Hi, I am just looking for some comfort that I am not alone.
I suffer with health anxiety really bad, always think the worst and adamant I have/will have something serious wrong with me. I had a stage of anxiety a few years ago but it came back a month or so ago when all of a sudden I felt dizzy. Everyday since I have felt unwell, constantly dizzy and lightheaded, headaches, tingling, numb face, slurred speech, neck pain, tickly cough etc. I even called an ambulance out a couple of weeks ago because I thought I was dying and couldn't talk properly but they did an ECG, checked O2 levels and blood pressure and was all perfectly normally. The last couple of days I have had a burning sensation in my head, at some points my vision just goes completely blurred and I feel I am going too fall over. I have been to the Drs numerous times and they just put it down to anxiety.
Does anyone have any suggestions please?
I also hv anxiety. I was shaking really bad everytime i woke up in the morning or when trying to fall asleep. I went to Dr and had blood test for my thyroid and it come out normal. Dr told me to eat more (i'm very skinny) and exercise and go refreshing. Dr prescribed me propranolol and some B complex. But today i feel like i'm about to hv flu cz my throat itchy and my neck below my left jaw feel achy when touched. I think it's flu but makes me freak out and trembling
I got same symtoms as u I’ve had number of blood tests ecg all came back normal I get the shakes a lot as well I hate going out cause I my head don’t feel right I keep thinking there’s some wrong with me trying to get a doc appointment to get help but always no appointments available it makes me so tearful I have no one to talk to
It's horrible, as I don't actually feel anxious. I just want to feel normal. I have self referred myself for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and I am awaiting to hear about my first appointment. It makes me teary too as people don't understand, and my symptoms are so physical. I have just returned from America and now my head is burning a lot of the time so now I am convincing myself I have something wrong with my brain from the air pressure bla bla. It's taking over my life and also affecting my relationship. I think therapy is the only way forward.
I was prescribed with Proporanolol but it made me feel worse. As that is primarily used to slower the heart rate when you get anxious but that isn't necessarily a symptom I suffer with, it is more the other physical symptoms like dizziness, numbness and tingling, etc. I was then convinced it was going to slow my heart rate down too much.
What is cbt therapy? Is it really helpful? You're so right because the symptoms is so physical. I'm often googling every symptoms and it's the worst choice i shouldn't do it again. Now every achy and pain makes me freak out. I should exercise more and get rid of this feeling!
I google a lot too just can’t help it sometimes I find it help full sometimes I don’t
You're right. Sometimes i can't help but google it. My mom now brushed me off whenever i tell her about my symptoms. She simply said i should eat more and exercise. Oh also i'm jobless now. And my mom told me to get a job. Lol. I used to hv anxiety when i hv nothing to do. Guess my mom's right tho. Mother's know best! Lol
It's a talking therapy and changes the way you think. I haven't started it yet but I have heard good things. I need to train my mind to stop thinking I have health problems and I am going to be ill, it is taking over my life.
Yeah I do the same, google is the worst. It has also helped me though as I have realised other people have the same physical symptoms as me and it's not just me going mad.
No I don't, I use Rescue Remedies by Bach which is just herbal, it helps a bit. Do you?
I was looking into that herbal rescue I see it in Morrisons what does it do I need someting to calm my nerves and anxiety
What’s it like I rather herbal than prescribed medication
I get the little tin of pastilles which I find just help me a little bit and ease my anxiousness. Do you get lots of physical symptoms?
I only drink chamomile tea. I read it's good for anxiety
I know exactly how you feel you might aswel of wrote that for me 😁 it's so hard to believe that anxiety can do this to you.. I'm just starting to deal with mine now started some meds and need to ring Cbt to arrange it..
I read up about rescue think I give it a try it’s a herbal so won’t hurt to try I get very anxious when I got to go out I’m ok in doors only been like this for 4 months and started of cause thought I had health problems but doc can’t find none so they think it’s my getting anxiety
I know you may still feel alone if I said I have the same problem, always being tired and also slurring talk, headache, feel painful in behind of my neck,etc and health check always so everything normal. Still suffering now and maybe forever. There was problem in our mental that maybe came from life's experience. I know mine, I hope u soon find out and fix it
You are NOT alone!!! You are also NOT crazy or imagining things, it is NOT all in your head and there IS something wrong with you. It is called ANXIETY and she's a b***h!!! I have been diagnosed with anxiety/panic attacks for over 20 years. The symptoms you are having are very very real, just because they aren't caused by some other disease doesn't make them any less real. If you think about it this way, it makes so much more sense, your brain is telling your body to react a certain way and your body's job is to listen to the brain even if the brain is a drunk driver at the time LOL. What happens with anxiety is a big nasty vicious circle, you have anxiety so your brain responds to a symptom irrationally, then comes the why and what if?, then you get anxious about the symptom and the what if?, then your brain says uh oh body something is wrong here so you have more symptoms, so you get more anxiety and ask more why and what if?, and so on and so on. You have to learn how to break that cycle when you get that first notion that something might be happening, I know, easier said than done. I'm still struggling with it myself after over 20 years. I have had all kinds of testing done, been to more hospitals, doctors, and specialists than I'd like to admit, and have been told that it is all due to anxiety. Even though as I write this I feel like I maybe having a heart attack, stroke, or a blood clot as I have all the symptoms. But I have these symptoms pretty much on the daily and was told I was fine at my last Emergency Room visit when I thought I really might be having a stroke because I was having numbness and tingling in my hands, feet, and face along with a headache and just feeling completely off. They did all the normal testing and did a CT of my head, I was fine, probably just anxiety once again. UGGG!!! I would recommend that if you are not being treated by your doctor for the anxiety that you talk to he/she about it. Maybe get a referral to a psychiatrist/psychologist and discuss medications and counseling. Also there are things you can do on your own that won't hurt even if they don't help. Things like meditation, breathing exercises, grounding exercises, aromatherapy, hot epsom salt baths, diets (what foods to avoid), or anything to relax your body and mind. Best of Luck!!!
Hi Hannah ,
I have the same simptoms like you ....everything started last year and comes back January this year ...and everyday I need to deal with this ....seen doctors and told me is panick attack 🤗😐