Symptoms question

Hi there
Good question and has got me thinking! i have health anxiety and i would definetly say its any sort of symptom that can send me into a panic!
Like if i was to get a palpitation my thought process would be .. "oh that didnt feel like a normal palpitation maybe there getting worse" or i would get a little niggle in my chest and think "that one was definetly near my hear" this is the sort of things that send me spiriling into panic although i think sitting worring and thinking about things contantly can also definetly bring on symptoms! i find im tense when im worring this can make your breathing faster and that itself can cause panic to start bubbling.
Well thats my experiences anyway
Jenna x

It is a lot easier for me to understand being symptomatic if I am facing stress...

I agree that the symptoms that come out of the blue, during times of relaxation or enjoyable activities are the hardest to wrap your mind around!

I have read enough accounts however, of panic attacks happening (including my own experience) at the most peaceful times, to know that it is not only true...it is actually more common than not!

I believe that is why so many of us struggle with health anxiety, because the automatic thought that naturally arises is..."There must be something wrong with me since I am feeling this way."

I also never understood how our 'flight or fight' symptoms could ever help us during a real emergency. Really? How are feeling shaky, weak, hot/cold, nauseous and terrirfied going to serve me in a crisis?!?;p

Anyway, the chicken or the egg question of symptoms/anxiety is really interesting...but mute if you think about it...it is managing the anxiety everyday and anyway that it presents itself that counts.:)

So keep up the good work!

S.C.

Hello,
That is the most puzzling thing about anxiety to people that have never experienced it. "What are you so anxious about? Have you tried just relaxing? Etc. Etc". It's hard to explain that I don't know what is causing my physical symptoms other than anxiety, and as far as what I'm anxious about that is anyone's guess. All I know is that I have very physical symptoms and I do recognize they trigger my health anxiety. It's very difficult not to get frustrated whenever people ask questions about your anxiety you know you don't have the answers to but I try to remember they don't know what else to ask. I just hate when someone acts like my condition is trivial. I would never wish this sickness on anyone but I wish some people, especially doctors, could be able to "hop into" my body to understand what pains I'm experiencing. Because sometimes it feels like verbal communication fails whenever there is the scapegoat of Dx General Anxiety Disorder to use dismissively. I don't think this about my primary doctor, he is very calming and caring. But the experiences I've had with some ER doctors has made me jaded to going to the ER. Anyone the point is, I understand what you are going through. I have had GAD for two years, and two specific types within that time (Social Performance Anxiety & Health Anxiety). The latter has been the more difficult one to deal with.
Good luck with your recovery!
-Rxclusion

One thing we all need to stay aware of is which coms first doesnt matter, look at all these posts I mean read every one, we all have 95% of the same symptoms. I just woke up from a nap, heart racing, hurting under my left arm , shaking, when I have palps I can hear my heart in my inter ear and feel it in my armpit. "I think we are expierencing adrenlan overload", when I first feel the oh crap somethings wrong sensation I can feel the adrenlan hit my blood stream. Today when I got my overload I came here to see if I could help even one person and I already feel better, you girls and guys help me to remember the most important thing. "I am not alone, I am in this boat with a lot of cool people, and my feelings are not so SPECIAL mine are like almost all anxity panic depressives. So one day I will get overmyself we all will, It seems to me that we think we are dying but we dont. I have to re-set my mental clock every time but I refuse to die every day, I have things to do, people to care for, Love myself, not spoil myself, in living I move steadely toward that which I have feared all my life, The end/or hopefully the beginning!
Love to all
Larry