So it is anxiety?

No..I dont..

Yes, your symptoms are those of anxiety but as you yourself suggest - minor anxiety so you would if you chose find it relatively easy to learn techniques to overcome it - however if you don't the anxiety could worsen - it may not though - that just depends.

How to reduce anxiety, cbt (cognitive behaviour theray), relaxation, meditation would all be good starters.

It sounds like anxiety to me. Does the more you think about the symptoms the worse it gets? Do something now before it gets worse! I had several overlapping anxiety problems, but have now come to believe the root of the problem was my inaccurate thoughts and distorted thoughts. I was in a 12-week group using cbt earlier this year and it has eliminated most of my depression and panic disorder. The two books we used in my group are really good and I would recommend them both highly: been there, done that? Do this! By sam obitz for anxiety and depression and mastery of your anxiety and panic-third edition by michelle craske and david barlow for panic disorder. Cbt teaches you exercises on how to counter distorted thoughts and once you get good at using the tools like the tea form you start to feel better and better

Thank you for all of your replies!!

Trust me, I know what it feels like and it sucks. I take prozac 40mg and wellbutrin xl 300mg to help me get through the day. When I have a really bad moment. I will take a valium. That helps alot.

Very well could be anxiety but i'd go see a doctor to rule out physical causes. It sounds like panic disorder if it is not physical and cbt works great for panic as well as anxiety and depression etc.

Vanessa, who told you that every panick attack patient had been cleared
by any physical cause? Are you a psychic somehow?
You sound more like a doctor (cardiologist or psychiatrist?) rather than
a "nurse" since you pretend to be so knowledgeable about
endothelium dysfunction and ready to quote scientific studies about
its clinical significance.
You are saying that the ideea that anxiety and panick attacks are a
cardiovascular complication is patently nonsense, but let the members
of this forum look at the "chest pains and irregular heart beat" posting
in the "heart disease and heart attack" topic. Let them read and see
if there are any similarities between arrhythmias and panick attacks.
And of course, abstain yourself from trying to think for the patients
themselves.

I agree fully with vanessa.



I have pvcs (benign, irregular heart beat). They flare up for many reasons including times of stress. The first time I had these palpitations I thought I was having a panic attack. I realize now I wasn't. I've had panic attacks in the past. Many many times. Frankly the symptoms are similar. This is really a chicken and egg situation. People that have pvcs tend to panic when they occur. People that are having panic attacks tend to get heart palpitations or rapid heart beat.

Not all people with panic disorder have heart problems. And not all people with heart disorders have panic attacks.



In fact, I would wager, that most people that suffer from panic attacks do not have any kind of heart disorder. That is one of the first things a doctor will check for when you present with symptons of anxiety to rule out possible heart problems.



If someone is worried about their heart when they experience anxiety they should go to their doctor, mainly for reasurrance. This in it self can be of great comfort.



Jas

Vanessa,
you seemed to have access to the best doctors in the world in a matter
of minutes just in time to answer to certain postings. Very impressing
for somebody that is not a doctor or a nurse (although you stated
"nursing" as your profession).
When you say "anxiety and panic attacks are not a result of cardiovascular anomalies" or "statements are not supported by any of the medical practitioners ..." with such confidence it means that you did
extensive research that goes beyond your area of expertise, namely
"anxiety and panic attacks are caused by emotional and pshychological
triggers".
In fact, all you do is just posting strongly opiniated statements (spiced
up with character categorizations) that are trying to maintain the cloud of ignorance over the heads of the panic attacks sufferers.

Maybe the people in this forum should be aware that the psychiatric
patients with a college degree, well educated, aware of their disease
and high achievers in their life before their health problems showed up
are the most troublesome patients.
Is this the reason why you attack anybody contradicting the ignorance
that you spread in this forum?

This is not a problem of suffering but rather how doctors respond to it;
and it seems that they chose the easy way of deception and mystical
explanations. My opinion is that you should fix your own profession
(i still believe that you work in health care - I don't care whichever
branch) before you open you mouth again.