Hi everyone! It's been 2 months since my first panic attack and after it I feel broken and so down, in the matter of 20min my lifestyle changed completely, I was working hard before, walking day after day for 2 hours and was able to at least go outside in a store. I visit my physician after 2-3 weeks because I thought I'm dying and something is wrong with my heart, but deep down I always knew that I'm ok, because everything was perfect before. Don't want to dive deep in details, I would love to share it later, but I have a huge problem right now.
I was living in fear, then started to walk, work out little by little and decided to try and masturbate(just wanted to see if I can do it so I can have sex later) and when I finished my heart was pounding like crazy and face was pale, it was sort for panic attack which spiraled me down back to my anxiety and now I'm scared to have sex with my wife because of that feeling, I want and I can but I'm covered in fear of having the same feeling again. Asked my physician about it he said this is anxiety and told me that's because I'm still not using lexapro that my psychiatrist prescribed to me, I also talked with my cardiologist about it and he told me the same, because he already did my EKG and told me that I have depression and anxiety, my blood is also perfect. Did anyone experienced something like that? I even know that sex can help manage my stress, but how to have sex when you are so scared, it was the same with pushups and squats, at first I was scared and then after 2 workouts my heart was not pounding. If anyone had this problem can you share how to overcome it? Thank you!