Health Anxiety

Hi all. I’m hoping that I can connect with some of you anyway a little about myself. I have a three year old son and shortly after having him i started having symptoms of anxiety. Now 3 years later I’m still dealing with them. I have palpitations body tremors and I overthink everything mainly about my health (I’m perfectly fine I’ve had labs, mris and ct scans to prove it) i just feel like I’m going insane. Can anyone relate?

[Stuckinplace]

Deeaire, I can definitely relate. Before I started taking my meds, I had an occasional panic attack or extreme anxiety and had the same symptoms. Before I started nursing school I knew I had to get them under control. I started visiting a Psychiatrist and was prescribed a med for both depression and anxiety. I needed to be able to reduce my stress and have complete control over my thoughts. The meds worked for the most part. In addition to meds, there are other homeopathic alternatives, therapy, exercise, meditation, etc.

[Kel12]

I can definitely relate. I was just diagnosed with anxiety two years ago. I thought I was having a heart attack and called 911. When I was taken to our joke of a hospital they ran tests and told me I'm fine with no further explanation. Of course it was a Friday night so I spent the rest of the weekend curled up in a ball crying (I have 3 kids, who had to stay with grandma because I was a mess). I went to my doctor and he did more tests and diagnosed me with anxiety. I went to a therapist for a little while but didn't feel it helped. Then I got on Cymbalta for a year and a half. It was great, but i hate taking medication, so I stopped taking it around Christmas and my anxiety/depression is coming back with a vengeance. My mom had a stroke a year before my anxiety attack at a young age, so I think that amped it up for me. Now every bit of pain or discomfort my anxiety starts to tell me I'm dying, going to have a heart attack or stroke, brain tumor, etc. It sucks! I've had numerous tests too and I'm fine but it is SO hard to convince my brain otherwise. I keep trying to tell myself that I am not my mom and I am a hundred times healthier than she was at my age, which seems to tell some but not completely.