Hi, I'm new around here. I was diagnosed with panic syndrome earlier this year, and I had to take antidepressants for about 2 months, but I stopped for fearing becoming addicted. Since then the panic attacks are no longer so intense, but the "anxiety" persists.
My symptoms are as follows:
- Light chest pain during the crisis
- Muscle tension, especially near the veins
- Tiredness and body pains
- Pressure around the head, as if they were squeezing my skull
- Lack of appetite and stomach pain
This symptom is more recent, but I also can sense a strange smell every time I get a little nervous. It's not necessarily a bad smell, it's just weird, and it gets much worse when I'm preparing food.
Thanks to this, and the pains in the stomach, I lost a lot of weight in the last few months.
My blood pressure is always great, and I've had blood tests, but no problem at all. All the doctors (I've seen many) have come to the conclusion that it's anxiety, but still, I can not convince my brain of that.
Nowadays I'm better because I've been forcing myself to leave the house and being surrounded by people makes me feel safer (if something bad happens, someone can take me to the hospital) but when I'm alone for too long, it's terrible.
I would really appreciate your help. I'm moving out of my mom's house in 2018 and I'm gonna have to live on my own because I'm going to college, so I can't go on like this.
I didn't want to depend entirely on medicine either, but what do you guys suggest? I really can't find help anywhere else.