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Q: Think This Is Depression? (very Long)

asked by: kuja on July 22nd, 2005

New User

Where do I start well ive been having some attacks for about 2 years now I get clammy, chest pains/heaviness, hard to breath, upset stomach, dizziness, dishoriented, pain down my arm (different arm each time), and for some reason these attacks come only at night about 4 hours before bed. I went to the doctor when it first started and was given an ekg because on a chest x-ray they found a enlarged valve in my heart but it turned out to be okay. At that doctor visit two years ago (last time I had been to the doctor) they found I had mono and a virus that was causing these attacks. Since that visit they had stoped for about a year but in the last year I have been getting them about once a month but in the last two weeks I have been getting them about every night. Tuesday night I was driving to my grandmas and I was having one badly so when I got there my grandma took my blood pressure and it was fine so we took my blood sugar and it was 38...I drank a soda and 30 mins later was fine and I didnt have chest pains/pressure that night. Last night I was suffering from upset stomach and chest pressure, hard to breath really badly and my blood sugar/pressure was fine so I just went to sleep and this mornign I had it a little bit. Some ideas I have is stress/depression/anxiety because other things I have going on is im always tired im afraid of life and getting a job (im 19) im very lazy and always exhausted and I cry alot without reason and I just dont wana leave the house I get angry very easy and I want to be alone alot of the times but I rarely am..Another thing I was thinking is its in my head for the last 5-6 years I have been deathly afraid of having a heart attack so I might be having the symptoms? Well thanks for reading and any help would be great I have no inssurance so I cant really go see a doc at the moment..Oh and one thing can anyone tell me if when your having a heart attack does your blood preassure change at all? Thanks for your help

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Jemini

replied on July 22nd, 2005

Experienced User

By the sounds of it you do have depression and also maybe anxiety.
Do you sleep well through the night?

Talking to someone you trust can help, maybe even start a journal on the feelings that you've had during the day and pin point what caused them to make you feel the way you were. Maybe see a coucilour?

While being depressed does tend to make you just want to sleep and laze around and cut contact from social life.

I know it feels so damn hard while your going through depressions because it's always feels like its there to stay, it will never go away.
I don't know what I can advise you because we heal ourselves in different ways.

I myself was on both anitdrepressants and am seeing a physcorist at the moment and working my way to dealing with my emotions. And also keep a journal.

I have also let my friends know and by them knowing they understand when I tell them I won't be hanging out.

Things do eventually look brighter, time being one of the biggest factor.

Hope this gives some insight.
Good luck.

kuja

replied on July 22nd, 2005

New User

Yeah thanks for your advice I sleep excessive as in from midnight till about 10 or 10:30 I sleep sound but im tired durring the day but never sleep because for some reason I cant sleep durring the day well thanks again for your help I will try and seek help but I have no idea what could be bothering me....Well got a couple ideas heh

Jemini

replied on July 22nd, 2005

Experienced User

The reason why you feel tired during the day is due to over sleeping.
Do you feel like your thoughts are so muddled up right now is way you feel as though your not sure what is causing your depression?
I use to drive myself insane with just thinking and thinking and thinking and would wonder what the hell is it that is making me sad?!

It will come out eventually - whatever it is that is causing you to be sad. Plus do you have any family members that are or have been depressed? It can also be genetic.

el_destructo_bunny

replied on July 24th, 2005

New User

Hey

it does sound like you have anxiety. Me too. Over the past couple years, i've developed chronic tendenitis in both my wrists, chronic back pain, and an ulcer. I try to think of my mind and body as one -- my body is like the test paper for how my mind is working, and I can read it like a map. What helps me: exercise. Walking in a tree-lined area, doing yoga or pilates, deep breathing exercises, riding my bicycle in a fairly secluded place. When I freak out, I do exactly the opposite of what I should be doing -- I overeat and curl up on (or under) my bed and the thoughts don't stop racing. What helps to stave off another attack, and what helps to alter the pattern of the way I react to things, is to talk to my body and see what it needs -- when i'm feeling good.

I'd say, when you feel really anxious, take your fingertips and massage right at the base of your skull, or your temples, or the soles of your feet. Breath deeply, close your eyes. It probably won't help the first time, but it may start to help -- put your ear to the ground and listen.

kowaligagirl

replied on August 1st, 2005

New User

Sounds Like Pure Anxiety With Depression As a Follow-up

I fought that battle for years. Went through every type of test imaginable. Even allergy test. Finally saw an er doctor that listened to me when I told him that I could tell when this was going to happen to me ahead of time. I could even make is happen at times, or so it seems. Anything could set me off from my daily routine being out of place by one event to my husband and I having an argument. I would throw up until there was nothing else. I dehydrated so many times and went to the er that they would just take me on back and hook as iv us and give phenergan. I lost weight, I withdrew from my family, work and life in general. I finally had had enough when this er doctor sent me to a pshychiatrist the next morning on an emergency visit. He said he could tell what was wrong from the moment I walked in. It took me 2 weeks on ativan to feel some better, but I had let it run for almost 6 years with no help and once they got some of the anxiety under control, the symptoms of depression were there. I went inhouse for 5 days and came out feeling better. But I had very little suport from my husband and mother so I had to deal with all the stresses that caused my anxiety alone. It was a tough road but I made it. I had to realize that I had to take care of me first and them later. I am now almost off of any meds for anxiety. I may take 5 mg of xanax a year now and this is only when my husband gets in one of "his moods" and decided to be a butt. Marital stress is the worse for anxiety. Hang in there. With a attitude adjustment on your part and the right combination of meds, you will be 100% soon, I promise. Been to hell and back and lived to tell about it.

Kowaliga girl
albama

punkette

replied on August 2nd, 2005

New User

Hi im not to sure on this but the symptoms you are describing sound like a heart problem I have I have sinus tachyacardia and you might have it too, its almost an unknown heart problem and I suffer from them on numberous occassions and depression causes it to get worst trust me I know, I dont want to scare you or anything having stc isnt a serious thing and usually with time it goes away, and it is becoming common in young women.

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