My Panic Attack Solution

I feel like I am going crazy basically. I graduated high school about two years ago. High school was not like the typical experience for me, I really didn’t have any friends and it was very hard for me to socialize and find a place were I "fit", I didn’t even go to my own prom or even grad night. Most definitely a loner. I did however study hard…my dream was to go away to college and start a new life. I did get accepted to a school about two hours away from home however my family couldn’t afford to give me a true college experience so I had to live with my 50 year old aunt. Needless to say it wasn’t my idea of fun. Living off campus, not having a job or car and on top of that, realizing that I had anxiety and panic attacks only led me back to my loner mode. Spending so many weekends at home or within the library made me feel extremely depressed and isolated. During a fight with my aunt (which led to me eventually returning home) she informed me that my family believed I was lesbian because I was 19 at the time and had not dated and that I was weird because I was so into academics and nothing else. Upon returning home I went through even more depression. I had no job and felt as though I couldn’t return to my high school job and learned that I would finish up at a community college. My emptiness and isolation advanced to the point to where I suffered a semi-nervouse breakdown. A week in which I lost 7 pounds and threatened to kill myself with sleeping pills. That happened about two months ago. I have gotten a little better now that I am in school but still feel depressed and alone on a daily basis. I would love to date but my over protective parents have always tended to play too large a role in any type of relationship which would make it very uncomfortable. So basically on the days that I don’t go to class I mostly sit at home and either cry or remain on the verge of tears everyday due to how alone I feel. I am currently on no meds and have yet to go to treatment but by doing internet research I have concluded that I have Avoidant Personality Disorder. Does anyone who feel this way approve of my diagnosis, what should I do?

You’re complex. I think that you got that right, your parents are over-protective and definitely play a role in your issues. But guess what, they don’t have to live your life…you do. So if I were you, I’d start trying to make the best of it and live life to the fullest. You also can’t buy time, that is something I learned the hard way. Noone is going to take you by the hand and change you and your life situation. You are going to have to get going and do something about it for yourself. It doesn’t really mean that you are the bad guy for not having a great social life in high school, alot of creepy people go to high school, and not everyone finds the kind of people who are their type in school. But that is all behind you and you have got to get a hold of your issues before you find yourself an old person without having had a life. And then you can really get mad at yourself and your family. I think it all stems from a fear. You seem to be afraid of taking a chance, maybe you’re afraid of failing and that your parents won’t accept you. But as you say, they already think you’re wierd, so what have you got to lose? The strongest people in my opinion, don’t care what other peole think of them. They just do what they have to do to keep themselves happy. And that’s what I suggest you do. Try this exercise that we had given to us while making a class trip to Montreal. Go out and do something that you’ve always thought of doing but never really had the guts to try. Like walking up to someone and asking them if you can ride on the back of their motorcycle, Or anything out of the ordinary that you wouldn’t have tried. Make a concerted effort to do some scary things and lose the inhibitiions which hold you down.
I also think you would do well to find a really good therapist to help you work out some of your issues. Be good to yourself and get motivated to change.

I have lived between the USA and the UK all of my life. When last I left the US, the term "anxiety attack" and "panic attack" were used only on occasion. As I work in health care, I think can say that I recall this. I returned to the US in 2007. Since then, many people I know (almost all women), and I, have been diagnosed with anxiety attacks.
I had been experiencing strange tingling feelings in my legs and one arm. One night I woke up out of a dead sleep with serious pain and cramping down one arm and I could hardly walk. I called the ambulance. After a few tests I was told that I had an anxiety attack in my sleep. This was weird. I’d never had this happen in my life. I didn’t have a family doctor as I’d never been sick. I finally got a doctor because my symptoms came and went, all of the time, and my left arm wouldn’t stop shaking. My new doctor confirmed the panic/anxiety attacks and gave me Prozac and Ativan. A year later it got so bad that I knew it wasn’t in my head. My inflammation markers were always high. Finally a lovely PA at the hospital figured out that I have M.S. which was confirmed.
6 women I know have been given the same diagnosis. Anxiety attacks. One of the lady’s I believe definitely has them. I believe this because she is a very stressed out person with a history of depression. She is high strung and her symptoms are relieved by anti anxiety medication. However another friend was told that she was having anxiety attacks because she has palpitations and moderately painful squeezing sensations about the neck and chest. Would they say that if she was a man? She had a 2 minute ECG and then was told that it was just anxiety. This friend is extremely calm and laid back without any financial or family worries. She does, however, have high cholesterol and a big cardiac history on both sides of her family including an aunt and an uncle who died after cardiac events before the age of 45. Another lady I know was told that she was having anxiety attacks when she started experiencing dizziness, nausea and weakness. It turned out that she was pregnant. She’d had her tubes tied but it had failed. She was overjoyed though. Now she’s walking her adorable little anxiety attack around in a red buggy. Today another lady I know was told that her random runs (bouts of rapid heart beats) were anxiety attacks.
The area of continued study that I am currently pursuing requires me to have ride alongs on ambulances and do shifts in hospital ER’s. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people practicing medicine (both men and women) refer to women patients as "just freaking out" or the like. A particular experience that comes to mind was a teenage girl who was gurgling and foaming at the mouth with brief periods of not breathing. her eyes were rolled up and she did not look well. However, I was told several times that she was faking it. She was "a teenage girl just being dramatic". I found this hard to believe when she failed to respond to pain. I wondered if she could be having a kind of seizure. Later it turned out that she was seizing (I’m not great at diagnostics or anything, it’s what they’d thought she was faking).
So, What I asked then is what I’m asking now? Is this an American trend? Is ot just a trend where I am living? Or am I wrong and is this something real? I’ve spoken extensively about it to friends and people I worked with in health care in the UK and it hasn’t taken hold there, yet. I mean, it could be like scoliosis in the 70’s and asthma in the 80’s, the A.D.D now (EVERYONE had it until it went out of style leaving only the real sufferers to their needed treatments. I remember that you weren’t cool if you didn’t have an inhaler in elementary school. We made ourselves giddy overusing them). Frighteningly, it’s even more like "female hysteria" from the 1800’s. If they start suggesting hysterectomy’s as a cure, I’ll have my answer.
The friend I mentioned earlier, the one that had a baby, said to me the other day,"Everyone is panicking now. Hardly anyone had anxiety before 2003".
The question is: why are so many women (here, in any case) being told that their physical problems are due to a sudden anxiety disorder? Is it that people are under recession stress and women just internalize it more than men? Is it fashionable sexism mirroring the "female hysteria" of days gone by? Is there something bad in the water? Is there a virus causing symptoms of anxiety attacks? Is the role of women in society at a changing point that many women cannot withstand?
Still, I was brought up by a widowed female professor who raised my siblings and I independently (without any palpitations) only to mimic the same life myself. When I went to the hospital I was told "I know, it’s hard raising kids alone and struggling. Problems with kids, problems with the landlord etc". Obviously it’s not easy! However, I was blessed with ho
honor roll (no I don’t sport the bumper sticker) very reasonably well behaved, cool, lovely children that do their chores. I own my own house, work my bottom off and am pretty content. It was multiple Sclerosis, not my children. My nerves not my mind. So, In my case, anyhow, it was not true.
These days I see billboards with people saying – "Do I have Lupus?"- when I’m driving around. I know a lady that actually has it. It’s a constant battle for her. I wonder, though, is this going to be the new trendy disease? Will my daughter someday be told that she has Lupus when she’s sick, rather than anxiety attacks?
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honor roll (no I don’t sport the bumper sticker) very reasonably well behaved, cool, lovely children that do their chores. I own my own house, work my bottom off and am pretty content. It was multiple Sclerosis, not my children. My nerves not my mind. So, In my case, anyhow, it was not true.
These days I see billboards with people saying – "Do I have Lupus?"- when I’m driving around. I know a lady that actually has it. It’s a constant battle for her. I wonder, though, is this going to be the new trendy disease? Will my daughter someday be told that she has Lupus when she’s sick, rather than anxiety attacks?
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Anyone who experiences anxiety,should have a complete medical workup to rule out any underlying physical disease. With that said, cardiac disease/illness and anxiety go hand in hand. I never had an anxiety attack until I was diagnosed with costrochrondritis ( chest rib inflammation).
All women who present to ER with "female hysteria" should have an EKG, blood work, etc.If all normal,and she responds positively to minor tranquilizer, she should still follow up with her primary care physician. Same for men.
I just saw one of my clients last week-middle aged man, who exhibited signs/symptoms of heart attack. After a thorough assessment, I diagnosed him with anxiety, due to Haiti.
Bottom line-medical conditions should be ruled out before final anxiety diagnosis.

I was diagnosed as having a panic disorder this morning, but i don’t fully agree with his diagnosis as i never really feel anxious at all

Here’s my story…..

about 7-8 weeks ago i had my fist attack/episode, i was lying in bed ready to fall asleep and i started having terrible pains in my upper legs (similar to intense growing pains) shortly after this i felt a fluttering sensation in my chest followed by twitching of my muscles ie my leg would twitch and then my arm.

This is all within a minute or so, then i start to feel my teeth chattering which rapidly intensifies and i start to shake all over.

It feels as though every muscle in my body is contracting, so much so that i find it difficult to even unclench my jaw.

During severe attacks i also find it really difficult to breath.

since the initial attack I’ve had quite a few more, around 8-9 in total.

They all start the same way however they aren’t always so intense, they can last anything from 3 to 20 minutes.

During the attacks i’m fully conscious and aware of whats happening.

They’ve all happened at night while i’m in bed, however i’ve never woken in the night to an attack.

I’m a happy person usually and could never be described as a ‘worrier’ I really dont ever feel anxious or panicked, so this leads me to believe my attacks aren’t panic related at all and that there may possibly be another cause.

Each time they’ve happened i’ve been in bed, relaxed and really quite happy with life so i just dont get it

any advice/suggestions will be greatly appreciated

The shaking and twitching symptoms you describe would be expected to cause anxiety – that’s some scary stuff, and its not an anxiety disorder when the anxiety is caused by something scary. The question is what is causing the twitching in the first place. I am guessing that there could be two things going on: (1) something causing the muscle problems; which then triggers (2) anxiety. However, Its not really apparent that you have anxiety at all from what you describe.

I really think you need to see a neurologist (if this is not associated only with sleeping), or go to a sleep lab if the problem is associated with sleeping. You need to be hooked up to machines that monitor your heart (EKG) and your brain activity (EEG) during one of these events.

One thing to pay attention to is whether the muscles contract and stay that way, or whether you experience a sequence of the muscles contracting and relaxing uncontrollably – this separates two different types of problems.

There is a long shot that these things could be triggered by slight dehydration or a temporary shortage of magnesium in the blood stream. Its pretty easy to rule this out by taking a magnesium supplement roughly an hour before bedtime, and drinking a little extra fluids during the day. This is also a common side effect of taking Ecstasy.

most holistic say it states candida and if you have red dots its emotional distress… is this true or false diagnostic criteria

most people have a whitish coating right? what colour is your tongue and your general health?

Mine has a whitish coating and red dots and I suffer ANXIETY, depression and have trouble concentrating and get panic attacks lol

Yes, diagnosis can be made on the tongue, and yes, it can indicate the condition of your general health. Afterall, tongue is part of the oral examination. If you’re interested, you can read on what we look for, here’s an article from the NIH.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=cm.chapter.3847

A healthy tongue is pinkish in color. A white coat would indicate moniliasis (also known as candidiasis). Either as a result from chronic antibiotic usage, diabetic, immunosuppresive drugs, or AIDS. I don’t know about red dots indicate an emotional distress, that’s a holistic thing.

In the holistic world, they say candida may cause a whole lot of things including anxiety, depression, and difficulty to concentrate. I had a white tongue myself and was curious what they would say. I can confirm, candida did affect my level of concentration, mood, food cravings, and weight. So, give it an honest try for a month and see how it affects you.

I am really sorry this is long, but please read, I really need help:

I am 17 year old female and on New Years Eve 8 nights ago my boyfriend and I were sitting on the couch and I completely zoned out, he couldn’t get me to respond for minutes so he kept pinching my cheeks and smacking my face I wouldn’t respond. (I know this because he told me). Well after that I started breathing really really heavily, and breathing got worse and worse, he then had to get my parents and it pertained to get worse. My entire body was shaking and I couldn’t talk or walk, my vision was blurry, I was really hot then cold. So, my dad called the squad (911) and they came and gave me a EKG and my heart beat was at 120 and its suppose to be at 95 to 100. Well, they got me to calm down and I didn’t have to go to the emergency room. The squad who came to my house said it was a panic attack, my mom,dad, boyfriend and myself don’t believe it is a panic attack.

Well, after they left, I feel asleep and don’t really remember much till I woke up the next day in my bed. The next day I couldn’t get out of my bed at all. My heart has heart ever since then and then sometimes it feels like its beating really slow then other times it feels like its beating really fast, but I have a hard time breathing. Well I wasn’t able to walk for 6 days without help.

Well 4 days ago around 8:00 at night, it was really bad so my parents did take me to the emergency room with my boyfriend he was there, because I couldn’t walk and my heart was hurting every since New Year’s eve. So, I got to the hospital and put me in a wheel chair and they gave me an IV, drew my blood twice, had to give a urine sample, a cat scan and a chest x-ray everything came back normal. The doctor prescribed me vicoden and valium and did nothing for me besides make me tired and it was only 5 MG, it didn’t help with heart pain or leg pain, my arms also hurt too. It killed me to move them. Well they found nothing wrong so they sent me home.

Well, they wanted me to get a MRI of my brain to see if it was neurological, well I had my MRI this morning of my brain and it came back normal.

My heart has been hurting ever since New Year’s Eve, I am scard to be alone at night time, because that is when it gets worse. And, i zone out and wont respond or come back for awhile, it feels like I am dying, when I pass out. Then when I come back from passing out I have a very hard time breathing.

I am now able to walk, but it still kills me. My pain for my heart out of a 10 is like a 40 and it is really hard to breathe. As the day progresses it get worse. I don’t really do a lot so I know it can’t be stress on the heart, I am a little overweight but nothing serious.

My parents are giving up on me because they don’t believe nothing is wrong because the doctors can’t find anything. It doesn’t help that my parents are almost 60 years old. My dad just had major heart surgery last Monday and has blocked arteries in his legs. I have been some what stressed but stress shouldn’t cause my heart to constantly hurt. I am afraid to fall asleep at night time because I am scard of not waking up.

My boyfriend can’t really help me a lot since he lives 30 minutes away and he is a college student and has college Mon,Wed,Fri and works Tues,Thurs, and Fri.

It seems like my parents have given up because the doctors can’t find anything wrong, but my boyfriend and I are very worried and concerned.

If you have any ideas what this is or you want to talk to me my email is:

dreamer362011@yahoo.com

Thank you so much for the people who read this and gave me there input. I am really scared and I do not want to die, I feel like I am gonna die everynight, it is unbearable at night time and my dad can’t take it no more sitting beside me at 12:00 midnight or later cause my heart hurts.
He is really old and has to get up at 6:00 in the morning for work sometimes earlier and my mom has sleeping problems so she can’t sit beside my bed at night time and my boyfriend can’t do it because of college and work.

I am only a 16 year old guy, and I’m not a doctor. But it does sound like you are having panic attacks, but they are extreme, or it sounds like serious side effects to a medication. It doesn’t make sense why it would happen on a nightly basis and progress as the day went on. Did you take any medication that day before you had this sudden onset of these feelings? Did you not eat or drink at all before it happend? Did you do anything different than you normally do before this happend? I take it that you weren’t drunk. Do you have food allergies, maybe you ate something that could’ve caused a severe allergic reaction, if you tried something new? I would say that the problems with walking had to do with your heart. I have ADD so I take Vyvanse, 70mg. One time, I took one and went upstairs to get ready for school. I came back downstairs, and didn’t remember if I had taken my medication, so I took another 50 mg of vyvanse. I had something similar happen to me. Heart pains, fast heartrate. Fatigue and trouble standing and extreme tiredness when I tried to walk. Muscle pains, and I felt hypersexual. Just try and remember if you did anything different than you usually do on the night that this happen. Especially if you started taking a new medication prior to this incident. Even a week or two before. Again I’m no doctor, but if the doctors did all of those tests, and found nothing wrong, you could be pretty close to sure that your not going to die. And you keep surviving these feelings over and over again. Maybe try seeing a different doctor. I hope I could be of some help, and I hope that you get this resolved. =) And DONT Google your symptoms. I do that, and it makes me even more nervous. Stress is the last thing you wan’t to add to your thoughts right now. It will just make you think you have some rare disease because you have some symptoms. Your NOT a hypercondriac. Just because you are scared for your health after something traumatic happens like this doesn’t make you a health paranoiac.

I went to the ER today because for the past 2 days I have been having difficulty breathing (chest tightness, feeling out of breath no coughing or wheezing) nausea (no vomiting although I came pretty close), dizziness, light headiness, numbness / tingling in lower extremities, and sharp stabbing chest pain. Last night was the worst when I had difficulty falling asleep cause I felt as if I was suffocating and awake 2 hours later extremely nauseous, chest feeling as if it would collapse with my fragile heart racing a 200 beat per a second inside, disoriented, gasping for air, practically thinking that I will die at any given second so i quickly ran to the bathroom (that is my only safe haven) trying to decide whether this was really it or was it just an illusion created by my dysfunctional mind.I remember looking at my hands turn from red to white and feeling my whole body go ice cold thinking that this was it. I took the chances of guessing it was a Panic Attack and ended up using my asthma nebulizer to help me breathe better and popped half the minimum dose of clonazepam (0.25mg) to help calm me down. Next thing I remember I wake up this morning drowsy , still nauseated, chest still hurting, breathing still difficult and went to work. At work i called my doctor and told him what happened so he told me to "Get to an ER ASAP!" I told him about my anxiety problems and he told me "better safe than sorry." So I drove to the ER still feeling like I did in the morning to be welcomed by a kind doctor who explains to me its only a mere Panic Attack. I was flabbergasted that a "mere Panic Attack" could go on for 2 days straight and cause so many physical manifestations to the point where I really thought this was the end of my 19 years of life. She assured me with an EKG and listened to my lungs, wrote me a prescription for albuterol sulfate (since i convinced her it helped the night before) and recommended me to a Psychiatrist. Depressed, frustrated, and embarrassed I paid the $35.00 co pay, got in my car and drove home. I used to nebulizer again when I got home because I couldn’t breathe so now I am doing a little bit better but still my chest hurts, I feel numb all over, and my head feels like something is not functioning correctly. Now I need your help / advice to weigh out my options. Go to a Psychiatrist and get put on crazy pills, assume the worst and continue my never ending journey at solving my mystery diagnosis, continue toughing out this debilitating illness, etc? Thanks in advance!

P.S. My first Panic Attack started in February of last year and that was when I was warmly welcomed into the wonderful world of mental illness.

hey Vlad in the Bible it says seek y 1st the kingdom of God & these things shall be added onto you~so instead of getting yourself more upset why not take a few deep breathes pick up the Bible & read a few pages~also prayer really does work~i know It’s been working for me for years?

It started with my left eye twitching and these sharp shooting stabbing pains in my head. Often time’s I would feel a cold effect before the headache. It then extended to my upper left lip. After awhile I began noticing blurred vision. I am highly stressed and contributed it to this, but I also have palpitations, murmur and tricuspid regurge. The twitching stopped with .25 mg of xanax as needed. A few nights I have woke up gasping for breath unable to catch it. I was told panic attacks in my sleep. I am to the point now where I have had a persistent headache every day for 2-3 times a day intermittently. My family physician has ignored my intermittment BP (189/110) issues, I am assuming my anxiety is raising this off and on and is treating them as a migraine. I have had my eyes checked and one dr. wanted to do an MRI for brain cancer. I have no health insurance and can’t afford tons of tests I don’t need. I have had what feels like an earache on my left side for 3 days.
One of my concerns is a feeling in my chest. I am "technically" supposed to be on inderal or a cousin "beta blocker" for my heart to decrease heart rate. This causes me chest pains. I feel a fluttery feeling between my ribs and often times feel something move or overlap inside when I lay down or breath a certain way…it’s really making me wonder if I should not go to heart doctor…unless this can all be caused by anxiety or something else…I have been avoiding them because appt’s start at $100+
I am 26 145lbs 5′7" I am fairly in shape for my age. When the headaches onset it felt like my body was boiling and wanted to explode out of my head, I felt feverish, but no fever…kinda clamy. When I awoke in the middle of the night I remember literally telling myself to inhale and I couldn’t I wasn’t sweaty or anything. It took me a few tries before I caught my breath. I have been very tired lately. Within the past few days I have had pains down my left arm almost constantly but "Faded" and some slight chest pain here and there. I am almost used to this as it happens so much. I have had blood tests done to rule out calcium deficiency (twitching)…I thought work was a stressor but have found that I am getting these headaches at home after being home for 3 days. The pressure in my ear is almost unbearable. I am using drops to see if I coincidentally have an ear infection. I have tried sinus meds, and motrin and nothing seems to help. feel free to email

Well, I ain’t no doctor, buuut, I’m losing my patients! hehehe. No really, you could have a number of different things going on. When you wake up in the midst of your sleep, gasping, could be stress related. Then again, could be sleep apnea. A female whose neck is 15” or larger are prime candidates for sleep apnea. Might be a series of mini strokes, God, I hope not. How old are you, height, weight. Do you have a hard time swallowing your food, belch, almost uncontrollably? Do you feel as though it does’nt go down all the way (often times its described as ”a lump in the throat when eating). That could be what they call Larynix pharinyx Reflux disorder (LPR). I’d like to know more about the symptoms, and yourself, as well. I can only sympathize with the no insurance thing. I’ve suffered from panic atacks myself, and I still have the headaches, and even just 2 weeks ago, had my eyes checked and it was determined that I need glasses for reading only. Your symptoms sound like a real challenge. I’d like to talk to you more about them. I bet we can figure this thing out, or get it pin pointed as to what your actual problems are. Is it ok if I e-mail you? thanks, Bill

I have a problem in that I don’t really feel that well most of the time. Officially I suffer from Classic Migraine, IBS and Anemia. I am also take antibiotics for acne and have a history of clinical depression.
My Symptoms are: constant headaches, palpitations, chest pain, extreme tiredness and total lack of energy, nausea, heartburn, severe constipation, occasional blood and mucus in my stool, poor circulation, tingling in legs and hands, dizzy spells, low blood pressure, muscle weakness, hair loss, poor concentration, mental fogginess, depression, anxiety (panic attacks), heavy periods and weight gain.
I am 30 and a vegetarian. I am about 50lbs over weight I find it hard to exercise a lot because I get very sore and tired after and get chest pain during exercise.
I have had my heart checked, a colonoscopy, my thyroid checked and all has come back normal. I feel my Doctor is washing his hands of me but I know I am not well.

What can I do now, any idea’s???
I also suffered from the chest pain and soreness after exercise in the past before I was overweight and infact stopped exercising for a time on medical advice.

Believe it or not – clinical depression can cause a LOT of the symptoms you are describing here. Sometimes there might be blood in the stool and a lot of times it is hemmorhoids that cause it or a small blood vessel breaking (it’s not always serious)……
I am SURE because of all of it you are ALSO extremely stressed out — right? THAT can cause hair loss — not to mention you are 30 (don’t worry – I’m not making fun – I just turned 50) — but age can cause that too.
I work in a hospital and I can assure you that if there was anything serious going on in your colon and you had a colonoscopy — they would have seen it. If you just got a "sigmoid" though – that doesn’t go up as far — but as long as you are sure of it.
I also suffered from panic attacks for 5 years (many many years ago) and it was hell….the only thing that worked for me was Xanax — I did get addicted to it – had to get help getting off of it BUT if the panic attacks came back, I’d go through that again. A lot of people don’t understand panic. Your brain can cause so many things to happen to your body — your depression and stress. NO, I AM NOT SAYING YOU HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS — so please don’t misunderstand me — anyone can do that…..
I don’t understand the weight gain being a vegetarian part though — I’m NOT one….but I lost 60 lbs on weight watchers (not going to meetings).

Figure out what’s wrong with me. I’m 15, and usually happy. But not lately. For the past..almost year… I get depressed really easily. I’ll be happy one minute, and then cry constantly for hours. I get upset at everything. (And no, I’m not sexually active, so I’m not pregnant or anything. Haha.) I think the world is out to get me. (What teenager doesn’t) But seriously. When I’m sad, I hate everyone. And, I just feel like no one cares, even if people are trying to ‘help’ me.

Also, I think I have an anxiety disorder. Like, I’m not just nervous. I’m nervous to the point of panic attacks. I have to take anti-nausea medicine before I do an activity. (Whether it be the first day of school, a talent show, a doctors appointment, ect.) I think that everything is going to turn out bad. I even run through all the possible scenerios in my head. And, I can never call anyone. I get so nervous (even if it’s my dad or something.) Don’t ask me what I get freaked out about. Maybe it’s the awkward silence if I call the wrong number, or me disturbing someone with the call. I just can’t do it. (Just thinking about it my heart’s beating faster.) It’s weird though, because I have no problem with meeting new people (Unless it’s someone of great importance) or, like, speaking in public. And, If I even walk next to a trash can, I have to wash my hands. Basically, there’s just a lot of things wrong with me, and I don’t know what to do…. I told my mom, but it’s like she doesn’t want to acknowledge that there may be something wrong with me. Or, is it all in my head?

It sounds to me like you are not much different from your normal run-of-the-mill 15 year old girl. You have a lot of anxiety. You get depressed easily. You get nervous. You have OCD.

15 is one of the hardest ages to be. Your hormones are kicking in. Your body is changing from week to week. Your brain is changing from child to adult. The whole way you think about lots of things is changing, and it can get to where you don’t know -how- you feel about some things.

I would say just hang in there. You grow out of it in about, oh, 10 years or so. 8^) (Just kidding.) But really, it’s just ‘growing pains’. Try to relax and take life as it comes. Try to have a good opinion of yourself and not beat yourself up. Try to concentrate on the things that are really important, and not stress the things that aren’t important. And you know what they are, I don’t have to tell you.

Ok so im 13

I have Very slight minor chest pains and panic attacks over it so about 3 weeks ago i went to the EMERGENCY ROOM for it right

so they did the following test

Chest X – rays
EKG – Electrocardiogram
Blood Work
And A Cat Scan

They said Everything looked PERFECTLY NORMAL
for a 13 year old boy
i get alot of exercise i eat right but

Latley i have been getting chest pains and pains in my arm and STABBING pains in my head

it really is scaring me i dont wanna die and in my back i get a pain in my center of my upper back and it spreads to both arms kinda like a stretching nerve i dont know what to do help me?

could be due to the panic attacks. could be very serious. ask for further evaluations or get a second opinion. didn’t you get something for anxiety?