shelby123
31-03-11, 09:31
I'm 17 years old and for the past couple of months I think I have been suffering with panic attacks/anxiety/health anxiety.
It first started with feeling extremely short of breath, out of the blue, which made me incredibly scared. I visited the doctors and they did an asthma check for which I was fine and told me to come if my problems persist. I then visited another doctor who sent me for blood tests and a chest x-ray which all came back perfectly normal. Although this was reassuring I can't help but think they have missed something as the symptoms were still there. Throughout this time, living my normal life has been incredibly hard as all I can think about is that I'm going to stop breathing and die. Extreme I know but that's what it feels like. I therefore tried to stop going to college for as much as possible and using public transport became a nightmare as I have to keep thinking of ways to escape if something happened.
My family are not really sympathetic as they say I have been checked and my body is fine and it's 'all in my head'. I know it probably is 'all in my head' but I can't get away from feeling like this. I'm sick of it, I just want to feel normal again.
Today I can now feel a sharp shooting pain in the left side of my body and I'm scared to move in case I make it worse.
Someone please help me.
It first started with feeling extremely short of breath, out of the blue, which made me incredibly scared. I visited the doctors and they did an asthma check for which I was fine and told me to come if my problems persist. I then visited another doctor who sent me for blood tests and a chest x-ray which all came back perfectly normal. Although this was reassuring I can't help but think they have missed something as the symptoms were still there. Throughout this time, living my normal life has been incredibly hard as all I can think about is that I'm going to stop breathing and die. Extreme I know but that's what it feels like. I therefore tried to stop going to college for as much as possible and using public transport became a nightmare as I have to keep thinking of ways to escape if something happened.
My family are not really sympathetic as they say I have been checked and my body is fine and it's 'all in my head'. I know it probably is 'all in my head' but I can't get away from feeling like this. I'm sick of it, I just want to feel normal again.
Today I can now feel a sharp shooting pain in the left side of my body and I'm scared to move in case I make it worse.
Someone please help me.