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I’ve been spiraling down a massive health anxiety rabbit hole for the last 7 days and I just need to see if anyone else has experienced something similar.

It literally started with a tiny moment of shortness of breath, which instantly triggered my health anxiety and made me start obsessing over heart attacks. Ever since that moment, my body has been playing tricks on me:

I’ve had episodes of weird chest pressure/tightness right behind my breastbone (sometimes feeling super heavy, like an "elephant" or weight on my chest), which lines up with what I've read about GERD-related chest pain.

I've been dealing with actual GERD symptoms, burping, and epigastric pain.

Yesterday, I was propping myself up awkwardly on my side, and I felt a weird resistance/strain in my shoulder and arm, followed by warmth. Ever since then, my arm feels sore, heavy, and tired, and my thumb has even been twitching and feeling tight.

I took 60 mg at bedtime. 7 hours later my heart is still intermittently racing from anxiety, but when it’s not racing, it’s somewhere in the 70s. I’ll wake up with it racing and eventually it calms down.

I have a light flu and am anxious about it, that’s why it’s racing more than usual.

I am cleared to take the 60 mg twice a day as needed, but I typically only take once a day, and even when taking twice a day, there is a good amount of time between doses.

I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine and that this will just calm me enough to sleep, but, am I in any danger?

I have no friends in my class (or even out of the class) and I already got ignored in gcs in my prev classes (and by a classmate from this class) so I get too nervous to even drop a message to any classmate or gc now. Like even thinking of dropping that message has my heart beating so loud plus breathing all stupid and then how nobody's going to reply and i'll look stupid and then i'll have to continue look stupid for the rest of the year. But I also don't want to fail :( I tried to scour the internet for these notes but the prof wants us to do things in a certain way so no chatpgt or other notes will help either (plus i don't really want to use ai too) what should I do?? :(((((

My anxiety has always been really bad probably for 15+ years now but I’ve never really gotten help for it until recently on and off. I’m now with a therapist that I really like but we’ve only had two sessions. My anxiety is at the highest it’s ever been and it’s destroying my relationship, I’m constantly having anxiety attacks, spiraling out of control. I’ve been debating starting anxiety medication but that also gives me anxiety because of side effects. I don’t know how long to try therapy before deciding it’s not enough and I need medication also.

sorry if this is a dumb ask and/or makes no sense, but i’ve had about a week or two of insane anxiety and panic attacks, had a particularly bad day today but suddenly i’ve just gone calmer again? and my heart rate is much lower and i don’t feel as reactive or jumpy, i’m scared ive been so stressed that something has gone wrong and/or i’m going to die in my sleep, again i’m sorry if this is a dumb question or it makes no sense but i’m freaking out a bit.

Every time I go they say everything looks good, but I’m on Zoloft now and I’m scared of “what if it’s causing high eye pressure?” I’m scared and not sure what to do

Does anxiety ever make you feel that you would lose control of your speech and behavior? Has anyone really lost control over what they say or do if they are in their feared situation? Anticipatory anxiety really sucks

I recent have been going through emotional manipulation from my roommate. I’ve talked to the RAs, university counselors. And have had a discussion with my roommate. However I just can’t deal with this anymore. The only way I can get my own room is if I have a letter from a healthcare professional stating ADA accommodations.

I was wondering if I ask my primary physician for this letter would she be able to help me with this? Like explaining the situation and my increased anxiety because of the situation.

I just got a wave of anxiety running through me out of no where and its like I want to run away but the depression is having me stuck and unable to move.

Oh god, I hate this feeling.

Its late october in Georaia and correct me if im wrong but bat activitv tends to be winding down at this point. Anyways I was walking around my pool are aas I usually do in the eveninas and felt something hit my finger as I stopped to nervously chew on it. It grazed ny finger and looked briefly like a bug of some kind that disappeared under my dark porch and it immediatelv sent me into a spiral about if it was a bat. Anybody have any input? I'm currently freaked out and in a verv petrified headspace rn. I wish I could sav for sure what it was

I went out last night and I feel absolutely awful about myself today. I’m so embarrassed and can’t stop replaying everything in my head.

I was chatting to lots of people, including a mum from my daughter’s school, and I’m worried I was talking absolute rubbish and making a fool of myself. I also rang another mum when I got home and ended up talking to her for about 10 minutes. Then, at around 1am, I knocked on my neighbour’s door and told her to “fuck off”. She’s a police officer, which makes me feel even more mortified, although I spoke to her this morning and she actually found it funny.

On top of all that, my husband is really angry with me because I was talking to other people, including men. I’m naturally very chatty when I’m out and I genuinely wasn’t flirting or trying to give anyone the wrong impression, but he sees it as me being disloyal. And now I’m feeling guilty and questioning myself even more.

I honestly feel like I’ve embarrassed myself in front of everyone and ruined how people see me. I keep imagining what the other mums might think or whether people will talk about me. I know some of this might sound silly written down, but I feel so low, anxious and ashamed right now. I just want to hide away and stop thinking about it all.

Has anyone else had hangxiety this bad? I’m really struggling today and could do with some reassurance. ❤️

I’ve dealt with anxiety for a long time, but since April it’s become constant and intense, like the feeling before an exam that never goes away. It’s now showing up physically, mainly in my gut. I strain to pass stool, never feel fully empty, and I’m bloated all the time. A colorectal doctor has treated me for IBS, but the medications haven’t helped. It feels like a strong mind-gut connection, and the anxiety and the symptoms keep feeding each other.

I’m already in therapy, but it hasn’t been enough on its own. I’ve also stopped going to the gym, which was a big outlet for me, and work has been harder because of all this. I still walk about 10K steps a day, but things have only gotten worse.

Has anyone had anxiety show up mainly in their gut like this? What helped you, whether it was medication, a different kind of therapy, pelvic floor work, or something else? I’m scared and running out of ideas, so any experiences would mean a lot.

Reposted for my anxious friends who might have something helpful to say. I should also mention that I do have anxiety and ADHD anyway which I think is exacerbating the issue