Can having a virus make anxiety worse?

Feel horrendous and having dark thoughts like never before

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Hi Ashley27

I've found any illness makes the anxiety worse, I think its because;

we are run down

the new symptoms

the worry of not getting better

or it getting worse

etc.

All the same old anxiety stuff, but with an illness on top, it does makes us feel, really crap.

All I can say is, let the virus take its course and try not to fight it, our bodies can do that if we try and relax a little. Trust yourself, your body is able to deal with the virus, it will take time but you WILL deal with it and feel better soon.

I had swine flu one christmas, it took two weeks to get over, I thought I was dying, but I survived.

So try and be gentle with yourself and your body will do the rest.

Wishing you well

B

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Thanks for replying.

I had a solpadiene to help with the high temp but it's back fired cos as I know there is caffiene in it, it has made me freak out more. I'm really at the end of my tether.

[karenx in reply to Hidden]

I have found this too. I really cant drink too much anymore because i feel like i'm dying the next day. I can NOT feel rough without having a freak out lol.

Dread actually getting ill thats not self inflicted.

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Hi mate,I had a god awful chest infection the other week and it really did me in,just had to ride the storm and came out the other side,no problem.

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I haven't moved out of bed all day and I constantly feel that any minute I'm gonna have a panic attack. I don't know if it's maybe cos I feel so warm and delirious that I think. I'm struggling big time

[knowles8586]

I love my bed its comfort

I suffer from vertigo and headaches and am getting my results from an MRI scan tomorrow

[Pickle165]

hi, im getting through a stomach bug and my anxiety esp yesterday hit the roof. being poorly has always made my anxiety and thought process worse. x

[bonkerswoman]

Simple answer - Oh yes!! makes me worse if I'm ill when anxious. Tell yourself it will pass in its own time. go with the flow. let it go by. xxx

[Julian7725]

Luckily I found this post. Going through it. Just came out of a horrible stomach bug and my body feels tired and because the tiredness feeling is there, I keep thinking darker things. Luckily I am not alone.