Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 8 Location: gilbert, az
Is This Anxiety? Im At a Loss, Please Help Posted: 09-10-05 23:26pm
As mentioned that anxiety can be very well
attributed to an event in your life, it is
relative that my father passed away last
july, two days after I flew back to asia
where I stayed for 5 weeks to mourn his
passing and join my mom and siblings,
needless to say, it was a tremendous grief
to go through. On my way back here to
us, I had to travel for a total of 27
hours, on three flights, and was extremely
drained and exhausted when I reached home.
Joining my husband here, it was a
struggle to switch back from the pain to
trying to get my normal life, although the
surprise came when I found it harder to
bear my loss when I got home than when I
was still on my vacation. Three days
after, my symptoms surfaced. Started
with shortness of breath, which I
categorized as tachypnea and sometimes
hyperventilation. It would occur almost
anytime, and makes me gasp for air,
feeling like a fish out of its bowl.
Next is the difficulty in swallowing, it's
crazy that I would have to spit out the
food I was chewing because it seems like
the walls on my throat just got paralyzed
and couldn't pass the food towards my
esophagus. And just recently, ive been
feeling stabbing pains on my back making
me twitch, and weird pains in different
parts of my rib cage particularly on my
chest, or sometimes just plain chest pain,
like I couldnt breathe, it's awful.
I had bloodtests and ekg recently and my
gp confirmed the reslults are perfectly
normal. Im scheduled to have my upper gi
test and barium swallow on tuesday and see
my gastroenterogist on friday. Im hoping
I can finally come up with something
because what im going through is something
I just can't ignore.
Are these all signs of anxiety? Having
lost my father recently and feeling so
alone in a country far from my loved ones
with only my son and husband to share the
grief with? The sad thought is that I
fear I might just die of heart attack or
something that I will just gasp for air
and die of hyperventilation because im
most of the time alone in the house (quit
my job before my father passed away) or im
with my son, whom I don't want to scare in
case I run out of breath and have him call
911. I cant prevent myself thinking im
gonna die, only because im still at a loss
regarding this, if it's anxiety I really
hope my dr can treat me because this not
normal.
Thanks for your time and I would
appreciate replies.
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Kansas
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Aug 2005 Posts: 93
Posted: 09-11-05 10:45am
Hey. I am really sorry about your
father. I am going through almost the
same thing as you. I recently lost my
grandpa who I was extremely close to. He
was like a father to me. Then I lost my
favorite uncle. My anxiety started after
my grandpa passed but became much more
severe when my uncle died. Losing to
loved ones at once was just much for me I
guess. Anyway I am having a lot of the
same symptoms as you. I had the
shortness of breath which caused my asthma
to become really bad. I have chest pains
like all the time. My heart races. I
get wierd pains and sensations in all
different places. I get stomach
problems. I have severe panic disorder
now. I have horrifying panic attacks.
I have went to the er like a hundred times
thinking I was dying. They have done
every test possible on me and can find
nothing wrong. I have had all the heart
tests. I have had both upper and lower
scopes. I have had the barium swallow.
I have also had like every kind of blood
test you can think of. They find nothing
wrong with me. I finally relized I have
a serious problem. I decided I could not
deal with the panic attacks and pain any
longer so I got an appointment with a
theropist. I have just started my
counciling so I dont really know if its
helping yet or not. I will admit it does
feel good to talk to someone who isnt
family or friend. I am also on welbutrin
which I really do like. For my panic
attacks I take ativan. It helps me to
relax. It took forever to find a drug
that could do that. I am not really sure
if this is the drug combo I will be
staying on or what but my doc is trying to
figure out which one is going to have the
best results. Sorry to give you such a
long story but I just wanted you to know
that you are not alone. We can get
through this. We cant give up. I also
wanted to let you know that if you would
like to talk sometime let me know. I
have msn messenger and yahoo messenger
both. I am sure we can really relate
with our feelings. It helps me talking
too. I hope this helps a little
tia
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nemoblink
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 7 Location: montreal
Re: Is This Anxiety? Im At a Loss, Please Help Posted: 01-08-07 00:53am
sea_aviatrix
wrote:
as mentioned that anxiety
can be very well attributed to an event in
your life, it is relative that my father
passed away last july, two days after I
flew back to asia where I stayed for 5
weeks to mourn his passing and join my mom
and siblings, needless to say, it was a
tremendous grief to go through. On my
way back here to us, I had to travel for a
total of 27 hours, on three flights, and
was extremely drained and exhausted when I
reached home. Joining my husband here,
it was a struggle to switch back from the
pain to trying to get my normal life,
although the surprise came when I found it
harder to bear my loss when I got home
than when I was still on my vacation.
Three days after, my symptoms surfaced.
Started with shortness of breath, which I
categorized as tachypnea and sometimes
hyperventilation. It would occur almost
anytime, and makes me gasp for air,
feeling like a fish out of its bowl.
Next is the difficulty in swallowing, it's
crazy that I would have to spit out the
food I was chewing because it seems like
the walls on my throat just got paralyzed
and couldn't pass the food towards my
esophagus. And just recently, ive been
feeling stabbing pains on my back making
me twitch, and weird pains in different
parts of my rib cage particularly on my
chest, or sometimes just plain chest pain,
like I couldnt breathe, it's awful.
I had bloodtests and ekg recently and my
gp confirmed the reslults are perfectly
normal. Im scheduled to have my upper
gi test and barium swallow on tuesday and
see my gastroenterogist on friday. Im
hoping I can finally come up with
something because what im going through is
something I just can't ignore.
Are these all signs of anxiety? Having
lost my father recently and feeling so
alone in a country far from my loved ones
with only my son and husband to share the
grief with? The sad thought is that I
fear I might just die of heart attack or
something that I will just gasp for air
and die of hyperventilation because im
most of the time alone in the house (quit
my job before my father passed away) or im
with my son, whom I don't want to scare in
case I run out of breath and have him call
911. I cant prevent myself thinking im
gonna die, only because im still at a loss
regarding this, if it's anxiety I really
hope my dr can treat me because this not
normal.
Thanks for your time and I would
appreciate
replies.
hi!!!
Wow someone I can relate to!I lost both my
parents in less then a year,and all the
symptoms your having,i have!!!!I've gotten
everything checked by my doctor,urine
test,blood test,and everything is ok.I
suffer from anxiety,and I know how you
feel,especially when you think your gonna
have a heart attack because the pain is
unberable,you can't breathe,can't
swallow,and you can also get these very
bad abdominal pains,rib,and back pain as
well as numbness in the arms and
fingers.If it can help you can get
medication to control your anxiety
attacks,i wasn't for medication but the
one that was prescribed for me,really
helps.And I also see a pshycologist to
help me get through the pain of losing my
parents.I'm very sorry for your lost,and I
hope this can help you out!!!If it can
help,when your having an attack,don't
concentrate on it,try relaxing ,and take
deep breaths,think of other thoughts other
then the attack,or like I do I call
friends to help get through the attack,for
me it helps,because I don't concentrate on
the pain.And don't worry your not gonna
have a heart attack even if it feels like
you are gonna have one!So hope this
message can give you some kind of
comfort:)
-nemoblink-
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nemoblink
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 7 Location: montreal
Posted: 01-08-07 01:05am
kansas
wrote:
hey. I am really sorry
about your father. I am going through
almost the same thing as you. I
recently lost my grandpa who I was
extremely close to. He was like a
father to me. Then I lost my favorite
uncle. My anxiety started after my
grandpa passed but became much more severe
when my uncle died. Losing to loved
ones at once was just much for me I guess.
Anyway I am having a lot of the same
symptoms as you. I had the shortness of
breath which caused my asthma to become
really bad. I have chest pains like all
the time. My heart races. I get
wierd pains and sensations in all
different places. I get stomach
problems. I have severe panic disorder
now. I have horrifying panic attacks.
I have went to the er like a hundred
times thinking I was dying. They have
done every test possible on me and can
find nothing wrong. I have had all the
heart tests. I have had both upper and
lower scopes. I have had the barium
swallow. I have also had like every
kind of blood test you can think of.
They find nothing wrong with me. I
finally relized I have a serious problem.
I decided I could not deal with the
panic attacks and pain any longer so I got
an appointment with a theropist. I have
just started my counciling so I dont
really know if its helping yet or not.
I will admit it does feel good to talk to
someone who isnt family or friend. I am
also on welbutrin which I really do like.
For my panic attacks I take ativan.
It helps me to relax. It took forever
to find a drug that could do that. I am
not really sure if this is the drug combo
I will be staying on or what but my doc is
trying to figure out which one is going to
have the best results. Sorry to give
you such a long story but I just wanted
you to know that you are not alone. We
can get through this. We cant give up.
I also wanted to let you know that if
you would like to talk sometime let me
know. I have msn messenger and yahoo
messenger both. I am sure we can really
relate with our feelings. It helps me
talking too. I hope this helps a
little
tia
hi tia!
I just red what you wrote,and i'm going
through the same thing,i'm sorry for your
losses,i just lost both my parents
and,it's so hard to get through,i just
wanted to let you know that it will take
time with therapy,i,ve been in therapy for
4 months now,and still have a lot to
say,but I do agree that talking to someone
who's not family related is
comforting,they don't judge you!Till now
i've been on 3 different kind of
antidepressant to get rid of my
anxiety,and they've only made my anxiety
worst,i'm starting a new one tomorrow and
i'm so scared!I feel like a rat in lab
testing all these different king of
medication to see which one is good for
me,i'm getting discouraged because I feel
like i'll never find the right one for
me!How many medications did you try before
finding the right one!!! I would just
like to know because I don't wanna have
anxiety for the rest of my life,it just
takes total control of your world,and it's
starting to depress me,so if you could
just write me a little something to tell
me how long it took you to find the right
medication it would be appreciated!
