I’ve been on some medications in the past, none of them cured me only made things a little bit more managable and I was curious if anyone had a great success with any.
Its a medical problem for me, it has nothing to do with "stress" or "worry", I’ve had the condition for the past 12 years or so. Sometimes it seems worse than others and I can get by with out Meds, but unfortunalty now I’m in a bad time.

First off, I plan on going to the doctor, however, I’m a student and with my schedule and lack of money, it’s going to be a week or two before I can go. So, I’m just using this as a reference point.

I am an incredibly stressed, and anxious person. I have a ton going on in my life that places a huge burden on me. For the past five months, I’ve been getting what I assume are PVC’s (My mom has them, my dad has them, my sister gets them, I know it’s not an appropriate diagnosis though). Basically, I feel a "flop" in my chest, followed by a moment of breathlessness that usually goes away very quickly. I’ve only had one episode where it’s lasted for I’d say 30 seconds. I’ve noticed they are much worse when I am stressed or when I focus on them. I’m prone to anxiety attacks, which incidentally, the PVC’s prompt me to go into a panic attack, which in turn makes me feel like I’m dying, and makes me scared that I am. Vicious cycle, huh? I’m also a hypochondriac. Since I was little I’ve thought I’ve had every disease or illness from AIDS to cancer, to heart failure…and I just realized how insane this post is making me sound. Haha…

Anyway, the past few days I’ve been exceptionally stressed. Sometimes I get the fluttering in my chest, but it will go down my arm, and I feel weak. Then my heart starts thumping, and I get really hot and sometime I feel nauseated. I believe these are also panic attacks, only they feel different than they used to, but I am under a lot more stress which could be the reason why. If my boyfriend starts talking to me, trying to calm me down, or I focus on my breathing, it tends to go away. But I’m also thinking it could be my thyroid, or something along those lines. I don’t know exactly what my question is, but I suppose it would be nice to hear from people who have had similar symptoms, or have been treated for them, and what it ended up being. I’m placing my money on anxiety, but the hypochondriac in me thinks it’s heart disease, or heart failure, or cancer…you get the idea.

Any input would be helpful. Thank you so much.

Ive had anxiety and panic attacks ever since i was little. Im finally being treated for my panic attacks with "clorazepate" 3.75 mg. (half at bedtime). i movedup to one full one but was making me have crazy dreams and wake up in the middle of the night not remembering what i was doing the next morning.
today i had a mini panic attack for about 30-40 seconds. i was stressing about a math test now and doing homework and i feel a fluttering in my chest. this happened several times. heart palpatations? i also felt like a twitching in my left leg. i dont think this is a side effect of the meds. could this just be stress? or should i get it checked out? i had a friend who recently died of a heart condition a month after having a baby (which stressed her heart) so now i am paranoid. am i over reacting?!?

Try to keep it short I have been dealing with bipolar disorder scents I was a young kid with no meds…. panic attacks and anxiety (GAD and Social) came on later on and I had never said anything just ketp it all in trying to deal with it…Exercise mediation and singing songs helped for awhile but is loosing its effect and adding to the stress I want to seek treatment NOW before it gets any worse…. I don’t have a Dr to go see and talk to im sure I cant go to a immediate care center so how the hell do I get treated?? Try to find a random Dr?? wont he think that Im just out to get pills?? I know some crack heads do that shit I just want and need 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 tryed St john’s wort, but stop taking it cuzI was going to try lexapro. So i did not see if it worked, cuz i know it takes 6 weeks to notice anything!!! I take a B-complex, and i know that helps with stress. Lexapro, is making my sinus worst, so i’m stopping it!! But, anyone who knows of anything, holla!!! Thanks

I have been diagnosed with Generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks but i am not currently being treated for it because i have no health insurance and am currently unemplyed. My panic feels like its getting tremendausly worse. It is very surreal and i feel constantly in danger of my life. I can always feel my heart pounding and im really afraid all the stress is making me really sick. i quit smoking cigerettes i cant even eat fast food anymore because i think its gonna give me a heart attack. Im nineteen and have lost my lifve because of this. I shouldnt have to worry about things like this. i just wanna know is panic this strong and its all in my head or could it be something more??

My boyfriend has quite bad anxiety/depression.
It really upsets me that I don’t know how to make him as happy as he could be.
On top of that I have quite a few problems with stress and anger and I lash out quite a lot.
He’s so nice and would never ever say or do anything to hurt my feelings but I can’t help trying to pick little arguments, not bad ones.
I know he would be better off without me, but I really don’t want to loose him.
Half of the time I have no idea what I’m getting angry at and I just seem to take it out on him. I really don’t want to do it but I can’t help it.

So does anyone have any ideas how I can make him happier, or try and control my anger around him before I muck everything up!?!

Thanks in advance.
I forgot to mention, he already is on anti-anxity meds, and does see someone about his anxity. He’s been on them for years and slowly getting the dosage lowered.

I have had anger management and didn’t feel it helping, but I am starting it up again within the next couple of weeks.
Annddd

It’s a long distance relationship.
So I don’t see him nearly as much as I would like anyway.

Okay so I have a heart condition, I’m not sure what it is but I’m seeing a cardiologist sometime in the next month. I take seroquel at night, I actually just changed from 500 mg to 400. I used to get horrible palpitations on 500 mgs, to where I couldn’t catch my breath, I felt faint, lightheaded, and had to sit down for a minute, and they were started by even minute physical activity, like climbing a short flight of stairs. It’s better on the 400, but I still get the palpitations. When I run, my heart goes spastic and my face gets really flushed and warm and I break out in a sweat and I can’t catch my breath. Today I ran more than I usually can and I (discreetly) collapsed for a few seconds because my legs were too weak.

Also, I have severe anxiety and depression problems, and I’m very prone to panic attacks. Lately, with going back to school, being a senior, having a VERY heavy caseload, and having some stressful stuff going on at home, it seems like my heart issues have been more prominent. Just a bit ago, surfing the internet I found some articles saying anxiety and stress can make heart problems worse, and I was wondering: if I get medication to treat the anxiety (which I’ve been meaning to do for a while anyway), would my heart problems decrease? I know that it’s an underlying condition and it won’t totally make it go away, I just want to know if it will even affect it.

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.

Natural as in no medication. I’m experiencing frequent stress-induced panic attacks. What are some mental exerciss to help calm yourself down?

I’ve always suffered from depression and anxiety, but my anxiety attacks started getting out of hand when I was working at my last job. After I got laid off in 2008, the attacks grew worse and more frequent. After I got settled into my new job which I’m currently at, the attacks subsided. Recently, due to stress and pressure at work as well as financial problems in my personal life, the anxiety attacks have returned. They occur mostly at work, thereby affecting my performance. Is there anything I can do prevent this??

P.S. I’ve been in therapy but I’ve never been on meds. I would love to return to therapy but I can’t afford it right now, even if my health insurance will cover a portion of the bills.

I have heard everything from you are born with it to because you have sinned too much to its from processed foods to its from the hormones in the milk! Why is it so common! If you are going to tell me that it isnt a real disorder, I will beg to differ with you! If you have some helpful info, then I would be greatly appreciative. Has anyone here suffered extreme dibilitating panic, been on meds, and successing found a way to come off? I’m sorry there are sooo many unanswered Q’s here.
Nicole,
Yes I am suffering from panic attacks. Its been close to 4 yrs since the first debilitating one, and they still sneak up quite often. I take 12.5 mg Paxil daily, and am considering Xanax for those debilitating attacks. I believe that my attacks surfaced due to the amount of stress I was under. I was 20 y/o, married w/ a stepson, and just gave birth to my second son, (3 sons total- at that time). My baby was very ill, and was deaf. We were getting ready for him to have cranial surgery. I was very weak from a traumatic birth,(he was born in the car during a thunder storm), and was having to travel 300 miles to the childrens hospital frequently. I lost my pregnancy weight in about 3 weeks. Then the attacks hit me hard. It was a nightmare! I deal with them very well now, but the trembling is unbearable! Thank all of you who have taken the time to leave an answer.

My younger sister, who has never flown in an airplane in her life, is coming to visit me in Italy over the summer. She is very excited, but also very nervous about the trip, because she will be travelling on an airplane for the first time ever, she will be alone, and she sometimes has anxiety attacks or panic attacks in situations like that. She is 22 years old and she has seen her doctor about medication, etc. I’m just looking for any tips for how to make the trip as stress-free as possible for her.

Also, should she inform cabin crew on the plane about her situation, in case she does have a panic attack? And if so, how should she go about doing that? She is worried that cabin crew might over-react and think she is a threat or very ill or something, which could cause chaos on the airplane. Has anyone out there ever dealt with this kind of thing before? Is it ok to give a stewardess a note about such a condition?

I am 16 years old, and it seems like my chest hurts constantly every singe day. I also have trouble breathing, however I have not been diagnosed with Asthma before. On this site I read about people’s chest pain being a result of anxiety and stress and this seems to be the most probable cause for my chest pain, as I am in pretty good shape. I usually put unnecessary pressure on myself to do the best I can at school, and I am constantly stressing out over not doing well in school, although I always seem to get A’s and B’s. The stress I put on myself is a result of never feeling good enough, as I don’t have any friends, and as a result I feel A need to do the best I can at my schoolwork, even if that means putting lots of stress on myself. So my question is this, what can I do to take some stress out of my life???

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?

My girlfriend is unable to pinpoint the reason for her on average monthly attacks. It may be due to an event in her past or stress at school.

I was looking through the web and it looks like some of the options are Conquering Stress, Panic Portal and the Linden Review. I was wondering if anyone could recommend any of these or other ones, and tell me about them. I have panic attacks and social anxiety disorder. I am overcoming the social anxiety disorder but the panic attacks seem to be increasing and becoming more severe. I have tried traditional therapy, which helped a little. I do not want to take prescription medications. I have tried a few and they just made me worse. In addition, if anyone has any tips on self-help for the onset/managment during a panic attack. Thanks!

i have gotten three anxiety attacks on the past two days, i have no stress, ive been eating right, and i have not drank any caffeine or anything to get my blood pressure high. Can it be a pregnancy symptom.

Anxiety and panic attacks? Please Help?
Hello i am about 95% sure i have developed the symptoms to panic attacks, anxiety and stress in the past 2-4 years. At first i just tried to live with it but it has got to bad now.

i went to my GP doctor as advised on the internet, but he seemed not be be taking me seriously as i am 19 years of age. In the end all he recommended was to relax and maybe try yoga. However im sure from the internet that medication is available.

What should i do? i don’t want to pay for private care and medication should be available on the NHS (British national health trust) as along at is prescribed by the doctor

During long periods of stress, I can feel dizzy most of the day and get some panic attacks which are just dreadful.
What did work best for you?

I have had panic/anxiety attacks since I turned 14 or around 8th grade. I did have a normal childhood but not as normal as others since I didn’t have many friends or I didn’t go to daycare as much and I always asked alot of questions and often got frustrated and angry and had tantrums, I moved to America when I was 7 I was born in Estonia. I got teased alot in Elementary and Middle school. Now that I’m 17 years old I’ve begun to understand myself more and know myself, I’ve been through alot in my life, good and bad. I’m very shy and its hard for me to communicate/ make friends. Last year I was in alot of stress and I mean alot, I started having severe panic attacks and I almost felt like dying, thats how bad they were. I ended up in the hospital, had no idea what was going on. They gave me alot of medication in the hospital, I got transferred into a mental hospital though, and from there on they discovered I had Aspergers Disorder, I also had Panic/ Anxiety Disorder. Im much better now

I have anxiety disorder and bipolar. I know there is some link between stress and irregulars periods but the drs won’t admit this. I am not sure why. It seems when I am having different phases my periods are different. When I am manic my periods are light; when I am depressed they are heavy. Is it my period causing this change of moods or is it my moods causing the change in my flows?

my wife has times when she gets really dizzy, nervous, lightheaded, and it usually happens when she is worried or over excited about something. and it also happens alot if she has to drive at night. doctors have checked everything from motion sickness to a deviated septum. they have done catscan after catscan and can’t find anything. i was wondering if it could be panic attacks brought on by stress?
to myfro: no she rarely drinks coffee but she does drink alot of sodas and caffienated drinks.