Early morning

[Grace360]

I have so much anxiety you about sleeping weird. Woke up with an ache in my arm like my joint at the top. Then a small pain I felt when I first woke up at the curve of my hip. Like I truly feel like I'm losing breath. Even hyperventilating doesn't seem satisfying rn. Trying to not go to ER but its so hard.
Soon as I woke up I took my meds. Still

 

[Doug97]

I sleep funny all, the time. Lie on my arm and I wake up with it numb. Lie too long on one side and my hip is sore.

Anxiety causes the lack of oxygen feeling. I get that too.

 

[Grace360]

Not to mention also a small ache in my knee that makes me think about a clot

 

[Doug97]

But body aches are normal. Literally every single human being on Earth has them. No blood clots required.

 

[Grace360]

But body aches are normal. Literally every single human being on Earth has them. No blood clots required.

I guess its the mix. The aches and then the breathlessness and tightness.

 

[Doug97]

And the breathlessness and tightness are classic symptoms of anxiety. Classic!

 

[bin_tenn]

Even hyperventilating doesn't seem satisfying rn.

Well yeah, hyperventilating is not helpful at all. Hyperventilation is part of the reason we feel short of breath, because the body isn't circulating oxygen appropriately. What else would you expect?

Soon as I woke up I took my meds. Still

Considering you don't take your medication consistently, it makes plenty of sense that it doesn't work as expected. It doesn't go to work instantly, it has to build up in the blood stream over time, when you take it consistently...

Not to mention also a small ache in my knee that makes me think about a clot

That's not how it works.

 

[Grace360]

Well yeah, hyperventilating is not helpful at all. Hyperventilation is part of the reason we feel short of breath, because the body isn't circulating oxygen appropriately. What else would you expect?



Considering you don't take your medication consistently, it makes plenty of sense that it doesn't work as expected. It doesn't go to work instantly, it has to build up in the blood stream over time, when you take it consistently...


That's not how it works.

I guess it just feels like my breathing is slow. It doesn't help that no one in my family has no faith in doctors.

 

[Doug97]

It's well known that thinking about your breathing causes it to dysregulate. Stop thinking about it and let your body breath for you. It knows how much oxygen you need, you don't need to monitor it. Just let it do its thing. Trust it, it knows best.

 

[bin_tenn]

It's well known that thinking about your breathing causes it to dysregulate. Stop thinking about it and let your body breath for you. It knows how much oxygen you need, you don't need to monitor it. Just let it do its thing. Trust it, it knows best.

Exactly. As I was once told, "if you're observing, you're participating."

 

[Grace360]

Exactly. As I was once told, "if you're observing, you're participating."

I'm really trying to calm myself now but its hard. Between the weird sleep schedule and the symptoms. All the aches and pains I suddenly feel, the tightness, the shortness of breath. Then I feel like pressure in my head. Maybe from my tensing teeth, maybe
I don't know. I wish I could drive. I'd take myself.

 

[bin_tenn]

Drive where? The ER? The ER isn't the place for things like this, IMO. We already know it's almost certainly just anxiety, but either way the ER is really for serious and potentially dangerous issues. If anything, you would want to see a primary doctor or urgent care.

 

[AriaRen]

Try the headspace app, they have loads of techniques on there to help regulate your breathing it's been a lifesaver for me to fall asleep to, would highly recommend.

 

[Grace360]

I guess an update from this morning. Took two naps but I still feel like it could be a pulmonary embolism The tightness and shortness of breath hasn't really faded. I just feel like I can't breathe. Then the aches in my knees make me feel like something is backing up or something. Plus the ache in my left shoulder, like where the joint is. The aches and pains everywhere. I wanna go so bad.

 

[bin_tenn]

Highly doubtful a clot or anything remotely similar, IMO.

 

[Grace360]

Is it normal to feel terrible all day just because of anxiety? Usually it tapers off but I'm still real worried about it.

 

[bin_tenn]

Is it normal to feel terrible all day just because of anxiety? Usually it tapers off but I'm still real worried about it.

Absolutely.

 

[Cuchculan]

She should become a doctor. Knows more about medical things that most doctors I have ever spoken to.

 

[Grace360]

Haha jokes jokes. Still. I keep feeling the knee stuff. Really doesn't help the feeling I have. It just feels abnormal. Even when I locked my knees it didn't feel like this.

 

[Jonathan123]

Haha jokes jokes. Still. I keep feeling the knee stuff. Really doesn't help the feeling I have. It just feels abnormal. Even when I locked my knees it didn't feel like this.

You have become well and truly locked in the spiral of fear/anxiety/symptoms/fear. Can you see that? Every twitch or slight pain is something serious. If you went to
A & E (ER), I have no doubt they would find nothing. You have posted 684 posts, do you not honestly think that something would have happened by now if it was going to?
HA is very difficult to be free from because it is fear based. But it can be done given the will. Stop panicking about any minor ache or pain. Now in no way am I minimizing your fears. Been there! But only by accepting how I felt knowing there was nothing wrong, did I overcome them.