thank god people i can talk to! I have suffered with health Anxiety for a couple of years now. Always constantly worried that I’ve got some awful illness or something fatal. Always at the doctors having tests because this or that hurts.
My 2 latest episodes were earlier this year I kept getting a pain in my chest. So up to a+e I went had ecg’s done, blood tests etc.. all came back fine.. few months after that I had bad abdo pain for a week or so, I was convinced I had cancer of some sort. Had scans and tests and nothing. These episodes mostly happened when I was inbetween anxiety medications..
Now.. about a week ago I noticed I couldn’t get a full deep breath.. then I noticed ‘a gland’ was up behind my ear and a bit uncomfortable.. then I felt pain down my sides.. so I’ve started panicking the worst I have yet since I’m not currently on medication and on Christmas Day at the dinner table I had a twinge in my side and that was it I was in a full blown panic attack… or that’s what I think it was anyway. Spent the rest of the afternoon on the floor in a cold room. My mum came to help me trying to tell me it’s just anxiety. How can It be??? It’s actual pain I’m feeling!! I know I’ve been there and done this all before and I should know now and part of me does but the other part says “what if it is this time?!”
I’m even panicking writing this on here incase someone says something like “you should see a doctor to rule anything out”… please don’t 
but I’ve got no one to talk to and doctors aren’t open until Tuesday. I don’t know what to do.. I’ve got 3 small children, it’s Boxing Day… do I cart myself down a+e? This is just awful I can’t seem to make this ‘panic attack’ that started
Christmas Day stop!
just flicked through some posts.. the shortness of breath one.. thought “ah ha i can relate!” to see people saying “me too, i was diagnosed with…”
closes page!
oh god please help me
Hi Hayley. I know it seems unlikely but all these physical effects you are getting are from anxiety and that’s all! I’ve had many different physical pains etc. and each time thought I was going to die or had some horrible disease. But I didn’t, all I had was anxiety. This is not some terrible thing that has happened to you it is just your nervous system going into overdrive. Anxiety is just nervous arousal and that is all. It feels very, very uncomfortable and fills your head with catastrophic thoughts (which aren’t true) but nothing bad is going to happen to you. The worst that can happen is that you will feel anxious (which you already are). There is absolutely nothing wrong with you. Anxiety is part of your body’s natural protection system to protect you. It just feels horrible and distressing but it cannot harm you in any way. Believe me, been there, done that! And please don’t think that you are the exception to the rule because you’re not. Hundreds of thousands of people are feeling exactly the way that you are right now. It is very, very common. Ask any doctor. You will be okay. You are not going to die and you are not going mad. This is just what anxiety feels like. It’s not nice but it’s definitely not fatal at all. Anyway, managing three kids over Christmas would make anyone anxious. Rather you than me. But you will be all right. Try to be kind and forgiving to yourself. You are only human like the rest of us. Love and best wishes xxx
Confront the anxiety.