Help with Anxiety - Anxiety Message Board

jakep2021 · 01-28-2006, 09:33 PM

hey my names jake and ive been having anxiety attacks for the past year now, i dont know why and i dont know how it happend to me, ive always been outgoing and athletic when i was in school, but right when school ended i started to have my anxiety attacks, i went from always going out to party's and being social, to being affraid of just going out in public, its crazy but theres nothing i can do about it, now right when school ended is when this happend, and its also when i started to get sinus symptoms such as stuffed nose and ears, headaches, waking up at night sweating, horrible flem in my throat all the time for the past year, trouble breathing, aching joints, easily fatigued(and ive always been in shape), depression, dry eyes, always tired, feeling weak, bumps on the back of my throat, and i went from being good looking and never having trouble with women, to know having no confidence and looking like crap, i dont know what to do and im almost done even trying, i need some help and i want to know if anyone can give me advice......and also i was wondering if sinus infections have anything to do with anxiety?

layla= · 01-29-2006, 05:03 AM

A sinus infection or recurrent infection could be giving you some anxiety symptoms, I had a middle ear infection and i thought i was mad for two weeks.
Its hard being socialable and then losing your confidence, you have to remember that it is there, its just a bit lost right now.
What was it that gave you the confidence in the first place? And why has that changed.
What made you feel good looking, and i bet somewhere along the way you have stopped taking care of yourself.
I asked myself these questions and answered them and do you know what, my confidence is returning slowly.
I used to spend hours styling my hair and I used to by the best make up products, and experiment, but when i got depressed and anxious i stopped.
Since realising that i never pampered myself the way i used to, i started, and boy do i feel better. And I am sure i look better too

Are you having any type of therapy, or discussed this with your dr?
Good luck,

hry33 · 01-29-2006, 10:48 AM

welcome jake
I dont think its all from anxiety or depression so try to find a doc who will take you seriously and check everything out
lots of info on the net about panic attacks, when 1 happens, try to relax, dont tense up or fight back, breathe deep and slow and disolve any valium type med under the tongue, this will always help

what if any meds do you have?
do you snore heavily

, there may be a sleep disorder such as sleep apnea, this causes fatigue and is often overlooked by docs

JEDDD5 · 01-29-2006, 02:07 PM

BOY DID YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. On my highly anxious days that is exactly how I feel. I'm on a anidepressant and that seems to help a little. I'm sorry that this is happening to you. All the symptoms you described are the same exact ones that I deal with about six days out of the week. I do notice that if I keep myself busy the symptoms aren't that bad but if I have nothing to do I overthink and thats when massive panick about everything under the sun starts. I'm learning slowly to live with it and accept it. Knowing that there are many people dealing with the same exact thing is a comfort. Remember that you are not alone!!

Emily

jakep2021 · 01-29-2006, 02:32 PM

well i think my anxiety started when my gf and her family moved away and thats when i became depressed, we had to do a long distance relationship for a year and i started to smoke marijuana almost every single day for my whole senior year of highschool, then she moved back when my senior year ended but i kept smoking and kept on being depressed and im sure smoking had alot to do with it, but now ive stopped it and started taking an anti dep. pill called zoloft.... and its helped some, but it still feels like i cant be fully happy or back to my old outgoing self even with my gf here, it just feels like somethings always missing and i cant put my finger on it....but thanks to all you all for your replys its good to know theres others out there like me, i would really like to hear someone who has fully overcomed depression and anxiety if anyone has, and ide like to know how you did it....