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Anxiety - Chest pain and more!

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Stresshead95
Stresshead95

Hi there I've been handling my anxiety quite well for a couple months or so. I suffer from God awful health anxiety. I feel like I have every illness known to man. The past week alone I've convinced myself I've had bone cancer, lukemia, liver cancer and heart attack. Since last week, when my health anxiety was at its peak, I've had a nagging pain that began on the right side of the bottom of my ribs. The pain has been travelling now, it's sometimes on the left or mid upper back. I also feel some discomfort in my right eye, almost like blurriness but an optometrist confirmed that my eyes were perfectly fine. I'm just wandering does anyone else have these symptoms and how come they ain't going yet? I am 22 year old mum and I feel my life is on hold.

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  • Svig044
    Svig044 Stresshead95

    Posted

    Hi I tried to manage my anxiety that best way I can , until one day I just can’t take the body heat all over my back, chest sometimes in my legs. I went to the dr just to help me take the edge off. I was prescribed anxiety pill low dose I take .25 ... it helps a little, my throat is tightening with my anxiety, I had GERD which is acid reflux and all different symptoms manifesting with my anxiety. All test came negative . Anxiety is debilitating. Go to your doctor . 
    • Stresshead95
      Stresshead95 Svig044

      Posted

      Hi there I went to doctors at the end of May and he diagnosed me with severe anxiety and prescribed Sertraline or something like that. That helped me gain my appetite but I got awful side effects. It's an awful disease is anxiety, wouldn't wish it upon my enemy! Thank you for your reply

    • sylwia30346
      sylwia30346 Stresshead95

      Posted

      I went to GP in July and also got sertraline, took 1 tablet and got severe allergic reaction (insomnia for over 72 hrs on the top of it) so you can imagine the state of me with anxiety, allergic reaction to medication while I have health anxiety and lack of sleep for so long it made my anxiety even worse! So I stoppef taking after 1 tablet. I was put on beta blockers since and now I am trying to come off them too as I have anxiety more less under control. And I started acupuncture which is a big help.
  • sylwia30346
    sylwia30346 Stresshead95

    Posted

    Hello! I understand you very well!! I was the same, but my pain actually started from pain in my belly, on the right side of my abdomen, where the ribs end. This pain is sometimes so bad that it shoots to my side and back, or it can travel to the left rib cage, sometimes it affects my stomach too and makes me feel sick.

    I had abdomen scan and all clear - it turned out to be anxiety.

    Try not to stress, it is just another symptom of stress in your body. If you have any tablets for stomach cramps you can try those for few days and see if it helps. It has helped me.

    I haven't had any issues with my eyes so not sure, but heared from people with anxiety that it can happen too.

    Hope you feel better soon x

    • Stresshead95
      Stresshead95 sylwia30346

      Posted

      Hiya! You've brought me such reassurance with your reply, thank you very much! I have exactly the same symptoms too! When I'm distracted, out and about for example, the pain is unnoticeable but as soon as my mind drifts to anxiety or if I focus on the pain it comes. I've been doctors a lot for other symptoms and my doctor always says it's anxiety and I suffer from severe anxiety when he did the tests. I just hope I can well and truly overcome this nasty disease! Again, thank you x

    • sylwia30346
      sylwia30346 Stresshead95

      Posted

      You are welcome smile We are all in the same boat and you have people here to support you! That's exactly it, when you are distracted it is better, when focus on the area with pain it just gets so much worse! I was ok this morning but then I am trying to come off proronalol and I got myself a bit stressed out and now this pain sits in my chest more than anything else 😂 but you know what I just laugh at it at this stage and I am not going to even think about it twice as I know it's just anxiety! I will look up the list of things I had experienced in the past and will send it so you can see if there is more you can relate to. The good thing is none of the symptoms are actual ilnesses!!!

    • sylwia30346
      sylwia30346

      Posted

      In 3 months time I experienced: abdomen pains: stabbing pain at the end of my rib cage on the right side first, then on the left, my stomach felt like one big knot, I felt sick for 2 weeks but never actually got sick, constant diarrohea for 10 days, lost my apetite, I was forcing food in myself even tho normally I love food, I was crying when eating, constant burping, food coming back up my throat, lost 7kg in 3 weeks, then I started having chest pains, like a band around my chest, stabbing pain in my heart area esp with deeper breaths, pain shooting to my shoulder blades and between them, left arm numbness and tingling, dizziness, stiff neck, foggy brain, derealisation and depersonalization, insomnia (I went over 72hrs with no sleep once), intrusive thoughts, skippead heart beats, twitching in my abdomen, lump in my throat, difficulty catching deep breath, breathing off, eyelid twitching, headaches every day, pressure at the back near where the skull ends, pain in my temples, burning sensation on the top of the head, pain behind my eye, dry cough that would appear with anxiety, waking up at night with heart palpitations, back pain.
    • Stresshead95
      Stresshead95 sylwia30346

      Posted

      Aye, I'm like that now. I just need to convince myself it's all anxiety and my body is causing all this, not a life threatening illness lol. I hope you get well soon and come off the medication with ease smile all the best x

    • Stresshead95
      Stresshead95 sylwia30346

      Posted

      Oh God, you poor soul! That's an absolutely awful thing to go through! I really hope we all recover quickly. As I'm typing im getting like cloudy vision in my eyes and no amount of rubbing my eyes can fix it. It's just life I guess lol. I know about the weight loss, I too lost around 8kg and was really depressed. I would only eat my 15 month old year old son's leftovers. It was a very dark time. Thank you for taking your time to message me I really appreciate it!

    • sylwia30346
      sylwia30346 Stresshead95

      Posted

      Thanks smile I am much better now than before anyway but they were dark times alright! Ah that's so sad that you have to go through this esp when you have small baby sad Poor thing yourself, fingers crossed you will feel better soon x Is it post borth depression you got? We will get there, we just need to be strong! Are you still on sertraline?

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