Too much stress, is it causing my pain?

[nh_user_949196]

Hello all,

After some advice please.

The past few months I have been under a lot of stress balancing a full time job, post graduate degree and work placement as well as general house / relationship commitments.

I literally haven't had a minute to myself and when I do, I don't know what to do with myself. I have pretty high functioning anxiety and run around all day just trying to keep busy. My sleep quality is none existent and I am so fatigued constantly.

The last few months I have had a lot of trouble in work (almost bullying) by a group of colleagues with a pack mentality that just create such a toxic work environment with their relentless complains about everything and everyone, to which I have been the target as of late. I am dealing with it through HR.

This has been more stressful than my degree course and it's really affecting every aspect of my life now through the knock on effects of it.

The problem is whilst I have had panic attacks properly yet I have a lot of stress symptoms that I just can't shift regardless of what I try and it's scaring me.

My legs are incredibly tense, sometimes I struggle to walk or stand still through tension. I have tension headaches, shoulder and neck pains, jaw pain (so painful!). I am constantly breathless or tight chested. My heart races all day and I have internal shakes noticeably now.

The past few morning (including this morning) I have woken up and vomitted. I don't feel sick, it's not a migraine just an urge to vomit. I have also vomited before going into work so I think it's related.

I feel fatigued, detached and "floaty" daily. My concentration has gone completely, I just feel vacant and dam right horrible.

The most annoying thing is when someone is speaking to me in work, my body is so edgy my legs are literally shaking and wobbling underneath my feet whilst my tension gets significantly worse.

I have given myself a stomach ulcer which has been bleeding due to ibruprofen overuse to deal with the tension / muscle pain which isn't good.

I just don't know what to do. Sadly I am not in a position to leave work for a few months until uni finishes for summer. It's to hard trying to find work to suite my timetable (I have tried endlessly and been turned down a few times).

I need to speak to the GP again really. He insisted on Sertraline but can Sertraline really help me cope with this stress?

[nh_user_906722]

Wow! Im so sorry you're going through all that. i had/have each of those symptoms except jaw pain! ive had to basically quit my job/move out of state because of this anxiety. i really wish you could take a break, it sounds like you need a lot of time off to get better. I've noticed when i stop thinking about the floaty feeling and the leg feelings for awhile they disappear. my sleep is always messed up..its so hard to sleep with all this bs going through your mind constantly. i do not take and have not ever taken any meds for anxiety or depression but that is your choice, everyone is different and so are our bodies and its going to work different for each person..i hope you can get through this real soon Thomas

[nh_user_1150889]

Dude I’m telling you I’m always tired, and have a lot of the symptoms you have especially at work and only work I get like the worst brain fog and cant function, but when I get off I’m fine and headaches if I stress about something th  day before the next day I get the worse tension headache talk to me whenever man I have a whole clusterf**k of symptoms if u need to talk