Please Help

[bk21]

Hello everyone! I'm new here and wanted to talk to people that deal with this nightmare we call anxiety. So, I had my first anxiety attack 1 year ago on my honeymoon in the hotel lobby. Heart started racing, sweaty palms, couldn't catch a breath and my whole body felt like it was being electrocuted. It got so bad I couldn't even speak, I couldn't even say my own name. We called EMS and they informed me I was having an anxiety attack, I've dealt with anxiety my whole life (it runs in my family) but I'd just go into another room and get away from the noise I was around and i would calm down. Fast forward to about a month ago, I had my 2nd anxiety attack and again, called EMS thinking I was about to die (same symptoms). Im only 31 years old so I knew it was probably anxiety again but I wanted to make sure because I have health anxeity and I ALWAYS think the worst. So, what I'm here to ask is this. I haven't been able to catch a good breathe for about a month now, I went to the doctor and got on Zoloft and it hasn't helped at all and I've been on it for about 5 weeks now. Im constantly battling all day long to catch that good breath but i just can't seem to get it. Has anyone experienced this with anxiety or should I go get some test run and seek further medical attention? I'm to the point now where I'm not sure if its anxiety causing my breathing problems (on a daily basis) now and I'm absolutely miserable from the time I wake up to the time I go to sleep fighting just to breath. Please help! Thank you!

 

[suzzeeb]

Feeling like you can't breathe is definitely anxiety related. You might feel better if you just went in and told the doctor so he could reassure you. Sometimes that really helps. I go in for reassurance more than I should! Anxiety is terrible. I've had it my whole life also (I'm 55), so that's a long time! Sometimes it's better than others, but right now I am in a horrible bout of it myself - for months now.

I wouldn't worry too much about feeling like you can't get a good breath. It's very common, and the more you focus on it the worse it gets. Try to do something to get your mind off of it if possible. Even getting outside for a walk can make you feel better.

 

[Joshua1]

Sometimes medication work over time. Give it 3 months and if it does work then you may need to discuss things with the doctor. My medication for psychosis did not work for 8 months. Now it works like a lucky charm.