Anxiety

[Kerry-ann]

Is it anxiety or not doctors saying anxiety but I'm worried it's my health

[LDS32]

Anxiety can make you feel like you're very sick. The mind is extremely powerful.

[Hidden]

Story of my life.. I have severe on going anxiety that seems to never stop.. I live in constant fear and convince myself that something is wrong with me even after the doctors and Er have told me several times its my anxiety. I still in my mind convince myself every day that something is wrong. To the chest pain.. Go the stomach pain.. To the shortness of breathe.. To feeling dizzy or out of place.. Its always something I swear. I have been in and out of the Er a lot lately.. And every time its the same thing. Its to the point where I don't want to even get out of bed. I feel one little pain or discomfort in my body and I think the worst and dwell on it all day or ill even drag it out for days. My anxiety has crippled me. I lay around all the time. Haven't been to work in almost a month. I feel like I have lost everything good in my life and I hope every night to just wake up normal. This has put a lot of stress on the people around me.. My home life and even my relationship.. It doesn't seem to get better. Trust me.. Its like a losing battle.. I feel so awful everyday and I cant stand it. I have convinced myself that something is seriously wrong with me. Listen to your doctor. I know coming from its hard to believe cause I myself don't listen to the doctors I listen to my mind that doesn't stop.. But sometimes you just have to let it go and accept things. Very hard I know. I hope whatever your going through passes and I hope your okay in life. Best wishes

[Kerry-ann in reply to Hidden]

That is how I feel, sometimes I think I'm having a heart attack expecially when my throat and my tongue feel odd I acke in chest and in middle of shoulder blades. Do you take anything for your anxiety. Mine lasts from the minute I step out of bed till I go to bed

[Hidden in reply to Kerry-ann]

I do. I take ativan for my anxiety. Sometimes it seems to help and others it doesnt. I don't know if that's in my mind or what. But I realized when I don't take it I am a mess all day long. Crying and running around like a nut. I try and do things to distract my mind but it is very hard. Especially since this has consumed me

[Kerry-ann in reply to Kerry-ann]

Doctor has prescribed me citralopram 20mg but I'm scared of taking them. I was on estralalopram in August for 6 months but it was affecting my liver it's fine now. I'm scared of the affects making me feel worse than I already do they gave me diazepam 2mg incase side affects get too me but I have 3 children to look after too

[lynne33]

I've suffered from really bad health anxiety and have come through it now. At the time you don't believe the doctors but now I know they were right. Part of health anxiety is that you doubt the professionals. I do still have bad days when I'm particularly stressed but know how to deal with the irrational thoughts now. Anxiety puts a lot of stress on tour body and speeds things up, throws adrenalin into the system which upsets the hormones and basically messes up your body. No surprise we get lots of aches and pains. As hard and as crazy as it sounds u have to ignore these 'symptoms' and tell yourself it's all anxiety and it needs to do one. Eventually anxiety isn't important and like a naughty child you're ignoring the symptoms lessen. Again sounds crazy but it does help x

[Beevee in reply to lynne33]

Well said Lynne33!

Rissa, there is no battle to fight, you are just fighting yourself which is why you think you are losing. Stop fighting yourself and the symptoms and as Lynne says, learn to leave all the anxiety symptoms alone and they will eventually disappear. By doing nothing about the thoughts and feelings, you are giving your exhausted mind and nervous system the chance it needs to heal and calm itself down which it will do naturally, as nature intended. Just don't interfere with this process by trying to do anything about the symptoms. It just adds more stress to your mind and nerves, keeping you in the anxiety cycle.

[lynne33 in reply to Beevee]

Beevee is right. It sounds crazy to ignore all these symptoms you really are experiencing. They're not in your head they are real but pay them no attention and they do go away. I've had CBT cognitive behaviour therapy. She made me sit in silence and just concentrate all my attention and thoughts on my foot for a few minutes. Sure enough I started being so aware of my foot I felt everything that was happening with it. Anxiety creates a hyper sensitive you so u are aware of some of the normal everyday things that are going on in your body as well.

As Beevee says your mind needs a rest from all these thoughts. I won't lie and say it's easy bit you can do it. I didn't think I ever would but I did

I was also prescribed antidepressants but couldn't take them as I then stressed out more over the side effects. For me talking was the best therapy. Are you able to have counselling or therapy where you live?

[Kerry-ann in reply to lynne33]

Yes I can go on Fridays, I've been once before but partner changed his shifts. I am able to go again now as he is on nights. Sometimes it's hard to no, who I am, how I feel, make decisions and laugh. I don't like to upset others if I decide something and it upsets them. show the strong loving person I was. Which makes me very sad. I've had a fall out with a lady at the school were I take my children and I dread going on the school run so my anxiety peaks

[Kerry-ann]

It makes me calmer talking to people about it as my partner doesn't understand and the symptoms of my anxiety are horrible last year I was getting a numb face on the right side I went for a mri brain scan and all was ok but I'm a lot better than I was this time last year. I think until the person you talk to has had this to deal with they don't understand as much as they may try