panic and anxiety disorder

[karenlock]

does anyone else have this?i have n hate it.everytime i go to the doctors about something unrelated to my panic the doc always puts it down to anxiety .stupid i know.i know what my panic and anxiety feels like so when i go to the docs and they say its my nerves it bugs me !im sick of how i feel.i can be getting on with day to day life and then bang i have an attack for no reason.i was at my mother in laws having tea and satrted having an attack i had to leave the table and go outside,got blured vision ,sweating,shaking and pains in my chest.i felt so silly.i feel that my meds are working but not good enough i want my panic and anxiety to disapear!have been for cbt and it helped a little bit.anyone else feel the same?

[mrmerlin]

yup
i`m in same boat i give up with doctors i am now smoking around 40 - 60 ciggies a day where as i only ever smoked 20 a day i am taking pain killers all the time , i have asthma , high blood pressure , the pains in my chest are different to what i got before or even during anxiety / panic attacks now yet i get told it`s just anxiety / panic attacks mmmmmm my dad has suffered with angina since he was in late 40`s his mother suffered with the same yet my doc and my previous doc won`t send me to cardiac specialist to get this ruled out , i`m now waiting for it to get severe to be rushed in hospital for the 5th time in 4 months this year , it`s never ending

[karenlock]

have you had an ecg done?i to am smoking alot more what painkillers are you taking?the doca are so stupid they really are i dont think they undrstand at all.your blood pressure will be high coz ur stressed? its vety frustrating

[mrmerlin]

i take co dydramol due to back injury at work at one time i used to just take 4 a day now i take 8 a day plus i take paracetamol due to the headaches it feels like i am taking pills all day long , due to the stress of it all and taking so many meds i now suffer bouts of constipation where i end up having to take more medication , it is just one long nightmare some nights i think maybe this will be my last night and it will all be over , i have a grandson who is 4yrs old i can`t even go in garden and kick a ball about with him i usually end up with him sitting on my bed with me and we watch a dvd , my daughter is expecting again and i don`t feel like i can cope with a new born around me but she lives with us so more stress on the way

[mrmerlin]

oh i been rushed into hospital a few times due to drugs conflicting with each other at one point i thought i was gone as my bp dropped so low due to meds even paramedic could not believe i was breathing when he saw me my face was grey my lips blue i could not hear or see anything it was so weird i had ecg etc. so many blood tests i`m like a pin cushion i had a fear of needles i`m not scared anymore of them ?