Ok guys n gals, try this one … cos my doctor has been baffled for 12 months now and I’m getting absolutely nowhere. I am having problems breathing … not phlegmy or rattly or anything else, just as if every breath is a major effort to inhale, like somebody is sitting on me. I also get terrible, unbearable internal pressure around the upper left side of my abdomen, as if my heart is about to burst. Ended up in emergency room twice, no clear issues, no palps or any other effects, Im 38 male, truck driver in good health, 20 year history of chronic anxiety and panic attacks. I asked my doctor if anxiety could cause such chronic pain and discomfort, he seemed kinda baffled. Had gastro camera down throat, blood tests and chest xrays, all clear … currently being treated for reflux with omprazole and anxiety with beta blockers and anti depressants, but I dont think its that … HELP PLEASE !!!

I am 7 months pregnant and my husband is so mean to me that it is giving me anxiety attacks. My husband treats me like garbage and I don’t understand why. I take care of him, keep a clean house, have a degree, am about to have a baby boy which he has always wanted, and have been told I am very attractive. I love him with all my heart, tell him that every day, but have thought about leaving because it has gotten so bad.
This is my husband’s third marriage, and I understand why! Both of his marriages were short lived (less than 3 years), and he is barely 40 years old! I have thought about leaving but financially do not have the money to leave; my teacher’s pay is not enough to cover a single person’s basic expenses (rent, food, gas, utilities). I want to work this out. I have told my husband I was going to leave before, but he blocks the door so I can’t. I have had three miscarriages and an ovarian tumor within the last year and do not want anything to happen to our little boy.
I have asked him to go to counseling, but he refuses. He has been in the military for many years and thinks counseling is "bull sh**." We have only been married a year. He yells at me, puts me down for the way I look (and this was also before I was pregnant), and barely tells me that he loves me. He forced me to live in a house he had from a previous marriage and did not allow me to put it on the market until 7 months into our marriage. It still hasn’t sold (nationwide mortgage crisis), and he is actually mad at me because it hasn’t sold yet. (And the house was never mine to begin with!!! It was another woman’s!)
Any advice? Have any military wives (or civilian wives) went through this?
I have no family and no one I can stay with. My husband knows this, which is why he always says, "Where are you going to go?…"
Men can also weigh in on this issue too. Thank you all for your support.

i woke up very early this morning, after a kind of crazy dream, and my heart was racing… i tried to be calm, i tried to meditate to slow it down, but i almost felt like i was going to die… i thought heavily about calling 911… i laid there, tried to relax, eventually, fell asleep i guess, cause an hour later i woke up and i felt ok.. i went into work and i was talking with someone about it who said i had an anxiety attach.. that it used to happen to his mom all the time… is that really what is was? what causes them? is there any other way to treat them, should it happen again, asside from getting meds? it was very scary.. should i call the doctor about it monday? is it likely to happen again? why did i have it?

I am already being treated for depression and on meds/going to therapy. Today I was at work at all of a sudden my heart stop racing and I couldn’t breath. That was 3 hours ago and I still can’t seem to relax, what could it be?
I meant started racing…sorry

I’m an 18 year old senior in high school. I’m current on 150 mg of Zoloft a day. I’ve been recieving therapy for several months, but I really haven’t improved at all. I have problems with anxiety and depression.

The Zoloft has really helped with depression, but my anxiety is still very bad (if not worse then before the medicine). I’ve had a few panic attacks since starting the medicine (one very serious one in the middle of class). I also twitch quite a bit, it could just be that I’m so cold though…

My therapist would not diagnosis me with anything because I think she said she was more of a humanist or something. However she said that in order to treat my anxiety we would probably have to get the depression under control and it is pretty much now.

So I was wondering how effective talk therapy was for helping with anxiety? I’ve always thought I had social anxiety disorder, but my therapist is reluctant to diagnosis anything.
Also what other forms of therapy may be more effective?

Description of my anxiety
Well like most highschool guys I get most anxious around girls, but for me it isn’t uncommon for me to have anxiety or panic attacks.
I usually try to flee from conversations because I never have anything to say and I’m worried for some reason. So it will usually come with faster breathing & heart beat… possibly some twitching.

When just being in public I’m told that I look very uncomfotable and even at time that I look like I’m going to pass out.

Just sitting in class I will have problems twitching (mainly hands shaking and mouth doing something similar to shivering).
yes my depression has pretty much subsidded (and only in about a months period with the first medication, everyone was telling me change it and not even to give the zoloft a chance).

I really don’t feel a need to be diagoisnised with a specific disorder, I just feel my anxiety symptoms best first social anxiety disorder for best reference as to what my problems are like and what therapy would be useful in treating it.

I’ve heard a lot about CBT for treating anxiety and I think my therapist may use some.
I don’t see where you got the impression that the therapist does not listen to me. Just because she won’t diagonis me with some medical term doesn’t really mean anything to me. It won’t change how I’m feeling or the symptoms I’m experiencing and it would not change her method.

Isn’t it better to form the therapy to the individual patient instead of just switching because of something like that?

I have been treated over the last several years for anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. I got on meds and over time things seemed to get better. Until about two weeks ago. I had to be put on an antibiotic for a sinus infection and for some strange reason I just freaked out. I was terrified to take the medicine. After my husband finally convinced me to take the medicine, later that night I woke up with a panic attack. Since that night I am having them daily. I am so exhausted. Physically and mentally. I feel like I am choking constantly, my heart is racing, I can’t seem to focus on anything, all I can think about is having another attack. I’m absolutely terrified. I called the doc ans she increased my dosage on my depression med and gave me klonipin for whem I’m having an attack. How can I deal with this? It’s drivng me crazy. I can’t eat or sleep because I’m so worried. I;m convinced there is something physically wrong with me, but everyone keeps telling me it is all in my head. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can overcome this. The meds don’t seem to be working and I cna’t see a therapist until the end of September. I’ll be crazy by then.
I have tried doing the breathing exercises and talking myself through it, but nothing is helping. My chest feels so tight, and literally sore because I have hyperventilated so much this week.

my golden retriever is missing and my black lab is missing him like crazy. it is exactly a week today that it happen and my black lab is crying and acts like she is having an anxiety attack. i dont know what to do. can i give her something to calm her down? what i can i do to help her get through this. i have given her plenty of attention and treats. we have taken her on walks. we r getting a new puppy but that wont be for a few more monthes. we have a little poodle for her to play with but she misses her old pal. my heart is broken and continues to break for my lab please help me get her through this thank u.

For a little over 6 years now I have been suffering from bouts of Depression, sometimes really bad, other times I am just "sad" for no reason that I understand…My Anxiety is pretty bad sometimes, no panic attacks *i.e heart pumping wildly ,feeling like I am spinning out of control* But is getting worse with age to the point that I don’t want to do anything that could potentially "kill me" that pretty much covers everything outside the house, I hate talking to people and I have terrible insomnia that is only quelled by Sleeping pills nightly, otherwise I start panicking really bad about things I don’t even understand and because of it I wake every morning with a terrible headache and can’t ever seem to "wake up".
So my question is, is there anything I can do to self medicate without a prescription "drug" or therapist?
I exercise at least 4 times a week for at least 20 minutes a day, I can’t afford a therapist and even if I could I have a phobia of talking to people face to face, and I sure as heck can’t show weakness or emotion to them..

Recently, I’ve done a lot of reading up on Social Anxiety Disorder and I am fairly certain I suffer from it. I started noticing it about a year ago and it has gotten significantly worse since then, to the point when it has begun to interfere with my everyday life and my ambitious lifestyle. My anxiety occurs mostly in meetings with my fraternity brothers, giving a presentation or answering a question in front of my class, introducing myself to large parties (being put on the spot), or talking to someone I find "important" or intimidating. Strangely enough, getting or giving phone calls to/from people I don’t know well also results in an onset of an anxiety attack.

In these situations, my mind wanders, my heart beats very fast, I sweat a lot, and worst of all (and most noticeably) my facial muscles tense up so that my smile often becomes a twisted half-smile/half-frown. Unfortunately, it has gotten to the point where I try to avoid social situations like those stated above in order to relieve myself of my anxiety attacks. I have tried reasoning with myself but I am getting sick and tired of not being able to grab this debilitating condition by the horns and take my life back . My next semester at college is a HUGE year – I will be the President of my fraternity, I have a good role in a school musical, and I will be beginning my training to become a Physician’s Assistant where I don’t want to be nervously treating patients or appearing anxious in front of peers and professionals.

Can anyone please offer me advice/tips/help?? I am really at wit’s end and will take most suggestions.

I will try to make a really long story short, please bare with me!

I need to tell you a little about myself first, I am a very sweet, complimentary, hopeless romantic guy. I treat the woman in my life like a queen, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for her to make her happy. I only tell you this because I believe to a certain extent it may have been part of my problem with the woman I speak of but I can’t say for sure.

Well, I meet this woman this past September who is 25 years old, a beautiful young lady with an incredible heart and so much to offer. I found out during the course of our relationship that she suffers from bad anxiety and panic attacks, which honestly before her I wasn’t sure what that meant and I’m still kind of unsure. When we first started dating things were incredible, like nothing I’ve ever experienced before, she told me she never had anyone in her life like me but she wasn’t worried and me being who I am made her very happy. Things started getting a little distant around November, then right before Christmas we broke up. Things kind of just did a 180 out of no where. She did tell me she broke up with her ex-fiance of 6 years this past February, lost her dog and dated a guy who ended up dislocating one of her ribs while being drunk and demonstrating some sort of wrestling technique. Basically she said she had a very dark and dismal 2007.

After the break up, I made a couple of attempts to remove her from my life, however she kept finding ways to bring me back to her. She would always say I can’t be in a relationship with you but I do want you in my life. I wasn’t sure what that actually meant, like I said before I never really had something like this come up, but based on how I felt about her I was willing to try. She kept telling me she loved me and would have really liked a second chance for us, she also said she could see her future with me. We last communicated the day after Valentine’s Day, and about 5 weeks went by, I haven’t heard from her and started getting concerned and started to e-mail her. Now I can’t even get a response back from her that she’s okay, people in my life tell me I should just go by her house but I don’t want to come off as some crazy guy if she’s finally moved on. I just don’t know, I feel bad thinking that she’s just not comfortable talking to me because of everything that happened between us and based on what I read about anxiety and panic attacks on-line it said that if someone suffers a panic attack based on a certain person or situation they will avoid it at all costs.

I know all this is probably confusing, but I know she is going through some tough times, and I guess I really didn’t do a good job at being short! My question is, should I go see her, if I do get the chance to speak with her what should I or shouldn’t I say to her, or should I just let her be? Any advice would be very much appreciated and please feel free to ask questions.

I woke up in the middle of the night from a nightmare and had sharp pain in my stomach and around my chest. I didn’t think anything of it, and spent the rest of the night laying on my back. When I awoke hours later, the pain was still very crampy and spots on my chest were cramping on-and-off (it was up towards the top of the chest and in between my left side and left shoulder). I got up, started getting ready and the pain was gone. The pain on my stomach is right below the center of my sternum. After a mere seconds (no more than a minute), the chest cramps disappeared and I felt fine. I still am having on-and-off stomach pain in that same spot since, but nothing as bad as it was in the middle of the night. I was recently treated with having anxiety attacks and was prescribed with hydroxyzine (10mg) and take levothyroxine (88mcg) for my hypothyroidism. I missed my morning dose of hydroxyzine the day before. Any ideas on if this is just a case of anxiety or could it be heart-related?
I am a 24-year-old male. I am not obese and work as a server, so I’m constantly on my feet. I had an EKG and chest x-ray done about two months ago…came back fine. My doc prescribed me the hydroxyzine and told me to slowly take myself off it, which I’ve been trying to do.

We have undergone a huge amount of stress this year a long with owning a business, having a baby, losing a job, almost eviction, utilities being shut off, vehicles breaking down, vehicle repo, as well as dealing with anxiety disorter,PTSD, and manic depression. My husband is an awesome guy and only the last 3 years has he started having bad moodswings 2 have turn out violent where I have been left with a black eye and bruises. He had a lot of abuse from his sister beating him as a child and we think that could be the cause. We have no money to get counseling, but he wants to get help now! He is having a hard time dealing with the fact he hit me, and i am concerned for him. He comes from a family that never faught around him a day in his life. He never heard his parents or family argue once. The only problem was his sister. 1 week ago he blacked out, yes we were both drinking, and he thought I got on top of him and started hitting him which I didn’t, and he got very violent and I had to run out of my house. The next morning he did not even remember or know what he did untill someone told him, he just thought I left him for no reason. He said he never wants to drink ever again and hasn’t, wants to get counseling and see if he needs medication as well. I want to stand by him and support him but a little afraid he might do it again but worse. On the otherhand he is ill and needs help and I do not want to turn away from that. He has never showed any violent behavior towards his son what so ever. He is the best Dad in the world,and loves me with all of his heart, he wants to leave me because he is afraid this might happen again even after treatment. Please help, what do I do, should I stick around if he really gets the help he needs, or should I leave him anyway?

I woke up in the middle of the night from a nightmare and had sharp pain in my stomach and around my chest. I didn’t think anything of it, and spent the rest of the night laying on my back. When I awoke hours later, the pain was still very crampy and spots on my chest were cramping on-and-off (it was up towards the top of the chest and in between my left side and left shoulder). I got up, started getting ready and the pain was gone. The pain on my stomach is right below the center of my sternum. After a mere seconds (no more than a minute), the chest cramps disappeared and I felt fine. I still am having on-and-off stomach pain in that same spot since, but nothing as bad as it was in the middle of the night. I was recently treated with having anxiety attacks and was prescribed with hydroxyzine (10mg) and take levothyroxine (88mcg) for my hypothyroidism. I missed my morning dose of hydroxyzine the day before. Any ideas on if this is just a case of anxiety or could it be heart-related?
I am a 24-year-old male. I am not obese and work as a server, so I’m constantly on my feet. I had an EKG and chest x-ray done about two months ago…came back fine. My doc prescribed me the hydroxyzine and told me to slowly take myself off it, which I’ve been trying to do.

I have both of these along with ocd and have been dealing with it all of my life! iv’e been to the doctor for many of years but i refuse to take meds because i tried commiting sucide because of the antidepressants and landed on the heart floor for 11 days i’m looking for all natural ways to deal with this! if you guys would help that would be awesome! thanks

Today we have a school camping trip, I really wanna go but I am afraid I am gonna have a panic attack ( idk if it is panic attack or not) but my throat feels weird and I feel like its closing up, like I am having a alergic reaction ( anaphlactic shock) and my heart beats fast, and I gulp weirdly, does anyone know what to do if this happens? PLEASE HELP!!!

We have undergone a huge amount of stress this year a long with owning a business, having a baby, losing a job, almost eviction, utilities being shut off, vehicles breaking down, vehicle repo, as well as dealing with anxiety disorter,PTSD, and manic depression. My husband is an awesome guy and only the last 3 years has he started having bad moodswings 2 have turn out violent where I have been left with a black eye and bruises. He had a lot of abuse from his sister beating him as a child and we think that could be the cause. We have no money to get counseling, but he wants to get help now! He is having a hard time dealing with the fact he hit me, and i am concerned for him. He comes from a family that never faught around him a day in his life. He never heard his parents or family argue once. The only problem was his sister. 1 week ago he blacked out, yes we were both drinking, and he thought I got on top of him and started hitting him which I didn’t, and he got very violent and I had to run out of my house. The next morning he did not even remember or know what he did untill someone told him, he just thought I left him for no reason. He said he never wants to drink ever again and hasn’t, wants to get counseling and see if he needs medication as well. I want to stand by him and support him but a little afraid he might do it again but worse. On the otherhand he is ill and needs help and I do not want to turn away from that. He has never showed any violent behavior towards his son what so ever. He is the best Dad in the world,and loves me with all of his heart, he wants to leave me because he is afraid this might happen again even after treatment. Please help, what do I do, should I stick around if he really gets the help he needs, or should I leave him anyway?

I already went through two panic attacks recently during which I had to be taken into hospital. Whenever I am experiencing those panic attacks I feel like I am going insane there is fear inside me that makes me tremble and makes my whole body cold. i hyperventilate and experience pains in some areas of my bodies, chest especially. My heart so fast that it feels like it is goign to rip a hole through my chest.

I need to know if there are any available "home made" treatments. And what is there to prevent them.. as well as what can I when I get a sudden panick attack.

I am taking Ativan and Paxil. I was taking Xanax but it does not work on me any longer.

Let me brifely describe what I think causes my panic attacks
I am in BAD finanical situation which creates lots of stress. I am working in a stressful evnironment. Recently, I am expriencing anxiety and I do not want to deal with many people and just want to be left alone.

Help, please.

I am not sure what the symptoms of an anxiety attack are but I was sweating like crazy and I felt like I couldn’t breathe and my heart was beating crazy. I felt like I was extremely scared, the way my heart was beating, but for no apparent reason. It took 3 or 4 hours to fall asleep.
And no, I don’t do any drugs, drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes.
And no, I didnt have anything to be nervous about the next day.

Is it just stress? Should I see a doctor? Is this what an anxiety attack feels like?

I never realized how much anxiety and stress can take a toll on your body. I’ve had to deal with alot of it lately and its causing headaches, body aches, anxiety attacks (heart palpatations, panic, fear, shaking, feeling like i can’t catch my breath), What are some of your symptoms and how did you deal with it?

Out of no where my body went numb, my head got dizzy and flushed, I was having hot/cold flashes, and I could hear my heart beating like never before. It was insane. It took 1 hour before I could really settle down. I thought I was going to die.

It has been 6 hours since the attack and I am still very tired and I still have a slight headache. Is it normal for me to feel this way after an attack? What are general symptoms after an attack (if this was an anxiety attack).

If you’re curious, I went the clinic right after and had a heart and blood test.

I have had them for 3 months now. My heart beats fast!

I get Panic Attacks and Anxiety attacks about 3 times a day!! I have to take my pills or else i think i may die of a stroke! Help me over come this nightmare. Iam scare to get online because i think it bad for my eyes and mind!! Help

I walk and do my everyday stuff and bam! My body goes numb and feels like ants on my face and body. What can i do?

I can only describe the smell as a chemical smell, not alcohol but almost a sterile type smell. I was working on the computer, then I just smelled something funny and had a rush of panic set in. I was numb, weak, shaking and my heart was racing ( all typical anxiety symptoms) except, the intense smell……… What happened to me?
It was definitely not coming from inside my office and no one was sitting around me. Did my brain release something or what……. also, what does this mean…..is it serious? ……can it happen again.
Is this a sign of something unrelated to my panic attacks? Please let me know asap. I am taking Lexapro and the occassional valium.
TY
CARLA

I’ve had a lot of "almost" panic/anxiety attacks, but never the real thing, my breath would shorten and my heart would race realy quick over the slightest thing I’m worried about. And I would get this nervous feeling like I’m not in control anymore.I used to be really calm, so idk what’s happening.

but have you ever had the real thing before and what does it feel like?

I know it’s a panic attack because my heart starts beating fast, my hands get sweaty, and I feel like I’m going to vomit. The attacks usually last about 10 minutes but I feel so helpless during those minutes and I just want to get rid of them!!

Nana, my former nanny, is suffering from general anxiety disorder. She worries about every little thing – dirty laundry, picnics, allowances, family gatherings… whatever. It’s not bad to get worried sometimes but she’s overdoing it. She worries too much. She always seems scared even if there’s nothing to be scared about. She’s also having problems with her health. She always feel dizzy and nauseous. Her head aches often and her heart always pound twice as fast. Please tell me the treatments for GAD. I really want to help Nana. I know it’s hard to live a life filled with tension and worries.