Help Help Help - Anxiety Message Board

1blueangelz · 03-29-2005, 09:45 PM

Hiya all, I was just wondering if anyone has anxiety so badly that they don't feel like they can do anything? I just want to sit. That's it. Just sit in my puter chair and do nothing. Getting up to do dishes or to clean the living room sends my heart racing and I sit down and I am fine. I have been for walks and dont get the heart racing thing but as soon as I am home and need to get up and do something I get that heart racing thing. It is the weirdest thing. That didnt start until January when I had gotten bronchitis. I have had all the blood work ,chest xrays, EKG's , stress test and holter monitor which all came back fine. Stress and holter monitor were done back in November. Anyone else here? Thanks all.

flutterby077 · 03-30-2005, 06:00 AM

I had anxiety so bad that I didnt want to do anything either. That was not good considering I am on a 100% commission job that I have been doing for 5 yrs. Getting out of bed and getting ready would make me panick my heart would race the whole time. I also would make myself drive all tensed up in the chest and I barely could talk to people when I got to where I was going. It was horrible to go through. I finally agreed to be put on a anti deppresant Lexapro and it has helped ALOT. I have been on it for 3 weeks and the difference is amazing. I dont have the constant tightness in my chest and anxiety. I did however have a bad time with the side effects for the first 10 days. They went away one day. I feel for you and your suffering, That is no way to live. Are you on any medication or therapy?

1blueangelz · 03-30-2005, 06:17 AM

I have Paxil but I am to scared to take it. Good Grief....No, this is no way to live...I have little ones I need to tend to but it is soooo hard. Thanks so much though for your help because I really was thinking something is wrong with me.

sculpture · 03-30-2005, 08:02 AM

I don't feel like doing anything anymore either. It is the worst. I feel like my life is over already. I am just so afraid of dying, illness, etc that it is controlling my life and I have no idea how to get better. I have to plan my son's first birthday party which is something I would have enjoyed doing so much before but now there is no happiness in doing it. I can't believe this is my life now. The littlest things are sooo hard to do now. I miss my life before.

1blueangelz · 03-30-2005, 10:55 AM

It's like anything that has any effort behind it will send me off on a panic...It is absolutely horrid. Not to mention I have a cold right now and that also makes me more panicky. Thanks for your help...