Scared scared scared

[Nutmegbella 91]

I was washing a pan right now. When I looked up I was soooo dizzy I felt like there was a heavy thing on my back of the head and I was going to go down. 

My nose is really clogged right now, I can’t hear from one ear. And the other is slightly clogged. So I thought maybe it was an ear thing (sinuses) that caused the dizziness plus i think I was holding my breath, cast iron skillet, so I was trying to really get all the food gunk out. I finished up washing the dishes, I had my son helping me out so I didn’t want to openly freak out in front of him. I came into the bathroom right now and I can just feel twitching throughout my chest. A tightness around my ribs. I am breathing shallow. I am afraid. I am terrified. And a heaviness in my head. My ears are super clogged now I hear a ringing noise. 

To sum it up: I think the dizziness is from my sinuses being messed up right now that I’m sick. 

But I can’t help but think the worst.

Today on my way home i pulled the seat back and I slept on my side so my neck was over stretched that when I sat up I felt off and my neck hurt. And all I could think of was stroke from over stretching the neck. I got out of the car to get my phone that had fallen under the seat and just from getting up and searching for it under the seat left me breathless. I mean I go out for power walks after dinner, and when ever I have time during the day I do exercises, so I can’t say it’s from being out of shape. So that concerned me. I already made an appointment and the soonest is the date the gave me 29th of this month. But between the breathless episode and this dizziness right now. I am scared something is up. And I can’t go in before that. 

AND

Last night and today I had awful coughing fits that left me with heart palpitations and chest pains. The cough is very phlegmy, that today’s fit i couldn’t get any mucus out and I felt smothered and gross. I felt like I wasn’t getting enough oxygen. Until I went into another coughing fit that I believe moved the mucus out of the way. I wasn’t able to expel any of it. Actually usually I am able to but with this time around I haven’t been able to get any of it out. 

I just told my husband and my friend about what i went through right now and all they said it “well of course it’s bound to happen when you are sick!”

i really hate this, why can’t i see it as that? Simple. But nope. 

 

[Iugrad91 501]

My son had the same phlegmy cough and Mucinex helped a lot. I don’t usually give meds unless absolutely necessary but he was having a hard time sleeping because of the cough. It loosens up the mucus so it can be expelled easier. When your chest is congested you can’t get good breaths in because the airways are constricted and full of mucus so being breathless is to be expected. Everything else you felt sounds like panic and anxiety. Hot steamy showers can also help with the congestion. 

[Nutmegbella 91]

I’ve been taking mucinex and it hasn’t helped. Does the rest really sound like anxiety? I am lost. Right now I’m laying in bed and I felt heart palpitations. I immediately thought heart attack. I had a rough day today. So I want to believe my true thoughts which is just the stress causing it. Instead of a heart issue.

[bin_tenn 1252]

37 minutes ago, Nutmegbella said:

I’ve been taking mucinex and it hasn’t helped. Does the rest really sound like anxiety? I am lost. Right now I’m laying in bed and I felt heart palpitations. I immediately thought heart attack. I had a rough day today. So I want to believe my true thoughts which is just the stress causing it. Instead of a heart issue.

Yep. You've been very worried/anxious lately, it seems. Sorry you're struggling so much, but you're fine, and you'll be fine. Anxiety creates a heightened sense of awareness and sensitivity to our surroundings and normal bodily functions. You're fine.

[Nutmegbella 91]

1 hour ago, bin_tenn said:

Yep. You've been very worried/anxious lately, it seems. Sorry you're struggling so much, but you're fine, and you'll be fine. Anxiety creates a heightened sense of awareness and sensitivity to our surroundings and normal bodily functions. You're fine.

Too many things going on. On the 10th we are expecting big news. And let’s just say if it’s bad news then things will be even more difficult. Being sick doesn’t help. The heightened senses right now have me thinking things ranging from pneumonia to heart. I really am all over the place. And it’s hard to believe I am fine. 

[Nutmegbella 91]

I’ve been coughing a lot right now. Mucus keeps coming up, I’ve been finally able to get some out. But it’s never ending. Then right now I was feeling like I wasn’t getting enough oxygen when I felt a stabbing sharp pain above my right breast. I can’t help but think bad outcomes for it.

[Nutmegbella 91]

I wake up to go to the bathroom. I feel random pains throughout the leg. Deep in the leg. My response to it. It’s a blood clot. Why? Because yup indeed I’m having trouble catching my breath. Now I have air hunger. Bad. I am struggling bad. I didn’t want to post this. Why? Because all this of this sounds like an odd shit, I KNOW IT. This craziness is my reality. If it helps someone to feel not alone in these types of thoughts then so be it  

[jonathan123 2368]

Now Nutmeg, you know the score. You have helped so many here, but when it comes to helping oneself it's different isn't it?

Why? Because all this of this sounds like an odd shit, I KNOW IT. This craziness is my reality.

No it doesn't, not at all.  It's NOT your reality! That's still buried inside you waiting to come out. Anxiety is never YOUR reality, it a universal problem. 

Heart palps are not heart trouble. They occur when you are stressed out and are simply 'missed' heartbeats due to the effect of stress on the electrical impulses to the heart. They are harmless. Stress can play merry hell to the body, and at times it's difficult to believe this is so. The symptoms are so real, but it's all your vivid imagination at work. The more you fret and worry the more fuel you add to anxiety's fire. Acceptance, however difficult, is still the answer. It takes time, but us sufferers are an impatient lot and want to be well yesterday! It's taken time to get in and it will take time to get out. The old saying comes to mind. 'When in a hole stop digging'. But we do dig don't  we, and the hole gets deeper. Slow down; take it easy, well, as easily as you can.

[Nutmegbella 91]

@jonathan123 I am really impatient these days, I have a cold, stressing out about some financial stuff, kids school, driving practically all over southern Cali every day. I keep getting palps with my coughing fits. Yesterday for 30 minutes I had a coughing fit by the end of it my chest and back hurt so bad and my cheeks were so hot and flushed from the strong effort I put into coughing up a bit of mucus. Later on in the night I was able to spit out more. I was finally able to have some down time right now. I am crocheting a toy. And will the mind gets absorbed in counting and making sure the stitches are neat. I was “distracted” what happened? I took in a deep breath and it felt like my nose and throat was blocked by mucus I cleared my throat and coughed. Okay. But I keep thinking it’s blocking my airway and that I am not going to get enough air and that I’ll die. What follows it? Palps. What follows that a sense like my thoughts are foggy “because I am not getting enough air” 

if my air way were blocked I would definitely not be able to type this right? With all this mucus I have I feel like it’s going to turn into pneumonia and I guess anything I over dramatize the whole situation. Of all the ways I fear death. Suffocating to death is my #1 fear of going out like that. 

[jonathan123 2368]

Hi. Nutmeg. Oh dearie me, we are in a tiz aren't we. Right! Take a deep breath, if you can, and try and relax. Alright, I know, it's difficult, but try. Now it's obvious you have some sort of catarrh. I get this a lot and especially now during the hay fever time. The palpitations are a reaction to fear. When you tense up and feel fear the electrical impulses to the heart are affected by the fear. Not with all of us but some.The heart  'skips' beats which is what palps are. Your heart is beginning to pump more blood to prepare you for flight/fight. Perfectly natural but very disconcerting. If you have been checked out and told your heart is ok, believe them. Are you on medication?  No matter what you do to distract yourself always, in the background, is the fear you may die for want of air. YOU WILL NOT. OK? Nature controls our breathing, thank God. I don't believe in distractions. You can go to the gym, walk, go cycling or whatever, and while all that is good physically anxiety is not a physical problem. It can become one with HA, true. It's in the mind it has to be sorted. You know, Nutmeg, that only true acceptance, with perhaps some mild medication will help.

if my air way were blocked I would definitely not be able to type this right?

Right!! So hold onto that thought. Like all positive thoughts it will be fleeting, but it's a beginning. Accept it all and stop flogging yourself with unfounded fear.   Best wishes.

[Threemares 1]

Hi, I’m going through major stress about a big move and having to rehome 2 of my horses. Plus, I’m fighting overseas jet lag and the last remnants of a flu.

Similar symptoms are plaguing me. Mucinex, Sudafed and liquids are helping it a long though. But the flu does produce anxiety that lowers resistance to more stress.The older I get the more it seems that I get depressed when I get sick. Chest and sinus congestion seem to be big triggers for it. 

I just found this site, very grateful to say the least. I’ve been experiencing bad skin burning sensations which I’ve never had before now. It’s scary when u feel like u’ve been badly sunburnt but u know that’s not the case.  I seem to be relieved finding out that others here are certain that its caused by stress.

Also I’m in pretty good physical shape, though I’m having to sit down after the smallest task...trying to just go up and down stairs right now seems like a workout. My husband has been out of town, and I haven’t had much contact with anyone. So my mind starts wandering into scary places about my symptoms. Looking online, all I kept thinking was MS symptoms seem to be similar. But now finding out it’s most likely stress related, it’s calming me down.

Meditation, like ur crocheting, is a good first step in relief. I find watching a comforting old movie to help me when I’ve had anxiety attacks, plus listening to stress relief videos on YouTube. I went for a short walk with my dog today, it helped, though it’s getting hot early this year, and heat is a trigger for me. Today I’ll try to get outside earlier.