Anxiety never stops

[Thesadguy92]

Hi everyone my name's Bruce I'm 29 years old I have been suffering from anxiety and being a hypercondria since I was 18 first it started with struggling to breath heavy chest and rapid heart beat dry mouth and feels like death is right around the corner it's terrifying IV had every test known to man been in and out of hospitals more times I can count. I managed to get my anxiety undercontrol with medication, with excessive gym workouts and everything was fine until I had the Carona virus it sparked my anxiety like never before I'm back to haveing Holter monitors and lots of visits everytime I go out or go gym the heart triggers none stop and I can't make it stop it's really hard to function I just want it stop so I can live a normal life and not having to deal with this alone I have not seen anybody to talk to about this every dr I have been to has diagnosed me with anxiety and being paranoid I'm the kind of person who like to hold it in I feel like IV got nowere to turn the constant rapid heart beats and palpitations dry mouth feeling weak has taken its toll on me mentally all I want is for to stop if you guys could help me with some positive words would mean the world to me thanks so much for reading.

[Petal22]

Hi Thesadguy92,

Wellcome to our forums!

Im really sorry you are feeling this way I understand anxiety can be very difficult to deal with.

I have a lived experience of severe anxiety OCD but I’ve now recovered thanks to help I received from health professionals.

Have you done a mental health plan with your gp? This will enable you to see a psychologist who can give you many coping strategies for anxiety.

If you can see if you can see a clinical psychologist they can diagnose a normal psychologist can’t.

My life now after anxiety couldn’t be better there is hope for you aswell if I can recover then there is hope that you can too.

[geoff]

Hello Bruce, when someone is suffering from anxiety it's awful because it tends to breed onto other situations that may not warrant it but are unable to stop it, that's the strength of this illness and can ruin many an occasion, especially when you are a hypochondriac and that's not to say, sometimes we all think the worse with many aspects in life.

With this COVID as long as you have been vaccinated the chances of overcoming it or even preventing it from doing any harm are minimal, as we're told by the health authorities, but there is a condition where a person has an 'EF' which means the blood pressure can be high but then suddenly drop, which is something I have and can be controlled to a certain extent with medication, this doesn't mean you have to rush out to see your doctor, have your blood pressure next visit, and the doctors have told me not to worry, so I hope you don't because I'm 67.

Geoff.

[Sophia16]

Hi Bruce,

Anxiety is so tough. I can see that you are feeling distressed and helpless. You are so strong for being here. For being alive and for having the strength to share your story.

I know life can be difficult but just remember you have so much support. You have the whole Beyond Blue community 🙂

Please stay safe and I am here to chat if you need me.