Possibility of swallowed glass yet again

**Hopeless Dork** · 07-09-2010 12:51 PM

Anxiety and panic can manifest itself in MANY physical symptoms... and the more you notice them, the more you focus on them... the more you feel them.

Quality of life for a person suffering from panic and anxiety disorders is so severely diminished without help. You spend all your time worrying about what might happen that you don't get to enjoy the simple pleasures of whats going on around you.

I really hope for you that you are able to get treatment for that , first... and foremost. A person with panic and anxiety CAN get sick... so its important to not completely ignore your body if you are worried somethings wrong... sometimes somethng really is wrong.

But all the self-diagnosing and fear... isn't going to get you better. You really need to see your doctor and talk to them openly about your fears so they can get you the treatment you need whether it be for physical ailments or anxiety.

When I use to be overweight... I'd wake up in the middle of the night gasping for air... feeling like I couldn't breathe, my heart would speed up. I saw my doctor and she thought it was due to panic attacks and put me on treatment for anxiety... but she ALSO ordered a sleep study to make sure there were no physical reasons that caused me to have that condition.

Sure enough I had sleep apnea (which has since improved with weightloss), but I also suffered from panic and anxiety symptoms so we kept treating both and my life got so much better.

I do know what it feels like to focus on every minor pain in the chest and think... heartache.. every headache and think... stroke? tumor? whats happening... and that is no way to live life. If I remember correctly you are a young woman with a full happy life ahead of you and I do hope you can see a doctor that can help you to enjoy that a bit more.

**CrystalChord** · 07-09-2010 02:34 PM

Thank you for you all telling me to get help. I have tried, and when I went to my GP, he gave me an EKG and a full physical and said that I was perfectly healthy (he gets heart palpitations just like me, and mine seemed to stop when I stopped eating peanut butter). Until yesterday, I had stopped worrying so much, and even now I'm trying not to worry.

I went to a therapist at school, but they weren't very helpful; I am thinking of switching to one of the women who taught my "Stress management" class last semester once I go back to school in August. It's very difficult to "get help" at home during the summer because my parents are very poor at handling when I tell them I may need help. My father even yelled at me that I "had to stop all this bullsh*t", but he doesn't know how hard I've been trying.

It's just that I had stopped worrying almost entirely, and just went with what was going on up until yesterday. I was not as concerned as I used to be, and then I had two panic attacks, and I'm still feeling the effects of the anxiety.

My tingling is not as bad as it was but it is everywhere, so it just annoys me and causes me a little concern, but I feel that if it is not better within three more days, I will talk to my parents about seeing my GP once more.

**WildChild** · 07-09-2010 02:43 PM

Hmmm, medicinal marijuana comes to mind?

**CrystalChord** · 07-09-2010 02:53 PM

I don't think medicinal marijuana is accepted as practice in my state...In fact, I believe all forms of marijuana (medicinal, recreational, etc.) are considered illegal.

Again, I'm not as worried as I was, I'm just wondering if the tingling/pins and needles/crawling sensation over my skin is residual from the anxiety or the heat stroke. It's just kind of annoying now...like me, I guess!

**eleni** · 07-12-2010 09:23 PM

yep.
my boyfriend gets physical symptoms of anxiety like the ones you are describing.
and they can last for DAYS.

even if you HAD swallowed a tiny bit of glass
nothing like what you're describing would have happened.

try and relax. go to the doctors if you're that worried and ask for some anti anxiety drugs like diazepam or something like that so you can calm down before it gets to this stage.

x

**jns** · 07-12-2010 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by CrystalChord

It's very difficult to "get help" at home during the summer because my parents are very poor at handling when I tell them I may need help. My father even yelled at me that I "had to stop all this bullsh*t", but he doesn't know how hard I've been trying.

Do you have illnesses or injuries very often?

**CrystalChord** · 07-20-2010 09:57 PM

Eleni: Thank you, it turns out it was panic attacks. I am going back to school in a month, which means I will be able to get some counseling and therapy.

JNS: I feel like I have illnesses/injuries often, but mostly, it is just in my mind, even though I show many physical symptoms. It's a bit maddening if you can't tell....

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