Anxiety is taking over, doctors can't find what's wrong with me

This is a nightmare and I just need to vent , scream , cuss and fuss
Anxiety has ruined my life , I don't know if I will ever be the same , there seems to be no peace at the end of the tunnel .....
I have even been having bad dreams about natural disaster 2 was flooding and was an earthquake or tornado ... What the hell
My anxiety is horrible and the funny thing is , I'm not even having bad sx I just can't leave the house , or get outta bed , I feel like it's the end , my ears are blocked like clog funny , my muscles ache all over , my headaches are on and off , I'm just a mess , I haven't taken an Ativan in 3 days , I'm a scary mess
The other night I went to Er because I was in so much chronic pain , that didn't help , just checked my heArt and gain me pain pills ...
I'm sick of all these er, doc and specialist and test only for them to say nothing is wrong , I go to therapy and to the psych doc and my psych says I hAve a sosomation disorder ( I'm spelling it wrong ) and wants me to take Zoloft , I don't do well on meds and scAred to start , my body is in pain , my feet and legs tingle , my hands , my chest hurts on and off , I'm a mess ... I want my life back , it's hard to believe if I take Zoloft that I will go back to normal and feel good , when I can barely leave the house .....WTH ..........
Anxiety is really taking over , they can't find jack doodle wrong with me , it horrible , ... Every week I have some new sx to worry about , ....
I'm too young for this I should be enjoying life , especially if they claim nothing wrong ,
I want to live , I have so much to do , but sitting here and can't , this is no life , I feel like I'm in prison in my own home ......
Lord help .............. When does it end

Thanks kitt

Why, may I ask, are you afraid of meds?

Many here have used them successfully, even on a temporary basis, getting sufficient relief to work on self help and coping skills,....which many have been able to transition to while getting off the meds!

You won't know until you try. You have to decide which is more important to you? Living this way, digging your heels in and refusing to take meds that may offer you some hope.... or..... taking a chance on giving meds a try and understanding this does not mean it has to be a permanent arrangement.

It's time to make a choice about what's really most important to you, and to act on it. We either grow or we regress. As long as we take action, we grow. When we stop and do nothing, we cease to live and evolve in our lives.

To continue to do what you've always done, and expect that the results will be different, is futile and irrational. This is why I'm strongly encouraging you to take deep breaths and make choices.




M.

the story i will tell is nowhere near as difficult as yours, but i hope it can inspire you to change your mind about meds. before my stroy some intro to my maintenance meds, i am on 7.5 mg lex and take xanax on an as needed basis.

i went on a business trip last week, monday to wednesday, perhaps due to weather change and being tired from the trip i started to develop a cold thurs/fri, full blown by sat. My head cold was so horrible because of the pain itself AND because it gave me the exact same heady sensation that anxiety does when am angst up. Of course, you can imagine that I was getting anxiety because of the identical symptom, and so on..

I took my cold and cough meds and hoped it would relieve my head cold which it didn't. After some more time had passed, i decided to take the lowest does of xanax, after 30mins, head cold gone and went thru my day being productive. have taken small dose again yesterday and today. In maybe 3 days my colds should go away. In not making a big deal about taking a xanax, i saved myself the major hassle of having a headache and avoided getting caught in the anxiety loop (symptoms > anxiety > more symptoms > more anxiety).

sometimes we just need to give ourselves a break and take the easier route. no big deal right?