My husband (he’s 40 and in pretty good shape) has been feeling unwell since the end of August. It started with a non-severe headache that comes and goes, but he generally has it every day at some point and in some area of his head (not always the same). Sometimes it hurts more in his forehead and sometimes at the back of his head, or sometimes on one side. The doctor diagnosed tension headaches, probably because my husband has been under stress lately (financial and work). He tried amitriptyline (prescribed for bedtime use), but that just made him exhausted during the day, so he stopped taking it. He has tried every kind of Tylenol and ibuprofen and sometimes it helps, but not always. He has found that he often gets mild nausea as well. He’s been back to the doctor twice and last time, they sent him for a sinus x-ray (we don’t have the results back yet) and prescribed nasocort. He said last night he got the chills, no fever, and started getting really worked up, so his pulse was racing. He isn’t typically a complainer, but he does get really anxious about anything medical. I think he’s afraid he has a brain tumor, although the doctor doesn’t seem to think so. I am wondering if he’s having anxiety issues and if that could be playing into this. He has been to the e.r with "hart attack symptoms" once and another time he was having an allergic reaction to something and suffered a panic attack, but he has never been treated for any form of anxiety. He stays pretty quiet when he’s upset and I am the only one who sees it. I know anxiety/panic attacks run in his family… his sister has a mild form of it. Our daughter is a very anxious type as well. I have made an appointment to go in with my husband and talk to the doctor later this week. I am wondering if anyone familiar with anxiety/panic attacks can identify with this. He has no other symptoms other than the headache and nausea.

For several years now, I have been battling severe panic attacks related to social anxiety disorder/agoraphobia. It isn’t just "shyness", it’s a full-blown panic attack – sweating, chills, rapid pulse, nausea/vomiting/diarrhea, hyperventilating, and the overwhelming need to get out of the situation immediately.

I am on daily Zoloft to curb the anxiety, and Xanax as-needed for panic attacks. The Zoloft works alright, the Xanax works better, but neither is 100% and I have several very stressful weeks coming up and I need some kind of remedy or trick, preferably something all-natural, to help me cope with the panic attacks.

All ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated. =)

Everytime I get a panic attack, I not only have the overwhelming very scary feelings of panic and fear. But I also have very miserable physical symptoms that go along with the attacks these symptoms often include nausea, chills, shaking, stomach cramps, diarrhea, lightheadness, feeling disoriented. Does anyone else relate to this,and if you have ever had these physical symptoms as well what do you do make yourself feel better during the attacks? Or these physical symptoms all in our head, or are they our body’s way of reacting to being under such overwhelming fear and anxiety?