Posted by Annie on February 17, 2000, at 18:42:26
In reply to Anyone else feel like this?, posted by scared and alone on February 15, 2000, at 10:08:57
Sounds like panic attacks to me. I would occasionally get one and the unspecified fear was crippling but it only lasted a few minutes. Last year though, I had a full blown panic attack that lasted for 5 days. I didn't recognize what it was because I had never had all the symtoms at once. I thought I was going to die. I felt like I was choking constantly and that my throat was swollen shut. I felt like I had the flu. I couldn't sleep because I was so afraid. Finally my brother (MD) came to visit and figured out what was wrong. One Xanax pill and I was feeling so much better. I took them for a few days and the panic stopped totally. Ask a doctor if this is what it is in your case.
Annie
> It's the feeling I used to get before the dentist, sitting outside the principles office at school, before an exam.
> Like something is being squeezed right in the middle of my abdomen-between my lower ribs and then several times a day it spreads through my chest and makes a lump in my throat and heart burn.
> My doctor says I'm depressed but I've been depressed before and I never had this "scared" feeling. I have it all the time, even with no worries in my life and I just want it to stop because feeling scared scares me.
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> I feel so tired most of the time but if I sit down or try to sleep I have to get up and move because I notice the scared feeling more when I am still.
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> Any answers appreciated.
> Thanks
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