If your symptoms go away when you take
your medication, does that mean the
symptoms were caused by anxiety in the
first place, or could it still stem from a
real medical problem?
Asking because my chest has been hurting
and I feel like I can't breathe right and
my heart beat was so weird for the past
couple days. Then I just took one of my
xanax and they seemed to dissappear. What
do you think?
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Moo
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Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Posts: 1066 Location: London
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Posted: 02-20-06 18:13pm
To me it would seem it's the anxiety but I
do understand your concerns. I was
convinced for a time that there was
something else 'wrong' with me but that's
part and parcel of anxiety disorders.
I do believe that mindset also plays a
huge part in these things (i believe it
has with me)
is there anyway you could be tested for
whatever conditions you think it could be
possible causing your pain?
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backhome22
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 195 Location: MN
Posted: 02-22-06 17:14pm
I've been tested for stuff before, for a
variety of conditions, and once the tests
come back normal the symptoms usually go
away. I'm so sick of getting test after
test, but I also feel like this could be
the time when it really is something bad.
If I take xanax though the symptoms seem
to go away or at least subside a little,
so just wondering cuz I wasn't sure if a
real medical problem would go away w/ a
med. Thanks!
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sophira
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 37 Location: MN, USA
Posted: 02-22-06 17:26pm
Don't worry, a xanax isn't going to mask a
real medical problem. If it helped, it
definitely suggests that the problem is
anxiety, and not a heart problem (or
something else)!
Sometimes it's easier to think it's a real
medical problem, because those can be
"easier" to deal with. (i know it doesn't
make much sense on the outside, because
cancer isn't easy to deal with, but it's
got a concrete treatment, while anxiety is
psychological, and isn't as concrete.)
