], "date": [ "2022-04-11T10:22+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/carole66077-1080915" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leahbabycake-1027633" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "This has just happened to me, I was watching a very funny video to try and get rid of my anxiety and afterwards felt nausea, faint and fearful, the same feelings I get anyway. I would have thought laughing would have helped but still feel bad 20 mins later. anyone know why this happens." ], "date": [ "2022-04-20T13:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/laughing-causes-anxiety-attacks--682848?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/dip58448-1376343" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amy08440-1416577" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "This is so wonderful to read! Thank you so much for coming back here to share. I really appreciate it.\r\n\r\nI started zoloft about 2 weeks ago for breathing issues and very intrusive thoughts I have about it. I'm always trying to overbreathe, feeling air hunger, my ribs feel like they can't expand enough, and I feel like I'm going to suffocate and die. I'm scared to go anywhere or do anything because of it. I did all the tests, and my doc says it's anxiety.\r\n\r\nI haven't seen any effect of zoloft yet. The side effects *knock on wood* havent been bad...mostly decreased appetite, but I don't mind.\r\n\r\nI really hope this works for me. If it doesn't, I don't know if I can go on. Everyday is such a struggle managing my breathing. It took you like 5 weeks to start feeling better?\r\n\r\nI'm so happy to hear your story - thank you once again for sharing!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T23:52+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/fluoxetine-review-in-hope-it-helps-others-783194?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/john57529-1424405" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/sally38210-1423631" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Sally, you're fine, you'll get those icepick headaches with stress, i get them all the time, CBD seems to work for me. keep strumming, that'll be the last thing that kills you. unless the world ends while you're having fun. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T20:02+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/scared-bc-of-head-pain-782865?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hunter9954-1423789" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hunter9954-1423789" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "Thank you so much you have no idea how reassuring someone else has had these symptoms and it was not a brain tumor. Thank you for taking the time and responding to my concern. I am so thankful you told me this. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-14T20:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hunter9954-1423789" ], "content": [ "im so glad that you feel relieved. There are millions of people around the world who get these exact symptoms from anxiety and stress. just always remind yourself that your testing was normal. Those doctors see things all the time and they know exactly what to look for. and you are in the clear! ❤" ], "date": [ "2022-04-15T00:09+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I am sorry that you are going through this but your sensations including twitches, headaches, flashes of light, pins and needles, ear pressure, etc. can definitely be related to stress and anxiety. I am telling you this because I have had everyone of your symptoms all at the same time plus more symptoms when I was in my late 20s. They came on suddenly and I, like you, thought I had some horrible illness. these sensations would come and go. \r\nall of the testing I had done was perfectly normal. Every single one of my symptoms was due to long-term stress and anxiety. And that sounds like the same thing for you. I am much older than you and I am doing very well now.\r\nJust because you convinced yourself you have a brain tumor does not make that a fact. You have to look at what the real facts are. And that is that your testing is normal.! Something would definitely have shown up if it was there.\r\nThere are other things that cause your symptoms which are not serious such as severe anxiety about your health. you see, when we worry about our health we are telling our brains that something is wrong even if there’s nothing wrong at all. But the brain will react and cause you to have these symptoms. The body can only take so much stress before it has a breakdown which is what happened to me and is happening to you by having these strange symptoms. These symptoms are NOT harmful! But they are weird and scary. It’s just your body‘s way of reacting to your anxiety. \r\nYou have to let go! You have to find some help in managing your health anxiety or this will keep happening to you. It’s a miserable way to live and I finally learned that I had to get support which I did through a counselor who specializes in health anxiety. \r\nPlease get some support so you can breathe a little easier. You can’t go through life having test after test for reassurance. Your doctor has already told you there is nothing wrong. Work on creating more positive thinking which a counselor can help you with. You’re going to be OK!\r\nyou need to relax your mind as often as possible. There are some great meditations on YouTube for anxiety and overthinking. And some good breathing exercises. The more you calm down your body and mind , the less symptoms you will have. Take care!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-14T20:42+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-have-convinced-myself-i-have-a-brain-tumor-782905?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/john57529-1424405" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/hunter9954-1423789" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Hunter. I'm going through exactly the same thing at the moment. I've had every test under the sun, and the doc says I'm as fit as a fiddle. I've been put on antidepressants and beta blockers which help with the anxiety. I've also been seeing a chiropractor, who's been helping to take the pain out of my shoulders and back. He also knows a bit about health anxiety and anxiety attacks, which has been so helpful. I've started using C.B.D which i think helped with the stress headaches. My next course of action is CBT and a bike. im trying to beat this, as its like hell on earth. stay positive, it will pass. just keep telling yourself that if it was something you'd be gone by now. I'm 4 months in now and i tell myself that all the time. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T19:55+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-have-convinced-myself-i-have-a-brain-tumor-782905?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/sue162-930936" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan32118-1424364" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "HI Jan,\r\n\r\nAww this has added pressure on you and I can imagine you feel like husband will have another. Are the meds new I was wondering if they have any side effects to them? Time will make the feeling go about him having another one. I think its a month for TIA for him to drive if the dr says its ok. i have posted with depression, my partner had a non epileptic seizure at xmas and its six months until he drives and so pressure is on me until then and to run his van which I hate driving or it will seize up. MAke sure you have time to yourself as you deserve it. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T13:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-stress-following-my-husband-s-stroke-783172?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan32118-1424364" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "make sure that you are taking care of yourself. That’s the best gift that you can give your husband. \r\nTake some time out to relax, deep breathing, meditation to bring down your level of anxiety. you tube has some great meditations for anxiety to calm down your body and mind! \r\nyour sensations are very common with anxiety and stress. I have experienced all of those and still do from time to time. They are not harmful but I know how scary they can feel. \r\nMake sure you are staying hydrated with water and eating healthy. \r\ntry to get a little bit of exercise in even if it’s just walking. Those breaks are very important! \r\nthere are some great support groups in most communities for people in family members affected by TIA, stroke, etc. You can check those out! \r\nyou are going to be OK. Just take one day at a time . ❤" ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T15:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-stress-following-my-husband-s-stroke-783172?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan32118-1424364" ], "author_to": [], "comments": [], "content": [ "Thanks both for replying. These symptoms are so scary but it's reassuring to know that they are not unusual for anxiety/stress. I do exercise my dog twice a day but I sometimes feel spaced out whilst walking, not quite myself. I'm sorry you have your own problems too, I send my best wishes to you both." ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T17:37+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-stress-following-my-husband-s-stroke-783172?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "thanks for replying im in the uk and its free with the nhs " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T20:15+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "you have to check with your insurance to see if you can do self referral. Some insurances make you get a referral from your primary care doctor. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T20:06+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/cbt-783112?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cy56407-1424176" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Is anything in your life going on right now that could be causing you anxiety and stress? Since your testing is all normal, it’s a good idea to think about if anything like that is going on. Stress and anxiety can cause the sensations that you have.\r\nthe stomach issues, chest issues, tingling feeling in your back are very common with anxiety.my long-term anxiety has resulted in occasional gastritis which is very painful in the stomach area, I get random tingling in my legs, face, etc. over the years I’ve had chest pressure , floaters in my eyes, buzzing or vibration feeling in my arms and legs, and on and on. All my testing has always been normal so I know mine is due to stress and anxiety over many years. \r\nits very possible that the same thing is happening with you. \r\ni had to learn how to relax my mind and body are still at the Sensations would decrease or go away.if possible speak with a counselor about this so that you can get some support and learn how to manage it. The main thing is that your testing was all normal.feel better soon! " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T12:57+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-issues-783080?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/lou62989-1406506" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cy56407-1424176" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "It's reassuring to know you have had the tests done which are all OK. Anxiety has a lot to answer for!\r\nI have had an uncomfortable feeling feeling for a while on my right side like something under my rib feels tight sometimes like a pressure mostly it's when I'm sitting down. I saw the doctor who said doesent think it's anything to worry about but if it gets painful can go for tests. it's not painful but it's still there that feeling but I keep thinking is it just because it's on my mind am I causing it to happen? It does seem common for anxiety to cause symptoms but then you still question it in yr mind which then makes it worse, it's a vicious circle!! \r\nDoesent really answer yr question I know but Try and take comfort in that u have had tests done." ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T07:10+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-issues-783080?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/guest-1376903" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cy56407-1424176" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "hi, i could have wrote this! except mine has been going on for a year. ive had bloods, stool samples and ultrasound done and seen a gastroenterologist. who said im very anxious! i try not to be but obviously something subconsciously is going on. i now worry about every little ache and pain. im sorry it doesnt answer your question just that i am in a similar position. take care :) " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T12:17+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-issues-783080?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/hopeless1803-1423691" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/pd33-1424167" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hello, I have the same tummy issues with my anxiety. I can be fine one min and then all of a sudden if i start feeling anxious I need the loo. It could be that ive popped to the shop for milk and ill be walking round and come over all sweaty and my tummy with gurgle, I would have to put down whatever I had and find the nearest loo. I also find that on the odd occasion my anxiety has allowed me to go out for a meal I will get half way through eating and then the sweaty panic feeling starts. It is such an annoying side effect to anxiety as it makes the panic worse, always needing to know where the nearest toilet is and not being able to enjoy a meal out. I hope this passes for you xx\r\n" ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T07:53+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-causing-frequent-bowel-movements-783078?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

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[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jess4224-1423989" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " I am so sorry you’re going through this. I’m sure it hurts a lot. And I’m sure it hurts that your sister is not the sister that you need right now. But we can’t make someone become the person that they should be. \r\n The main thing right now is that you need to find peace of mind. You need to take care of yourself and put yourself first. Not in a selfish way but in a way that makes you feel better and more peaceful and stronger. \r\n And one of the ways you do that is by letting go. At least for right now. release the hurt that you feel your sister is causing and forgive her. You don’t have to forgive her verbally but in your heart and in your mind release all of that and you will feel a sense of relief. many counselors will tell their patients to say out loud to themselves \" I release all of my hurt, anxiety, and stress. I forgive my sister for not being the sister that I need right now. for whatever reason. I let it go! I let it go! \"when I do this I hold my hands and my arms up and release it all.if you have to say this 10 times a day that’s fine. \r\n Even if you deserve more from her, she may not be able to give it right now for whatever reason. So that’s why if you keep thinking about this it will just make you feel miserable all the time and you don’t deserve that! also it’s not going to do you a bit of good to feel anxious about this. It’s only going to hurt you. \r\n there May come a day when she does come around and when she does, welcome her with open arms. Life is too short to spend in resentment, anger, jealousy, etc. we need to make the best of our own lives. \r\n its Great that you are going to get some counseling. Just open up like you did on here and talk about it all. I was just sharing with you something that I found to be very helpful. Hope you feel better soon. You deserve to feel at peace and that can happen by forgiving and letting go. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-16T21:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feeling-emotional-because-of-jealousy--782981?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheyenne49274-1407310" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "dont give your dreams that much power. most dont make sense. your brain picked up bits and pieces of what you were watching and stored it . that is just a biological process. sometimes it appears in dreams but not always. it just did in your case. has nothing to do with you true desires. \r\ni have had so many weird or embarassing dreams but i simply laugh them off knowing i would never want any to be real in my life. \r\nsame for you. dont put so much stress on yourself .its just your brain spitting out images and maybe words it stored. dreams arent smart haha you are ok! dont overthink this cuz its not worth it " ], "date": [ "2022-04-16T15:19+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/do-dreams-reflect-true-feelings-desires--782958?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/yogi10-1419223" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/cheyenne49274-1407310" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/cheyenne49274-1407310" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/yogi10-1419223" ], "content": [ "Thank you so much for your reply, it is reassuring to know that I am not alone in this experience. The feelings aren't true and are long gone like you said, it can just be so difficult with the ruminating because you think about something so much you start to actually feel that it is true. Thank you so much for your reply." ], "date": [ "2022-04-15T17:40+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "Hi, \r\nThis definitely happens to me, i was with an abusive ex many years ago and little things can trigger feelings that have long gone. Try and be compassionate to yourself as dreams can stir up distressing thoughts and feelings that we ruminate over especially with OCD. sorry i haven't got much advice but know that you're definitely not alone in your feelings " ], "date": [ "2022-04-15T17:24+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/do-dreams-reflect-true-feelings-desires--782958?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/leporen-1366434" ], "comments": [], "content": [ " this is kind of long but I wanted to share a few things with you since I’ve had anxiety for many years. \r\n long-term stress and anxiety can affect our bodies in many ways. There is a direct correlation between the brain and the gastrointestinal system. Long-term anxiety can cause stomach and intestinal issues. In my case I got gastritis from long-term anxiety. it’s very well controlled but I have to make sure the anxiety is managed well.\r\n have you spoken with your doctor about the abdominal pains? \r\n The vast majority of time it’s nothing serious but it’s always good to have a yearly check up anyway with your doctor. I would just say if it doesn’t go away let him or her know. Many times it’s indigestion, Gerd, gastritis or nothing going on at all. \r\n your sensations very common with a high level of anxiety and stress. I have had all of those many times plus more. \r\n 1. . anxiety and it’s awful sensations can just pop out of nowhere \r\n so it’s important to know what to do when that happens. what I do is first of all, not overreact to it because when I do , it continues and gets worse. I just have a matter of fact attitude about it. Our mental attitude is super important! \r\n2. Breathe! proper breathing with anxiety is really important to calm everything down. When we have anxiety we tend to breathe very shallowly which makes it worse. Get on YouTube and look up mindfulness breathing exercises for anxiety or something similar. \r\n3. twice a day and especially at night when laying down to sleep, I listen to relaxing meditations for anxiety that relax my mind and body. It’s a known fact that when you do this regularly, there are actually positive changes in the brain! \r\n4.no matter what even if I’m having anxiety sensations that are disturbing me, I make it a point to exercise at least four times a week. It actually helps to fight anxiety by releasing good hormones. if I get a sudden rush of adrenaline which causes my heart to beat faster and other crazy sensations, I will splash my face with cold water which has a reaction in the body to slow things down. \r\n5. also, I tried to take the focus off of myself so I don’t overthink . I do that by keeping super busy. The worst thing for me is sitting around. Something that makes me feel really good is when I help other people. That takes the focus off and onto others. And it gives you a good feeling. Or any other way that you like to keep busy. \r\n6. you could be having anxiety sensations while doing any of the above things but you are still benefiting from doing those things. I just push through it. Finally, it’s really important in battling anxiety to find the time and situation that get you smiling, laughing, joking around. I find when I’m anxious I am way more serious but I could battle that with being a lot more lighthearted.\r\nTake One day at a time. Do your best and move on. Don’t let the sensations make you feel fearful. As weird as they are, sensations from anxiety are not harmful. Most of them are caused by the adrenaline that is released which eventually fades. \r\nYou are going to be OK! We are joined by millions and millions of people around the world who have the same thing.\r\nhave a nice evening! \r\n " ], "date": [ "2022-04-19T19:29+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-sharp-stomach-pain--782932?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jess4224-1423989" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/lee16648-1423990" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi Lee16648,\r\n\r\nThis is something that i get quite often. I tend to get it more if i am eating out the house, I will not finish a full meal and usually have to walk around and get some fresh air. I have discussed this with my Doctor and she put it down to anxiety as my diet is pretty healthy (Minus a couple of extra coffees which can also contribute to increased heart rate). \r\n\r\nWhat I do if i have to eat out is book in advance, (if possible) and make them aware I am anxious about eating out and the vast majority of the time, staff can be very accommodating. You can also try sticking to certain foods for a little while to see if this has a positive affect. for example less sugar and caffeine?\r\n\r\nI hope this helps!" ], "date": [ "2022-04-16T02:21+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-racing-after-eating--782979?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jane93501-1167634" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "yes I have have felt the pause and seems longer than a second. But anytime I get checked out by my doctor everything is fine. You could always have an ECG so that you know everything is OK. Once you find out that it’s OK, you can relax . The more you relax the less this will happen. I always find that the more I worry, the more I have this happened plus other anxiety sensations. \r\nwe could actually be causing some of these sensations by how we think and worry. So I found slowing my mind down really helps and breathing properly for anxiety." ], "date": [ "2022-04-15T10:44+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/pac-pvc-pause-duration-782945?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]

[ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amberchhh-1375444" ], "comments": [ { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/amberchhh-1375444" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "content": [ "thank you so much for your concern! <3 as for the things that might cause anxiety, im not really sure bc it all started back in summer before going to school and the symptoms are almost totally gone anytime im on a school break so it might be some subconscious school-related anxiety (cuz overall i dont have any reasons to be stressed bc of school cuz everything's always going smooth), but now i think the war in ukraine could be a huge stress factor for my anxiety spike-ups in the past 2 months bc i live in a country bordering ukraine & there's a lot of premises for us to be attacked too so that could definitely be the reason behind me getting these spike-ups more often for the past months" ], "date": [ "2022-04-12T19:43+00:00" ] }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/jan34534-998356" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amberchhh-1375444" ], "content": [ " it makes complete sense that you have those symptoms now that you’ve told me the things you are concerned about. When we worry about things such as the war, etc. it can definitely bring on those symptoms that you are getting. \r\n I really doubt it’s anything else other than stress and anxiety. Do everything you can do to relax your body and mind. It’s really important to take only one day at a time. There’s something called forecasting that people with anxiety do and I have done it myself. That is to look in the future and predict what’s going to happen. Nobody knows what’s going to happen in any situation in the future. The future does not exist now. The only thing that exists is today, the present moment. \r\nThings can change quickly and it can also be for the positive. So don’t wear yourself out. I know it’s hard to stay positive about anything but just do your best. when I’m really anxious and stressed out, I keep myself busy as much as I can to keep my mind off of those things. Also when I help other people, it keeps my mind off of myself and what I worry about. ❤" ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T11:08+00:00" ] } ], "content": [ "I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I had the same thing happened to me when I was your age. I thought I had some horrible illness. The panic, the headaches, dizziness,, Feeling like things are moving, etc. yet all of my testing was normal. The neurologist basically told me to go on a vacation and relax. I know for sure that all of that was brought on by stress and anxiety because your body can only take so much stress before it has a breakdown and that’s what happen with me. Any time now that I get anxious I might get a couple of those sensations here or there but it’s nothing like it was back then.\r\nwe cannot diagnose on this site, but your symptoms do sound a lot like anxiety and stress related. \r\nIf you can just go have a complete physical check up so that you can relax knowing that everything is OK. \r\nAnd remember that any symptoms caused by anxiety are not harmful even though they feel weird and scary. The best thing you can do is try to relax your mind as much as you can.\r\nIs there anything going on in your life that may be causing you stress or anxiety? and remember that any symptoms caused by anxiety are not harmful even though they feel weird and scary. The best thing you can do is try to relax your mind as much as you can.. is there anything in your life that can be causing anxiety? feel free to private message me anytime!❤" ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T11:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-something-else--782812?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/adityasanghvi-1422250" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amberchhh-1375444" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Anxiety can also be dealt by doing physical and breathing exercise which helps in releasing feel good hormones known as Endorphins. These endorphins are like natural cannabis- like brain chemicals that can enhance the sense of well being in the person. " ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T11:08+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-something-else--782812?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" }, { "author_from": [ "/forums/profiles/crispy76-1142973" ], "author_to": [ "/forums/profiles/amberchhh-1375444" ], "comments": [], "content": [ "Hi, I experience very similar symptoms as yourself (tension headache - not painful, more like a tightness in the head which leads to brain fog and a stiff neck) if it of re-assurance then have been to see a Neuro and had an MRI - all came back clear with diagnosis of anxiety. Unfortunately, it does seem that some of us are more sensitive to our external environments - at home or at weekends I experience no problems at all." ], "date": [ "2022-04-18T11:09+00:00" ], "url": "https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-or-something-else--782812?order=oldest&page=0#topic-replies" } ]