For over a week I’ve been suffering from shortness of breath and chest tightness/pain. I have had past anxiety problems, but I’ve been on Zoloft to treat it, and haven’t had any attacks since I started it over a year ago.
I tried taking Buspirone which normally calms me down, but it only made my breathing more labored. I’ve tried to be unconcerned, but I’ve never had a constant anxiety attack and trouble breathing at all times of the day, and since I’m 3 months post-partum, I’m wondering if it might be a pulmonary embolism? I had some unexplained pain in my left calf muscle about 6 weeks after giving birth, but it went away after an hour or so, and I’ve had no issues other than the current problems.
I took a trip to the ER last night and the did a D-Dimer test and a chest X-ray, but I’m worried that it isn’t enough to completey rule out a problem? Any help would be great!
I was under the impression that a chest x-ray often misses signs of PE and a CT scan is much more effective. Should I contact the internal medicine speiclaist I was referred to tomorrow? I called my OB, but they told me to go to the ER if I was having those sypmtoms…which I’ve already done.
I’d like to not have to wait until some sort of awful symptoms show up.

Does anyone have anxiety or panic attacks? sHow were you treated and did it work?

For the past 3 weeks I’ve noticed that when I’m in class, I start to feel naucous, lightheaded, dizzy, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, chest pains, and I feel like I’m gonna pass out and my mouth is really dry.

But sometimes I can be at my house and I’ll feel this way for a little while. At night I feel fine (most of the time) when I know everyone is sleeping and safe.

Can an event trigger this? This started to happen after my boyfreind got really sick. I was always worried, then I got a sinus infection. As soon as I got better, this started.

By the way, this exact experience happened to me at the end of my Senior year in high school. I took two years off and I’m now in college and it’s happening again.

Can someone help me out? What kind of doctor do I see? How did you cope with your anxiety? And do you think this is a panic attack that I’m experiencing?

Lasts for 10-40 minutes.

I’m 25. I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety disorder. I feel shortness of breath, dizzy, anybody gets these symptoms? It’s weird because I don’t know what causes it. They gave me Lorazepam now Paxil 20mg I try not to take it but now I hear it makes you gain weight? How does it go away? I want to be normal again! Please help me with info. Thx.

Calm confident and inconrole.
How can i do this? is there any exercises i can do or anything i can say to myself to keep me from feeling the symptoms of anxiety?
Just thinking of this situation i have to deal with in the morning is making me feel sick, tremmble want to cry, shortness of breath and very tense, tommorrow will be even worse, what can i do?

Example: Upset stomache, body aches, hot flashes, shortness of breath, chest strain, wanting to vomit but can’t, sudden urges to go to restroom (diarreah) but cant, everything you eat makes you feel "full" or "bloated"
I ask this also because I have a long history of panic attacks and anxiety.
Also, my wife notices that my attacks get worse around this time of year, near the 1st because of a traumatic family event that happened about 7.5 years ago in 2001.

Hi guys, since sept 2001 i have had anxiety and panic attacks and due to them over the years i have been unable to do so many things i would have liked due to it. I panic now in places others are fine in such as pubs and clubs and in heavily built up shopping areas. With this anxiety, breathing has become more difficult. When i say real difficult i mean real difficult. It is at its worst when im outside of my house but i still get it inside also. My social life has been severly affected. I cant catch public transport anywhere and end up walking the distances i need to go all the time. I would like to ask, firstly are any prolonged results of anxiety likely to cause terminal illness (say heart defects or cancer) and secondly, this shortness of breath, which can sometimes make me feel lightheaded and faint (esp in places with lots of people), is that more serious than i am thinking or anxiety related? Anyone got any advice on this and how i may get my life back on track? Cheers

lately I have a weird feeling I’m swaying when I’m just sitting. Then today I woke up with chest pains, shortness of breath (pretty sure not heart attack) and feeling generally weird… I had stomach issues and took tums and went to the bathroom but I want to feel good… It sucks because I feel like I just had a big fight with my boyfriend.. its kind of that same feeling and the chest annoyance keeps coming back.

my symptoms are random chest pains,shortness of breath ,tingling in hands and face,,bad dizzyness..almost something every day,,
had stress test,bloodwork,,eccocardiogram all was good,but im having trouble believing this or stress can cause this but thats what doc says ….what to do ???

Past couple days id be fine and then all of a sudden my heart would start racing, i would feel like i have a shortness of breath, thoughts of having heart attacks or dieing come to my head, SOMETIMES heart beats one time funny like where its real noticeable, and sometimes get mild chest pains.
i been prescribed to prozac for like 2 years now and i just quit taking it like 2 months ago w/o askin doctor.. i told my doctor this and he said that that wat is causing these attacks.. anxiety attacks.. i started taking my medicine again but the doc says it will take a few weeks before my body gets use to it and the attacks to stop.
is this wat is wrong or is it something else, and quittin takin prozac causes this and will it stop since i started bak? thanks.
im 19 yrs old, btw.