Please tell me someone else is going through this!

[okxen]

Hey everyone! im knew her and i would just like to get everyone's opinion. So im about 2 months into this thing with having anxiety and it sucks lol. Well the problem is sometimes i think that i really don't have anxiety even after my doctor has done extensive tests. im going through thw program but i think the thought of having something else that isnt anxiety kind of hold me back from getting the whole benefit of the program. Another thing, i am deathly afraid of palpitations... i feel like my heart is going to suddenly stop and im just going to lay there and die. Whats wierd though is that i never had them before in my life , and im 20 years old btw, that i can remember and now that i have anxiety i have them randomly.. sometimes with a panic/anxiety attack or just out of the blue for no reason. did this happen to any one else? i feel like if i know that im not alone at least ill feel better. I know i should be reassuring myself and not looking for it through other people but that habit is a little hard to breakk.

[KAMO]

You are not alone. I have anxiety attacks and I can be sitting in my living room feeling fine, and for no reason at all, get hit by an anxiety attack. I may have one everyday for two weeks, go for a month without one, or have one every other day. My doctor thinks it could be hormones, but he doesn't really know and neither do I. All I can do right now is pray this will go away and hope Lucinda's CD's help. But believe me, you are not by yourself with this.

[pettygil]

Yep, I feel the same way. I always get told it's panic but it also in my case it maybe nuralogical. I have to go see the head doctor and get my head examined. lol..But yea, I feel as if something is really wrong with me. I am so dizzy and light headed all the time, and it feels like I am going to pass out every day..I went to the ear doctor and it's not inner ear. And yes, I know this is bad but when I drink I tend to feel calmer, and not so light headed, if I don't get drunk..once the alchol wears off, it's back to the room spinning and feeling like I am going to fall over. I get heart racing to, and it beats hard sometimes, it feels like my heart is beating out of my chest. hey, if you think it's a heart problem get it checked cause those doctor will know for sure if it is panic..i got told that from a heart doctor before, he said it is panic, not a heart problem.
I do worry sometimes i might have a tumor, because every day I have to hold on to things, so i don't fall over. But I am going to get it checked out, so I know for sure. It would easy my mind to know.

[KAMO]

Yep, I feel the same way. I always get told it's panic but it also in my case it maybe nuralogical. I have to go see the head doctor and get my head examined. lol..But yea, I feel as if something is really wrong with me. I am so dizzy and light headed all the time, and it feels like I am going to pass out every day..I went to the ear doctor and it's not inner ear. And yes, I know this is bad but when I drink I tend to feel calmer, and not so light headed, if I don't get drunk..once the alchol wears off, it's back to the room spinning and feeling like I am going to fall over. I get heart racing to, and it beats hard sometimes, it feels like my heart is beating out of my chest. hey, if you think it's a heart problem get it checked cause those doctor will know for sure if it is panic..i got told that from a heart doctor before, he said it is panic, not a heart problem.
I do worry sometimes i might have a tumor, because every day I have to hold on to things, so i don't fall over. But I am going to get it checked out, so I know for sure. It would easy my mind to know.

Hey Pettygil, I'm not a doctor, but it really sounds like vertigo. Maybe you should see another ENT and get a second opinion

[TressB]

Hey okxen! I suffer from palpitations also. I am 29 and have had palpitations since I was pregnant 3 years ago even though I have been suffering with anxiety for much longer than that. I too would sometimes have them with a panic attack or I could just be sitting still, not worried, and all of the sudden I would get them and think that I was seriously going to die shortly. My family doctor sent me home with a Holter Monitor for 24 hours and I was supposed to press a button when I felt it. I was afraid that it was not going to happen because they were not all the time, every day. Sometimes it would be several times a day and sometimes not at all. Luckily, it did happen once while I was wearing the monitor. I forget what the doctor called it, but he said that it is ok and he put me on atenelol which is also a medication used to lower blood pressure. It has worked great and I never feel them anymore. I hated it because I would be just fine and then the palpitations would send me in to an all out panic and I would freak out for days because of it. Good luck to you! I know it is an awful feeling.

[okxen]

I'm almost positive it isnt a heart problem because, i had an EKG done and a chest X-ray at the ER on July 4 of this year. They were the ones to first diagnose me, then i followed up with my family doctor and she concluded that it was anxiety and depression. As for palpitations they are normal, they can be caused by over stress, energy drinks, not enough sleep, too much sleep in some cases and my family doctor told me they dont really worry about palpitations in young healthy people. I thank God every day that i am doing a lot better! i went a whole week feeling fine then things got hard and i got stressed out a bit, but i am going to beat this thing because i said i am and because i know i am stronger than this condition. Best if luck to all of you out there!!! and i got my blood pressure down!!!! lol im so excited. lucinda is right be happy for the little things because life really isnt easy. and if it does get tuff dont quit! tryyy harderr!!! God Bless all of you guys and thanks for answering )