Purely physical anxiety?

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My GP and therapist bpth tell me I'm suffering from anxiety and having panic attacks, but it's not like you see on TV with hyperventilating, or passing in 30 mins, mine can be all day long. My symptoms are that everything seems to move very fast, my eyesight goes blurry, I feel disconnected to everyone around me, I can have conversations but it's like it's coming through a filter, I can't concentrate, I'm very restless and figety and if I try not to move my arms and legs tingle and burn. I can't seem to sit still or focus for long, my body just wants out of whatever situation I'm in.

However, I'm fine in my head and my self. I love my life, I have a lovely little job, and I can't do that at the minute because these panic attacks are taking up my whole life. I don't understand how I have anxiety without being anxious, and how it's stopping me from doing things that de-stress me! I can't even rest or relax at home because of these hour long panic attacks

Have you experienced this before? Could the Drs be right?

The problem with panic attacks is that the first one - which often seems to come out of the blue (but when you look back you will see the combination of circumstances) - is so scary that your mind will be on high alert for any possible repetition and that very focus is what trips you into the next one; you're then in a vicious circle.

Given what you say about how you are experiencing these sensations it could be that your mind is disassociating to protect you/rise above the issues.

It sounds like you brain is extremely fatigued and your nervous system is sensitised.

Nervous exhaustion can do some strange things, but that's all it is, exhaustion.

Happy people get it too.

Reduce mental stimulation
Rest ( a lot)
Nourishing food
Learn about how our nerves work.

Are you experiencing flashbacks? It doesn't sound like panic attacks but intense anxiety.

Have you been given any medication such as beta blockers or anti depressants? Even Diazepam for the short term might help.

Try magnesium flakes in the bath, B complex, magnesium glycinate, going for a walk and getting out into nature, meditation. Mind has lots of grounding techniques on its website.
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/panic-attacks/

Ummm have you actually been checked for physical causes? I would want a neurologist referral before jumping to panic attacks when you have no anxiety.

What tests or referrals have been done? Why are you seeing a therapist?

This is how mine presented. I didn’t understand how it could be anxiety when I wasn’t hyperventilating too. It sounds like the aspects you are experiencing are derealisation /depersonalisation which is how I had it and it was horrific. Mine eventually led to a MH crisis/breakdown and I’m now on long term medication.