Could this be something other than anxiety

[JanelleS89]

This post is pretty old...but I'm wondering the same thing!! IS THIS ACTUALLY ANXIETY?!  It's hard for me to accept the diagnosis of anxiety bc I have always had a normal life.  Actually the first time something like this happened was almost 2 years ago I was making my son lunch and all of a sudden felt light headed. So I went and at down and felt even more light headed and starte freaking out and  everything started tingling and going numb and I felt like I couldn't even talk so I called 911 and went to the hospital where they did an EKG and it was normal so they sent me gone calling it a panic attack. Which I do believe that was one but what gets me is the light headed ness u had first. That is what caused me to freak out....so why am I getting light headed in the first place? Something go had to have caused it. After that episode the next week I was shopping. Felt very hot and light headed and had to sit down right where I was and put my head in my knees. From those two episodes my symptoms have grown. So dizzy, Lmost an out of body feeling, prickly feelings in my hands and feet and in my mouth. Random parts of my body going numb. Or waking up and randomly feeling like a part of my body like an arm or leg isn't working. DEEP muscle aches, shocking feelings all over esp my head. Blurred vision. I'll look at my hands and my fingers will be shaking out of control. Heart palpitations, heart racing and pounding through my chest. I feel like I can't breath and have to force myself too. I am constantly feelin my neck to feel for a pulse and it's always slow then fast then slow then fast in a matter of seconds...:ANYTIME I go to a store I get so hot and my heart races and I feel like I culd pass out at any second. I have chest pains. Sensitivity to light and loud noises, my hair falls out in clumps. I feel like I have gone bat **** crazy. I was put in citalopram for anxiety took it for three days and was in complete panic the entire time so flat out stopped taking it called my doc and she said to up it from 10mg a day to 20mg a day!!! How does that make sense?!?! I am just so afraid to call this anxiety and mask something that could be wrong with me.... I have 2 kids and I don't want them to be without a mother and if this isn't anxiety how can I get a doctor who will listen to me and take me serious and get to the bottom of this! A lot of stuff I have researched this sounds like MS?!?! Some days I seriously forget everything, cannot think straight. And have tremendous pain all throughout my body esp my neck down my spine and my joints and muscles. I'm so tired all of the time I can sleep for 10 hours and wake up exhausted as if I only napped 30 min:/

[JanelleS89]

I do and have saw a ruthmatologist who diagnosed my pains as fibromyalgia (which I don't agree with) and have seen a cardiologist who did a stress test and echo and it was normal. I do have an appointment with a neurologist in January. But wouldn't upping my dose only make them worse?! Since the small dose made them worse I'm so scared to up it.

[CRSeaside]

Hi. I have a question for you? Do you have good insurance ? Can you see specialists or must you wait for referrals?  If you don't trust the Dr that gave you anti-anxiety meds, see a different type of Dr.
The idea of changing the dosage,however,may be valid. My psychiatrist changes my meds & the doses all the time. I have BiPolar disorder & also suffer panic attacks & anxiety. I don't share your symptoms,though.
Hope this helps a little. Pamela