Modestaustin811
27-04-13, 17:04
The past month has been pretty terrible.
My anxiety has taken the foreground of my life and my physical symptoms are becoming too hard to handle at times. It all started after a heavy night of drinking where I swore I would never drink again, because of heightened anxiety the next day. Since then my anxiety has been through the roof and I'm beginning to wonder if its because of something beyond my control.
I believe I have POTS or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A condition where your heart races when you go from a sitting position to a standing position. In some people this causes fainting, in others it causes blood pressure problems, anxiety, digestive issues, a whole slew of things. I believe this is what it is effecting me. Lately my symptoms have been.
Fast heart beat upon standing (especially if Ive been sitting for a long time)
Chest pressure
acid reflux
NO appetite
Unrefreshing sleep - I keep waking up after like 5 hours of sleep with my heart racing,
Vivid dreams - seem almost real
panic attacks
Dry mouth/ thirsty all the time
Dizziness
depression
Safe to say i've been feeling pretty horrible and I want answers. I'm going to book an appointment with my GP on monday and try and BEG him to see a specialist of some sort to get a tilt table test, the only definite test to tell you if you have POTS. I'm scared about what the future will hold, I'm suppose to start school finally this september and I don't want to be feeling like this by then, and if I am, I want to know why. If I go through that tilt table test and they tell me its just anxiety I'll accept that.
I'm just tired of forcing myself to eat, feeling exhausted, and this unrelenting anxiety as of late. POTS seems like a real potential answer. Any thoughts?
My anxiety has taken the foreground of my life and my physical symptoms are becoming too hard to handle at times. It all started after a heavy night of drinking where I swore I would never drink again, because of heightened anxiety the next day. Since then my anxiety has been through the roof and I'm beginning to wonder if its because of something beyond my control.
I believe I have POTS or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. A condition where your heart races when you go from a sitting position to a standing position. In some people this causes fainting, in others it causes blood pressure problems, anxiety, digestive issues, a whole slew of things. I believe this is what it is effecting me. Lately my symptoms have been.
Fast heart beat upon standing (especially if Ive been sitting for a long time)
Chest pressure
acid reflux
NO appetite
Unrefreshing sleep - I keep waking up after like 5 hours of sleep with my heart racing,
Vivid dreams - seem almost real
panic attacks
Dry mouth/ thirsty all the time
Dizziness
depression
Safe to say i've been feeling pretty horrible and I want answers. I'm going to book an appointment with my GP on monday and try and BEG him to see a specialist of some sort to get a tilt table test, the only definite test to tell you if you have POTS. I'm scared about what the future will hold, I'm suppose to start school finally this september and I don't want to be feeling like this by then, and if I am, I want to know why. If I go through that tilt table test and they tell me its just anxiety I'll accept that.
I'm just tired of forcing myself to eat, feeling exhausted, and this unrelenting anxiety as of late. POTS seems like a real potential answer. Any thoughts?