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This is kind of embarrassing for me but I thought id share it just incase others have the same problem, hopefully people might be able to relate or feel less alone. I have a really bad problem with urination and vomiting, my body just wees itself or throws up, the doctors have put it down to flight or fight, and my adrenaline is too high, lots of my bodies reactions and symptoms are a result of complex post traumatic stress which pocd does not help whats so ever. but the only way i can describe it is like do you know when a dog gets scared it'll wee itself, thats what my body does. its really frustrating its stop me from doing normal things and i have to wear ladies incontinence nappies on a daily basis just in case. I have thrown up and weed in class multiple times now, if i don't make it out in time. I have a high heart rate because of constant adrenaline, im currently on 160mg of propranolol- beatablocker, 50mg of quetiapine- anti psychotic and 45mg mitazaphine- anti depressant , and still my heart rate, disosiaction and panic attacks persist and the panic attacks mainly consist of vometing, urinating, sweating, tight/ pressure on my chest, clammy and disscoation. These occur on a daily basis majority at night due to nightmares. I am so a shamed of these problems and I know how embarrassing it can be, I hope this makes someone feel less alone ❤
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@FUCKOFFOCD Thank you, that is very sweet of you. I think we all struggle just as much no matter what the differences dont we ? Hey, what person wouldn't be embarrassed ay, but if someone is able to relate and feel less alone then that's all that matters to me, I know how much it has relieved me finding out others experienced the same thing, its posts like these that the honestly really helps others who are too afraid to raise the topic. Thank you for your kindness ?
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I get a heavy feeling in my chest and feel nauseous
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I physically tremble and get tongue-tied
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Panic attack heart feels heavy hyperventilating and after that I get thirsty
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Depends. Mild anxiety I feel a pressure on ny chest and just sad. Moderate anxiety and I hyperventilate a bit. Severe anxiety and Im bawling, and hyperventilating more.
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Tension to the point where i could drop dead from pain, either hyperawareness or dissociation, chronic fatigue, indigestion, hypersensitivity, teary eyes, inability to concentrate or just feeling like walking dead.
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Lately since my anxiety has been higher than usual I’ve been feeling warmer overall, slightly less appetite but still able to eat full meals, my back constantly feels tight and I can feel the soreness when I do ERP because when the anxiety drops in the practice my muscles intense but then it’s sore, constantly feeling a sense of dread and fear in the middle of my core, kinda nauseous, pent up anxiety in the morning , etc. When my anxiety was at its all time high it completely killed my appetite, lost weight quickly, every time I went to the bathroom it was diarrhea, couldn’t stay asleep whatsoever I’d get nights of 1-2 hours of sleep, felt like I was vibrating from anxiety, vomiting, nauseous, etc
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I get a tight feeling in my chest and I stop breathing for a few seconds.
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- 20w
Hi!! My names Calista R. Woodbury-Rabon. I recently got married in March of this year. And have been struggling with my severe anxiety disorder since I left my toxic 3 year relationship about a year ago. Over the past several months, I have noticed that I go through phases where: I have a full body “anxiety attack”. Or at least that’s what I call it. For example : when we went to cookout and they told us they were out of the chili for walking tacos. I had a full blown anxiety attack or at least what I thought was an anxiety attack and starting hyperventilating and crying. Therefore, the only solution (in my mind) was that I wouldn’t be able to calm down until I had the walking tacos. Another example : My husband bought me a pajama set that was only recently put out because it was a patriotic item which means that after the summer it’d be gone… I ended up picking up the wrong size. So that night when I went to put on the Pajamas and realized they were too small I started hyperventilating and crying. All because these $17 pajamas did not fit me and it was no fault of my own. Whenever this happens, I usually end up spiraling and crying and saying a lot at once very quickly. And I usually look crazy and don’t make a lot of sense. Usually after the spiraling is over with I’m very exhausted and usually will cry myself to sleep. My husband more often than not will say stuff like “it’s not that big of a deal you can get something else.” << when it has to do with food etc. OR “we can just buy another set of pjamas the next time I get paid.” << in relation to the pajamas in this instance. But honestly no matter what him or anyone else tells me in that moment. All that matters is that I can feel the anxiety in my bones. And I can’t breathe and in that moment my world as I know it has ended. I’ve tried taking online free “quizzes” to find out if I acctually have OCD and they’ve been negative. I also did some research and learned that you can have all the symptoms for a OCD “flare-up” but present no active case of OCD or symptoms. So I guess what I’m trying to find out is if I don’t have “OCD” than Is this out of body experience caused from my “severe anxiety disorder” diagnosis ? Or just anxiety in general?? Thank you for taking the time to read this even if you also aren’t sure!! Means a lot to me..❤️🩹
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i’ve been doing okay lately. but then tonight, my stomach started hurting and obviously that set off an anxiety spiral for my emetaphobia. and it went on for about an hour or so when i started feeling better and being more rational with myself. then all of a sudden, i’m hit with a second wave because my stomach started hurting again that i’m still going through. i’ve been having second waves of anxiety recently when i get anxiety attacks and they’re probably worse than the initial hit because i start to think “oh wait, maybe i am sick.” and i’m still not out of it and i’m currently terrified. i know the anxiety is making my stomach worse, but i cannot calm myself down when it hits. so i have an ice pack on my neck, heating pad on my stomach, turned my lights off, turned my fan on and have my tv on for background. i’m trying my best not to take a zofran but it’s getting hard
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I had my first serious anxiety related episode back in April and then once in May. My husband had lost his job due to health reasons and spent six weeks looking for work before he finally found something. It was up to me delivering for spark to make the bills. The stress built up and in May I had a panic attack that put me in the hospital. I started Sertraline, had some rough side effects but still noticed a positive change in the anxiety. I still felt crappy every day, but less and less crappy, if that makes sense. (Nausea, heart palpitations, weak, anxious). The month of June was great, no huge panic moments, no racing heart, etc. In one day I went out of town by myself, drove on the interstate, (that’s always scared me), went to the dentist and took my son out to lunch and dined in. It was great. The next day, I argued with my teen all day, it exhausted me and I was dreading spending an hour that evening talking to my therapist. I was just too tired, you know? About twenty minutes before the appointment my anxiety ramped up. Racing heart, trembling, feelings of dread. Normally I can get it under control with breathing techniques but I didn’t have time to before my appointment. Luckily my therapist had overbooked and called me to cancel, so I just rested for the rest of the night, but that’s been six days ago and I’ve struggled ever since. The day after that I was weak and shaky and could feel my heart beat, the day after that I was tired and really beating myself up for what felt like a failure to me, and the last couple days it’s been on and off heart palpitations (my heart rate isn’t going up high, I’m just super aware of my heart beat) and it’s very uncomfortable. My family keeps telling me it’s because I’m stuck in my head and I know that’s true because I spent hours outside in the heat doing garden work yesterday and instead of feeling even worse I felt amazing for the rest of the night and I’ve felt pretty good for most of today. So I know in my head that anxiety recovery isn’t linear and that anxiety hangovers are a real thing and that i just have to be patient for a few days after an attack, but sometimes it’s so hard to think like that when I’m in the middle of feeling so crappy and shaky and weak. Does anyone else feel discouraged like this sometimes? Is what I just described similar to anything anyone else has experienced? If so, what were some coping techniques you used?
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