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I have this quite lot and used to be worried about it. I asked a doctor and he said slightly blue nails are nothing to worry about. It’s only worrying when they are really noticeably blue, in which case you’d have much more symptoms of whatever causes it

It really is. But also quite depressing that we’re not over it. We’ve all had diseases for so much longer than they’d take to progress.

This week I set up an air quality monitor. I didn’t buy one due to anxiety, I just wanted one out of curiosity, and general environment improvement. But I had wondered if the quality of the air we breathe can contribute to mental health issues. My anxiety seems to have been high ever since moving into my current house, and it’s always seemed hotter, stuffier and more irritant. Interestingly, in the first few days, it seems our air quality is pretty terrible. Averaging around 2,500 ppm. When it should be below 800ppm and excellent is below 300. I’ll try fix the issues causing poor air and report back if there’s any change in anxiety levels.

This is the funniest part. We all are always in the middle of dying. I've been having a heart attack now for 6 months ? That must be a record? I'm somewhat similar. My first bout was constantly at the drs. This time I know in my mind that it's anxiety so have stopped myself going as much.

It really just sounds like you're getting overwhelmed by everything going on. I can't imagine what it must be like to look after an entire household AND homeschool children at the same time. I think you just need to make some time for yourself. if you are feeling really depressed then talking to people about it can really help. A therapist if you're able to. with the junk food, absolutely not. A few days of junk food cannot give you a heart attack.

Wow I wasn't expecting everyone else to have noticed the same thing! Interesting. As you say @Nutmegbella, it seems like they both cause each other

Evening! I've wondered this for a while, I've noticed that sometimes, particularly when I'm feeling more anxious, that I sometimes seem to be holding my breath. Just for a few seconds longer than I should be between breaths. i wonder if incorrect breathing can actually cause palpitations and other effects. If I consciously try and keep a regular breathing rhythm I instantly seem more relaxed. I know mindful breathing does help anxiety, but could it really be so extreme that not breathing correctly causes it? Or is the bad breathing just another symptom of anxiety?

Usually I'd agree with something like that, but it's a general consensus over here, more down to over-work and over-subscribed GPs. They have so little time per patient (10 minutes max per appointment I think it is), they like to get everyone in, prescribed a pill, and out again as quickly as possible. Edit: I don't want to sound unappreciative of help GPs give. When they do help, it's greatly appreciated and it's more a problem with the NHS being understaffed, underfunded, and over-subscribed.

That's always the problem I've found with doctors in the UK. it's great that it's free, but they really don't care as much. If I had the money, I'd pay for private doctors over here. (that's just GPs. Emergency care is great!)

Luckily I'm having a new mattress delivered next week! I'm hoping that improves my sleep! haha

I think that may have been one of my posts @Holls is talking about And I totally agree. Blood is a little worrying, if it keeps going on for a long time, but only in as much as it's time to go ask the dentist to take a look. A little that only lasts a few days is nothing to worry about. Also in that Nov/Dec post was mentioned dry air. Which a lot of places get over winter, which causes irritation in the throat.

Thank you @LadyO I appreciate all the help and support . My friends are Jehovas Witnesses. I'm not sure which 'branch' (is that the correct term?) of Christianity you belong to, but I have found in the past that, not meaning any offence, that JWs are much more pushy than others. And of course I know all intentions are good. So it may be just experiencing different people from different faiths is the real route to take. Thank you for the link, unfortunately I'm in the UK. But it gives me some ideas of what to look for over here.

Thanks everyone! I wasn't expecting to get so many responses And looks like a few of us may have crossed paths before. I was also part of Anxiety Zone before that disappeared. Back when I had my first HA encounter about 7-8 hears ago. Luckily I got over that and was fine for 7 years until summer last year. I'm hoping I have similar success with this round eventually and it leaves me for another 7 years (or forever, preferably). My first experience was very much 'all illnesses'. Heart, cancers, lyme, lupus etc. This time its very much more focused on just my heart. I'm pretty sure this round of anxiety is mainly triggered by over-work and poor lifestyle. Which gives me things to focus on fixing.

This probably won't be a post for everyone, I know some prefer the anonymity. But I thought, we're often talking to each other, but all we know are usernames. For example, would it surprise anyone to know I'm a 28 year old guy, from the UK? My real name is Luke. I'd love to know a bit more about all the people behind the usernames. Who are you? Where are you from? Almost like going round the room introducing ourselves in a physical meeting. Its nice to know more about the people that help us, and the people we try to help.

Thank you everyone! I think it might be worth a trip to an intro session. thanks @LadyO, It is always a struggle to be more open. Sometimes I think it makes matters worse if I start visiting anxiety forums full of names of diseasss and illnessss. But I do also fee much more relaxed after talking to someone about my problems. I've not considered a Christian therapist, I hadn't even thought about that being an option. While I'm not religious myself, I do have some religious friends, and what puts me off the idea a little is that most conversations often turn in to preaching. Which gets a little too much sometimes. but it could be worth trying anything at this stage. I appreciate the help and advice from everyone no matter what angle it comes from.

Thanks. Really appreciate it. I'm in bed now, and just had another episode of 4-5 skipped beats. It's always so difficult, I immediately think I should really be going to the hospital.

That's awesome news and hopefully can help others too. Myself included. Hopefully. hope that gives you some more clarity and can let you relax

I'd like to think working harder on self help should work. It's just finding the right methods. I know that working on myself does work, it has in the past, and like you say, it's just putting the time effort in to making it work, but knowing when to call someone else. thanks!

I might have to look in to getting more magnesium. As a test. Although I don't want to find something else that's ''not anxiety" to blame. Anything is worth a try! Yeah, definitely the anxiety of having them, makes them happen, which is a horrible circle.

Most of my big heart palp/skipping episodes seem to happen at night, just before bed. It seems to be starting to make me a little fearful of going to bed, I seem to get more anxious as the evening goes on and most as I get in to bed. Thats something I definitely need to solve as soon as possible.

Poking and prodding can definitely make things worse! I used to be exactly like that, constantly feeling my neck for nodes, eventually all the prodding made them hurt, and they only stopped hurting when I managed to get out of the habit.

Evening all. Hope everyone is doing well. I've been trying to resist coming on here. Thinking I don't want to expose myself to too much that might trigger things. I've failed pretty miserably, visiting most days. But I've resisted posting anything over the past couple of weeks up to now. Im getting better, I think, but it's just going on for so long this time. This relapse is near 6 months now, and on a pretty regular cycle of 2 weeks good, 2 weeks bad. Im at the stage where I'm wondering if I should go to Dr's and just say, either test me for things like heart issues, or refer me to therapy if it's definitely all anxiety. i was just wondering if others have been or are in therapy, and how it's been working? Does it work well, has it helped etc? Is it worth it over just trying to fix yourself?

Good afternoon! So today I found out that it's never a good idea to Google, no matter how minor or innocent the intentions. One of my ears suddenly went really red. Innocently thinking it's nothing, but I'll just see out of curiosity what causes it. Immediately I come across information that red hot ears can be a sign of circulation problems, blood pressure problems, and even kidney failure. its never safe ??

Thanks @Torontogirl! That last paragraph seems so common with ha too! We all know what's normal and what's not, and it's easy telling someone else, but when it comes to convincing ourselves it's so much harder

Evening all! so I called up the Dr's today to get results of various blood tests, expecting to be called in for a review. Instead they say the doctor has looked and they need no further action. Great! Half an hour later I'm already thinking of excuses as to why those results are wrong. Even down to seeing a different doctors name on the test forms and now thinking the wrong doctor saw the results and doesn't know any of my history. Damn, I need to relax ?