ok- this anxiety thing is new to me. i have always had depression, but anxiety never really effected me. after going to the doctor a million times, and having everything else checked out, i've determined these symptoms are due to my anxiety. i get them atleast once a day, sometimes 2 or 3. it can last hours. its debilitating. i just get tired and weak. i dont have panic attacks, its just GAD- generalized anxiety disorder. ive read about all the normal treatments- breathing, yoga, blah, blah, blah....in the moment when you feel like crap- doesnt help. and sometimes it just comes on for no reason. nothing horrible happens, but apparently its just "the days worry and tension"....can anyone relate? what do you do? or just sympathize with me. i really dont like feeling crappy every day :(
Hi Lisa- How old are you? Your symptoms don't sound like anxiety to me, atleast not the anxiety I have seen in the past. Can you describe your symptoms in detail? Hope things get better, that sounds miserable!
I read your post and couldnt help but think of myself. I have the exact same symptoms as you. Hot flashes, nausea, weeknes, vomiting, disentary, the spins, tingly and faint. When it hits you can not get out of bed you r so sick like u had mentioned. I am not trying to thread jack anyone but yoga breathing exercises no help because of how fast it disabilitates you. I would like to know also what this is. Most people describe the attacks as an hour long or it being like a heart attack. Mine can last for weeks. It was so bad at one time I had to be put on valume and sleep for a week so my body could recharge. My dr also told me these attacks make me go into boarder line hysteria. I cant answer your question but am so glad to find some one w the same symptoms. I would like to find this answer also so hopefully we can talk and maybe find out a solution.
jaden, im so glad you wrote! i was starting to feel like i was crazy! are you on any daily anidepressants or antianxiety meds? i was on xanax for a few weeks, and i would take one during one of these "attacks" and it seemed to stop it alot faster. atleast i think. but then the doctor didnt like how much i was taking it, so im battling to try more. do you think there is anything you take or do that keeps them from being so frequent? the thing that i hate the most is that you have no idea when one is going to hit you- it could be at the most inconvienant time. so frustrated!!! did your doctor say anything else?
jaden, i forgot to ask- and im afraid of the answer- how long have these been going on for you? mine have been for like 9 months now. im so afraid they are not going to stop :(
HI lisa! I am actually experiencing what you are going through right now! It is so frusturating! I have panic and GAD! My GAD causes me to worry uncontrolably, the minute i feel wierd or tingly i blame it on something else, like the medications that im taking, or i think god forbid something is wrong with me, its crazy!!!! I go insane sometimes! Ive been to the doctor many times and they all tell me IM FINE! but still i make up these crazy thoughts in my mind that something detrimental is happening! My anxiety got so bad recently that my Doctor put me on Lexapro (an anti deprresant) so lets see if it helps.. Good luck Lisa! and dont worry you are not alone in this! millions of people in the world experience anxeity!!! so keep smiling w'll all get through this!
Hi Lisa, wow i could have written your post! I have been diagnosed with panic and anxiety disorder along with PTSD. During my bouts of extreme anxiety, depression and panic which can last several weeks for me, i feel all the symptoms you have. I have had so much medical testing in the last year or so with everything normal that i can only figure it is anxiety related. I get tingly weird sensations along with probably at least 50 other symptoms. When i feel like this i am tired weak and physically and emotionally drained for as long as the symptoms are present. Like one of the other posts said i also am in a state of hysteria when having my bouts . It is just astonishing the way anxiety and related conditions can totally cripple a person. People that have not experienced it first hand can't even imagine the suffering. But as they say it is a very treatable condition so i hold out lots of hope for myself and i wish you good luck to. Renee