I am no Dr., but it sounds like you might be having a problem with anxiety and depression, talk to your Dr. And see about this and blood work up too, do you take a multi vitamin pill, as you might be low on something in your system.
The best to you!
Sincerely,
sandy

I agree with sandy - I would further suggest that you look into yoga, relaxation &/or meditation - any or all of which could well help if you give them a chance.

First off, I agree with everything purple333 and sandeyallen said. I agree with what purple333 said, about the yoga - but that might be the exact opposite thing you need as well... See... Well.. Since im a teen male, that could be my prob, with the hormones raging >_< but have you ever thought that maybe you have -to much- energy? Ive had the samethings happen to my chest and throat at night and sometimes during the day. But I tried different things and finally found out that I had to much energy and when trying to sleep or doing whatever, this problem would over act in me, it wanted to burst out.
Ive been playing soccer since the 1st grade, (now in 12th). The only time this feeling ever got to me was when I took a break from soccer in my 11th year of high school. I wasnt releasing any energy that was balling all up inside me and I didnt have soccer to help release any of it.

This is only a thought though. You sound like what I had, so maybe you should try to do more outgoing/energy required things!

Best of luck to you muh friend :d
~black

It sounds a bit like an anxiety attack to me......... Have there been any major changes in your life? Any reasons u can think of.. I dunno but if you try and find where this came from you may be able to confront it.

Yeah yoga and relaxation like breathing techniques might help

i hope ur ok
xoxoxoxoxoxox

Thanks for all you replies, the thing is I can't think of any major changes to my life that could have brought all this on. I was just staying at my boyfriend's and one night woke up suddenly feeling strange and my heart was racing. My family have been saying that i'm ill because I don't get enough exercise/fresh air etc. Which is probably true, but doesn't explain why I always feel so anxious about my health, or why I feel so down a lot of the time.

Sometimes the "major" changes are not things we consider to be "major" or they are actually memories that resurface of something that happened along while ago - so it is probably still worth thinking in terms of stress/panic issues which you may never get an answer to.

As a child I could go into the bush etc no trouble - then at some point (i don't actually know when as it started so slowly) things changed now I can't even be near a pot plant - & I just freeze (literally) if i'm near bush - even if i'm in a car & I have no idea why.

Our psychiatrist advises that a 30-60 minute walk about sunrise each day (even if overcast) will have a beneficial affect (via exercise something in the sunsrays) on the chemistry of the brain & reduce stress - this might be worth trying. Reduce stress>> better health>> exercise>> better health>>>>>>>you feel better!! :d

My anxiety and depression started off like yours, and it was wierd because I was such a happy person. You really should do wat the guys suggested because I had a few anxiety attacks after a few months with it. And thats totally not fun.
Go see a councellor, it will totally help!
Hope everything gets better soon.

Depression is usually viewed as a physical disorder involving an imbalance of chemicals in the brain. If this is true then talk therapy may not be as useful as is believed, because we cannot expect to cure a physical disease with psychotherapy. This leaves drug therapy as an alternative.

There may an alternative to drug therapy.

It has been well documented that depression may be caused by insulin resistance (hypoglycemia). This means that the body is not responding properly to insulin pushing glucose across cell membranes, including brain cells. When this happens the body reacts by producing more insulin into the system. This results in a sudden fall in blood sugar levels and the brain interprets this as brain starvation. In response the brain (the hypothalamus to be precise) sends a hormonal message to the adrenal glands to pour adrenaline into the blood stream. This hormone functions to raise blood sugar levels again in a split second, but this stress hormone is also a flight/fight hormone, causing unexplainable attacks of anxiety.

Thus the anxiety attacks appear to be caused by abnormal secretions of adrenaline in response to abnormal blood sugar levels.

Fortunately, this can be treated without recourse to drugs by going on a hypoglycemic diet, which is similar to the diabetic diet. The hypoglycemic diet is a high protein, low (refined) carbohydrate diet, consumed in frequent small snack, plus vitamins and minerals. It releases glucose slowly from proteins, rather than from refined carbohydrates, avoiding the wild peaks and falls of glucose concentrations in the blood. It therefore does not trigger excess amount of adrenaline.

Thus treatment of anxiety attacks is within the reach of anybody who adopts the hypoglycemic diet.

Try it out!

Imbalances in brain chemistry can be caused by many things - stress overload, genetic factors, auto immune conditons, brain wave patterns out of sync for whatever reason - ces machines (dynamind.Com or alph-stim.Com) & sound/light machines can get the brain patterns back into sync (really helped my migraines, sleeping & depression etc) while alternative natural meds like sam-e, dhea, gingko, valerian, st johns wort, 5htp etc can balance the serotonin & other stress related brain chemicals. Also a 30-60 minute walk around dawn can help as apparently there's something in the suns rays at this hour (even if overcast) that helps (along with this gentle exercise) to balance the chemicals of the brain. (the last is great as it's free, always there & simple!!)

Hi hel-

it looks like you have received a lot of good advice already but I also wanted to mention that you may want to look into cbt as it is very effective in treating anxiety and panic disorder and is what helped me.
Good luck

hi all again,

i get little to no exercise at the moment and at 20 years old i'm starting to think that i'm already ruining my body. I'm not overweight or anything like that, but i'm just concerned about my general wellbeing. I would like to get into some sort of exercise regime however at the moment whenever I do anything even slightly strenuous my heart starts pumping really fast (like faster than it should) and i'm not sure what's causing it. I went for a walk yesterday evening for about 40 minutes, it wasn't a particularly brisk walk but when I got back I was still feeling extremely sweaty and my heart was pounding.

I was wondering if a 30 minute walk a day is enough exercise? I've read that a fairly brisk walk is enough to get your heart working, but I don't want to be doing anything too strenuous with the way i'm feeling right now.

No a 30 -60 even minute walk a day is not enough exercise but this particular walk has a different purpose - read my post & explanation or pm me for fuller details - it is to reduce stress & work on brain chemistry to reduce stresss & also anxiety,

stress can cause weight gain & anxiety (anxiety can also of course cause stress!!) so it's important to start one step 9excuse the pun) at a time, work on reducing stress, hopefully then also anxiety poor sleep etc etc. Then consider whether you are eating the right & enough foods! Then you can work on increasing & putting in place an appropraite exercise program for you - in the meantime though the 30-60 minute walk of a morning helps get your body used to exercise without stressing you or your body - see??

yep and remember, you have only just started out, so its natural to be sweaty and a bit outta breath.