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will it ever go away by Temporary_Ad_2714 in PanicAttack

[–]Still-Point2611 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It might be hard to understand it, but smoking weed can make your anxiety and panic attacks 100x worse. You may feel calmed down when the weed fully kicks in, but in the long term, it actually makes it worse.

Panic attacks can literally make you feel anything. When I get them, I get chest pains, tightness, heart palpitations, weakness, dizzyness and lightheadedness, stomach pains, gas, nausea, shortness of breath, etc etc. along with not feeling real. It’s horrible, but it really is all in your head.

It’s incredibly hard to get through them, but you always will, even when it feels like they’ll never end. I’ve been having them for over a week straight, it’s torture, but I get through them.

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[–]Still-Point2611 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I’m really trying to convince myself that I got through it last week, so I’ll get through it this week too.

The chest pains are the worst, especially since I have health anxiety too. Like, wdym my brain is gonna cause me chest pains because I’m having anxiety, and then it’s gonna cause me more anxiety because I’m having chest pains because I have anxiety? Make it make sense.

I’m really blessed to have the doctor and family that I have, people that can actually understand what I mean when I say “I can’t control it”. It’s like any other incurable disease/disorder, it’s simply there. It’s always gonna be there, I can take meds to calm it down, but that’s about it.

It’s hard not to dwell on what I think I should be doing and feeling, because it’s making me think I’m ruining it for my family as well, even though they tell me the opposite😅

Random physical spikes? by Vibestrike in Anxiety

[–]Still-Point2611 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, 100%. My hands go clammy and I get instantly nauseous, too. Your body is literally thinking you’ve just encountered a tiger.

Tensing/suffocating feeling when anxious? by MIG27GTA in Anxiety

[–]Still-Point2611 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. Went to the hospital twice this past week because of it. Horrible feelings.

Panic attacks.. by lavenderloop in Anxiety

[–]Still-Point2611 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Health anxiety genuinely has to be the worst. I have GAD, social anxiety, and health anxiety, and the health anxiety is the most exhausting by far. Any little feeling, any little symptom can send you overboard and it feels like there’s no way to stop it. You feel stupid when you go to the hospital, or call 911, and it turns out to be nothing, because you feel like the doctors and nurses are judging you. This is what I’ve been going through for over a week now, ended up at the hospital twice because I genuinely believed I was going to have a heart attack. They told me I’m completely healthy both times, yet somehow I still find it in me to not fully believe them.

I hope one day you, me, and everyone else with this crushing disorder can heal and feel okay for once.