I'm a well educated male in good shape, 19 years old, and it all started with a presumably panic attack a few months ago. It was partly triggered by smoking pot, and it led to an extreme bad trip where I believed to have had a heart attack.

My life up until this point has never been the same. I am nearly convinced that I have anxiety, and the doctor feels the same. My life simply feels out of place, that i'm not the same person.

Every time i've tried smoking again, i've bad tripped and had a panic attack, my heart begins to beat at a remarkable pace and I get terribly scared. Perhaps cognitive reinforcement got the worst of me, anyways i'm kind of grateful because i've quit that lifestyle, but i'm left with one that is of an equal if not worse destructive nature.

I constantly fear not so much dying (although I do), but reality in itself, and thinking I have heart problems. I used to think I had something going on in my throat, yet I had an endoscopy and the results were fine, so the worry I suppose has shifted towards my chest. I know that it's anxiety, i've done my research properly, yet the physical symptoms are still very present regardless of my physical state.

I'm going to ask the doctor for a spirometer test, I believe my asthma may be recurring from my child hood as it occasionally does at my age. Perhaps the breathing is an actual causing of asthma, and it brings up excessive worrying about life, and begins a mudslide of anxiety.

I want to get back to my normal happy self again, I never used to worry or dwell about such things before. Some times I hear a song in my head over and over and over again, sleeping has become a chore as my thoughts ramble too fast that I can process. I've always been that way, people could never keep up with my train of thought, yet I always seemed to channel these thoughts in a positive manner.

This has been going on for about 3-4 months now, and I believe to have tackled the disorder accordingly, yet my thoughts are still extremely fearful at times. Anyone have anything to say in regards to this situation? Thanks.