Introduction

[JoeCOD]

So I guess I should introduce myself.

I'm 27, started having panic attacks about 5 years ago. I work out a lot, and was at GNC and I bought one of those energy packs or whatever. When I was walking out, a woman said to me "You keep taking those things your going to have a heart attack"...I wish I never met that woman.

So that night, I don't have to really go into detail, had a panic attack. After it was done for the next week or so I was convinced that I survived some type of heart attack/stroke. That was the first onset of anxiety. I mean I can remember having that restless leg syndrome, and some nights having this feeling of a sudden drop, like a roller coaster as I am just starting to fall asleep.

So for the next 5 years or so it went off and on. Most of the time it was at the gym. I really hate the websites because when I try and look up what it is, the people on the forums will say "palpitations, sweating, it could be a cold or you could be having a heart attack". The other thing they do is someone comes on and they say "You should see your doctor, you could be having serious problems", I saw a Dr today on a site write to someone "You could of had an aneurysm".

Anyway though, I've been moving around a lot and this summer/fall I was staying in a house with other people and working a lot. No Comp, very little TV. Basically I loved living there, it was a resort area. I miss the place everyday, but I have to be where I am now. Nothing happened there once, not one panic attack.

Since I moved in Nov it has been non stopped.

The big thing I want to point out is, in Aug 2008 I would get these off balance, dizzy, but mostly off balance spells. Vertigo. It lasted for like 2 to 3 weeks. Came back in March of 2009. It mostly occurs when I am running, or walking. It's back again now, and I think it's an inner ear problem, or brain problem. I looked up online the vitamin B6. It just really sucks. It happens at night, and I feel a fullness in my ear. It just really sucks, every time it happens my mind starts racing and I start thinking about brain tumors. I feel better cause the symptoms of brain tumors are different then what I have. It just is so tiring, and I want it to go away. Originally I was really freaked out about it, but then I found that it is related to anxiety. When it is going on like Ill touch my head and the feeling from touching it lingers and I will think theirs something wrong with my brain.

I dunno though, I think its an inner ear infection, or it relates to anxiety. I out ear wax removal drops in yesterday but that made it worse.

I'm staying up for hours after I go to bed, and I keep having these adrenaline rushes as I am falling asleep. Last night I made a comment about to myself in my head about how relaxed I was then like 5 min later I felt like my heart somehow got weaker.




Just wondering what you think.

[sixpack]

Hi and welcome


Anxiety is a crazy creature.  It is capable of making us feel all sorts of things.  We don't have to consciously know we are anxious for our bodies to react in such ways.  The ear thing:  that's me all the time

[JoeCOD]

Yea me too, it's been on-going for a while now. I really don't know if it's anxiety or some type of inner ear problem. I just picked up B-6 vitamins from the store so hopefully it will help. It just sucks that I have to deal with this.