Okay guys so I'm new here.
I am diagnosed with anxiety and am on medication for it.
The problem is, whilst it calms the effects of my social anxiety my other anxieties are strong. One being fear of becoming ill. My biggest fear is being physically sick but I find myself having panic attacks over the worry of getting a cold or the flu, I often convince myself I have problems with my appendix and if I feel any pain in my body I often think the worst automatically for example if I have a headache I'll start to panic that I may have a tumour or bleed on the brain.
If people are ill that are in my house hold tend to lock myself away so that I don't catch it, and I don't allow people to visit even my family members if they are ill through fear of catching it too.
I feel terribly nauseated everyday for the last few months every night, and am fighting with my self to eat at the moment as I feel sick every time I eat even if I only eat little amounts.
All of this is becoming such a problem as I can hardly do anything in my life due to anxiety and social phobia as it is but now with all of this I'm becoming more and more confined and alone because of the thought of catching something from people when they visit, or I try my best not to move around to much due to dizzie spells and lack of energy which I think is also to do with my anxiety.
Does anyone else have the same thing? Or does anyone have any advice? It would be much appreciated.
Kellie. I suffer from PTSD and I totally get where you're coming from. To make matters worse for me, I broke my ankle last week and am now stuck at home with evern more time to worry about things. I don't really know what to advise you. I try to do some breathing excercises to try to keep me calm and relax.
Hey Kellie. I don't have what you have but I do suffer with anxiety. How long have you been on your medication? It could be that it's not working for you and another medicine may be more effective? It's tough but we're all here to support you xx
I've been on sertraline for depression for about 3 months and propranolol for about 4 months, but have been on various anti D's all with anxiety components in them since I was 12 and I'm 21 next month. Had psychotherapy an seen psychologist, psychiatrists and cognitive behavioural therapy over the years too. X
It's called health anxiety,and it's just a different presentation of anxiety. As your treatment for anxiety starts to work it'll settle down
Thankyou Luke, yes I can imagine. Moving about and staying occupied often helps a little so I can't imagine how you're feeling not being able to right now, I don't really go out due to my anxiety and panic attacks so I have all the time in the world to worry unforchenately. I do breathing exercises on a daily bases and "tapping" coping self therapy but it doesn't seem to work very well. Hope your ankle heals okay!
Thanks Kellie. Really finding it hard at the moment to get about. Ankle is still really painful.
Are there things you have interest in like music for instance or reading or a hobby you can do whilst not moving about? Just to keep your mind occupied.
I get benefits for not being able to work due to my mental health so I tend to order a lot of adult colouring books and adults arts and crafts, it may sound abit 'lame' to some people but it helps keep me occupied. I do a lot of art at home too and i read and listen to music all the time. I find it hard to concentrate so I'm always bobbing between different things to keep myself occupied.
I've been having cbt for anxiety and on medication for it for about 9 years now, seems never ending
I'm not moving far from the sofa at the moment as crutches are hard work. Yeah i've been watching a lot of catch up tv, reading, & listening to music. Also speanding a lot of time on line.
Als es bei meiner Angst am schlimmsten war, konnte ich überhaupt nichts essen und wenn ich es doch tat, habe ich es wieder erbrochen. Ich habe deshalb fast fünf Kilo verloren.
Kopfschmerzen sind mit Anspannung und Angst so häufig! Angst ist sehr schlau, sie kann körperliche Symptome dessen nachahmen, worüber man sich Sorgen macht. Der Geist und der Körper sind so miteinander verbunden, es ist unglaublich. Ein Beispiel dafür ist, als meine Oma mir von dieser Krankheit erzählte, die sie hatte, und den schrecklichen Symptomen davon. Von absolut gut fühlen begann ich, die Symptome nachzuahmen, die sie beschrieb.
Tatsächlich gibt es eine Studie darüber, die ich im Psychologiestudium hatte, aber ich kann mich nicht an den genauen Namen erinnern.
Alles, was du wissen musst, ist, dass dies Angst ist und du wirst damit fertig werden, wenn du die ängstliche Gewohnheit durchbrichst und beginnst, dein Leben so zu leben, wie du es wirklich verdienst 😊