Doctor or psychiatrist for anxiety? Heart pounding?

Your screwed.

Just wanted to add. Heal the body the brain will follow.

If you do see a doctor find a DO or naturopath and get to the root cause not just a bandaid.

Get propanol beta blockers. Did me wonders. Still taking them.

This is excellent advice!

Also, exercise is very imporatant.

Get Propranolol beta blockers. Did me wonders. Still taking them.

Propranolol will work. A similar drug which lasts longer and has fewer adverse lipid effects is Metoprolol. Both are very inexpensive ($4-$6/month). Just don't quit taking them cold-turkey, they need to be tapered off gradually to avoid a rebound hyper-response to adrenaline.

Awesome ideas, wanted to ask y'all because I don't trust "official" sources. Now I have some things to try before going to the doc

Skip the meds, might make things worse for you. Either ignore what you're feeling with distractions or face your anxiety head on. Look your anxiety in the face and tell it you're on to it, tell it you are not afraid of it, push it to the side and move on. No matter how scary the heart pounding might be, just tell your anxiety "mi heart always pounds like this when I exercise or when I have sex and it never hurts me. You can also try reframing your thoughts.

When we reframe, make a conscious effort to tell ourselves a different story. Instead of a negative interpretation, we interpret it in a more positive way. Reframing begins by asking yourself a few questions, like:
What is the worst thing that can happen here? Is it really all that bad?
Do I have to say “never” or “always’ or ‘awful” when maybe realistically it is more like “sometimes” or “annoying”?
Is there another way to look at this situation?
Do I have all the information I need to jump to a conclusion?
Is that someone else’s problem and not mine?
Have I been in a similar situation in the past that didn’t turn out badly, or that I was able to handle?
When you ask yourself questions like these, you are giving your mind an opportunity to come up with a different interpretation. You are opening yourself up to possibilities, including the possibility that the situation is not so terrible. And if the situation is not terrible, maybe you don’t have to feel so terrible, or be totally overwhelmed by it, either.
Here are some examples of self-talk that has been reframed:
"Well, he's having a bad day but I am not going to assume it is about me."
"Let me see what I can find out before I jump to any conclusions. This may not be a big deal at all."
"I remember when I faced this situation in the past. After a couple of days, everything got back to normal."
Now, I know that sometimes life isn’t so great and that’s all there is to it. But nevertheless, with some reframing, you might be able to have a different perspective on situations that might normally cause anxiety.

Make sure your not chewing gum or drinking diet sodas or crystal lite with ASPARTAME

Ive heard ASPARTAME /Nutrasweet giving lots of people irregular heartbeats and panic attacks.

Ac 1429982 that's a great way to describe it, and I kinda figured to try that and it does help a ton. I've never seen it described so thoroughly. Sometimes it's hard to focus and you go on a downward spiral of worry.

AI don't worry I totally stay away from aspartame and stuff. I got fluoride free toothpaste, aluminum free deodorant, all that good stuff and try my best to eat REAL organic and hormone free meat, cheese, butter, milk. I even buy everything unsalted and add the Himalayan salt

Try 2 to 3 garlic cloves a day for a week. It's intense but crush it up, have it with bread and a large glass of water but I think by itself is better.
Lay off the caffeine in the afternoon and evening, have some wine or chamomile tea instead.

Seriously, if the garlic doesn't clear that up then I don't know what will. Go to a doctor then obviously.

I sent you a PM I just had an anxiety episode last night and couldn't sleep until 4 am. Ruined my whole day.

The hives are enough to cause a panic themselves..

Just gave my BF some dandelion extract today for hives starting.
To stop the hives my friends and family have found that taking some dandelion root extract,or the dried powder in capsules brings almost instant relief.

We have done benadryl shots and steroids because of hives, which can be awful, purple red lumps and huge welts..The dandelion cleans out the liver..The hives are an allergic response to something toxic to the body.

When the liver is overloaded, the skin is the next cleansing response. Just a dropper of the dandelion extract will bring relief..At $ 9 for a fluid oz, it is worth it.

There might be a chemical trigger for your stress response.Like fabric softener, or perfumes.

Habitual worrisome thoughts can also trigger a survival response in the body..For me, even out of a sound sleep. I can easily wake up with a racing heart. And if cluttered with worry my mind looks for a reason, finds it, and instant overheat and panic.

Meditation and quieting my mind, as well as removing chemicals from my home takes care of my panic..I get panic attacks in public places when exposed to common chemicals most folks use on their clothes.

The Solar activity does affect me, headache since last evening and ringing ears..BUT not so much heart racing without the chemicals in my home..and the worry thoughts to panic me.

Crossing my arms, palm side down over my heart settles down my racing heart.

Meds almost killed me, I turned out to be Chemically Sensitive.Which can run in the family..and the meds won't fix your thought patterns..or make your body feel safe when it is not.

Wrong...you believe something that has been drilled into your head for years.

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I have had panic/anxiety disorder since the 80s. Mine is well-controlled now, but, at the worst of it, I wouldn't even walk out the front door and my heart was constantly palpitating etc. I went to my GP and he checked my heart and blood tests and he recommended I see a psychiatrist to evaluate my treatment and manage my meds. I saw the shrink about 4 times a year after I became stabilized. Yes, I take klonopin and Prozac and have for many years. My life is just normal now..never have full blown panic again. I know that panic attacks are one of the worst feelings in the world and they can make you feel as if you are going crazy. I'll keep you in my thoughts and prayers. There's no reason you shouldn't be able to return to a normal life with some medical management. I also take all sorts of natural medications and use relaxation to keep me calm. Best of luck.

Doctors want to give you fluoride pills for anxiety. Never do this OP.

Maks sure you rule out EHS before getting a script.

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Magnesium is a NATURAL BETA BLOCKER

Agreed with those saying to go to you doctor to rule out any heart issues.

In the meantime, prayer, sunlight, plenty of exercise, Vitamin D3, magnesium, and esp. before bed, chamomile tea. The tea is the best of the supplements I've tried to soothe an anxiety attack at the moment it strikes - very soothing.

Also, it really could be an imbalance in your body.
I had terrible anxiety attacks for two years while losing weight and over-coming candida overgrowth.
I also noticed that the worst of the anxiety attacks always happened in Spring-time.
As soon as I started taking allergy meds, Zyrtec works best for me, the anxiety has stayed away.
Seasonal allergies can cause anxiety symptoms - didn't know that until last year - Google it - it's true.

Naturopath and magnesium.

Don't take the pills the doctors sell.

Fight or flight? You sound knowledgeable on stress reaction. This question as others on this forum appear to be information seeking for --- the control of behavior? Anyway, I will error with some information in case you are genuine. Antianxiety meds can be addictive. Try biofeedback or gestalt therapy. A trained psychologist can help in these areas.

B3 or 5-HTP works. Im off xanax, ambien, and trazadone - and feel better than ever.

If youre gonna take the magnesium make sure its the chelated form.

Vitamin D daily.

And repeat this until you are calm.

God
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change
Courage to change the things I can
And Wisdom to know the difference.

Good to hear friend ! Now that Im reassured in that aspect, Hope you find a cause and cure. It cant be far away with all your good habits.

I had a similar issue, I would say the best course of action is to see a Psychiatrist after you have ruled out a physical condition. Get a Xanax prescription, but only use it if you absolutely MUST. You don't want to make anxiety something you take a pill for, it must be solved from within. Talking with a psychiatrist will hopefully help you deal with your issue in a way that will allow you to control your anxiety from here on.

Good luck!

Stay away from caffeine and stressful situations, anxiety medication will calm you down. Breathing exercises too, just relax stop worrying so much.

That is my situation too, one bottle of Xanax lasted me for 6 months, now I no longer need them.

But it could also be heart problem this happened to my father inlaw thought it was stress but he had heart condition misdiagnosis, get checked.

frustration & anxiety enclosed with higly empathic sensitivity

you know you heart wants to supply more to your brain,
for it needs the energy to compare, to be aware
and to calm down in the last place

if you manage to observe your attention,
then you can read in YOUR SESITIVITY to outside world,
to your environment you fear (this fear is hidden(

you perhaps think it is too much and you just cant process all at once... this moment inability to solve it all,
causes higher pressure - higher pumping - more blood - getting more info from more senses - calming down)

so my advice:
be more aware using this thought circuit to calm down