Losing my mind

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hello can anyone help me please...

so I suffer with health anxiety and the last few nights while I been trying to sleep I feel like I'm thinking like my mind wont switch off. but the problem is I will b thinking of something then something else pops in and I can't remember what I was thinking off b4. this is making me so scared I can't sleep I'm panicking going red hot heart racing feeling sick. I keep thinking I'm losing my mind and it's making me feel I can't think straight please something tell me I'm not going mad.

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  • Posted

    dont scared im also going through the same situation as you kimberlay i have an horrible sinus infection which is spreading into my eye socket and get stuck in my head that i can hardly sleep but i wont scared jus relax thingswill workout for you

  • Posted

    I would take a hot bath and just relax for one hour.

    Count the number of times I breathe slowly (that's important) - in and out. Try to go up to 500, then start again.

    Sleep is vital - good sleep time means everything to anxiety people.

    I would walk (or jog) in the park. Going to a quiet park, exercising, just walking - these are things I do when I'm super anxious.

    Eat right - no junk or fast food or soda pop.

    I go to church. Just sit there and talk to God.

    Good luck

  • Posted

    Get some CBDee oil it really slows your thoughts down and makes you relax.

  • Posted

    thank you. do u all think this is anxiety or am I going mad I can't seem to relax i keep thinking I'm losing my mind. I can't tell u how scared I am

    • Posted

      Hi Kimberley, i don't think you're going mad at all and I think it is just anxiety. If it's any comfort to you, apparently if you were losing your mind you wouldn't know so the fact that you're aware that you're anxious/forgetting things shows that you're fine.

      I also fear every day i'm going mad because of all the crazy/random conversations I have in my head all day but what I just said above reassures me

      I hope that's helped x

    • Posted

      thank you so much. Yea I am the same like my mind just won't stop but they I can't think what I thought thought about I have been so scared I can't tell you

  • Posted

    Kimberly

    Have you tried Relaxation Technique MINDFULNESS, there is a good book on Amazon that may help you relax.

    One thing that causes problems like this is eating your Supper to late at night. You are best not eating two hours or so before bed. If you eat to late your tummy will be digesting food when you are trying to sleep.

    Another thing you can try is, if you are taking AD medications, take them in the evening about thirty mins before bed. Some can act as a sleeping tablet, they will calm you.

    BOB

  • Posted

    I go through the same, takes about 1 hour to carm down, thinking about alsorts, from years ago, to last week, on Citalopram at the moment, 10mg not doing much

    • Posted

      Susan

      Your medication dose should help you too sleep, also control your basic fears., however if you feel your medication is not working that well talk to your GP and possibly will increase the dose

      Take the drug in the evening thirty mins before bed I find it acts similar to a sleeping tablet on occasions

      BOB

  • Posted

    your not going mad my dear.

    you need to try and relax and clear your mind.

  • Edited

    HA! This is great!

    I hated that part. I kinda still have it but way less than before.

    Here, read this. You'll be ok 😉

    This was me 2 months ago

    I have this for almost 3 years now. Constant! 24/7. Multiple tests

    In order to clarify all the confusion that engulfs everyone who is currently suffering from GAD or health anxiety I can safely validate this that as I'm in the process of documenting this post I am experiencing a slight panic attack and breathing difficulty and some sort of discomfort.

    I'm 29 years old. Living in Athens, Greece and 2 years ago I had everything on the tip of my finger.

    I am working for a multinational advertising agency, had pretty much everything I needed in life although I was stressful since birth. A life full of joy, fun and adventure. Friends, lots of women ( please don't mock me there's a reason I'm writing all of this itty bitty info. [cheesygrin] [wink]

    2 years ago I bumped my head in a cabinet, had something of a soft concussion. Nothing extraordinary. 3 days later I woke up with severe clutter headache. A sense of pressure, weight in my forehead, eyes, nose even mouth some days.

    Mind you this was 24/7. No breaks, no early check-outs. 24/7 all day, everyday. For 2 and a half gruesome years. Still standing.

    Mind you again that Greece has highly qualified doctors and medical facilities ranking them amongst the greatests and most efficient in the world.

    My complete medical exams as of now, 2 years and 3 days after, are a mixture of: a CT 3 days after, MRI 15 days after. Both clean. Had a second MRI about two months ago. None.

    4 Blood tests, 2 urine tests, 2 triplex heart tests, 1 lungs CT (obvious reason) 2 exams of gastroscopy, 1 neck x ray, 1 testicles x ray, 4 visits/tests in 3 different neurologists and ONLY 1 VISIT TO A PSYCHOLOGIST/THERAPIST (SHAME SHAME SHAME)

    Along with the feeling of having something terminal (tumour, cancer, plague, divers' disease) I had other symptoms as well. Joint pains, muscle tensions & pain, blurred vision, eye pain, short breath, spastic movement, fear, fatigue, more fear, inability to think, focus, foggy mind, insomnia, derealisation, tremor, armpits pain when touched, numerous digestive issues. And along with all those beautiful feelings I also had oulitis, or inflammation of the gum, common you may think. On the contrary I had been spiting blood and a series of liquids close to the orange colour. These were mainly from the digestion problems I was experiencing. A process called Palindromisis. However I was convinced that I was spitting blood because I had terminal cancer along with the brain tumour related to my cluster/tension headaches. A poor diagnosis in my gum related problem led me to believe that. Just 1 week ago it was confirmed that it was oulitis. Thanks a bunch for the first failed test on me doc.

    Nowadays and 2 years after all this rather uncomfortable situation I had overcome most of my issues and psychosomatic tribulations but a new challenger arrived to claim this poor soul.

    Heart palpitations. I always had them. Big deal I thought. But no. This time of year this was not the case.

    I had experienced a new form of heart palpitations. A more mature one. A newly developed.

    I thought my heart was dying, shutting down as I was feeling a burning sensation in the left part of my chest and neck. Inbalance, fear, this is how it ends right?

    Skipping beats, slow beats, fast paced beats. All this in a crazy run. BY GOD JIM I had the fear of God in me.

    I'm feeling uneasy and I'm currently experiencing palpitations as I write this. I begin this as a sort of self-cleansing but I also though it could help a poor-struggling soul.

    YOU HAVE NOTHING WRONG. YOUR WORST FEARS ARE MANIFESTING INSIDE YOU. FOOLING YOUR BODY. FOOLING YOU. YOU 'RE NOT DYING. YOUR SANITY IS. KEEP CALM. AVOID TOXIC PEOPLE. AVOID TOXIC LIFE. BREATHE IN. BREATHE OUT. EMBRACE YOURSELF. LET PEOPLE KNOW. MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND. IF NOT, F**K THEM. DITCH THEM OUT. KEEP CALM. TAKE A BIG BREATH IN. LET IT ALL OUT.

    DO YOU SEE THE END OF THE TUNNEL? NO!

    IT'S NOT YOUR TIME YET.

    LIVE LIFE.

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