Back at the beginning I started having a lump/strangled feeling in my throat and convinced I had throat cancer which made me anxious. Saw the GP and he said I had globus and gave me a leaflet on the condition & Lorazepam as its a muscle relaxer and would help with the globus.
I did read a lot online about globus to get a better understanding of it which did help and there was some throat exercises you could do.
But from the globus it set off so many symptoms that I thought I had a brain tumour, a heart problem, a blood clot.. The list went on. I refused to take meds and kick the anxiety myself with online cbt and saw a therapist from the nhs let's talk service and I beat it. It was the most awful time having anxiety and the symptoms which were-
Globus, shaking, difficulty swallowing, feeling sick, head pains, weird feeling on head, half of my leg felt numb, my arms would feel like they weren't mine and during an anxiety attack I would feel breathless or like I couldn't breathe.
During the time I was free from anxiety it was amazing and it petrified me that it could come back anytime and I always wondered how I'd cope if it did.
I suffer from dizzy and off balance spells which are horrible and over the last few weeks I could feel my anxiety come slightly back because of it so I've tried my hardest to push it away but this last weekend while recovering from a virus it's come back and my symptoms this time are my arms feeling numb and weak and as if they aren't mine, dry mouth, dry throat and difficulty swallowing and feeling like I can't catch my breath or I'm breathing too shallow. I've also felt the tongue feeling swollen feeling.
Believe me with my anxiety before I believed I had every illness under the sun and was at points visiting my doctor at least once a week and speaking to her on the phone at least once a week and even ended up at the hospital on a few occasions thinking I was having a stroke! But after all that I'm still here now and alive with no illnesses. Trust me it's just symptoms of the anxiety. There are so many symptoms of anxiety it's shocking. It's distressing and horrible but focus on the fact it's just your mind playing tricks on you.
One task I was given was write down a list of your symptoms starting with the most distressing one for you.. Focus on it on the piece of paper and write next to it how anxious at that very moment it makes you. Write down why you have that symptom..
So for instance-
Pain in the head- 7/10.
Headache from now a lot of sleep.
Focus on the reason and then write how anxious you feel about it now.
This helped a great deal for me in the beginning.
You can always go on mood gym which helps.
There's tapping for anxiety on YouTube which is another good thing.
Or you tube doctor Harry Barry.
My doctor wouldn't send me for any tests like an mri ect as she said I'll have that done and the anxiety will make me believe the results aren't accurate or they've missed something and I'd be back to square one.
Maybe look into health anxiety cbt online.
I know how you feel and it's horrible x