Am I being paranoid?

[Flapmon]

I’ve had 6 days of intense panic attacks, worry and everything else thrown at me .. Look I know this is possibly the worst thing to do but ... what if it’s not just anxiety? What if other problems I have are actually from other things? For instance, I feel fine aside from breathing problems, slight coughing, headspins and pressure in the front of my head. Then again I can just as easily talk myself into a panic attack and they did check my blood pressure, pulse, oxygen and temp and they’re all normal.

I’m just over thinking things aren’t I?

[Jackson85]

Hi Flapmon,

This stuff is hard to work out, especially as our mind and body are so influential of one another. Of course I can't give medical advice, but it sounds like your GP is in the loop about your panic attacks (?). Aside from these forums, are you speaking to anyone about your panic attacks? Sometimes when people are feeling super strong anxiety, they get some relief and progress from chatting to a psychologist. It's great to talk about it on here, and I'm sorry I can't be of more help regarding the medical stuff, but perhaps sitting down with someone could really help unpack some of the issues and relieve some of the stress. Your GP could put together a mental health care plan for you so you could get the medicare rebates for counselling.

Happy to chat more 🙂

Jackson85