How does anxiety make you feel?

Sean,

Feeling down in the dumps

Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy'

Feel like crying for no apparent reason

Have no feelings about things you used to

Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear seems to be with me all the time

I feel like I am under pressure to make everything rights for others. 

For me its a uncomfortable feeling of all of a sudden feeling fine to feeling like I'm going to panic, my head will feel really strange, sort of dizzy but not room spinning dizzy, feel like I'm going to collapse in the middle of a store or work. When driving in the car sometimes an uncomfortable feeling like I'm not really with it, hard to swallow, chest will get tight, feel like I cant breathe well. Panic attack I guess, still trying to convince myself it's all anxiety/stress and awaiting some test results AGAIN...hope this helps.

Paddi,

I've noticed a few of those things as well! What is up with this? I noticed that my pupils get pinpoint when I'm having one of my "anxiety sessions." Granted, I am on medication that constricts my pupils anyway, but not by very much.

I would think that if we're anxious and feeling over-stimulated, that our pupils would dilate as we try to take everything in. Doesn't that seem more logical?

I sincerely don't understand that reaction.

I also get the same thing about forgetting what feels like pretty much everything at hand, in a split second,....there I am, standing at the top of the stairs, and completely baffled and not remembering what I was going to do, am doing, or was supposed to do,...and I just stand there like a statue (as if I would not be able to concentrate if I moved?)

Then *blammo*....I not only remember what it was I was intending to do, but I recall the list of things on my "To Do List" that I've been forgetting to tend to.

So what's up with that, too? ;P







M.

Sean,

If you use the search feature up in the right hand corner and type in "depersonalization" or "derealization," you will find that this topic has been brought up quite frequently. As uncomfortable as it feels, you may be surprised (and even a tad relieved) to know that so many of us experience similar sensations!

Go on, take a peek! You'll be glad you did! :)






M.

Merrida,
I don't know but we have a few things like that, you and I. Our pupils going small, and our flaring red ears..ughhh...I don't know but it drives me crazy..it just seems like these things would have to be something neurological, but they arent.

Hey Paddicake yes I have had the ECG and that was normal, blood pressure was normal, and I have been told I am not going mad but that doesnt stop me from being scared of it.

I am going doctors 2moro to see if I can change the tablets as I am on highest strengh of paxil and that doesnt seem to work anymore.

Are any of you on anti-depressants?