Hi there,
I was diagnosed with GAD about 9 months ago. However, ever since then I have been obsessed with any slight feeling of pain I experience. In September last year I started smoking and shortly after starting I got persistent chest pains and burning sensations in my chest. These feelings would not go away, not with pain relief nor with any other remedy. The sensations would constantly be going around in my mind and I would end up spending hours on hours tiresomely googling my symptoms (I know bad idea). Eventually one day I ended up in A&E as the chest pains got too much. They carried out numerous blood tests but nothing showed up, they said it was down to anxiety. The symptoms progressed for another month and by January I was completely fine.
In march, I experienced what I thought was just a headache or migraine, little did I know that this headache would last for a whole month. I felt nauseous, dizzy, my neck was stiff and the more I slept or took medication nothing would change and the headache would still continue to persist. Then suddenly one day it was gone.
The most recent flare up I've experienced started last week as I got a stomach ache. This has now progressively gotten worse and the pain travels all around my abdomen and lower back and sometimes burns. I worry I have a stomach ulcer or appendicitis. I feel like I know this pain is all in my mind but I will go to my GP just to make sure.
I'm lucky to have just three weeks when I don't have a pain flare up or just a couple of days when I think to myself I hope this pain doesn't start etc.
If anyone at all can shed some light on this matter and put my mind to rest, I would be very much appreciative!
Thanks!