Stomach been hurting now for 5 days been going to the toilet 1 every 2 days

[John12]

Also abit of burning stomach cramps and the feeling like its pushing down to my bum alls I think off is the worse when will this go please help

[Hidden]

Hello John

Oh I was really hoping once you had the all clear by having your eyes tested that you would feel better , it so sounds like you suffer with Health Anxiety , have you been to see your Doctor about this you should , there is help if not medication then therapy

When we have HA is we do not get any help it just becomes a vicious circle where we get over one fear about out health but then we move on to another

Have you ever asked yourself why you feel that everything medically you feel should be life threatening rather than it just been a simple explanation , again this is typical when we have HA that we never think the latter and it can ruin our life's and stop us enjoying the things that are most important

Have you been eating probably ?

Plenty of liquids , water is a good one to drink even though I know slightly boring

Sounds like you could be constipated or could be irritable bowel due to your anxiety

Try not to worry & it should pass but I have had it before and it has never been anything serious and please think about having a word with your Doctor about how you feel in general

Take Care x

[John12 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you for always posting your a great help and I no have health anxiety probly realy bad it's dos hearing keep thinking there's something RONG with you but it just don't seem to go away and no I don't like talking even tho I went through a phase of ringing the doc nealy ever day

[Hidden in reply to John12]

Oh John I used to have health anxiety really bad , I still have it to some degree but have learnt how to reason with my thinking

I had to smile when you said you used to ring the Doctor every day , I used to actually go nearly every day some years ago so I get where you are coming from but believe me it took over so much of my life , it stopped me enjoying the things I should have been enjoying & I so wished I had asked for help

I no it can be hard to open up & talk about it but it would help you so much if you could , some therapy would really benefit you

Do you remember if there was a trigger when this started , I know that when I was young mine started when I lost an Uncle & could hear my Mum crying so bad that I thought something would happen to me so then the anxiety started focusing on my health even though I was so young , it was like I was protected in this world up to that moment & then it felt it had been shattered & the fear was overwhelming but because I was so young I did not know how to tell anyone or if I tried they would just say stop been silly

This won't go away without support & how you are feeling now can never be as bad as going to your Doctor & telling them you need help

I & others can tell you a thousand or more times you are ok but it will only last till the next thing makes you fearful which can be as little as just minutes in between , this is why we need things like therapy if we find we cannot do this on our own as well as an understanding ear like on this site from others that know exactly how we feel

Give it some thought x

[John12]

Thank you and yes the trigger a as my mum passed away when I was 16 and not by natural causes either I am now 22 anxiety started around 18 one panic attack brought it all on now I can't stop worrying if I am ok I started to use drugs and then didn't help it started to make me think oh maybe am dieting through drugs it isn't nice x