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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-hell--800422
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Health Anxiety hell!!
2023-05-24T22:02+00:00
ive had health anxiety for like 5 years (I'm 20 now) and developed body wide muscle twitching after reading about ALS last year it's gotten worse recently and now I'm convinced I have als, a brain tumor os or maybe even huntington's! has anyone experienced anything something similar??
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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/panic-attacks-sertraline-800366
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Panic attacks - sertraline
2023-05-23T11:25+00:00
Hello all, i just wanted to speak with people in a similar situation to help me rationalise. im 28 with no history of mental health issues apart from every day stress and anxieties which have never caused me an issue since march i have ended up in a+e 3 times with what i can describe at the time is im having a ...
/forums/profiles/joshua39169-1464514
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sertraline-800297
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Sertraline
2023-05-21T11:44+00:00
My doctor started me on 25mg sertraline 7 days ago and still getting side effects of weakness,lethagy which is very debilitating. Is this normal or should I be feeling better by now.
/forums/profiles/grannnie-1464278
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/thoracic-back-pain-and-health-anxiety-659822
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Thoracic back pain and health anxiety
2018-05-30T10:19+00:00
<p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>Looking for some solace here. I&#39;ve had thoracic back pain/ache for 10 weeks now with no original cause. Doctor keeps telling me it is musculoskeletal but there&#39;s no real let up from it apart from after a sleep or a hot bath. For some reason, I absolutely convinced myself it must be cancer of...
/forums/profiles/stephen49654-1183776
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/exercise-brings-on-physical-anxiety-symptoms-anyone-else--800330
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Exercise brings on Physical Anxiety symptoms, anyone else?
2023-05-22T14:06+00:00
Hi Folks. Last July i woke up in the middle of the night not feeling quite right, bit dizzy etc. I then proceeded to freak out and have a panic attack. Over the next 6 or so months i was constantly worried i was ill, to the point where i now have GAD regarding health. I've since had a whole load of tests done which...
/forums/profiles/nofruit2245-1464438
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/worried-that-i-develop-fibromyalgia-800320
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Worried that I develop Fibromyalgia
2023-05-22T09:08+00:00
Hello, For three years now I suffer from some kind of health anxiety. But my health anxiety differentiates from the "normal HA sufferer". I'm not afraid of catching a deadly illness like cancer etc. I'm more afraid of getting a mental disorder or a chronic condition like CFS/ME Fibromyalgia which literally ruins my ...
/forums/profiles/wewe29716-1464407
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-have-severe-anxiety-coupled-with-ibs-m-life-is-extremely-stressful--800255
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I have severe Anxiety Coupled with IBS-M. Life is extremely stressful.
2023-05-20T03:02+00:00
I have Severe Anxiety and IBS-M, and some days its hard for me to even get out of bed. I am always nauseous, and 4 days out of the week I have migraines. I just found this site with people experiencing a lot of what I'm going through. It hard for me to reach out to people, and this is kind of my first step in that d...
/forums/profiles/edwardlucias-1464266
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/dizziness-anxiety-800226
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Dizziness/ anxiety
2023-05-19T03:09+00:00
Has anyone taken any kava liquid drops to help with anxiety? I am not sure what I am feeling I just know its driving me crazy, I wake up restless shaking and with cold sweats and dizziness and this continues throughout the whole day.
/forums/profiles/jasmin74938-1464171
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/fear-of-driving-800248
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Fear of driving
2023-05-19T22:32+00:00
Hello, I have a fear of driving, it's like I am not in control, that kind of a feeling. And it's related to other problems, I think everybody can drive without fear, without any anxiety at all, the just pass the test and start driving. For me it's just complicated like many other things. Does anyone els...
/forums/profiles/77petar77-1464256
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/sertraline-help-roller-coaster-ups-and-downs--798377
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Sertraline. HELP! roller coaster ups and downs.
2023-03-24T06:54+00:00
hello everyone, I'm a new member to the forum, but I have found the messages posted very reassuring to me whilst I'm dealing with this horrible disease. Really sorry for the long life story post. I was diagnosed with suffering from GAD in 2008 and was put on Citalopram, but it didn't agree with me, so I star...
/forums/profiles/tek737373-1459756
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/periferal-neuropathy-or-parkinson-s--794812
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Periferal neuropathy or Parkinson’s?
2023-01-02T22:13+00:00
Hi, I'm a 30 year old female and up until now have always been very healthy and none of my previous self inflicted health scares have ever been accurate (brain tumour, ms, heart inflammation from the vaccine to name a few). But I have been experiencing the worst three months of my life. It started with some health anxi...
/forums/profiles/nf07249-1451416
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/relationship-anxiety-799603
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Relationship Anxiety
2023-04-27T06:10+00:00
hi everyone, I guess I'm creating this discussion to help myself not feel alone, and hopefully, others can relate to mine/others experiences. does anyone struggle in relationships with uncontrollable anxiety? my partner and I have had our ups and down, yes. But it doesn't matter, I have always had this anxiety of be...
/forums/profiles/ashleigh8695-1462016
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-symptoms-800067
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Anxiety and symptoms
2023-05-14T20:10+00:00
Hi there! I’m chronically worried about discomfort in my right side ... in 2017 I clearly remember how I started to “press” in my right hypochondrium, I ran around all kinds of ultrasounds, doctors, and so on ... they didn’t find anything, they just said to improve nutrition. Already at that time I was worried abou...
/forums/profiles/stan47220-1463812
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tmj-800152
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TMJ
2023-05-17T12:31+00:00
Hello. I was wondering if anyone else suffers from TMJ. I recently posted about some spasms and Jan kindly reassured me. however recently the pain around my ear up the side of my head has become almost unbearable. it feels like there is someone in my head kicking my temples over and over and the pain is spreading d...
/forums/profiles/brody54586-1462639
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/uncomfortable-feeling-800126
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Uncomfortable Feeling
2023-05-16T15:41+00:00
Do you ever feel a race of negative or anxious thought or panic attacks whenever someone you are comfortable with leaves for a long time or far away? I'm sick of this, I want to overcome this but symptoms always came after if I try to
/forums/profiles/danielle93445-1075294
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/thinking-the-worst-case-scenario-will-happen-to-me-all-the-time-800038
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Thinking the worst case scenario will happen to me all the time
2023-05-13T17:06+00:00
can anyone give me some reasurance? for weeks i have been getting worse and worse with thinking something really bad is going to happen in my life. i have been to theropy etc and gone through hypnosis etc but constantly feel something bad is going to happen. we have all been young once and I even get scared that so...
/forums/profiles/ron05709-909451
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-is-off-the-scale-776994
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Anxiety is off the scale
2021-12-27T15:05+00:00
I would love to know how anxiety affects you all, i have dizziness, headaches and head pains, jaw hurts in fact every part of my body hurts, i feel sick off balance, have reflux, indigestion, feel weak feel shaky, dry mouth, feel like something bad will happen, had lots of tests all negative, im convinced the results ...
/forums/profiles/millie12345-1366167
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/please-help-me-figure-out-what-this-is-800045
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please help me figure out what this is
2023-05-13T21:10+00:00
i’m having terrible anxiety about this rash .. i looked it up and it’s saying its a leukemia rash and i haven’t calmed down since.. does anyone know what it could be? i’m having no pain , no itchy , no burning.. i do not have bed bugs or fleas. i havent been around plants, i havent done nothing new. i was taking...
/forums/profiles/anonymousee-906722
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/please-help-one-ear-tinnitus-head-pressure-800059
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Please help one ear tinnitus head pressure
2023-05-14T15:46+00:00
ive battled with health anxiety and G.A.D for years and now its back it started when i found a lump it turned out to be a hemmaroid which im having surgery for on tuesday then i started checking my body found a lump in vulva checks out as nothing now i have a sound in my right ear and a weird pressure feeling dr look...
/forums/profiles/chloe39608-1453679
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-798101
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Health Anxiety
2023-03-17T21:05+00:00
Hi, ive been battling health anxiety for over 2 years now it was bad after i had my second child, it seemed to calm down a bit but now after my 3rd child I think it has come back. im saying I think because this symptoms are a bit different before and I always think there's something sinister going on, i try to tel...
/forums/profiles/emma47045-1459204
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mnd-als-intense-fear-799955
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MND/ ALS intense fear
2023-05-10T11:31+00:00
Hi all I have been a sufferer of health anxiety on and off for around 6 years. I've convinced myself I've had many different diseases but for the past couple of years, my health anxiety was almost non-existent. However, fast forward to now and for the past week or so I am absolutely convinced I've got MND. My rig...
/forums/profiles/dan20338-1463494
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/symptoms-don-t-stop-798609
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Symptoms don't stop
2023-03-29T13:53+00:00
ive posted before but been awhile, these symptoms are not stopping been 18 months, I'm constantly dizzy, lightheaded or pressure, weird feelings in my head sometimes feels like something moving in my head, my only relief is sleeping, yes I've had testing and waiting for further testing but I feel I'm losing my mind...
/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feeling-so-bad-on-sertraline-799978
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Feeling so bad on sertraline
2023-05-11T11:37+00:00
Hi i suffered anxiety and panic attacks over 20 years ago and was put on citralopam, i remember feeling much worse for a few weeks but got through it and have been on the whole good , about 2 months ago i started getting bad anxiety again , the doctor prescribed me sertraline i was on 50 mg for 6 weeks then it was incr...
/forums/profiles/denise31188-1463581
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/deep-itch-inside-chest-feels-like-heart-is-itchy-361575
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Deep itch inside chest feels like heart is itchy
2015-02-16T17:34+00:00
Any help please it feels like my heart is itchy it never stops as soon as I wake up in morning untill I fall asleep I have had cardiac blood tests and ECG and everything was fine has anyone else had this constant itchy feeling it's really getting to me
/forums/profiles/iain68035-597155
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/some-slight-concerns-anyone-had-the-same--799892
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Some Slight Concerns. Anyone had the same?
2023-05-08T11:47+00:00
Hello Everyone. 2 weeks ago I was quite Ill with tonsillitis. Accompanied with chronic health anxiety which I have had for around 4 months now, since a tragic event in my life, which re triggered it for the first time in 4 years. During the Illness I started to get a horrible spasm in my eyelid, which is trigg...
/forums/profiles/brody54586-1462639
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-has-me-scared-to-exercise--533591
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Health anxiety has me scared to exercise!!
2016-09-05T21:53+00:00
<p>I&#39;m hoping someone can help me. I&#39;m not sure how exactly, maybe by giving me tips to get over this irrational fear. </p><p></p><p>My health anxiety has been rather bad lately, mainly focusing around the idea that my heart is failing, I&#39;m going to have a heart attack, or I have a pulmonary embolism. Becau...
/forums/profiles/clr1166-910679
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/chronic-hyperventilation-syndrome-563500
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Chronic Hyperventilation syndrome
2017-02-06T16:07+00:00
<p>Hi, I&#39;m a 29 year old male and for about 8 or 9 years now I&#39;ve had what the doctors have told me is &quot;anxiety&quot; but myself doesn&#39;t feel anxious and have come across chronic hyperventilation syndrome. I feel as if this is what I have. Over the years I&#39;ve had 3 ecg test a asthma test and a oxyg...
/forums/profiles/matt93825-1019156
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/mental-illness-799825
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Mental Illness
2023-05-05T11:54+00:00
Hi All I am in a toxic relationship and my past relationship is also very toxic, yet i did have a set of twins with the fist one. I now need to drink in order to express my concern to there mother or she just dominates me. What are my kids chances as im like this? Anything I can do to be a stronger person?
/forums/profiles/piet35735-1229766
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-799782
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Heart
2023-05-03T14:54+00:00
Does anyone here experienced these kinds of symptoms, Im so anxious I want to live longer but these symptoms kept hanging me in a dark room - slow heart rate after laughing so hard - yawning excessively these symptoms doesnt show when Im working out but when I dont do something or stuck in home in several days I f...
/forums/profiles/danielle93445-1075294
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/severe-health-anxiety-worried-about-my-heart-798700
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Severe health anxiety, worried about my heart
2023-03-31T16:32+00:00
Hello I suffer with a bad health anxiety which is recently much much worse. I lost my Mum in December and I'm about to lose the home I grew up in and have lived in for 40 years. I'm struggling with grief, depression and severe anxiety. I keep feeling jolts in my chest which make me feel quite faint for a few sec...
/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/racing-heart-can-t-stop-panicking-right-now-799773
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Racing heart, can't stop panicking right now
2023-05-03T00:30+00:00
Should I be really worried right now? I suffer from really bad health anxiety and also acid reflux where it feels like food is stuck in my throat, even though there is nothing really stuck. Today I ate a breakfast sandwich and I'm worried if I didn't chew well enough, I usually count how many times I chew, but I lost c...
/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/daily-burning-sensation-on-foot-can-anyone-relate--799734
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Daily Burning sensation on foot. Can anyone relate?
2023-05-01T23:01+00:00
For the past week I've noticed a burning sensation on foot and now part of my right leg. I have bad health anxiety and had a MRI last year for facial numbness, which came back normal and some of those sensations subsided. I am scared I have MS but my doctor thinks its just anxiety. I know someone who got diagno...
/forums/profiles/lisa95664-1462883
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/are-these-vision-symptoms-just-anxiety--799721
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Are these Vision symptoms just anxiety?
2023-05-01T16:06+00:00
Hi, I am 16 year old girl and have had anxiety and ocd for about 4 years. About a year ago i started obsessing about my vision again ( in past i obsessed over „double vision" or like this ghosted vision) and this time i started noticing a lot of spots and dots firstly i also saw visual snow, but i do not really notice...
/forums/profiles/hanakovac-1462855
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-fear-that-my-anxiety-and-stress-and-depression-will-somehow-develop-into-a-seizure-disorder--797125
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I fear that my anxiety and stress and depression will somehow develop into a seizure disorder.
2023-02-23T20:41+00:00
Hi, I'm 26 years old. I've been perfectly healthy my entire life. I would like to note that I have NEVER had a seizure. but as of recently my anxiety and stress have been turning into involuntary body tremors and shaking and panicked surges in my head even when I'm believed to be relaxed. So I ended up doing the ...
/forums/profiles/curefox-1456985
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/face-and-mouth-numbness--799578
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Face and mouth numbness.
2023-04-26T02:37+00:00
I have suffered from anxiety and depression for many, many, many years. Basically all my life. Recently I will have moments out of the blue where I feel like my face is numb and my mouth and I feel like I can't move my mouth for a second. I panic and really start to freak out but try to breathe through it and distract ...
/forums/profiles/michael26279-1462469
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feeling-weird-as-if-everything-s-familiar--489591
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Feeling weird, as if everything's familiar.
2015-12-15T20:48+00:00
I don't know if this is because I'm focusing on it, it's really hard to explain. I've always had an anxiety disorder, but was fine without medication for 6 years up until about 5 weeks ago when I had a massive freak out after smoking weed. I've managed to control the anxiety attacks, but still get a lot of the stre...
/forums/profiles/howll-911828
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/when-i-touch-fuzzy-things-i-get-a-swallow-reflex-and-can-t-talk-or-breathe-correctly-721147
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When I touch fuzzy things I get a swallow reflex and can't talk or breathe correctly
2019-12-04T15:44+00:00
This happens on a semi-regular basis. When I touch certain "fuzzy" things like velvet or fleece I just start swallowing involuntarily. It's hard to talk since it looks like I'm having breathing issues to a 3rd party and I probably look like a crazy person. Even if I am thinking about possibly touching these things I ...
/forums/profiles/robert79693-1280786
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-making-me-feel-dreadful-804851
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Anxiety making me feel dreadful
2023-10-25T10:46+00:00
Does anyone else feel physically really unwell when they get episodes of high anxiety? I feel dreadful lately. Very low mood, shaky, tearful, no energy, muscle tension, sore aching muscles, headaches and a general feeling of sadness. I'm struggling day to day.
/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/can-anxiety-give-you-tmj--804864
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Can anxiety give you TMJ?
2023-10-26T04:22+00:00
I just experienced this 3 days ago where my jaw feels very locked and I could feel it sometimes crackle when I stretch my mouth open wide, I'm really scared on that I might break my jaw one day, I went to see my doctor about this problem today and he told me it's mostly stress and anxiety causing my muscles to become t...
/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/shortness-of-breath-even-when-im-not-having-an-anxiety-attack--479053
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Shortness of breath even when im not having an anxiety attack!
2015-09-21T16:58+00:00
Hello I'm a 32 year old female,I have been having anxiety and some depression for about four years now!!so I understand everything that everybody on here is going through!!!!I started back on my meds almost 3 weeks ago....I can just be sitting there on my bed and start getting shortness of breath,even if I'm not having...
/forums/profiles/g-mommy-896906
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/shortness-of-breath-terrified-all-the-time--563103
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Shortness of breath terrified all the time!!
2017-02-04T16:18+00:00
<p></p><p>What does everybody&#39;s shortness of breath feel like? I even feel really really out of breath even when I talk which worries the c**p out of me!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I wake up with it and go to sleep with it every night, I feel I have got to catch my breath every few minutes just to make sure I can get air ...
/forums/profiles/luke08690-989056
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/hello-804855
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Hello
2023-10-25T18:01+00:00
so my anxiety reared its ugly head 3 weeks ago when i reduced my citalopram too fast. i felt like i was in crisis couldnt eat sleep think straight, Dr prescribed me pregabalin to calm me down, ive taken it for 5 days and its really helped. now after reading so many horror stories i want to come off if, does any...
/forums/profiles/lorraine90511-1398879
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/felt-heard-a-pop-in-my-brain-what-should-i-do--804828
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Felt/heard a pop in my brain what should i do?
2023-10-23T18:28+00:00
is anybody here felt or heard a loud pop in head when trying to fall asleep. i know it sounds crazy but it happens to me on friday but im still scared until now.
/forums/profiles/eris48635-1475437
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-headache-relief-804673
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Anxiety headache relief
2023-10-12T18:27+00:00
i was diagnosed with GAD nearly 10 years ago. ive managed to stop the panic attacks as now i no all my physical symptoms are anxiety. i get physical symptoms for around 6 weeks constantly. its absolutely draining. this last year its been constant. i had 6 weeks of heartburn everyday. then i had a headache constantly fo...
/forums/profiles/emma74461-1262058
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feeling-of-swollen-tongue-anxiety-symptom--560457
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Feeling of swollen tongue anxiety symptom?
2017-01-23T06:25+00:00
<p>Has anyone ever experienced this as a symptom of anxiety? I&#39;ve been dealing with anxiety/panic disorder for about two years now. It was really bad at first with almost daily panic attacks, sometimes coming in waves for hours at a time. It then evolved into what I guess would be health anxiety, where every feelin...
/forums/profiles/robertsee02-1013632
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/citalopram-week-2-20mg-804810
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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/chest-pain-804756
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Chest pain
2023-10-18T17:01+00:00
hi everyone. im about 12 weeks pregnant. today i had rightside chest pain. kind of nesr middle too. had this a few weeks ago aswell and had an ecg n the ecg was Normal. im very worried thst it might b bad. would the ecg have shown anything bad. im terrified of cardiac arrest or something like that .thanks guys
/forums/profiles/rachel11964-1472671
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/numb-chin-syndrome-667669
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Numb Chin Syndrome
2018-07-11T17:07+00:00
<p>So I have a small spot on the tip of my chin that is numb, like feeling like how it would feel if a dentist gave you anesthesia.&#160; Just numb.&#160; I thought maybe a shaved to close and cut it making it numb.&#160; Then after taking it for maybe a month or so, I decided to see what could be done about it.&#160; ...
/forums/profiles/nate73255-1194676
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/random-spots-of-warm-sensations-on-parts-of-body--499648
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Random spots of warm sensations on parts of body???
2016-02-24T19:32+00:00
Has anyone ever experienced warm sensations on a part of their legs or arms or anywhere else??? It's not warm to touch but an internal warm sensations that feels like you put a warm cup of coffee against a patch of skin for a sec amd then it goes away. Its not painful at all just annoying and it is really sending my h...
/forums/profiles/soanxious-905223
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/really-struggling-804702
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Really Struggling
2023-10-14T23:14+00:00
Hello. I'm finding myself spiralling into a health anxiety crisis again. Things have been tough over the last 18 months. I've had major surgery, lost my Mum and lost my home. I've just moved into a new place but am finding it isolating and scary. I'm super aware of my body and every sensation and am panicking and w...
/forums/profiles/lisa215-42056
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heightened-anxiety-morning-day-7-do-you-eat-first--804723
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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/brain-zaps-804717
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Brain zaps
2023-10-15T19:51+00:00
Does anyone experience brain zaps, i know they can happen when stopping some medications but i haven't stop any. Thank you
/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/afraid-of-thoughts-804666
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Afraid of thoughts
2023-10-12T13:39+00:00
hi hello i need help anyone here,experience of afraid of thought even you are busy in your house chores you are still in a deep thoughts example conversation with friend,happy thoughts or memories thats flashing back thougts.although it is normal to think.but why i feel anxious for the way i am thingking,i am now in a ...
/forums/profiles/malleelel-1320300
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/week-1-day-4-heightened-anxiety-804691
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Week 1 (day 4) heightened anxiety
2023-10-13T17:54+00:00
Hi I started citalopram (on day 4). this is the 2nd time I've been on SSRI's, and I'm sure i cant remember my anxiety heightening this much. Today being completely unbearable and i feel like a panic attack lasted 4 hours this morning. im on 20mg for panic attacks driven by intrusive thoughts. will this subside? ...
/forums/profiles/faye12876-1474925
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-came-back-when-i-thought-i-was-getting-better-804310
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Anxiety came back when I thought I was getting better
2023-09-19T13:44+00:00
Hi all Hope you're all not to bad put there ! I have had anxiety all my life on and off for one reason or another My dad committed suicide in 2015 and it took me and good 3 years to come out of that. Ever since then I have had blips once or twice a year. All the usual symptoms. I'm also very afraid I will ...
/forums/profiles/gethin67137-1023159
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/burning-fingers-in-left-hand-and-numbness-804665
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Burning fingers in left hand and numbness
2023-10-12T12:35+00:00
I just woke up to my two fingers which is my 2nd to last finger and pinky being very numb and burning sensation which is very new to me and I'm very worried that this could be something serious, I know googling is not a good idea, but I just searched out of curosity, since I have really bad health anxiety and freak out...
/forums/profiles/shanny1997-1134460
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/vibrating-in-right-breast-804629
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Vibrating in right breast
2023-10-10T07:49+00:00
I started with this sympton on Fri night and woke up in a state of panic. Very mild vibrating feeling in right breast. I cannot feel any lumps or bumps and just wondered if any of you guys who have previously posted have any suggestions or if any of you are still struggling with this. I do have a considerable amount of...
/forums/profiles/kim49523-1474717
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/nose-in-vision-699791
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Nose in vision
2019-04-19T13:37+00:00
i keep seeing my nose in my vision 24/7 and its giving me bad anxiety has anyone have this and fixed it?! pls help
/forums/profiles/lauryn_57932-1155081
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-causing-breathing-difficulties-804498
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Anxiety causing breathing difficulties
2023-10-02T13:17+00:00
Hi I am new to the group and I am wondering if anyone else suffers with issues like mine. My anxiety causes me to being unable to breath and something as simple as just going to the loo is a huge deal and I hyperventilate and find it hard to breath. I've been suffering for months now and can not find any help or sup...
/forums/profiles/blondish-1474322
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/cannot-be-around-people-socially-anxious-all-the-time-think-i-smell-and-get-hot-and-flustered--804495
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Cannot be around people, socially anxious all the time, think I smell and get hot and flustered.
2023-10-02T10:55+00:00
Ive had this issue for a very long time. Many many years since 2008.. but it has evolved and gotten worse as my mental state weakens. It was from the first time when I noticed people murmuring or rubbing their faces and noses around me or whenever I would pass. This is known as olfactory reference syndrome.....
/forums/profiles/kuzza03987-1061418
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-palpitations-and-pregnancy-804523
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Heart palpitations and pregnancy
2023-10-03T19:40+00:00
hi guys im about 11 weeks pregnant. last week i started experiencing heart palpitations or the feeling of the heart going to stop. i went to the doctor. there and then he did an ecg and did another test with my ankle to check my heart. there was no abnormalities found. This can be common is pregnancy right ? my blo...
/forums/profiles/rachel11964-1472671
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/worried-again-804352
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Worried again
2023-09-22T09:53+00:00
hi guys i recently posted here about having a cervical smear that came back as hpv positive and moderate abnormal cells. im having a colposcopy on the 26th of october. The thing is im pregnant and il be about 14 weeks that week. im so scared that it will hurt my baby and cause a miscarriage. and also thoughts are raci...
/forums/profiles/rachel11964-1472671
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/really-struggling-803165
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Really struggling
2023-08-07T15:21+00:00
Hello ive posted on her before about my head symptoms that ive been experiencing 2 years now and no answers problem is now that I'm pretty sure I'm getting worse, now I'm waking up in morning feeling very anxious and scared I have to get right out of bed can lay there at all then all day I suffer my head feeling very d...
/forums/profiles/annette93565-1437511
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/cant-get-this-out-of-my-mind-804511
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Cant get this out of my mind
2023-10-03T07:30+00:00
Around a year and half ago I met my fiancees friend and his wife, I went on a home visit. This friend cheated on his wife, anyway fiancee and friend went out somewhere. Then the wife tried me and said that you probably heard that my husband cheated on me and I just spilled out said yes i know everything. After we lef...
/forums/profiles/sarah90828-1344545
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/crippling-health-anxiety-need-to-vent-804497
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Crippling Health Anxiety, need to vent
2023-10-02T12:52+00:00
Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with anxiety a few years ago and largely had things under control until a few months ago. Prior to then I would have the odd worry about a pain in my arm and confusing it for angina, things like that. Then recently, I got a bad virus (glandular fever) which took several months to clear. ...
/forums/profiles/dj05017-1474318
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/abdominal-pain-my-anxiety-is-through-the-roof--565607
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Abdominal pain. My anxiety is through the roof.
2017-02-16T13:52+00:00
<p>I have been having abdominal discomfort off and on for a couple of years. Two years ago I went and had a liver function test and it was perfect and I just went about my business. I must add, I have anxiety and always think something is wrong as soon as I feel a pain. The doctor said it was anxiety. I&#39;m 32 years ...
/forums/profiles/dee05492-1022435
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/cold-sensation-on-forehead-could-this-be-anxiety--758564
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Cold sensation on forehead. Could this be anxiety?
2021-03-24T22:37+00:00
i have had a difficult couple of years & just lost my Dad to Lung & brain cancer. I had to watch him suffer for 3 months & it made my anxiety shoot through the roof. For the last few months I have had a build up of mucus in the back of my throat, an occasional fullness in my ears & throbbing in my head when I bent over...
/forums/profiles/bflare78-46619
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/horrible-anxiety-and-depression-starting-an-online-business-804491
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Horrible anxiety and depression starting an online business
2023-10-01T17:49+00:00
I decided to sell online last Autumn, first on Etsy then on Ebay, at start I thought I would enjoy it, I watch a lot of YouTube videos for advice, and they make it sound so easy, but I been finding it hard to deal with anxiety, I get more anxiety selling online than I do working offline, it was more of wanting to do so...
/forums/profiles/skyblue321-926817
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tingling-in-left-side-of-face-and-the-rest-of-body-804487
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Tingling in left side of face and the rest of body
2023-10-01T10:10+00:00
Hi, I would like to know if your condition is similar to mine, as it is somewhat complex.I had a stiff neck in March of this year, which is not unusual. However, after the stiff neck was treated, I developed numbness in my left side of my body, including my left arm and leg, my left side of my face, and my left side of...
/forums/profiles/yahia29688-1474250
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/is-this-anxiety--804373
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Is this Anxiety?
2023-09-24T07:59+00:00
Hi all, new here but have been reading posts for a few months. I am having persistent anxiety, basically everyday, I am woken up at around 4/5am with a excited/dread feeling in my chest area. I don’t have a raised/racing heart rate, it is just that feeling something horrid is going to occur or that I am dying. It s...
/forums/profiles/jonk1980-1473885
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/syncope-sleep-syncope-seizure--798611
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Syncope, sleep syncope, seizure?
2023-03-29T15:15+00:00
> hello all, I was just looking to see if anyone else has experienced something similar to myself: Around 7 years ago, I received an MRI and EEG to test for temporal lobe epilepsy, after suffering from bouts of DeJavu,, during which i felt a rush of heat, sweating, tunnel vision and generally a bit "funny" for aro...
/forums/profiles/sb24-1460247
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/whats-it-like-to-be-on-drugs--798651
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Whats it like to be on drugs?
2023-03-30T16:54+00:00
i am homeless and inevitably live in a building full of drug users and it stinks. prior to this I've had no real exposure to drug users. I have found them to be very inconsiderate of other people, careless and unpredictable. Parties all through the night every night of the week, even starting during the day sometimes. ...
/forums/profiles/gracie50764-1460347
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/is-it-ok-to-start-taking-citalopram-if-i-m-at-risk-of-getting-glaucoma--798578
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Is it ok to start taking Citalopram if I’m at risk of getting glaucoma?
2023-03-28T19:33+00:00
hi all, i've been prescribed Citalopram 20mg for my anxiety but noticed that in the leaflet that one shouldn't take this medication if one suffers from glaucoma. i don't suffer from glaucoma but i'm at increased risk of catching it someday as glaucoma runs in my family. is anyone else in the same boat? If so, w...
/forums/profiles/alex40817-1460167
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/these-weird-sensations-are-making-my-anxiety-worse-798475
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These weird sensations are making my anxiety worse
2023-03-26T13:27+00:00
Hi everyone, I have posted on here before but these weird sensations on the left side of my face arm,leg and foot is worrying me. when I get it it fear I'm having a stroke its not numb I have feeling but the sensation is week like I will drop something or my leg going to give way when I walk and then my anxiety star...
/forums/profiles/kelly23338-1458675
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/constant-light-headed-feeling-anxiety-553578
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Constant light-headed feeling. Anxiety
2016-12-18T00:11+00:00
<p>Hello everyone</p><p></p><p>I&#39;ve been dealing with a light-headed feeling since I first got a panic attack in July 7th. Ever since then I&#39;ve had a few panic attacks. I&#39;ve been checked for everything! Brain MRI and MRA, Brain CT Scan, Multiple EKGs during ER visits, a 27/7 holter monitor (EKG), A stress t...
/forums/profiles/bob29887-987596
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/fluoxetine-60mg-for-ocd-798464
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Fluoxetine 60mg for ocd
2023-03-26T08:13+00:00
Hi, so long story short I have ocd and have just increased my dosage of fluoxetine to 60 mg. Previous to this i have been on 40mg for approx 4 years- ive had one doctor say 60mg should only be used for 6/8 weeks then dropped back to 40mg, and a seperate doctor say that 60mg is perfectly safe and to stay on it. Is ...
/forums/profiles/tina66425-1137721
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/feel-like-im-going-to-die-soon--450085
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feel like im going to die soon?
2015-07-10T14:07+00:00
Has anyone felt this way? Its like after i started suffering from anxiety and going through panic attacks, my brain has convinced me that i am dying soon. Like yesterday i was conviced i was going to die today. Please tell me i am not the o ly one that feels this. I also read that people feel like theyre going to die a...
/forums/profiles/josy0405-786705
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/on-meds-for-my-anxiety-but-recently-i-can-t-get-death-off-my-mind-will-this-pass--797545
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On meds for my anxiety but recently I can’t get death off my mind. Will this pass?
2023-03-05T21:17+00:00
Always had periods of anxiety but it peaked at the end of last year and now ive been on mirtazapine for just over 2 months. the last couple of weeks, thoughts of my own mortality have been really playing on my mind. sometimes it really hits and causes a bit of a panic attack but most of the time it just sits there. th...
/forums/profiles/jonjonlebonbon-1451647
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/increasing-citalopram-dose-798375
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Increasing citalopram dose
2023-03-24T05:58+00:00
I have been taking citalopram since July. I had to start in increment of five milligrams because my side effects were so bad. Once I increase to 25mg. Towards the end of November, i started feeling better less and less anxiety. And then, last but not least, the morning anxiety was gone. Fast forward until now March. ...
/forums/profiles/christin09870-1459754
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/does-anyone-else-get-these-symptoms-797879
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Does anyone else get these symptoms
2023-03-12T20:59+00:00
Hi all, Does anyone else get a numbness sensation in the face and eye on one side when your feeling anxious sometime my arm and leg also feel weak but that's when I start worrying about my face also an ache or chest pains in middle of chest and back throughout the day?.. I have had ECG 's and a full blood count whi...
/forums/profiles/kelly23338-1458675
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-pls-help--798115
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Health anxiety PLS HELP!!
2023-03-18T03:11+00:00
US F 23. I have had weird symptoms for now 20 days and i am scared its rabies. no rabid animal bit me that i know of. been exposed to an outdoor cat (vaccinated) and was exposed to a bat 7 years ago and got PEP. past 3 weeks, i have had body aches, headache, muscle fatigue and weakness, pins and needles, no appetite an...
/forums/profiles/hannah27051-1459223
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-m-losing-it-again-700997
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I'm losing it again
2019-05-04T04:00+00:00
Okay, so i recently started working as an ironworker for the last 6 months. It was a big leap into unfamiliar territory, but at an apprentice level, the pay was pretty good and I needed a decent income while me and my wife finished up college. Well during the long time working in this field, i noticed something. I beg...
/forums/profiles/lionman2727-967521
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/scared-of-cancer-due-to-endometrial-polyp-798136
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Scared of cancer due to endometrial polyp
2023-03-18T17:38+00:00
Where do I start.... I'm 33, 34 in a few months and since I had the covid vaccine my periods have been up and down. They disappeared and then returned and became lighter, but when I get stressed they either disappear or just last for a long time. Last January I went through a ton of stress and my period lasted 18 d...
/forums/profiles/kirsty19622-1000253
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-medication-803879
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Anxiety and medication
2023-08-26T10:52+00:00
hi all. im new to this site although ive been reading the forums for a while. so heres my journey. i was on citalopram for about 12 years for GAD. i get that plus somatic OCD where i feel like im going to stop breathing. i felt 'normal' for years so just after xmas i made the decision to go it alone and stop taking the...
/forums/profiles/zigmundo-1472329
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-dizziness-803609
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Anxiety dizziness
2023-08-18T22:01+00:00
does anyone get dizziness of anxiety
/forums/profiles/lauren2823-1471394
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-through-the-roof--803212
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Anxiety through the roof!
2023-08-08T20:18+00:00
Hi all, the last few weeks my anxiety has been through the roof...ive been backwards and forwards to hospitals and doctors and ive been given propanolol 40mg to take as and when I need it but I've tried not to take them. I've just been signed off work for 2 weeks because it's now affecting my work, I'm a driver and I'...
/forums/profiles/kelly06009-1470946
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/the-physical-side-of-anxiety-803639
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The physical side of anxiety
2023-08-19T15:10+00:00
Ive been suffering with anxiety for many years but just latley i feel like alot of the time my mind is in a good place but i just feel anxious! Its so hard to explain to people but hoping there are others that might help me feel at ease knowing im not alone. Basically i feel the sensation all over my body, my mouth a...
/forums/profiles/michael01846-1470884
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-medication-advice-803774
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Anxiety medication advice
2023-08-23T16:29+00:00
So I'm going back to work Saturday after 3 weeks off. I feel I need to go back as the anxiety is not going to go away being at home everyday and ill end up not wanting to go back at all if I leave it too long. I have been given 40 mg propanolol and citralopram 30mg which I have not started taking together yet I just wa...
/forums/profiles/kelly23338-1458675
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/blurred-vision-803752
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blurred vision
2023-08-23T00:06+00:00
good evening! since the age of 11 I have had problems with anxiety but I didn't know that I had it, I had problems with conscious panic attacks from the age of 13 and then I also had my first vertigo which lasted for a week, then at 16 I developed agoraphobia due to panic attacks and I was locked in the house for about...
/forums/profiles/alina20314-1472062
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/tinnitus-and-anxiety-803748
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Tinnitus and anxiety
2023-08-22T22:40+00:00
hi does anybody suffer with tinnitus through anxiety?im a very health anxious person and sufferd a low hum/rumble sound in my left ear for about 3 years now my gp and ent have said no cure for it and my hearing is perfect but i do suffer from tension headaches because of my stress and anxiety so i was wondering if tinn...
/forums/profiles/christina_22008-593869
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-and-high-blood-pressure-537169
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Anxiety and high blood pressure
2016-09-22T21:50+00:00
<p>Hi I was wondering how may people have high blood pressure with anxiety. When I&#39;m relaxed my bp is normally 130/78. If I&#39;m anxious it can easily go up to 180/90 it&#39;s pretty scary! If I can relax it takes about 2 mins to go back to around 140/80. </p><p>With my anxiety this worries me the most I&#39;m on ...
/forums/profiles/mark45877-977544
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/i-had-a-clear-ct-scan-why-can-i-stop-worrying--685845
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I had a clear CT scan...why can I stop worrying?
2018-11-16T17:12+00:00
Hey guys. Ive been dizzy with head pressure and off balanced for years now...recently my anxiety has been playing up bad and my doc ordered a ct scan back in October...it came back perfectly clear! My symptoms are the same and I cant stop thinking about a tumor...like what if they missed it!? Idk I just feel so spaced ...
/forums/profiles/chelsea31880-1204672
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anxiety-no-better--803672
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Anxiety no better :-(
2023-08-20T11:54+00:00
I am now on my 3rd week slsigned off work with anxiety, during this time I've tried to change my lifestyle and started to exercise in the hope I will feel better and won't need medication im also taking vitamins and getting sleep but I'm not feeling any better im constantly tired got weird head sensations my body feels...
/forums/profiles/kelly23338-1458675
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/health-anxiety-about-als-802797
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Health anxiety about ALS
2023-07-29T09:07+00:00
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new here, mainly to put my worries at rest if possible. So my name is Lena. I'm 29 years old and I'm from Belgium. Now, a couple of years ago I started experiencing issues with my health. Clueless as I was, I decided to google my symptoms. Big mistake, I know. So anyway, that's how my h...
/forums/profiles/lenab-1470084
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/harmful-agitated-803622
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Harmful agitated
2023-08-19T04:35+00:00
Hi, Currently I am on depression relapse episode. I am very agitated at certain point I feel calm ONLY when I have harmful/sharp object in my hand. I tend to reach to that item when I am agitated. Why?
/forums/profiles/tasha69958-1471764
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/anyone-here-try-breathing-exercizes-to-lower-your-anxiety-level--803548
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Anyone here try breathing exercizes to lower your anxiety level?
2023-08-17T16:14+00:00
I am doing the biofeedback device "Heart Math'"and 'am experimenting with different breathing patterns. Thanks.
/forums/profiles/ro77360-1166753
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/treating-anxiety-with-sertraline-advice-needed-803460
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Treating anxiety with Sertraline - advice needed
2023-08-15T10:50+00:00
So i've been taking sertraline for about 5 now. I suffer from general anxiety throughout the day combined with panic attacks/periods of heightened anxiety. Currently i'm taking 25mg daily, I knew to expect feeling rough for the first couple of weeks but I'm still having quite bad anxiety combined with a lot of aches an...
/forums/profiles/matthew09064-1471210
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/heart-anxiety-from-doing-cocaine--803276
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Heart anxiety from doing cocaine?
2023-08-10T09:32+00:00
I have done cocaine on 5 separate occasions, 3 of which were all night with drinking as well about 4 years ago, all 3 were on separate occasions. I haven't touched it in 2 years but did a very small amount on Friday and keep thinking I've damaged my heart from the other occasions too, I'm only 30, am I being a hypercon...
/forums/profiles/john39057-1471060
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/very-strange-sensation--496311
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Very strange sensation?
2016-02-03T13:05+00:00
So iv had this new symptom for a while now It's hard to explain but it feels like for 1-2 seconds I zone out/black out/go unconscious/die/out of body experience/shock in chest and head It's kind of like I forget I'm alive for a second and come back or like I'm drifting in and out of consciousness and I feel a l...
/forums/profiles/jay69488-918440
https://patient.info/forums/discuss/so-stuck-in-my-world-of-anxiety-804431
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So stuck in my world of anxiety
2023-09-28T08:36+00:00
ive been on sertraline for 4 weeks now ,i was on it already as i was ill 4 years ago but i was slowly weaning myself off it (with doctors help) i went down to 100 mg and was trying to go to 50mg but i had a relapse and it all came back so i ended up in a crisis home for 2 weeks and now im back on 200mg but still feelin...
/forums/profiles/martin81881-608099