Anxiety problems, please help?!

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I'm certain you had a panic attack or anxiety attack. I'm glad you saw a cardiologist, however, just to rule out any problems (unlikely at your age). Anxiety often causes uneasiness in the breathing muscles, especially the diaphragm. It is very common. The most important thing to remember is that there is hope, as anxiety (or panic attacks) are treatable, and do not cause any wear and tear on your heart. It is believed that anxiety attacks are caused by a sudden flush of adrenal gland hormones. It is not something wrong with your mind, although there are behavioral and pharmacological therapies that can help you control the attacks.

I hope by now you have seen the doctor and all is well. Read up on anxiety attacks. The more you understand, the less scary they will be. God bless!

See a doctor for the anxiety. Anxiety disorders are treatable, so there's really no reason to feel so bad.

your discription seems to gernalized anxity disorder if ECG and other investigation are normal. My advise is to take advice from a good psychiatrist.

Its anxiety the same thing happen to me and I talk to people about it everyday and mine didnt get any better.I think I talked to people so much about it they are sick of hearing me lol.But you are stressing over the anxiety and palpatations so much that you are causing more anxiety.Stress can make you physically ill I learned that the hard way but I just learned ti kinda deal with it and its hard cause I am a 21 year old single parent of a 6 year old and I have severe health anxiety now but whatever you do do not google your symptoms because that might make it worse!!!Hope we feel berrter.

Hi. A few weeks ago I had the same experience. Only that I didn't go to hospital, and was alone. I had palpitations and was convinced it was a heart attack or cardiac arrest, but because of my phobia of hospitals refused to do anything about it.
I was sweating and panicking, and positive that I was dying.
My first thought was that I needed to know if it was true or not. So I decided to prove myself wrong. I ran up and down the stairs, across the house and back. No person would be able to do that, if they were suffering from a heart attack. I did some jumping jacks and a little exercise.
After I had determined that it was anxiety, I did some relaxing breathing exercises. Previously I'd thought all this spiritual breathing was just crappy superstition, but it really did help.
I used this:

http://www.pe2000.com/breathe.htm

Then, I decided to do some gentle yoga exercises to distract me. I did a few dozen stretches, from this website http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/yogapractice/…

Finally, I put on some loud calm music, made myself a chamomile tea and turned on the TV. Eventually I calmed down, and the palpitations disappeared. I think the key is to do calming, soothing but distracting things to make you concentrate less on your problem.

Good luck :)

I often get this anxiety over very small things, although I haven't had any problems because of it, besides feeling sick to my stomach. Usually I feel anxious when I know a unavoidable uncomfortable event is coming up soon. For example a school ball, asking someone an important question or having to make a seemingly important decision. For me the following activity helped;

1. Write down all the things that make you anxious, not matter how small. Or things that seem to trigger anxiety even though they may seem trivial, like watching a certain tv show perhaps.

2. Once you have 10 things on your list, number them from 1-10 (10 being something that makes you most anxious and 1 being the least).

3. try to complete the tasks on your list starting at 1 until you feel more comfortable with them. As if you just avoid these actions, which are most likely going to pop up in your life sometime, you will find it harder to overcome them.

If you find that you are feeling anxious only at random times that seem to have no identifiable connection to problems or events in your life, then perhaps you need some change.

Get out and mix things up, maybe you are feeling anxious because you are feeling as if you'll never be happy and that your life isn't going as planned.

For me i had great social anxiety, and still somewhat do, but I have found its affects waver when i confront issues that make me uncomfortable. I always tried so hard to avoid awkwardness and embarrassment that i felt anxious when opening a bottle in front of friends in case I was unable to open it making me look weak.

So i listed what make me anxious and overcame them one at a time.

Limit "worrying time" to 30 - 45 mns, daily, possibly when you get home, or after your evening meal, but not too close to bedtime, after which, resolve firmly to refuse to worry again on that day. Understand that to do otherwise would be counterproductive to your mental health, and enjoyment of life. Having had your "worry time" for the day, you can just write down any more thoughts that come to mind, and say to yourself: "Well, I'll just have to worry about that tomorrow, won't I?". It's important to regularly monitor, and deal with a negative internal monologue (self talk), or mental process, such as disturbing thoughts, images, impulses, or emotions, by the process of (a): recognising it, and (b): challenging it immediately. Technique For Re-Programming Negative Thoughts: When you notice something negative, such as: "I can't do this/ am never going to get over this!" or: "Why am I always so useless/such a loser?" or even an image, emotion, or a memory; recognise that it is being generated from the negative part of your mind. After identifying and labelling it, visualise a large, red, flashing, "STOP!" sign, and/or possibly a stern faced person wagging an index finger at you in a negative manner, then say to yourself as forcefully as you can, even aloud in a big voice, if alone: "I know this tactic: GO AWAY FOR A WHILE !!!" You may want to use either: "ruse", "ploy", "game", or "trick". In the case of an image, visualise a large "STOP" sign, or your preferred version. Some people go so far as to keep a wide rubber band in their pocket, then put it around their wrist, when they catch themselves backsliding, stretch and release it, as a method of reprogramming their mind sooner, but I don't regard it as being strictly necessary. Remember to remove it, afterwards, if you use this method. Try replacing a negative thought with a positive affirmation of your choice, like: "I am a unique individual, with my own set of skills, and good points", or "I may not be perfect, but I'm doing the best I can, right now".

Practice a relaxation method, daily, and when needed, such as http://www.drcoxconsulting.com/managing-… or http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/mindbody…
or http://www.wikihow.com/Meditate and/or Tai Chi, Qi Gong, or yoga. Give the EFT a good tryout, to see if it helps you. It is free via the searchbar at www.mercola.com "EFT" & "EFT therapists" or www.tapping.com (13 free videos). Professional is best. - There is a version for use in public places, (if you like, you can claim to have a headache, as you massage/lightly tap your temples, but you would then be restricted to subvocalising: saying it to yourself in your mind: "Even though I have anxiety, I deeply and completely accept myself." Herbal remedies, such as chamomile, passionflower, or St. John's wort, are often effective, but the idea is (as with anxiolytic medication) to use them like water wings, or training wheels on a bicycle, providing initial support, and giving time for other treatments, such as therapy, and relaxation techniques, to take effect. See http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/conditio… A free E course in CBT is at: http://ecouch.anu.edu.au/welcome 85% of people are suggestible, to some extent, so consider professional hypnotherapy, or more alternatives along such lines are at http://your-mental-health.8m.com/blank_8… Depression; see pages 3, & B.

Try your bookstore, Amazon.com, or BarnesAndNoble.com for these books: How to Control Your Anxiety before It Controls You, by Albert Ellis, & Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, by Edmund Bourne, & Natural Relief for Anxiety: Complementary Strategies for Easing Fear, Panic & Worry by Edmund J. Bourne, Arlen Brownstein, and Lorna Garano, & The 10 Best-Ever Anxiety Management Techniques: Understanding How Your Brain Makes You Anxious and What You Can Do to Change It by Margaret Wehrenberg, & Managing Anxiety. Kennerley, Helen. (1995). Oxford University Press, and/or "Calm : a proven four-step process designed specifically for women who worry" - Denise Marek, Hay House, c2006. and/or "Women who worry too much : how to stop worry & anxiety from ruining relationships, work & fun" - Holly Hazlett-Stevens. by Hazlett-Stevens, Holly. New Harbinger, 2005.