iaspire
09-01-19, 20:48
Hi everyone.
This is my first post here :yesyes:
I'm just looking to share my experience with my symptoms but mainly my dizzy spells which are getting me quite down.
I'd say I've had ''diagnosed'' anxiety / panic attacks since I was 20, I'm now 28 years old. I used to be anxiety free until I developed an irrational worry about my heart-beat which used to pound when I had any conscious thought about my heart, heart skipping beats once or shortly after and flutters, which again always made it worse by panicking about it.
After many ECG tests and hospital (ER trips and 1 cardiology appointment) and doctor visits, I was finally a bit more at ease with my heart telling me it's anxiety.
The next symptoms after this was my breathing troubles. I don't mean getting out of breath with walking up stairs or working out, I mean the whole ''trigger''. If I even so much think about my breathing and that it felt ''weird'' I'd freak out and think I'm going to stop breathing, more worry... more breathlessness until I calmed down or my GF calmed me down.
This subsided at the time after a few doctor visits for the good o'l reassurance. A temporary fix to a bigger problem.
I still do get bouts of these symptoms and worries but they are much less frequent now as I tend to shake myself up and try to snap out of it and I notice them much less.
As of today I'm going through hell with my 'lightheadedness''. I wouldn't call it feeling dizzy as nothing it blurred and I can read still but I have the feeling where I feel lightweight, especially my head and feel slightly un-easy. This doesn't help my GAD, at all :doh:
I do have a question though, why is it that a thought, a worry, or an anxious thought can make you feel so terrible and experience these symptoms. Like 0-100mph in under 3 seconds. A thought, really? :shrug:
Distraction is my only method but I know one day I will have to battle it more and face my fears.
That's all from me. Thanks for reading and I hope you can realise if you suffer with any of this, you're not alone and you're an amazing and strong person. :hugs:
This is my first post here :yesyes:
I'm just looking to share my experience with my symptoms but mainly my dizzy spells which are getting me quite down.
I'd say I've had ''diagnosed'' anxiety / panic attacks since I was 20, I'm now 28 years old. I used to be anxiety free until I developed an irrational worry about my heart-beat which used to pound when I had any conscious thought about my heart, heart skipping beats once or shortly after and flutters, which again always made it worse by panicking about it.
After many ECG tests and hospital (ER trips and 1 cardiology appointment) and doctor visits, I was finally a bit more at ease with my heart telling me it's anxiety.
The next symptoms after this was my breathing troubles. I don't mean getting out of breath with walking up stairs or working out, I mean the whole ''trigger''. If I even so much think about my breathing and that it felt ''weird'' I'd freak out and think I'm going to stop breathing, more worry... more breathlessness until I calmed down or my GF calmed me down.
This subsided at the time after a few doctor visits for the good o'l reassurance. A temporary fix to a bigger problem.
I still do get bouts of these symptoms and worries but they are much less frequent now as I tend to shake myself up and try to snap out of it and I notice them much less.
As of today I'm going through hell with my 'lightheadedness''. I wouldn't call it feeling dizzy as nothing it blurred and I can read still but I have the feeling where I feel lightweight, especially my head and feel slightly un-easy. This doesn't help my GAD, at all :doh:
I do have a question though, why is it that a thought, a worry, or an anxious thought can make you feel so terrible and experience these symptoms. Like 0-100mph in under 3 seconds. A thought, really? :shrug:
Distraction is my only method but I know one day I will have to battle it more and face my fears.
That's all from me. Thanks for reading and I hope you can realise if you suffer with any of this, you're not alone and you're an amazing and strong person. :hugs: