Your most annoying anxiety symptoms

[Calamy]

Shortness of breath/smothering sensations and chest pain.

[Jorden_M]

Nausea, feeling like I am going to pass out, being overheated, rapid heartbeat, and paralyzing fear that death is imminent.

Yup, mine too....that and depersonalization. i hate it.....absolutely hate it.

[StressedOut26]

Mine would definitely have to be nausea. I've gone through all the depersonalization/derealization, rapid heart beats, sweaty hands, lightheadedness, chest pain, etc and NONE of those bother me anymore. If any of them come up from time to time, I just pass right through them without giving them a second thought. But for me, the nausea/feeling like you're about to throw up feeling (the feeling you get when you're about to fall and you are able to keep from falling) is the worst for me. I feel if I could just pass through that feeling, I'd have very little to panic or be anxious about when I'm out and about.

[Calamy]

I've gone through all the depersonalization/derealization, rapid heart beats, sweaty hands, lightheadedness, chest pain, etc and NONE of those bother me anymore. If any of them come up from time to time, I just pass right through them without giving them a second thought.

Oh I wish I could feel that way!

[abaggett2]

 
Ok, so mine would have to be the hot flashes and then the dizziness and little floaties that I see in my eyes all the time.  I have pretty much not had anxiety the past 2 days, but still can see the floaties when I try to read!!! 
 

[Caladan]

The inablility to drive at night, on the highway (day or night), or when the weather's bad. It's so frustrating and limiting.

Driving on the highway has become an issue with me.  Driving at night to small degree.  I actually like driving at night when there's little traffic.  But this time of year when it's dark or near dark at 5:00 and everyone is on their way home bothers me a little.

[gin825]

shortness of breath and chest pains...also the overwhelming fear that i'm dying ...i think i hate the thoughts(the fact that im convinced im dying) more than the actual symptoms

[joyce49]

Definitely shortness of breath and the feeling of suffocation. It makes me feel like I will die or have a deadly disease even though I've been checked over and over again.

There is periods I am better but like right now it came back. Lots of stress at work and the holidays coming just are too much for me to handle. I will go through it but it makes my anxiety level go through the roof. I just want to rest on my couch and watch movies and not think of anything.

Also, sometimes rapid heartbeat but that one is more rare and doesnt bother me like the sensation of suffocation. It scares the hell out of me each time even though I should know better by now 

[Mike07104]

I feel like I'm unable to control my own thoughts. I panic and full realize there's nothing to panic about. My body does its own thing. I get shaky, headaches, extreme muscle tension in my neck and shoulders and can't sleep without waking in a rush of fear. I hate each and every symptom. I get skipped heart beats which have turned into atrial fibrillation during real bad panic attacks. That requires a hospital stay, by the way. It's happened over a dozen times since 2006. I am afraid to walk across the street to the store sometimes. All I want to do is run away somewhere and hide.

[mojojojo]

Depersonalization, remembering a time when I was anxiety free and fearing I can't get back to that :-(

[happytobehere]

My most annoying anxiety symptoms... I have to say depersonalization, shortness of breath,  rapid heartbeat,  dizzyness.

[emma09]

My most annoying ones are shortness of breath tight chest and was rapid heart rate but been put on a beta blocker so Dont feel it

[LuLu82]

I've suffered with depression for a few years now, but anxiety and panic attacks hit me pretty hard for the first time a few months ago 'out of the blue'  I seriously thought I was going crazy and actually called the mental health crisis line of my hospital cause I was thinking of checking in.  Since then, it has been better but still not 100% like before.  I don't drive on the highway anymore,  that really annoys me and I really want to get over that.  And the most annoying thing when I went through a full week of non stop anxiety was thinking I couldn't SWALLOW!  I would be lying in bed not being able to hear anything but my swallowing for a fu**ing week.  And not being able to lie down and watch tv or try to sleep cause I was having such trouble swallowing and thinking I eventually wouldn't be able to swallow and choke or something.  Its actually kind of funny talking about it now, but it sure as hell wasn't while I was living it 

[emma09]

I've suffered with depression for a few years now, but anxiety and panic attacks hit me pretty hard for the first time a few months ago 'out of the blue'  I seriously thought I was going crazy and actually called the mental health crisis line of my hospital cause I was thinking of checking in.  Since then, it has been better but still not 100% like before.  I don't drive on the highway anymore,  that really annoys me and I really want to get over that.  And the most annoying thing when I went through a full week of non stop anxiety was thinking I couldn't SWALLOW!  I would be lying in bed not being able to hear anything but my swallowing for a fu**ing week.  And not being able to lie down and watch tv or try to sleep cause I was having such trouble swallowing and thinking I eventually wouldn't be able to swallow and choke or something.  Its actually kind of funny talking about it now, but it sure as hell wasn't while I was living it 

i go through this with the swallowing! rather annoying! lol my therapist once said try swallowing 5 times in a row its pretty much impossible cos ur focusing so much on it!

[GazzaB83]

For me its got to be the de-realization had it for years but never used to bother me much untill my anxiety reached a peak about 5 months ago...just learning to accept it as part of my life makes it easier but for me that and strange thoughts are the worst!!!

[fryzway]

I was reading through these and i can relate to all of you, my worst symptoms if I had to pick one out of the MANY, would be the feeling like my sugar is low, like i'm trembling and about to faint.  Breathlessness and the back pain and chest pain is also a big one. I've grown used to the rapid heart rate and the dizziness and the tiredness and the nausea and the constant bathroom stops and the staying home.  It is really hard living with this so i just stop living a normal life which is not healthy 0213 all but i don't know what else to do.

[Sugar101]

The feeling of having to get away and not being able to! Also depersonalization.

[Chris in Adelaide]

Mine Chest pain and dizziness when u walk into a shop and go to get something  and then u feel uncomfortable  and then the dizziness and hot and flushed comes on and u just want to get out of there and go home ….. and neck and arm pain with pins and needles

[angels108]

FEAR OF BEING ALONE FOR THE FEAR OF DYING AND LOSING CONTROL

[goawayanxiety]

feeling like i am outside myself watching everything i think and feel.  no longer living in the moment.  the physical feeling would be pressure in my shoulders, and pressure like i;m carrying bricks on my shoulders.  the worst is the feeling that it will never go away.

[buzznode]

Definitely chest pains. Occasionally shortness of breath accompanies them.

I don't tend to have any other symptoms.

[loveautumn021]

Annoying chest pain or any other pain in the body that can trigger my mind into believeing that I have some type of serious illness:(

[Vizio71]

I had all the symptoms everyone posted.I know how hard it is and how awful it can feel.You know what?F it all...we are still here and not dead.Time to fight back with our minds and not let it control us.
If these symptoms were deadly,we would not be able to post here nor talk about it eh?
I keep trying to have those positive thoughts everyday.

I know how hard it is,I went to the ER many times,scared outta my mind,and thoughts of dying or doom,with the physical pains in chest,cant breathe or swallow.

Its time to fight back,and let our symptoms know it wont get the better of us...we can do it! If an attack comes on,say F it and Fight it with your mind and find something to do to take your mind off it.

It helps me to do that sometimes,but not always...but keep fighting it in your mind.If you can post here like I have,and not dead,then that tells us something! It tells us we can beat it,and not die from it!

[NERVOUSWOMAN]

SHAKINESS.RAPID HEARTBEAT,DIZZINESS....FEELING LIKE GOING TO PASS OUT.

[lynn66]

trouble swallowing...feeling like you are losing control...just to name a couple..i have so many