looking for some advice on suspected anxiety.

Ok so to start this of I'll explain a little bit about myself. I'm 27, male and I've never been to the doctors over how I'm feeling.

I'm not sure if this triggered how I feel but basically when I was around 16 I was a heavy Weed smoker. Smoking Weed from the moment I woke up to the moment I feel asleep. Towards the end of when I stopped (19) I started becoming extremely anxious, paranoid and very unsociable. 1 night I was that anxious I was walking around in circles in my bedroom tensing my arms, legs, teeth, fists etc and then I was unable to breath. I shouted my parents and they took me to the hospital. To this day I still remember it. Difficulty breathing, unable to swallow with no salivour in my mouth, feeling like my heart was going to stop or explode. Anyway we got to the hospital and they brushed it off as an asthma attack because I have asthma (although its mild and I've only ever had 1 when I was around 9) so we went home and that was that.

Every thing after that night changed. I stopped smoking Weed but noticed now I was feeling anxious and like my mind kind of controlled rational thinking. I sometimes can just be sitting at home watching tv and then the anxiety (or at least Thats what I think it is) comes on. I'm not actually worried about anything in specific but I feel worried. Like the most horrible feeling in the pit of your stomoch which shoots up through your chest l like you've just been on some theme park ride, so I try and be logical and explain to myself that I'm being irrational and it makes no sense to be this worried over nothing at all but it doesn't work and then I become more worried over the fact I'm worried over nothing which then in turn starts all the muscle tensing, tensing my legs, arms, fists, stomoch, gritting my teeth hard etc. This will then stay at a certain level for a few hours either die down or get to the point where I'm going to have a panick attack.

I'm writing this because today is 1 of those days and I've never actually been to see a doctor over it and I just want some advice.

It doesn't happen everyday maybe 1 - 3 times a week. Today I woke up like this and it's now 2am where I am and im still feeling the same.

Some things that seem to trigger it.
Being hungover
Being sleep deprived
Worrying about money (even though when the anxiety hits it isn't over the actual money)

I also suffer from RLS (restless leg syndrome) which drives me insane I get tired I get into bed and then my legs will not stay still and I feel like I could run around 10 mile just to make them stop. Which then in turn makes my sleeping pattern weird.

I think my mind can sometimes get the better of me too. When I was around 14 I started getting migrains, severe 1s and I went on tablets to stop them. In this time I started taking paracetamol. Even though they are not addictive I have taken them every single day for around 13 years. Some years being more heavy than others, some days for like 2 year I was taking around 14 tablets a day. Now I take around 1 to 3.

I had such a fear of getting a migraine I started taking the paras and then I think they became some what of a security blanket as if I leave the house I HAVE TO have them on me. I've once ran home from around 20 minutes away because I'd forgotten then when I was with my girlfriend then lied and said I'd forgotten my phone because I didn't want to sound stupid.

Is this related to my anxiety too or is that more OCD? either way I really just want to be normal. I'm starting to feel like I'm slightly insane and it's becoming too take its toll on me.

Thank you in advance for any help you guys can give me.

Cheers.

nixon wrote:Is this related to my anxiety too or is that more OCD? either way I really just want to be normal. I'm starting to feel like I'm slightly insane and it's becoming too take its toll on me.
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It doesn't sound like OCD to me, I think you have to have it on you because of your anxiety and as you said, it's a security blanket to you to have those medications on you. I don't know anything about that drug you take for the migraines, but it doesn't sound good that you have taken it so much.

The only advice I can really give you is to see a doctor about all this. You don't have to continue to suffer anxiety on your own, doctors and the right medication could help you. Is there a reason you haven't seen a doctor yet?

- EGD.