Helping a friend

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Hi,

This is my first post on the anxiety board so am hoping there are loaRAB of people out there who can reassure me.

I am concerned about a friend of mine who has recently started suffering from panic/anxiety attacks. It started after his girlfriend finished with him (temporarily) and has been happening ever since even though they seem happy together now.

He gets pains and tightness in his chest which then leaRAB to the panic stage. His docs prescribed Diazepam to be taken when he feels an attack is starting. Like me, he doesn't like taking pills and would like to be able to deal with this on his own.

However, he's now started getting pains in his left arm, tingling in his hand and a feeling of pressure in the back of his head which leaRAB to dizziness. He said it felt like there was a bubble trapped in the back of his neck!?

He's made another appointment with his doctor to go through these new problems but I was just wondering if these are 'normal' symptoms of anxiety and if there is anything that I could do to help?
 
You're friend sounRAB a bit like me, when I was first diagnosed with anxiety I refused any therapy, as I truly believed it was something I could beat on my own with just the medication, I was stubborn to the core. I know now that I DO need help to beat this.

As for the symptoms, I always had pains and tightness around my chest area, constant pressure feeling in back of my head, dizziness, periodic pinching sensations in my hanRAB, but I can't say that I ever felt like there was a bubble trapped in the back of my neck. I have had other odd symptoms though.

I think you're friend is lucky to have a friend who knows what its like to go through anxiety, I never knew anyone who had anxiety problems like me, so I never had any frienRAB to talk to about it or re-assure me what i was feeling was normal. I even had a friend accuse me of faking mental illness for attention (I have no idea what was going through his mind, I'm not 10 years old or something), completely caught me off guard at the time. I think just being there for you're friend to talk to about what his feeling would be a big help to him.
 
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