I struggled with wheezing for a long time and as you was embarassed to go back to my doctor until one day I nearly suffocated! I was with a friend who is a nurse and she told me I was having an asthma attack. I started seeing an asthma nurse and sure enough that is what it was all along. I had always assumed that it was anxiety!!!! So now I take asthma medication and no longer suffocate.
It is always worth getting things checked. If there is something wrong it can hopefully be sorted and if there is nothing wrong your mind will be at rest. That is what your doctor is there for, to care fo you and to reassure you and make sure that your symptoms are anxiety related or not.
Good luck!
Welcome! Nobody can say how long the attacks last.... Some people have one and never again, others have them all their lives! Whatever it may be you case, try to think that you will cope no matter what and the only advice I can give you is: do not avoid doing things as this will only make your life a lot worse in the long run. Face your fears head on and go for it. The more you avoid the worse you will get. I found the book Feel the Fear and do it Anyway very useful and since I read it years ago I have tried my best not to let fear stop me. Every time you give in to fear you allow your fears to take over you, you loose your confidence, become depressed and do less and less. I know it is not easy and get all the help you need. Good luck
Was watching a film, Pan's Labyrinth and at the end when the girl dies I was overcome by a terrible sadness and started crying saying to myself that I did not want to die. Then the anxiety steps in as I am going to die and there is nothing I can do about it!!! It just comes over me, this sudden realisation that I will die eventually and feel so, so horribly sad!!! Anyone else has this? Any ideas on how to deal with this?!
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