anxiety?? just want someone to relate to my symptoms

I'm 27...have a two year old girl..work at a hospital.. I dropped down to per diem...because of my health issues. Had an MRI due to pressure in head and weird feelings..normal...had blood work...seen a neurologist had an eeg test done..normal... lungs good...checked all my thyroid issues...all normal etc... I will be driving then have a rapid heartbeat.. beating really hard..or feel numb like I'm going to pass out...then I feel spacey.. shake bad...and get so scared to move or drive ...hate EMR been so many times they do nothing...seen a cardiologist ..had heart monitors..they see the tachy..nut its normal beats.. they wanted to go in with a cath to make sure..I said no...I'm on 12.5 every other day motoporol its so low of a dose..prob.doesn't work..heart still beats fast at times. I hate pills..made my blood pressure low so I didn't want to take it...and I tale .25 xanax when needed.....I feel I'm going crazy and its a mystery diagnosis.... but no one can figure it out..some days o feel great n have energy.. others I feel like crap..weak... I even eat and feel like I can't swallow?? So weird!!!

I noticed you said you will be driving and then....

Does this happen at other times?

I have a phobia of driving. I've progressed through it to a degree, but I spent YEARS not driving and still live my life around where/when/how/in what conditions I will drive. I'm going to therapy now to help with it. Please don't let this scare you out of driving.

Personally, my panic attacks seem to always start with the rapid heartbeat like you're describing. I also feel like I'm shaking on the inside or having tremors or something, I know that sounds wierd. But then, I start really shaking, having difficulty breathing, concentrating, etc. Those, I think, are pretty classic panic attack symptoms.

I also experience whole days of weakness, or days where I just have to will myself to get out of bed.

The difficulty swallowing/eating is pretty common, too. Check out some of the other posts.

You're not going crazy and you're not alone.

Welcome to healing well - you're talking to people who do understand. We also understand exactly how frightening it is because your symptoms are so real that it's difficult to believe that they're caused by your emotions.

You might want to check out the "resources" listed in the first thread in the forum - there are some great things there that really help.

Peace to you!