10kgirl
07-03-14, 04:05
Hi! I'm new to this thread and I just want to share my story. I experienced my first panic attack with palpitations around 4 months ago and because of that, I had to quit my job because it constantly bothered me while I was at work and dedicate my time to school instead.
I started googling all my symptoms because I always felt sick for some reason and spaced out. Sometimes, it would be worse for a few days then it lessens and it just goes like a train of circle.
There would be times when I felt like anxiety disables me from everything, I no longer feel happy or normal like before. I don't even know what I'm stressed about, my mind would just seem empty and blank sometimes. I had a variety of symptoms, sometimes I would have headaches or certain spots of my head would hurt and my whole head would feel sore and I would start freaking out and googling thinking I have a brain aneurysm or something bad and I would start worrying. I went to the doctors constantly the first two months when I started getting these but they ruled in my blood test and xray that everything is normal.
Other times, I would have chest pains and come and go during the day and I would start googling the symptoms.
Sometimes it would feel like I have muscle spasm and my muscles on my leg/arm or head would slightly jerk like once and I just started worrying that something might be wrong.
My vision has been really weird lately, like I would be doing something and the field of vision in front of me would suddenly alter its perception and the way of looking at things makes me super uncomfortable like everything doesnt seem real. I googled about it and it said derealization. This symptom just comes and goes.
I also started getting really anxious and nervous about things like when I talk to a friend or someone I would immediately have this derealization feeling. Sometimes, I would slur or stutter with some words I say which leads me to googling thinking I might have a seizure or stroke.
This is really affecting me because everyday I wake up, I know that I would have some sort of sympom that would lead me to thinking something is up with me. I constantly feel like I can't be alone at a place or go somewhere far by myself because something might happen to me(like I might faint and no one would be there to help me). I recently got my permit and I really want to start taking lessons to drive but I'm scared that with my spaced out feelings at times, I might not be able to concentrate on driving.
I'm 18 and I'm thin and slightly underweight(my parents are both really skinny). before, I had no history of being sick, etc.
I'm really don't want to take any meds because I believe that meds can't really solve the problem. I'm really new to this and I really want to find a way to cut down on this anxiety. Any advice please? :weep:
I started googling all my symptoms because I always felt sick for some reason and spaced out. Sometimes, it would be worse for a few days then it lessens and it just goes like a train of circle.
There would be times when I felt like anxiety disables me from everything, I no longer feel happy or normal like before. I don't even know what I'm stressed about, my mind would just seem empty and blank sometimes. I had a variety of symptoms, sometimes I would have headaches or certain spots of my head would hurt and my whole head would feel sore and I would start freaking out and googling thinking I have a brain aneurysm or something bad and I would start worrying. I went to the doctors constantly the first two months when I started getting these but they ruled in my blood test and xray that everything is normal.
Other times, I would have chest pains and come and go during the day and I would start googling the symptoms.
Sometimes it would feel like I have muscle spasm and my muscles on my leg/arm or head would slightly jerk like once and I just started worrying that something might be wrong.
My vision has been really weird lately, like I would be doing something and the field of vision in front of me would suddenly alter its perception and the way of looking at things makes me super uncomfortable like everything doesnt seem real. I googled about it and it said derealization. This symptom just comes and goes.
I also started getting really anxious and nervous about things like when I talk to a friend or someone I would immediately have this derealization feeling. Sometimes, I would slur or stutter with some words I say which leads me to googling thinking I might have a seizure or stroke.
This is really affecting me because everyday I wake up, I know that I would have some sort of sympom that would lead me to thinking something is up with me. I constantly feel like I can't be alone at a place or go somewhere far by myself because something might happen to me(like I might faint and no one would be there to help me). I recently got my permit and I really want to start taking lessons to drive but I'm scared that with my spaced out feelings at times, I might not be able to concentrate on driving.
I'm 18 and I'm thin and slightly underweight(my parents are both really skinny). before, I had no history of being sick, etc.
I'm really don't want to take any meds because I believe that meds can't really solve the problem. I'm really new to this and I really want to find a way to cut down on this anxiety. Any advice please? :weep: