Ive been posting on here quite a bit and have been trying not too but ive been so worried recently i dont know what else to do.
I have a past of anxiety and panic attacks. I got better for a good few months but now im not sure if its the anxiety or an illness.
I feel spacey, hot, weak, numb. Ive been getting headaches and stomach problems. Ive lost my appetite and struggle to eat or drink. My heart rate has dropped (well seems to have) and i get virtigo like symptoms and ear fullness.
This has all happened around the sane time i got a small deep cut on my finger that i have suspision is infected. Its scabbed over white and is red around the wound.
Theres me worrying that its sepsis or something due to the cut or i dont know if my worrying about these things is making me feel the way i do.
What do i do? 😣😣
Hi jaydee,
A normal part of anxiety is we fixate on something. We try to rationalize that it has to be something else that we get consumed by it. My doctor always says that I am to smart for my own good. My brain is my worst enemy. I have to agree. Hard to know if it is really an emergency or something we cooked up in our head.
As for it being sepsis. Is there pus? Are you running a fever or have chills? If so i think you should go to the doctor and have it looked at. Are you taking any medicine for the anxiety?
I did have a fever, its eased off since maybe late yesterday and alot of today. It's been coming and going. Surely if it was something serious i'd feel terrible the whole time right? But thats what worried me, i had a fever, sleeping problems and all sorts. Its still lingering now. My cut isnt leaking anything and its very dry, but my scab is like a pale yellow/white colour and sort of embedded in my finger as it was a deep blow to my finger.
And for the anxiety, ive never taken any medication for it, I was offered some but turned it down as i thought i could sort it myself, and i basically did. Im 10x better than what i was before but i still have the odd week or 2 where it'll get bad again.
Yes if it was serious you would be really sick all the time not just random. If you worry about it then you can create symptoms. Anxiety can make you nauseous and it can cause all sorts of things that you might think is something else. It's a horrible thing. And thays good that its scabbed and not oozing anything.
I am not advocating medicine intact I really had to reach a low to take it myself. There is always other options but definitely look into something so that you don't spiral with the worry.