Anxiety, or am I really ill?

For the past two weeks I have been in and out of the ER, blood test, ekg, urin test, cat scan on the brain and spine, and I am fine? but I am feeling extreamly dizzy and short of breath all the time lately. the first time I went to the ER they said I had cellulitus, I was anxious about it and had to take bactrim DS(also I have a medication phobia) once I started that medication everything went downhill ALL my mental illnesses fared up, OCD , panic attacks, ptds, anxiety, sleep insomnia, hypochondria, depression and suicidal thinking. after the skin infection went away (also tonsilitis) they said I was fine and took me off the meds, its been a few days and I am still so off feeling? I am so convinced that Im dying I have been crying and shaking and having panic attacks for days, even when I am not anxious and not hyperventilation I get dizzy on random to the point of not being able to stand up and my breathing feels really strained, they took a llook at my lungs and said I am breathing fine though. Im 18, and I really am not ready to die, and I am praying its my anxiety. I cant get into a doctor till 2 more days and I dont feel like i can do this, Im so beyond scared. My husband says Im not going to die, the ER said I wont (6 times) and my mom said I wont. But I have had anxiety attacks for 2 years and they havent felt like this, that I can rememeber . I use to be bed ridden for 7 mounths from anxiety tho so I have not clue. help :(

I feel so bad for you because when I read you're only 18 it reminds me of myself who started with anxiety at the same age you are and suffered ALL the same feelings and phobias you suffer with. I am now 68 years old and obviously still alive and kicking! I have had bouts of anxiety on and off all these years (sometimes going away completely for years at a time) but over all these years I have learned that all my illness fears were just a result of that anxiety and NOT some real medical condition. After having all the tests you've had, I'm SURE you are fine. It's amazing how anxiety can cause so many very real feeling physical symptoms. I just wish I hadn't wasted so much of my life worrying needlessly and I so much wish I could help you to not do that either. Get the support you need from some type of therapy which is what will help you the most. Good luck to you and keep coming here for support.

Hi MK and welcome!

I am so sorry to hear of your recent anxiety flare.:( I know how absolutely awful this feels, so know that you are not alone. Look at the great support you've already received! So please stick around, because understanding and encouragement are key!

It sounds like your illness, a natural trigger for anxiety, started things off. Then things were possibly further compounded by the antibiotic Rx...which are sometimes known to exacerbate anxiety.

This is not unusual at all. We have had many posts similar to yours...

...and with time, and use of coping skills, the individuals all recovered from their set backs.:)

Have you, or are you currently in therapy, or under a P-doc's care? If not, you may want to consider looking into this for long term recovery success.

For now, see those Resources. (Rrakkma provided the link!) and keep talking to us!

You are going to be alright!

Scaredy Cat