I really need help with it. Every morning i wake up its as if my vains are full of dread and worry, my mind just wont shut off, its constant. My body feels heavy, chest and chest bone pain, back pain, breathlessness, tingling arms, bloating, and the other day a blocked nose and my chest now feels like it does when uve got a bad cough but i havnt??? and tiredness im always tired and need to sleep, its like im head tired if that makes sence. Had test and so on done many times and get told its my anxiety/ibs/acid reflux, yes i suffer with these things but why am i suffering like this, i cry all the time cos it, its taking over, i want the old me back. I hate health anxiety xx
Anxiety has takin over my life and i dont know how i can stop this feeling and the affects it has on
Ditto ditto it's me 10000000% x
Its awful feeling like this all the time. Im trying to stop myself going to A&E as we speak xx
Hi Bev12028,
Yes you’re right Health Anxiety sucks!
It comes with so many symptoms and makes us think the worst. If you have been checked then that’s some reassurance.
You need to start believing it yourself that, that’s what it is.
Small steps makes a big difference.
Since AprilI have suffered from this horrible Anxiety always thinking the worst. Doesn’t help when you have lost half a stone in a month. The past couple of weeks I have had bad diarrhoea which getting my stools tested for this. I’ve started to eat more now as went probably a week or so unable to stomach anything. I’ve experienced tingling sensations all over, pins & needles, constant adrenaline pumping, feeling dizzy most of the time,back pain, chest pain and that’s just a few. And of course us experiencing these symptoms on a daily basis you are going to think the worst.
But you have been checked & cleared. Now try and fight this ! You are not alone. You can beat this.
It sucks, all I can say is I can relate. It's incredibly hard to talk yourself into rational thinking when the physical symptoms are so bad.
I've found half the battle over the years is just identifying with a diagnosis. I've always suffered badly with anxiety and self esteem issues but I've had phases where I've identified with GAD, 2 years recently where I had HAD solidly and mild depression on/off. Now because I've started learning to manage my anxiety, but I still have varying degrees that don't fit into one category I've been grouped under mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. So it's confusing sometimes to understand the best treatment course to help.
In terms health specific worry I found CBT helped me to gain focus and perspective, stopped Googling any symptom unless the word anxiety is attached to read up on it and trying to stop the cycle of body scanning. When I get the physical symptoms like you've described I try to do breathing exercises and remind myself they feel horrid but they will pass and accept/trust that after various tests, the doctor would know by now if it were anything other than anxiety. The only thing that did come back from tests was that I'm positive for some antibody that means I'm predispositioned to possible thyroid issues so I need to monitor it once a year.
Hi Bev. Anxiety is a condition caused by the human brain. It's an unrealistic reaction to normal conditions of stress-a flaw in how our brain operates if you will.
Most of us experience anxiety because our brains were 'programmed' by events many of us have forgotten, Maybe something which happened to you as a child, which set off the 'fight or flight' reaction of your brain-which is what anxiety is. Some are genetically predisposed towards feeling anxiety, the hard-wiring of their brain is more susceptible towards it.
You can take medication which will reduce the feelings, but the real solution is therapy and trying to re-program your brain to react differently to normal stress. It's an every-day challenge and it takes a lot of effort to re-program the brain, but that's what will help you get over it.
You have lots of company, anxiety and depression are common afflictions in the 21st century. You might want to join an anxiety support group if one exists in your area. You can trade stories with the other folks and trade solutions as well. Good luck!
Its the back pain that is tripping me off at the min. Its right between my shoulder blades and were my bra is at the back if you know what i mean. I had it for a few weeks and it went but now its back and freaking me out xx
I try so hard to fight it but it wins me every single time xx