Struggling with anxiety symptoms.
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Hi all, I'm pretty new to anxiety. I was living a full, normal life until December 2014 when I came down with Pleurisy. I got over it with a course of antibiotics but being ill has left me with crippling health anxiety.
There's no history of heart conditions in my family and I've had 3 ECG's since Christmas but I'm still convinced that I'm going to die. I'm only 30 but I now barely leave my flat and my parents are taking it in turns to stay with me.
Anyway, the reason for my post is because I'm struggling to differentiate between genuine symptoms and just anxiety symptoms.
Every day my stomach is in knots and I suffer palpitations and chest pain. It's a vicious cycle. The palps and gastric problems cause anxiety and anxiety causes the symptoms.
I just need some reassurance that people who suffer with anxiety also have these symptoms. I can't describe the terror I feel every day. I can't believe the change in me in 6 months!
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kirsty1989 littleannie84
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leanne2012 littleannie84
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It is so hard! I have managed to have some 'normal' days in between which makes you feel you can get out of this, but then all of a sudden it all rushes back and feels like you are stuck forever.
christine25897 littleannie84
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littleannie84 christine25897
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christine25897 littleannie84
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shez32 christine25897
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Anyway its nice to here that you can change and things can be ok again power of the mind.
shez32 littleannie84
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I constant worry with health about anxity all of a sudden. I was fine until last year I got inner ear issue and thought I waa dying etc then I got bronchitis so was bed bound a while and it all just seen to escalate over the months. Now most days I won't leave my house and have to have folk with me. Some days I'm strong and can push on some days it's a battle. I'm on mirtazapine but it's doing nothing jusr making me groggy and side effects making me more anxious. I'm still waiting on cbt too. I'm learning what i can on online cbt for now and positive reading. I find I can do little things each day then have a rest then carry on. I also keep eating regular to keep my energy up and help with the shakes. I think it's just the anxity causing fears and making us feel scared and our bodies reacting to our thoughts in negative way.
Oh also I've learnt to put all my anxity symptoms etc in a box, so when I feel q change in my body or racing heart etc I go oh hello Mr anxity and tell my self it's just anixty and it shall pass. I'm not perfect ar dealing with it but getting less scared in away. It takes the fear off things a little.
Your not alone tho and since I joined this group there is many folk who suffer with this health anxity and it makes U feel normal knowing many others Suffer. Maybe ask your doc for cbt and also you must keep believing you are ok as apparently anxity can be rather deep and you have to belive that you are ok. It's hard I know but everyday I'm getting stronger and some days I'm out locaL and that's a huge step compared to where I was.
I Want to try Trick my Mind and when I feel anxuius I want to prentend Im on a beach all chilled haha it will take practice but I feel learning to change attire attitude and reactions to thoughts and feelings is the key to working with this little emotion thats gone a little too sensitive to thjngs after all we are only human it's nornal to feel anxity and scared.
Anyway keep strong and keep busy. Keep telling your self it's just anxity and you will be ok in time.
Shez
victoria44680 littleannie84
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I don't experience Health Anxiety but I do get Anxiety. And you're not the only one that feels that way when you're anxious. Personally, I over think, pounding thoughts, which leads to negative re-occuring thoughts going round and round, then I start to get the shakes, become emotional, sometimes cry an awful lot and I can't face food because my stomach feels so unsettled (sometimes I'll sit and cry at a bowl of cereal). My stomach becomes very unsettled and dodgy as well. I get extremely hot and sweating, sometimes get a little faint and find it hard to breathe. Breathing also becomes a little heavy.
I can;t believe my change either. Looking back I recognise that I've had it since late teens (I'm 30 this year) but this is the worst it's ever been and I feel like it's changing me as a person. And I feel guilty for this as well.
But they'll be bad days, better days and good days...!
There's a quote I've heard that makes me feel it's okaii to have the down days...
"Happiness is a mood. It's a journey, not a destination. It's like being hungry or tired. It's not permanent, it comes and it goes, and that's ok".
erika22 littleannie84
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