bashley
08-01-17, 14:33
Hi all,
I have suffered from health anxiety for many years, and now its got to the stage where my doctors and family are fed up with me.
I have been having counselling due to some traumatic events in my childhood which people think contribute to my anxiety.
I feel so alone, I am so scared I ache so much and this morning I feel like I cannot breathe, and I keep getting the chills. My back has been bad for months and the doctors say its all anxiety, I was getting IBS symptoms and was petrified that I had bowel cancer, then I was thinking maybe I have an ulcer as I was getting tummy pains and rumbly noises.I told my doctor about my back pains and chest pains, and they know that I am always worrying about my heart, my nan died when i was 11 walking me home from school due to a heart attack. I managed to get my doctor to send me for a full blood test, and the doctor who has known me for over 20 years that they were all fine and my cholesterol was amazing and said I have had so many tests over the years and i'm medically fine. but then I worry that maybe due to my anxiety they don't take me seriously, my counsellor said its all anxiety. But can anxiety really make you feel that bad, my back hurts so much as does my chest it even hurts to put pressure on my back and now i cannot breathe in deeply as it really hurts and it feels tight. my husband said he cannot live with me like this anymore as its bringing him down, can anxiety really make you feel this bad and are these symptoms of it, I feel like running away. Obviously the doctors get fed up with me as they said i have had ecg's echo, portable monitors and it was all ok i have even been to a & e on occasions and they said before its muscular and anxiety please help me
I have suffered from health anxiety for many years, and now its got to the stage where my doctors and family are fed up with me.
I have been having counselling due to some traumatic events in my childhood which people think contribute to my anxiety.
I feel so alone, I am so scared I ache so much and this morning I feel like I cannot breathe, and I keep getting the chills. My back has been bad for months and the doctors say its all anxiety, I was getting IBS symptoms and was petrified that I had bowel cancer, then I was thinking maybe I have an ulcer as I was getting tummy pains and rumbly noises.I told my doctor about my back pains and chest pains, and they know that I am always worrying about my heart, my nan died when i was 11 walking me home from school due to a heart attack. I managed to get my doctor to send me for a full blood test, and the doctor who has known me for over 20 years that they were all fine and my cholesterol was amazing and said I have had so many tests over the years and i'm medically fine. but then I worry that maybe due to my anxiety they don't take me seriously, my counsellor said its all anxiety. But can anxiety really make you feel that bad, my back hurts so much as does my chest it even hurts to put pressure on my back and now i cannot breathe in deeply as it really hurts and it feels tight. my husband said he cannot live with me like this anymore as its bringing him down, can anxiety really make you feel this bad and are these symptoms of it, I feel like running away. Obviously the doctors get fed up with me as they said i have had ecg's echo, portable monitors and it was all ok i have even been to a & e on occasions and they said before its muscular and anxiety please help me