Constant anxiety attacks need help :(

[Atmraanedgaer]

Hi

The past week I have suffered from aniexty attacks alot. I get warm or cold sensation in my arms and then chest and sometimes thru my whole body. I feel sick i dont want to eat and light headed that i struggle to walk sometimes and feel like i have something stuck in my throat 24/7. Its effecting my sleep as i wake up with these feelings and find it hard to sleep again. I have a million things going on in my head...what is wrong with me am I dying i cant just be aniexty i must be sick. My husband took me to hospital earlier this week as i was having a brake down saying i was dying (infront of my kids) and i have had alot of tests done on my heart and blood to see if i have an infection but it all comes back normal. I did have a CT and colonoscopy done and waiting for the results tomorrow so anxious about that. I guess its a long time coming. My mum past away to cancer 2 years ago, then my grandfather past away shortly after, my husband had a mild heart attack last year and found a tumor in his kidney which he had removed and at this stage is ok. I live in Gippsland Victoria and my family is in South Australia so i do feel alone alot. Im a stay at home mum that stopped uni this year to get my health back on track which i think made this worse for me. Im really struggling with this i keep thinking im sick and will die and leave my kids, i cant stop the thoughts and i struggle to meditate as the thoughts are just too much. Its affecting my life and my family i just want to be normal again. Does anyone else feel these symptoms too and is there any support groups that i could meet new people with similar issues to talk to as my husband just doesn't get it.

Amanda

[Anxietyprone]

Hi Amanda sorry to hear what your going through. Your not alone though. I feel A lot of the same things. My spells last for about 2 weeks. I get tight chest headaches, can't eat, sleep is on and off and very irrational thinking and thoughts.

Is this the first time you have experienced this?

[Dorothy1]

Dear Amanda,

These symptoms that you are describing sound really scary and I totally understand the way you feel. I hope that the rest of your results come back normal. If they do, these symptoms you are describing resemble those of panic attacks. The physical symptoms really make us feel like we are having a heart attack, this is very scary. It really feels like we are about to die does't it?

You are saying that your husband does not understand what you are going through, mine was like that with my anxiety too! He used to tell me: Stop being anxious...! until I showed him a nice little cartoon explaining what anxiety was! Since then he is a lot more empathetic.

It also sounds like you have been through a few rough years. Loosing our loved ones is always challenging and going through illnesses too. I think your idea about connecting with other people is excellent. I am not sure whether or not groups of people who might be going through similar issues exist, if it does you might be able to found out about it online. Is there a woman health centre where you live? have look at that, they have great things going on usually.

All the best

Dorothee