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I only starting reading posts a couple of days ago so I am still new to this. I have a question. Has anyone ever felt anxiety but not about anything? I mean for example, feeling nervous and tense, but not thinking about anything? Like blank..nothing. Thats whats happening to me more and more, I try to figure out..ok what am I thinking about thats triggering this feeling and I come up blank. I cant rationalize it because Im not in any particular situation, and I dont have anything on my mind. Is this a form of anxiety also, or am I just losing it? When I use to think of anxiety, I always thought it was in relation to something or a situation like driving, or doing or talking to someone or anticipation of something...but can it be empty like this, where its not any of those, just simply a feeling? Many times I have anticipation anxiety, but at times I just dont have anything but the tense nervousness. I am only on session one and will do session two tomorrow..but any response to this would be appreciated, has anyone else felt this way? Thanks.

Something is bothering you, you need to ask yourself what is it that is really bothering you, even if it is a small thing like bills, work or perhaps OCD thing. Like dust in the air, or unlocked doors. Then you will know where to start.

Also stimulants can cause anxiety, ie alcohol, tobacco, caffeine (<-that is a very powerful stimulant) and sugar. So take an honest look at your diet.

I have anxiety attacks and 80 percent of them I have no idea where it came from. So I know how you feel. Like I will just be sitting there and all of a sudden poof a panic attack. They mainly start with physical symptoms but then I end up making them A LOT worse due to negative self talk. I start to think its something a lot worse. Its not like it doesn't feel like the worst thing in the world already.

Yes I have anxiety and panic attacks and cant even think of where they came from. They are just sudden. Is anyone a out there a hypochondriac? I feel lost and alone>

I feel like that too, and then I sit and try to think about if I had maybe a sudden thought that I dident realize I had? Crazy I know but I beleave that some where deep inside your mind was a thought that scared you. That is where the anxiety came from. sorry if it doesent help I am new and only starting week three and this is my first time on forum.

Ofcourse, it will happen those who are sitting in front of the computer long time without divert other thing in the mind. Take a proper medications to control anxiety.

I think that what you are experiencing is generalized anxiety disorder.

I have delt with panic disorder since I was 22 years old and I am only 26 now. I know how bad it is too feel, most of the time, right when you wake up, like you can't breath and your heart is pounding out of your chest and your hands and feet get cold and sweaty and the worst thoughts enter your mind becuase no matter how hard you try to relax it just keeps getting worse and worse. I never even knew what anxiety/panic attacks were and my obgyn doctor told me that's what it was! It started happening to me after I had my second child and thought it was a problem with my heart or blood pressure because I had pre eclampcia or toximia. I think I spelled those right. But NOPE! It was anxiety! GREAT! They referred me to a psychologist and she then put me with someone who could prescribe the necessary medications. Which was klonopin. She explained that it was a narcotic and it was the least addictive of it's class. All of them besides lorazapam work for me. For some people they can simply just breath it out and work through an attack that way, but mine are very severe and last until I take my medicine.I have gone without taking it and it is no fun at all because for me those horrible symptoms don't just quit on their own. Don't be afraid to take kionopins. They really work and if it weren't for those types of meds I wouldn't even be able to get out of bed and function. Which, for me being so young really, to put it frankly, just plain SUCKS. But at least there is something that I can take that eliminates me feeling out of control of my own body and it not feeling normal. I don't know why I have this disorder. I do know that I have had a few very traumatic experiences in where my life could have been taken. But still that was long before I started having these symptoms of panic disorder. Maybe all that stress just caught up with my body, I don't know. I hope that one day I won't have to look for a pill to make me feel stabalized anymore, but until that day I just have to keep taking my klonopin.

Hi TClark, I have suffered from sudden on-set panic attacks since I was a teenager. Nothing "triggers" the attacks. I'm now usually in a "relaxed" setting with family/friends when it happens. I start hyperventilating for no reason. I'm looking for answers too!! I also have anxiety attacks which started after my husband died----the two are totally different!!! My anxiety attacks are what the "program" refers to as panic attacks----dizzyness, heart pounding, nausea, etc. All of a sudden, I just feel really drunk!! My doctor gave me Xanax for the anxiety but NOTHING helps the sudden panic attacks. Good luck to you---I hope that we can both get the help we need.