How do I keep my body from falling apart?

[StellaNova]

I'm only 20, yet I'm chronically ill. My health has been progressively getting worse year by year. My mental health has suffered greatly too. I catch myself feeling jealous while watching others do what I'm no longer able to do. I know I am very blessed that God has given me the body I have, because others have it so much worse, but sometimes I feel...stuck. Any advice?

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Has your health got worse because of the lockdowns?

[StellaNova in reply to Hidden]

Not particularly, it has just kind of declined on it's own terms

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Do you do anything to help yourself?

[StellaNova in reply to Hidden]

Yes, I take medications daily, have infusions and go to doctor's appointments and therapy regularly. I also eat healthy and workout (as much as my body allows)

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Do you get enough rest?

[StellaNova in reply to Hidden]

Yes

[Atthepark in reply to StellaNova]

Thays good you eat healthy and exercise keep up the good work

[StellaNova in reply to Atthepark]

Thanks 👍🏻

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Herbs as well as vitamins and minerals. Fish, soup and salad. Lots of vegetables. Good diet and little bit of exercise doing movements you are comfortable with and slow. Medicine books natural and otherwise

[Hunter81103]

I came here for the same reason, I’m 18 and I’m afraid of my health. I’ve had severe anxiety ever since I can remember and I’m not trying to get sympathy but I feel like everything is falling apart. Every day I feel horrible, just overall malaise and along with that I have had a multitude of problems, I have horrible GERD( acid reflux that is daily) for about 2 years , I have high blood pressure and my averages have been about 160/90 on a good day. And I feel like I am beginning to fall apart, just a few weeks ago I got hepatitis a and it was horrible, I have palpitations and irregular heartbeat, as well as oral herpes and it is exhausting. I go to the doctors and they take a ton of blood, I am still waiting to figure out what’s causing my dangerously high blood pressure and currently I’m on 5 medications… I’m 18, and I have the worst anxiety imaginable, and somehow I got a family who’s my moms side has everything that my dads side doesn’t and my dads side has every other imaginable condition. Everything from cancer to heart disease, when they ask at the doctors my family history I say all of the above lol. I’m looking for some kind of assurance I’m going to be okay, all this is killing me with my anxiety. I wish I could give you some kind of hope.. I’m not sure what exactly your going through but hopefully it helps knowing that your not alone, live is so hard and it’s sometimes hard to see the point in it.

[StellaNova in reply to Hunter81103]

I can relate so much to that. I have severe anxiety too, but after years I think I'm finally on the right medication for it. I'll never forget how traumatising though severe panic attacks were though. I fear fear itself more than anything else. I would easily take being physically ill over being mentally ill any day.

[Hunter81103 in reply to StellaNova]

Definitely is, I’m still trying to find out which medication works, I’m just praying everything levels out and works out, I’ll keep you in my prayers

[Atthepark in reply to StellaNova]

I agree physically ill in my eyes is better than mentally ill