percythetrain
31-01-15, 03:36
Hi everybody. I seriously doubt anyone has had or is having these symptoms as they're likely not at all related to anxiety. but I figured I would give it a try and see if anyone can relate.
My family insists that this is related to my anxiety but even though I try to look at things from their POV, I can see no connection. I admit that I'm not terribly happy right now because of personal issues that I went through last year. But I never saw anybody, depressed of otherwise, with symptoms such as mine.
Basically, I cannot hold a conversation because I get very winded and dizzy, as if I had been running a marathon or at least playing an active sport. Even saying "hello" feels like a huge effort, and if I insist on holding a conversation (just out of stupidity and because people tell me I'm just nervous and I really WANT to believe that), I will end up dizzy, tachycardic and out of breath and it will take a while for me to recover.
I suppose I joined this site because I've had anxiety for 20+ years and I'm sure that my current health situation is not helping it, but I'd be willing to bet a million dollars that this health issue is not anxiety-related, unfortunately.
I remember when I first had my first anxiety episodes at age 12 or so, they were very severe (violent shaking, tachycardia, almost blacking out constantly) but it was completely different from this.
This feels like my body cannot handle me talking for some reason (probably cardiac). I also have issues when I try to be active, but talking is the most noticeable one as it's a pretty darn basic thing to have! To be able to communicate!
The studies I had were less than most people on here. I was checked for asthma and don't have it. I also had a ECG (no echo, no holter, no stress, etc). I feel guilty about having more because of the financial situation the family is in right now but I've been trying to get into a public hospital and hopefully will get something else done in a week or two, just hoping it is soon enough :(
My family insists that this is related to my anxiety but even though I try to look at things from their POV, I can see no connection. I admit that I'm not terribly happy right now because of personal issues that I went through last year. But I never saw anybody, depressed of otherwise, with symptoms such as mine.
Basically, I cannot hold a conversation because I get very winded and dizzy, as if I had been running a marathon or at least playing an active sport. Even saying "hello" feels like a huge effort, and if I insist on holding a conversation (just out of stupidity and because people tell me I'm just nervous and I really WANT to believe that), I will end up dizzy, tachycardic and out of breath and it will take a while for me to recover.
I suppose I joined this site because I've had anxiety for 20+ years and I'm sure that my current health situation is not helping it, but I'd be willing to bet a million dollars that this health issue is not anxiety-related, unfortunately.
I remember when I first had my first anxiety episodes at age 12 or so, they were very severe (violent shaking, tachycardia, almost blacking out constantly) but it was completely different from this.
This feels like my body cannot handle me talking for some reason (probably cardiac). I also have issues when I try to be active, but talking is the most noticeable one as it's a pretty darn basic thing to have! To be able to communicate!
The studies I had were less than most people on here. I was checked for asthma and don't have it. I also had a ECG (no echo, no holter, no stress, etc). I feel guilty about having more because of the financial situation the family is in right now but I've been trying to get into a public hospital and hopefully will get something else done in a week or two, just hoping it is soon enough :(