I've got a 3 year old son and since he was born I've suffered with depression, anxiety, health anxiety and PTSD. I'm just at the end of my degree which is stressful but it is for everyone. For the past 6 months or so (since my relationship ended with my son's dad) I've had the worst health anxiety and it's completely taken over my life.
I'm constantly going to the doctors or the hospital and panicking only to find that they don't really take me seriously anymore which just makes everything worse.
My symptoms from the past few months include.. pelvic pain, bleeding between periods, dizziness, palpitations, loss of appetite, IBS like symptoms whenever I do eat, which has in turn caused weight loss, insomnia, hot/cold flashes, and so many more. Basically, I just feel ill all the time and obviously I've convinced myself I've got cervical cancer and many other types of cancer.
My doctor keeps telling me that I am very stressed and this is a normal response, but it doesn't help and I'm driving myself mad worrying that there's something seriously wrong with me and I'm going to leave my son without a mum.
Has anyone else had experiences of this? Please help me!
I agree with lynne liv I dont have the periods or bleeding but im menapausal ive had the flushes pains panics and feeling of doom palapataions and missing heartbeats just to name a few symptons believe me anxiety can and will bring on these symptons and ive been back and forward to the doctors and had tests all have come back clear. its hard to believe that stress can create these symptons and its really horrible you will get through it though
Hi livdiv! I can feel you thats excactly what i feel, the pelvic pain worries me too much but my ob keep telling me thats everythings ok and i dont believe her i felt something theres wrong with me. And im thinking right now that i do have bowel/colon cancer coz i get constipated and diarrhea. I loss weight already. Im so scared. I suffered from anxiety for 3 months