Help!!!!! Daily anxiety attacks

dear desperate, i was 30 yrs old, with a 2, and a 3 year old, and a loving husband, when i started getting anxiety attacks, involving weakness, body tension and nausea. just being resposible for 2 young lives can make one feel anxious, so if you have had similar symptoms for 10 years, i would definitely be finding a doctor who will at least try treating you with an anti anxiety med, if you haven t already. if you have tried meds, you just may not have found the right one. i can remember how terrified i felt, and how ashamed i felt having to ask my mum to look after my kids when i got really bad. don t despair, you sound like you have a great family, so just keep trying till you find out what s wrong. i am praying for you. and a very calming thing for you to do can be to read the psalms, let us know how you go, blessinggs

Hi Desperate!

I totally get where you're coming from and understand how you feel. I'm certainly not a doctor, but it definitely sounds like the
the physical symptoms of anxiety. It does things to us and makes us feel stuff we didn't even know we could feel. I keep getting the random sharp or sometimes burning chest pains, sometimes a little short of breath and throat/neck feel tight. I have had a few full blown anxiety attacks as well, but have been checked multiple times. Nothing is wrong with my heart. It's anxiety. I also know it's much easier said than done to keep reminding yourself of that and take some slow, deep breaths in through your nose and out your mouth when it's actually happening to you. It helps. I can't tell you how many EKGs, chest x-rays, holter monitors, echocardiograms, and blood work I've had. Even a stress test. Everything has come back just fine. As hard as it may be to be intimate with your husband, that is certainly one of the best things you can do. Sex is a known stress reliever due to the physical exertion and the chemicals that the body releases during. Go for it.