heres my symptoms: fast heart rate out of breath all the time heart thuds when i go upstairs, then i worry cause i think im so unfit- but i cant be!!! tingling in left hand,arm, fingers feeling that i have something wrong with my heart feeling that i will cause something to be wrong with my heart if i dont relax elastic bands snapping in my head!-really scary!! confusion cant make a decision angry, frustrated,uncomftable, irritated tightness in chest pains in heart (area) feeling motion sickness inability to take a deep breath morbid thoughts about me dying and others- make stories up in my head!! worring about my health sweating in the night hot flushes exited feeling comes over me like a wave of adreneline(which is nice-when you have something to be exited about, not just for no reason) when i get the exited feeling i feel sick and cant eat tight, burning feelin just above the navel-below the breast bone (diaphram area)i have this all the time and just want to hunch over, sit down or put my knees up with a hot water bottle on it!!that helps constantly feeling my hear/pulse wow i have so many!!!!!

How did I forget this one???? Palpitations, Racing heartbeat, Thinking my heart just stopped and getting a surge of adrenaline (THIS HAPPENS TO ME TOO JASON!), scared I am about to fall over dead or wanting to run... going to the ER way too often. irritable.

My symptoms are: chest tightness/pain chondritis acts up regularly acid reflux tension headaches tense muscles TMJ pain in neck near base of head at pressure points (constant) pain in back near spine behind chest tingling in legs, arms, feet, hands, tongue, lips vibrating/buzzing feeling in chest achy feeling like when you have a fever (but no fever) fatigue hair feels like it is standing up sometimes fear of death and disease anxiety about horrible thoughts/worries feel disoriented or like things are surreal/detached feel faint, dizzy, like i'm about to pass out feel like i can't swallow, feel like a lump in throat a feeling of impending doom ETC. ETC.

My symptoms shortness of breath heart racing or beating to hard cracking jaw/facial tightness constant sore neck and upper back dizzy high blood pressure feeling like I am going to die shaky can't concentrate sometime feeling like a zap through my body

antipanic2424, Taking Xanax on the spot for a panic attack can help a little, but it really starts to work once you begin taking it regularly. My doctor and therapist told me that you have to be on it regularly for at least a week before it starts to truly work. I have first hand experience with this, because when I was sent home from the ER with a prescription to take 0.5mg "as needed", it never seemed to do anything for me. The panic attack would occur, I'd pop a pill, and 2-3 hours later I would start feeling "normal" again. Xanax or just time? What my doctor did was put me on 0.25mg twice a day (morning and evening), and after a week of this my life returned to "normal". I stayed on 0.25mg twice a day for two weeks, than went to just 0.25mg once a day (afternoon), and that worked wonderfuly for many weeks. The problem with Xanax is, one very common side affect is dizziness - which often makes me think of panic attacks, which usually leads to a minor one. This is still better than a full blown one without the Xanax, but the Xanax comes with it's own problems. It's not a cure by any means. It is highly addictive, and your body will build up a tolerance to it, which will require greater and greater doses over time. It's a miracle pill for panic and a very scary pill in general. Such a scary pill, that just starting today, I spoke with my doctor about coming off of it. You can't stop Xanax cold turkey if you do start taking it. You can have convulsions because of the psychological and physical addiction to Xanax. So, if you do start taking it and decide you don't want to anymore, speak with your doctor about coming off of it. My doctor told me to taper off on this schedule: 0.25mg twice a day for a week; 0.25mg once a day for a week; half of 0.25mg once a day for a week; stop taking Xanax. I began my tapering off today, so wish me luck. I'm going to try and beat this with controlled breathing and meditation. The problem began in the mind, and the solution lies there as well, I believe. I feel mediation is the answer. I wish everyone the best of luck in beating this monster. God knows it is a horrible way to go through life. If we broke it, we can fix it **** it! ;)

Here are all my symptoms, I'll try to categorize them, even though sometimes they are "interchangeable" with my general anxiety and panic attacks. Day to day anxiety symptoms: Buzzing or humming in left hand/fingers and left foot Tingling in right leg Heaviness and/or stiffness in right arm, right leg, sometimes whole right side including right side of face and right side of groin Feeling of loss of coordination in both legs Headaches, in forehead and temples, very painful and sharp Headaches, in back of head, near neck Shaking like I just took 10 caffeine pills Twitching, usually in face, lips, side of nose, eye, tongue Twitching in muscles Short of breath Sinus congestion Skin crawling feeling, often on face, sometimes in arms and legs Forgetful, can't remember conversations with people like I used to Feeling like I am slowly losing my mind, or "going crazy" Panic attacks: Sudden confusion, disorientation Severe fear, alarm, feeling like I have just been given some grave, horrible news about my health Everything around me looks dreamlike, or altered somehow, but I cannot find whats "different" I feel like I am losing my mind or "going crazy" Feel like I am "stuck in a dream" Numbness in arms, like someone drained the blood out of them Urge to call 911 Severe, intense crying jag, usually just for a few minutes Sometimes after I cry, I feel "instantly" relieved, as if I just took a sedative Sometimes after I cry, I gradually feel improvement, over hours Other points of interest: I am obssessed with neurolical conditions and am currently under some sort of "spell" where I feel like I have MS or ALS or some other devastating illness, despite doctors telling me initial neuro tests done in the office (coordination and memory exercises, etc) seem ok. I am on no medication whatsoever, was just prescribed Xanax on an "as needed" basis by my neurolgist for my panic. I tried 1/4 or a .25 the other night, it didn't do a whole lot for me, just barely took the edge off. My family says I need to try a whole half. I am so scared of taking them and having an adverse reaction of some sort. I cherish a clear mind, I hate not feeling "lucid". This is probably a curse of mine, because I just refuse to let my mind have a "rest". We

here are some of my symptoms...some of them are an everyday annoyance. headaches always tired dizzyness-almost everyday numbness-especially in forehead feeling like i cant swallow when in panic mode feeling unreal....heart races shaky tingly feeling i have a terrible illness:hypochondriac back pains blurred vision see stars, spots, things that arent there body heaviness there are so many more, but my mind is kind of blank. hope everyone feels better

I get dizzy while driving and get a nervous feeling like I am out of control. I don't know why this is happening to me and I hate it. I do force myself out of the house but I don't go out as much as I used to. (Afraid an attack will come and get me out of control)My life is good and I should be happy so I don't quite understand why this is happening.Last year my mom was diagnosed with uterine cancer and I took it very bad. She is still on chemo and we take it one day at a time. I try not to talk aboutthe attacks to anyone and keep it to myself. I am taking xanax but try to take very little. I pray this will go away and I wish the same for all of you. This is such a devastating illness and it takes so much joy out of life!

My symptoms are headaches migraines pains in chest pains in stomach gas dizziness left pupil dialated neck and back muscles tense moodiness/angry/irritated don't want to get up bad PMS( which i never used to get) shaking can't calm down affraid of being alone pains in head crying (lots) feeling angry with myself all the time for not being able to stop myself for feeling this way and lots of guilt for my family having to put up with me i just wish they could understand that i can't help it.

i too can relate to everyone's symptoms, here are mine: chest pain cold most of the time shaking last couple weeks- so hot!! especially hands & feet swelling like i am not from this earth nausea urge to go to ER all the time to be saved all this intensified 10X when i drive bloated numbness/tingling jaw/facial pain very irritable jumpy/nervous pupils dialated The biggest one for me is worrying that i'm always going to have a heart-attack, if so , will i get help in time? No meds yet, still trying to overcome it on my own- i have a prescription for Zoloft- terrified to take it!! i'm thankful for whoever started this topic!!