Anxiety constant physical symptoms

[Tryingtomoveon]

Hi

Thanks for reading this post. I'm finding that when I feel more anxious I start getting really bad nausea,headaches and heart palpitations. I find it hard to find ways to stop these symptoms. I find they then increase my anxiety even more which becomes a vicious circle. I really don't know what to do I feel like I've tried it all mindfulness, breathing, walking, distraction but it just is so intense. I think what doesn't help is I'm unsure why my anxiety is increasing to cause this.

[Petal22]

Hi trying to move on,

Welcome to our forums!

sorry you are feeling this way, I know how debilitating anxiety can be I had severe anxiety OCD, it was very intense, exhausting and scary...

have you seen a gp in regards to how you are feeling? I was put on an antidepressant for my anxiety and I saw a psychologist who gave me many strategies to help me manage my anxiety this then led me to a OCD clinic that specialised in OCD I did an 8 week therapy I learned to master my OCD... I was taught many skills they took time to practice...

Have you tried meditation?

here if you want to chat

[Tryingtomoveon]

Hi Petal

Thanks for replying. Thanks for the advice I currently work with a psychologist and psychiatrist. I have been on anti d's for a couple of years took awhile to find the right ones. I think my main frustration is how when my anxiety gets high it causes all these physical symptoms nausea headaches etc. I would love to be able to come up with some strategies I can use when this happens.

Thanks

[jtjt_4862]

Hi Tryingtomoveon,

I'm sorry to hear that you're feeling this way. I certainly felt the same way as well when I had an anxiety attack. I found practicing mindfulness through meditation to be very useful in keeping myself together. This can be done almost anywhere that you feel comfortable, and you can try doing it for 5 to 15 minutes. Find a nice comfortable place to sit in, close your eyes, and take deep breaths of air into your body. Follow the breathing sensation of your body. Feel the air going through your nose and into your lungs, and then coming back out again. In your mind, you can speak to yourself the words "breathe in" and "breathe out" each time you inhale and exhale. You may sometimes feel your mind slowly drifting away to different thoughts as you do so, which is not a bad thing. But try and pull your focus back to your breathing.

I hope the above may be able to provide you with some assistance in coping with anxiety. Also happy to listen to you if you have any thoughts that you'd like to share as well.

Jt

[Petal22]

That’s ok tyingtomoveon,

I understand these symptoms would be frustrating.

that’s great you are seeing professionals...have you discussed your symptoms with your psychiatrist?

has exercise helped you at all? I found it very useful and meditation..

hopefully as you practice your skills it will help your level of anxiety..

here to chat

[Tryingtomoveon]

Thanks both.

I had a chat to my psychologist which helped. I'm going to start doing more meditation on a daily basis and also pausing to do some breathing throughout the day.

I think I just have had a few triggers lately and I struggle to let my feelings out and instead bottle them up and become overwhelmed but sometimes it is just so hard for me to express how I am feeling. I struggle to just allow myself sit with the feelings as I feel like if I was to let go and cry I would loose control

[Tryingtomoveon]

Thanks for your reply.

I am going to do some more meditation and work on some that focus on trying to sit with intense feelings that I think is the issue that I bottle up too much.

[Petal22]

Hi tyingtomoveon,

that’s great that you spoke to your psychologist, I’m glad it helped you...

that’s great you are going to start doing more meditation, I found meditation great..... I believe it got me over the line.... it taught me that I’m not my thoughts but the watcher of my thoughts.... I can now sit back and observe my thoughts and not get caught up in them.. ( it takes practice)...

that’s ok .... sometimes it’s hard to express how we feel......

I remember when I was on my mental health journey one night i just cried so much.... I believe it helped me to release all of that.... I believe crying is healing....

here to chat to you

[Maidez]

I get the same. Slow belly breathing helps and EFT tapping. On YouTube search for tapping for anxiety.

i used to be able to work out what was making me anxious but has become more free floating and symptoms can flare even if seemingly relaxed and sleepy. The DARE app is useful - about learning not to struggle so much with it. Exercise helps and yoga

[Tryingtomoveon]

Thanks for the info. I will look into the EFT and the Dare app. It got so out of hand last night I ended up in emergency. It is really hard because the symptoms are so intense. I felt like an idiot having to go to emergency when they say nothing is wrong but the symptoms are real.