Health anxiety

Hello,I’m suffering from anxiety disorder over 10 months,sometimes I feel very well and all symptoms disppear,but sometimes I really feel very bad,a week ago before drinking coffee I feel heavy dizziness,swaying/shaking in my body(even sitting down)and my eyes can’t focus,it frightens me because I haven't any problem with my eyes before.Does anyone suffer from this symptom?

[foxglove_pnw]

Hi Nazetta , I am sorry about how you are feeling !

I also have really bad health anxiety ! I just sat down to write about it when I found your post.

My problem is my heart , I am always checking my heart rate , my oxygen blood level , my blood pressure . I have had problems with my eyes not focusing and it was anxiety ! Last week I went to the eye doctor and found out I had dry eye !

I don’t have an answer for you but I can tell you your are not alone ! I am at home alone right now feeling panic about my health !

Send me a message anytime !

Hope you are feeling better ! ❤️

[Hidden in reply to foxglove_pnw]

Thanks for answering,I know how you feel,some days I checked my blood pressure 20 times and even hear my heart rates,but I can stop this fear then I make new fears even I think I will be blind or suffer from brain stroke,MS etc.These fears really exhaust me every day.

[foxglove_pnw in reply to Hidden]

I feel the same ! It is exhausting ! Last year I had some stomach /bowel problems and of course I thought I had colon cancer. The year before I had 4 months of dizziness / off balance ! Doctors couldn’t find anything !

I also suffer from Costochondritis so the left side of my chest hurts all the time . I have gone to a cardiologist and he said everything is fine. I just feel like they missed something .

I feel so hopeless 😩

[Hidden in reply to foxglove_pnw]

During 10 months I’ve been in control of all types of doctor,changed 3 neurologist and none of them allowed me checking via MRT,all of them said anxiety disorder,anxiety disorder,I hate this word,it makes awful symptoms.The firstly it began with panic attacks.One day we will win!!!

[foxglove_pnw in reply to Hidden]

We will win ! 🙏🏻

[Tryingtogetbetter in reply to Hidden]

I feel the same exact way. Gone to many dr had episodes of feeling my legs weaken and actually falling over. I get flushed and weak then i feel ashamed of it. Its a bitch!!

[_Angela_ in reply to foxglove_pnw]

Hi foxglove just thought I would pop you a message and tell you that you are not alone, I suffer from health anxiety and also fibromyalgia and costochondritis, I find myself reading too much and convincing myself of the worst and it’s ruining my life, just wanted you to know it’s not just you sometimes you can feel so alone

[foxglove_pnw in reply to _Angela_]

Thanks Angela ! Sometimes laying in bed during the day without energy , I do feel alone ! Thanks for replying and letting me know you understand ! I am sorry you also suffer from all of this ! It is definitely not an easy road ! Sending you a big hug 🤗 !!

[_Angela_ in reply to foxglove_pnw]

Big hugs 🤗

[Annab124 in reply to _Angela_]

Hello I’m hoping you can help? I have been suffering with pains in my back arms hands (sometimes ) and my chest . Parts of my body hurt to touch . Some days my symptoms are bad an some days not so bad . Is this anything like u

[_Angela_ in reply to Annab124]

My fibromyalgia started with pain just in my back, then pain in my arm and across the chest. The costochondritis affects the chest round the rib area for me but it can mimic a heart attack if the pain gets bad that’s why I hate it so much just makes you panic, hope this helps x

[Annab124 in reply to _Angela_]

Thanks very much ! How did u get diagnosed ? Was it a long process

[_Angela_ in reply to Annab124]

I kept going the docs knew something wasn’t right especially when my arm started to burn, she gave me a steroid injection in the shoulder and it made it worse so I was referred for physio (load of crap) and then finally pushed for a referral to a rheumatologist who told me what I had took about 2 years as they have to rule out everything else before they make that diagnosis x

[Annab124 in reply to _Angela_]

Wow that’s a long time ! I’m in a similar situation at the moment going back An for to the doctors etc

[_Angela_ in reply to Annab124]

I felt as though I was a hypochondriac at one point as I just kept getting pain in places randomly like one morning I couldn’t move my neck 😂 don’t give up though because it’s a horrible thing to experience and until you have it I don’t think no one fully understands how bad it can be

[mrhealthanxiety]

Hi sorry you’re not feeling great, i too have HA so maybe I’m not the best to tell you how you deal with it as I’m struggling to apply any techniques for myself but thought I’d say hi anyway so you know you are not alone, my main problems are stomach issues / dizziness / chest flutters. Wish you well.