cant get better?

[scaredjo]

hi all im just wondering why i cant get better? im still having the chest pains, tightness etc arghhhhhhhh its driving me crazy, i think even my therapist is running out of ideas and starting to despair of me. i just cant get it out my head that something is wrong with my heart despite all my tests, i know you all tell me its in my brain and i tell myself that too but i just cant stop the symptoms. i dont/cant spend the rest of my life like this im running out of ideas. im starting to get depressed its bringing me down so much. i love my family so much and cant put them through it for much longer, im ruining everyones lives including my own, i try so hard to get better or at least improve but nothing gets rid of the symptoms :-(

[scaredjo]

goodeys- ok ok hun i give in i realise i need a little more help so i made an appointment with the doctor 11th november is the first i can have so i`ve booked it, im dreading it but i`ll give it a go!! i just wanna be normal again it cant carry on xx

lonewolf- thanx as always for the hug hun, mad is as mad as ever haha im sorry to read about pond scum i hope you are well, hugs to you and doggie hugs to the rest of the crew x

cj- thanx for your reply you and goodeys always talk sense to me its time to knock this **** on the head and try to start living again i promise to you both im gonna try that extra bit harder x

jj11- thanx for your advice i have had tons of tests all good even paid private for an echo just recently

the others- thanx for your comments i personally cant advise on meds as i have never tried them sorry

[GreekOlga]

Hi everyone. I am Olga. I am trying to cope with anxiety for all my life. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety so i had and still have all the panic attacks, headaches, fear of dying dizziness. I was prescribed antidepressants and xanaz. The last treatment lasted 9 months and i was ok. I off drugs for 4 months now but when am expecting you know, "red days" the prementrual syndrome hit me like a stone. Anyway i take a 0.5 mg xanaz now and then. The problem is that sometimes i abuse alcohol. Would i someday be happy like most people? This is going on and on for 14 years now. Thanks for listening!

[cj29]

I really have to agree with goodeys here. You are medically okay...you KNOW that.  The pains in your chest are goig to bother you as long as you let them bother you...they will not go away as long as your concerned.  There comes a point where you just have to say...$#%$ this, I am going to 'push' through it.  I know it is absolutely terrifying to do this because I have been there.  You know my health anxiety stems from heart health as well, but I find until you ACCEPT the anxiety in whole you are not going to make much progress.  

I could let every little ache and pain bother me as well, but it would be adverse to progress.  For example, I just had a physical and my ECG read 'abnormal.'  I asked the doc, and he looked at it and said I was fine...so what do I do?  I trust the doctor because there are going to be hiccups along the way.  If I sit here right now and focus, I can feel every twinge, heartbeat, muscle spasm, etc.  When we focus on this all day, it will definitely cause us to think something is wrong.

I have come to accept that aches and pains are a part of life..RARELY are they life threatening, especially if you go and have tests done; which you have done. So medically, you are fine.  

The mind is the most powerful tool in the human arsenal and can really cause us to stay stuck in this anxiety/panic cycle. Don't give up...but you have to accept the anxiety and confront this head on....you are doing it..just keep doing it!  

[goodeys]

Jo, Jo, Jo!!! You need to take the goddamn meds!!!! You have tried everything else and I think that it is time for you to seriously give the meds a go. Sometimes people just need a little more help than therapy alone, for the best results the two normally run along side each other.

Go back to the doctors and tell them what you have told me. That you are scared about comas and what not, be honest with him tell him that you like to have a drink every now and again and that you need a tablet that will not put you into a coma!

I have also said this time and time again to you, you need to get out there and do something. Sitting in the house and focussing all your attention on your symptoms is only making you worse not better and is not helping you to heal yourself. You need to push yourself, unfortunately no one else can do it for you. You need to be really hard with yourself and get and about and try to enjoy life with or without the pain. The more you do and push yourself will eventually reinforce the message to your brain that there is nothing physically wrong with you hunny.

Now get a docs appointment talk opening and honestly with him about your fears of the drugs. He probably wants you better just as much as you want to get better. Next make some plans for the week even if it is only something small each day. Take the dog for a walk, walk to a freinds house, arrange an outing for you and that lovely son of yours for the weekend, the possibility of living life is full of endless opportunities.

DO IT. I am going to be nagging you every day now. Don't make me come up there and tan your behind young lady.

Love you loads xxx

[meow1]

i have suffered from anxiety 4 years tight chest cant breathe every test under the sun the wife i thinkis over it , i dont know what to do i wake up in the night gasping for air  i have like a 50 percent lung capacity all day but the docs say anxiety i am on lkalma now 3 years  trying to get off it  does anyone take any meds that are helping i need some positive feed back

[lonewolf07]

Once again I agree with the above poster - JJ11.  How is Mad?  Miss P, NumberNine and the rest of the gang send their regards.  All I can send is a "HUG".  wolf

[JJ11]

Read what JJ11 just wrote to Fury6....it's about the chest pains and  might be a relief to you.

In short, your pains are prob. nothing more than the tightness you have in your neck, back, shoulders, etc. from anxiety.  As you find something to ease your anxiety, you will be shocked how the chest pains will ease, too!

If the doctor checked you out and said your heart was okay, then don't worry about.  If you haven't seen a doctor, let them run a quick test to reassure you.

Then see about something like Clonazepam dissolvable tablets to calm your body and relax it....when the tension leaves, then your skeletal muscles,etc., will relax, and you will feel better and rest better when you sleep ...  hang in there!

Lots of us have had that same type of chest pain, so don't feel alone.  That tightness just pulls everything into tense "knots" of anxiety ... it's hard to believe when the pains hit, but it prob. is just the body tension causing it all.  Anyway, read the JJ11 comment to Fury6.
Good luck!  We understand!