Undiagnosed Anxiety

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I'm sick of being crippled by fear. I just can't do it anymore, yet I don't know I can bring myself to change.

Some of my issues:

-I walk very quickly through the hallways; if I'm caught behind other people for more than a few seconds, or even worse, in the middle of a large crowd, I begin to panic.
-I worry about everything. Every. Single. Thing.
-Although wouldn't say the social aspect of my anxiety is quite as severe, I must summon a great deal of courage just to say something to someone I barely know. Sometimes I end up not saying it at all.
-I am extremely sensitive to stimuli, including loud noises and being touched. I am startled very easily. When this happens, my entire body feels like it's burning and I get slightly dizzy near the back of my head.
-I have digestive problems- possibly IBS. After seeing a doctor, I learned it might be the acid inside my stomach and began to take acid pills again (I used to take them for acid reflux). The seem to be working.
-My mom thinks this is because I don't eat enough, but I'm always dizzy when I stand up. Not sure if this could be related to anxiety, but just putting it out there.

I'm fifteen, by the way.

I honestly don't know what to do about all this.

If you have not gone to a psychologist/psychiatrist please ask your parents to take you to one after telling them all of this.

It all sounds like anxiety and there is medication to help you with it. Please also keep in mind that said medication tends to have a stronger effect in young teens when it comes to mood swings which can lead to suicidal thoughts... so be aware of that and ask the specialists a LOT of questions about it...how to recognize when you're having them, what to do, etc.

You could also try and note if these anxiety issues get stronger before your monthly cycle and prepare yourself for it if so.

Hope that helps you

I also have a habit of picking the skin off my lips when I've anxious (or bored).

Ask your parents to take you to a psychologist or talk to your school psychologist. I hope you find some support.

Yes, you definitely need to have your parents take you to a psychiatrist or tell your pediatrician to give you a referral.

Personally, I would caution against going on medication immediately, but that opinion is a result of my own experiences and those of the people around me - so it's not a universal truth, and I can't know whether or not it is applicable to you.

You say you can't bring yourself to change, but I think you want something to change. Maybe, in the end, the change will happen in yourself; but maybe you'll also find things outside of yourself that you can change - like finding a way of protecting yourself from difficult sensory stimuli. I think if you can find a counselor or psychologist, or even a mentor, with whom you have a good rapport, you might be able to see more precisely what needs to change, and what you need to make that happen.

hey! i have the same exact problems u were having i have terrible stomach problems but im not on any meds anymore, cuz after awhile of takin those acid reducers it makes no acid in ur stomach for ur food to digest, it all depends on ur diet even spicy foods can cause anxiety, but with the dizzy thing its ur blood pressure is low when u get up, i actually have something called POTS , u should look it up ive been dizzy since i was little getting up, but recently ive been passing out so they put me on medicine, good luck! an hope everything gets better

1 If I still had to, or would I, walk through a grocery store, I'd be a freakin blur. Walking into such a place, used to and still does cause problems, sometimes, but for no reasons that you mention. Getting to a check out station, well, depends on my mood to even get me to a grocery place to begin with. (see 2 and 3) [school was a god damned nightmare for me, but for no reasons you mention, sort of] But I doubt if I have been out of this house more then two counts of both hands in the last 6 months and that sounds real high and that even means to step out to get the mail.

2 I eat breath and sleep this. I'm better about it then I used to be (on good days) and that doesn't mean I'm faster at analyzing it, just means I don't care as much, but I still do it. It is a problem, real problem. I thought it normal and helpful when I had "good" obsessions and then some. It wasn't normal, but I was well, lol, better informed. Ok, that last bit wasn't well said, but it got me through a lot of years and kept me interested, even when no one else was or until I finally met a few.

3 normal. Sometimes I'm insanely good at it, sometimes I flounder. No, no, really bad I'm also on a cycle you don't have, I'm BP. Coping skills help here, if you even need to say anything at all.

4 This can be nuts for me to explain to anyone. Hate light, hate touch, it can hurt, both can. Now, the dizzy part you say, is what I feel in a panic attack, like real bad lighting, going from outside to inside...etc.

5 I take pills for reflux and that stuff too, but, so far, think it's because of a thing they couldn't track down for a while. I have a hernia and they thought it was all in my head, then they found out I wasn't normal for other reasons.

6 Have blood work done if you haven't

You can talk to your normal doc about any of this and not a bad place to start, but you're also old enough to know what you feel and not Mom nor anyone else.