Craig80
23-06-06, 13:55
Hi to everyone. long post alert!!! lol! but it might be worth a read! :)
This should also be in the health anxiety section, can a mod please move it, thanks!
I recently stumbled upon this place, and all I can say is [Wow!]. There are so many other people feeling the EXACT same feeling I have been for the past few weeks.
This is quite reassuring, as it rules out a hell of a lot of 'what if's!!!'
and i hope this post will be beneficial to others also!
It started about 4 weeks ago. I had been out, and woke the next morning with a real tight chest. (I was a social smoker, but hadnt smoked for weeks! This night i smoked.)
I paniced!!! I thought my heavy night out with friends was the cause of it. Anyway i felt fine later that day, but with a slightly tight chest all week.
Friday afternoon, i just felt WEIRD!!! I had no idea what was happening to me, but the symptoms were dizzyness, tight chest, chest pain, spinning out for a few seconds at a time, very uncomfortable, worried, and down right scared crappless if im honest!
I looked online for the symptoms and a whole range of things came up!! This made me feel worse as i thought i was seriously ill and was about to pop my clogs any minute!!!
I eventually found an exact match - ANXIETY!
this was it, my symptoms matched every single anxiety symptom i could find!
I was anxious for a week or so, constantly. Even though I knew what was wrong with me, i couldnt help but worry it was something worse! I will admit to being a bit of a hypercondriac, which im sure doesnt help either! [:I]
I had derealisation, tight chest, pains all over the place, wobbly legs, bloatedness, worry, tingles in my arms, legs, fingers, etc, etc.
I felt as though I was fighting with myself to try and stop thinking about what was happening to me, but it was a real struggle! mental torture. I would forget and feel brilliant, then suddently think to myself, oh i havent thought about it for half hour. oh hello symptoms yet again!! grrrr!
One morning I was in my room, and feeling rather anxious. I was having aches and pains in my body an head and was paranoid i was gonna die or something terrible was going to happen. shooting pains in my head and chest, etc, etc. I tried to lay down but i could feel it building up inside and getting worse and worse! I just had to get out the house!
So i headed off to my girls house, change of environment, and the hope it would take my mind off of it. The journey was a nightmare! I was really really worried something terrible was about to happen to me. I cold drive fine, but the feeling was horrible! I even considered pulling in on the hard shoulder when i saw a police car parked up for help!! crazy! Eventually I got there, which was a slight relief, but i just broke down in tears in front of my girl. I have never cried in front of her before, so was quite strange for me!
I just felt like i was having serious mental issues, and was sick of fighting with myself to try and stop thinking about anxiety, the symptoms, and that i was ill, that i was going to die, etc, etc.
She was a great help, and after 15 mins or so my mind was off the subject and I felt 100% NORMAL!!!
Did pretty well for a couple of weeks, and thought i was over it. not thinking about it anymore hardly, feeling loads better, and that I was on top of it all! great stuff!
One day I went to the supermarket, and on 2 occasions felt a shooting pain in my chest which actually made me say ouch to myself! (altho if i wasnt so aware of the slightest things, i would have probably not even noticed it) anyway instant panic!! i thought i going to have a heart attack, i was picturing the whole situation happening, the ambulance coming the lot! arrrrrrrrgh....!!!!
I speak to a friend at work about it all, and she is great! she has had this herself in the past and got over it all after a while! (SO IT IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE TO GET OVER ANY KIND OF ANXIETY, trust me!!!)
As difficult as it may be to believe, but everything we are thinking and feelin
This should also be in the health anxiety section, can a mod please move it, thanks!
I recently stumbled upon this place, and all I can say is [Wow!]. There are so many other people feeling the EXACT same feeling I have been for the past few weeks.
This is quite reassuring, as it rules out a hell of a lot of 'what if's!!!'
and i hope this post will be beneficial to others also!
It started about 4 weeks ago. I had been out, and woke the next morning with a real tight chest. (I was a social smoker, but hadnt smoked for weeks! This night i smoked.)
I paniced!!! I thought my heavy night out with friends was the cause of it. Anyway i felt fine later that day, but with a slightly tight chest all week.
Friday afternoon, i just felt WEIRD!!! I had no idea what was happening to me, but the symptoms were dizzyness, tight chest, chest pain, spinning out for a few seconds at a time, very uncomfortable, worried, and down right scared crappless if im honest!
I looked online for the symptoms and a whole range of things came up!! This made me feel worse as i thought i was seriously ill and was about to pop my clogs any minute!!!
I eventually found an exact match - ANXIETY!
this was it, my symptoms matched every single anxiety symptom i could find!
I was anxious for a week or so, constantly. Even though I knew what was wrong with me, i couldnt help but worry it was something worse! I will admit to being a bit of a hypercondriac, which im sure doesnt help either! [:I]
I had derealisation, tight chest, pains all over the place, wobbly legs, bloatedness, worry, tingles in my arms, legs, fingers, etc, etc.
I felt as though I was fighting with myself to try and stop thinking about what was happening to me, but it was a real struggle! mental torture. I would forget and feel brilliant, then suddently think to myself, oh i havent thought about it for half hour. oh hello symptoms yet again!! grrrr!
One morning I was in my room, and feeling rather anxious. I was having aches and pains in my body an head and was paranoid i was gonna die or something terrible was going to happen. shooting pains in my head and chest, etc, etc. I tried to lay down but i could feel it building up inside and getting worse and worse! I just had to get out the house!
So i headed off to my girls house, change of environment, and the hope it would take my mind off of it. The journey was a nightmare! I was really really worried something terrible was about to happen to me. I cold drive fine, but the feeling was horrible! I even considered pulling in on the hard shoulder when i saw a police car parked up for help!! crazy! Eventually I got there, which was a slight relief, but i just broke down in tears in front of my girl. I have never cried in front of her before, so was quite strange for me!
I just felt like i was having serious mental issues, and was sick of fighting with myself to try and stop thinking about anxiety, the symptoms, and that i was ill, that i was going to die, etc, etc.
She was a great help, and after 15 mins or so my mind was off the subject and I felt 100% NORMAL!!!
Did pretty well for a couple of weeks, and thought i was over it. not thinking about it anymore hardly, feeling loads better, and that I was on top of it all! great stuff!
One day I went to the supermarket, and on 2 occasions felt a shooting pain in my chest which actually made me say ouch to myself! (altho if i wasnt so aware of the slightest things, i would have probably not even noticed it) anyway instant panic!! i thought i going to have a heart attack, i was picturing the whole situation happening, the ambulance coming the lot! arrrrrrrrgh....!!!!
I speak to a friend at work about it all, and she is great! she has had this herself in the past and got over it all after a while! (SO IT IS MORE THAN POSSIBLE TO GET OVER ANY KIND OF ANXIETY, trust me!!!)
As difficult as it may be to believe, but everything we are thinking and feelin