Anxiety and worrying

[ngw516]

I am 27 years old, and I have had generalized anxiety disorder for about 15 years. I have been on and off of medication during that time period. About a year ago, I started to have anxiety symptoms and panic attacks again. While my panic attacks have subsided, I have been ruled by excessive worrying, especially about my health. I have been to the doctor several times (and put on Paxil), and I am healthy. I cannot seem to overcome this worrying. Anytime I have a strange pain, I worry that something could be seriously wrong. The worrying is becoming so overwhelming that I worry about worrying, as crazy as that may sound. I try everything I can to calm my mind, but it is always an underlying burden.Can someone please give me some tips and advice to ease these worrying sensations? Thank you for any help you can give me!

[FitOverForty]

I been posting and basically saying the same thing to folks on this forum.  If Paxil is working for you - rock on!  However, those are anti-depressants (UPPERS) that typically make nervousness worse.  It's the benzos like Ativan, Klonipin and Xanax that put you at ease from an anxiety or panic attack.  I just had the bad chest pain about 10 minutes ago with a pin-pricking feeling and, yes, I tend to get nervous and panic.  I basically calmed down and took my ativan...right now I feel it starting to subside.

[BaByGaBe]

Yeah that kind of sounds like me everytime I feel a little pain like in my chest or my anywhere I already begin to think negative thoughts like what if it I get a panic attack after the pain what if I get it worse whats gonna happen, I hate it...maybe like an hour ago I was driving and I turned my body to the left to see if any cars were passing by so I can switch to the right lane so I felt like a little sharp pain in my chest so I already felt nervous and started saying to myself in my head "Oh no I hope I dont get this now" like I started to think oh no not a pannic while I'm driving so I told my girlfriend how I was feeling and she told me to don't pay attention, its nothing. I said ok but still was a little anxious, so I went home and I feel better just a little lightheaded. I worry alot for any pain I get and start thinking negative when I feel any little pain anywhere on my body. I'm also taking paxil 12.5mg.

[amish1979]

That's me:  Panicking about the next panic attack.