Anxiety for no reason

[Angie684]

Okay so I can just be sitting around the house, enjoying life and start to feel anxious for absolutely no reason. It really concerns me because the feeling like starts in my chest you know how when you hear really bad news or something and then you have that feeling in your chest like all the wind got knocked out of you. That is exactly how it starts like I feel like I can't breath and it just feels like I'm about to have a panic attack if I don't stop whatever I am doing and rest.That is what has me so worried about it is how it feels and also it comes on when I am really not doing anything. I can be sitting on my bed or something literally not thinking about anything and it will happen. To me this doesn't sound like normal anxiety, is it?

I've had really bad anxiety for over a year now and I used to have panic attacks all the time. I still really don't have any idea what brought them on. I am really afraid that there is something wrong with my heart. I just don't think it's normal for such severe symptoms to come on so suddenly for what seems like no reason. Is there some thing where it is easier for your body to go into panic mode if you've had anxiety for a long time? I just really don't understand why it would come on for literally no reason. I've been to many doctors about this but none of them have helped me. Well, except for taking klonopin which I think helped me with panic attacks but I still suffer from this anxiety all the time. For a while I was too afraid to go nearly anywhere away from my house but now it is just places that are out of town for the reason that I feel like my body just cannot take the anxiety anymore. I am afraid I am going to like drop dead if I have to go into panic attack mode like that one more time. Even now sometimes if I just think about something anxiety-provoking, I will just feel instantly nauseous and so sick like I just need to go home and lay down. Every day when I wake up I feel nauseous and like I can't breathe the moment I wake up. Could this really all be just from anxiety or is it something else? I just don't know why my body reacts so violently from hardly any stimuli. It makes me think there is something else wrong with me.

Note: I forgot to add that I also get heartburn a lot sometimes it is with this and sometimes it is not. That could be something completely else but I just figured I would add that I get it. I don't ever feel it in my chest though it is normally just in my throat.

[mammo]

Anxiety/panic attacks can come out of no where, and seems to have no reason. Did you ever go thru therapy to determine the root of your anxiety, there is always something inside us that is causing anxiety. It can be something that happened a long time ago that you have forgotten about, but it's still there, waiting to be dealt with. It's important to find out what that is so that you can get it out, deal with it and put it behind you.  I know anxiety can present with new problems all the time, but I think I would see my doctor before assuming it is your anxiety with any new symptoms that arise. It does sound like it anxiety, but you should make sure.  Keep us posted.

[betu_b]

Dear
Can  you please tell that when this problem started what happened actually
as anxiety develops over a periof of time and very much related to your basic nature , which could be emotional or whatever.

you said that you are afraid of some sudden bad news , what are those moments.

       Is that someone you see at your home
       Is that any phone call which triggers that.
       Is there any incidents (Could be some of your relative sayign something which is not accepted by your mind)

there can be many scenarios , if you can tell me what is the reason you can think is the most fit.

[29sillygirl]

Anxiety "for absolutely no reason" pretty much sums up anxiety disorder.  All of us in this forum or agoraphobia forum, have experienced most of what you describe.

Sorry you are having the 'at home anxiety'.  I used to have serious panic while awake and even in sleep according to my psychiatrist.  Scary, because you need to feel safe and that is at home for most of us.

As i am not a doctor, can only tell you I have experienced everything you describe; it changes over the years and with life events, but the condition is one we live with.

I take klonopin only since anal cancer 2 yrs ago.  For me, antidepressants cause serious gastric distress, so I go with an anti-anxiety, and practice getting out of the cocoon I put myself in following cancer treatment: fear of diarrhea in public place was chief challenge.

The nausea is a relatively new symptom with me, but I know it is anxiety related.

After attending my son's memorial service yesterday, and overestimating my ability to handle 300 people in 3 hrs on a beautiful but very warm day, you can guess what happened.

It started as we arrived at park: urge to go..fear that diarrhea would stop me from going through event. Handled it.  Felt that disconnected feeling we all get after seeing 1 minute video of son and a twinge of anxiety when I was asked to sit in front row with family. Carried on.  Got through the comments about my son given by friends and co-workers. Breathing and focusing on things like butterflies and the lake behind speakers.

I actually thought I had done good.  Well I did.

Afterwards @ Starbucks, I passed out, vomited, and almost, but not quite ,messed my pants.  Trip to ER; all systems fine: diagnosis: a major panic attack brought on by stress that had built up in 2 wks since my son was shot by his father to his memorial service. My spirit was calm but teary ..quite naturally: my body just said 'enough!'.

What I want you to know is this condition which we share can be managed: I would have done much better if I had taken 1/2 a klonopin before going to memorial.  

Back to you: there are lots of ways to ease your discomfort, but in my opinion, you must have a medicine at right dose as your base; then bit by bit do things you need to.

Getting out each day is absolutely essential.  I have been doing it for about a month, and get stronger each time.  Walking helps with the breathing..usually.  Don't expect a sudden improvement.  I yawn to get my breathing right.  Everyone has a trick that works.

Keeping a journal helps: it can be anything you want it to be: mine is bits and pieces of my day; random stuff mostly.  Do keep track of meds taken and diet.

Keep posting ...lots of wonderful people here to support you.  Try the agoraphobic forum.  As that is my diagnosis, I am usually there.