Hi to you all, My name is Mandy I have always had Anxiety about my health, well everything realy. Just lately i have got so bad i have so many pains all the time I have been to the doctors 4 time this week with pains in my body ie leg pain , chest pain , rib pain i have had for three weeks now I feel like i am going mad. I got told in aug 05 that i have a underactive thyroid Hypothyroidism, you see i was realy ill before this and the doctors said it anxiety but they that wrong Iam having a blood test too see if my levels are ok on monday they didnt what to do that until may of this year , hello to you all ......Mandy

Hi, Mandy-
I'd say that you are between the ages of 17 and 25. Am I right? Listen, go to this doctor or another, and tell him/her that you need an anti-anxiety medicine. Trust me. You sound like an intelligent young lady that has gotten all tied up in her own fear. I suffered the same way for many years. When I was in my mid-forties, I found a doctor who finally put me on anti-depressants. Yes, anti-depressants! Because I hadn't gotten any help for it for all those years, it has now given me chronic depression. It will do the same to you. Get help now. Don' t waste your whole life worrying. Life can be joyful and wonderful, but first you have to get the real problem treated. Getting older helped me, too. You begin to be able to reason with yourself better. The thing that helped me the most, though, was getting saved. That is because I was able to give my fears to the Lord and learn to trust him. "For me to live is Christ; to die, gain." What is the worst thing that can happen? It used to be death. When the "sting" was removed from that by knowing my home will be Heaven, what did I have left to fear? Blessings.
Chloe :angel:

Hi baumshell thankyou so much for your kind reply ,Well my age i wish i was that young. Iam 41 but feel like 81 at this time in my life, I think the reason i have more anxiety is i am finding it hard to come to terms with my disease (underactive thyroid) I hope you are feeling well and life is good for you right now.So are you still on anti-depressants ? Take-Care .....Mandy

your thyroid problem should be easy to deal with, all anxiety sufferers are too scared.....

Hi Mad Maz, Started having panic attacks at 30 and fully in remission, am not 49, and I think you are very smart, to be on this board at all, because when I had it 16 years ago, it was a myth.........just the fact you are talking to people is a great help !

Anxiety, comes from many sources fear, etc...but mine came out of the blue ? Which was scary ? I went to a psychiatrist, and paid cash because he did not take ANY INSURANCE..........he had me pegged on the second visit, whether family visit, or to get me admit some things in my life, and was in the family history.

He SIMPLY SAID...ANXIETY is the OVERDOSE OF ADRENALIN.....fear creates adrenalin, and it takes time for the brain to calm down....for me it was about a year....with medicine....I could not believe I could not control my own thoughts, and body ? At some point, the subconscious takes over and demands its own health process, which anxiety relives. thus a panic attack.

Since you don't seem to be having that, you are very close to the source.
For me it was all about education, and MEDICINE !...when I found it was an overdose of adrenalin from social new situations, new jobs etc.....that created extra adrenalin, which forms anxiety.....I knew I could lick it...

So the doctor first, to admit I was in a scary marriage was second, and then the pitiful information, that it was simply an overdose of adrenalin....I became MAD..........and I told my body go ahead have anxiety...........and it would not ! I tried to have a panic attack and I could notl ! It is when we are scared that it happen, the adrenalin ac***ulates...and increases anxiety.

It took, me year to master all this , and 16 years later, because of a tragedy I went through, I haven't had anxiety since........I can't stop the abuse that was........but I can let my body have its way......and nothing happens...when I am worry I will have anxiety...adrenalin produced, I have anxiety........

God really made this as a flight or fight measure to get away from dangerous situations...........he never meant us to worry about us, but a doctor, being on this board, and EDUCATION IS YOUR BIGGEST RECOVERY !

I AM JUST A 16 YEAR SURVIVIOR, AND NOW HURRICANE KATRINA HIT ME, AND I AM ABOUT TO LIVE OUT OF MY CAR, WITH DIABETES, LOST JOB AND INSURANCE........AND I AM NOT SCARED....BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS AN ENDING.........FEAR IS NOT FROM GOD.........

BEST WISHES AND WRITE ANYTIME ! :angel:

Happyhome I thankyou so much for your so helpful reply.The pepole on here are so nice, I am so glad I found this board it has been a god send to me. I have just bought a book today called, "Essential help for your nerves" by "Dr Claire Weekes", I am not to good with my reading and spelling, so all this writing is helping me! I think you are a strong caring person with a good heart, I am so sorry that you have lost your home.

My mum as type 1 Diabetes, that is something that worries me as I have an underactive thyroid "Autoimmune Disease", the doctor said that I will probably go on to get another; i.e. Diabetes. I hope we both keep each other posted, take-care... Mandy

Yes, I am on Effexor XR 150 mg. per day, and it has worked well for me. My doctor, an older gentleman, understood depression and anxiety well, (he is now retired) and worked together with me to achieve the dose that worked best for me. Finding a doctor who would work with me on this issue was a large percentage of the burden to get help. It seems that so many are either rx-happy but don't care to keep track of the patient and make sure they are progressing, or you have to practically beg them for meds that you truly do need, which, of course, most anxiety or depression sufferers aren't likely to do. But you must! Working closely with a caring doctor is essential. My doctor was a general practitioner, but it isn't so much the title as it is the knowledge one must possess concerning these chemical imbalances. Adrenalin rush is one of the physical consequences, but it is not the only one. A doctor once described an anxiety attack, or panic attack, to me like this; There is a "gate" in our brains that opens to allow adrenalin through to our body when we are in a scary predicament...car wreck or almost one, hearing a noise outside, your child screams that "I am really hurt" scream, etc. Unfortunately with anxiety sufferers, that "gate" does not close as it should, and we get too much adrenalin. Hence, the FEAR that grips us "out of the blue!" But it's really not. Something always triggers it. With me, it was often a thought about our family finances (which were never stable or certain, due to a husband who was never stable or certain... :dizzy: ), or the health of myself or a loved one. Control issues, or lack thereof. Hope I'm helping someone out there. It was hellish for me when I was "there." Blessings. Chloe