Psychosomatic pains
I've been reading a little about psychosomatic pain and finally after all these years of suffering I understand what's happening to me.
All my IBS symptoms have always been put down to anxiety and as soon as I see the doctor for a diagnosis (always imagining it must be something worse) I immediately feel better and the symptoms vanish.
But my mind has created all sorts of other nasty little symptoms which have recently been in the form of chest pain.
I always blamed adrenaline overload but I can see that it must be what they term psychosomatic.
I'm not sure what came first, the chest pain or the anxiety, but the one feeds the other and I get caught in that loop.
The only thing that keeps me sane is the fact that it disappears when I go to sleep and completely relax and isn't there in the morning until I start to THINK about it and anticipate it.
Is this not a lot of the problem for HA and GAD sufferers?
How do others deal with it? Is the only answer in the form of medication?
I hate to take meds but I'm beginning to get desperate to get rid of these symptoms and the anxiety they cause and vice versa.
How do others feel about this?
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General Anxiety, Health Anxiety and Panic Disorder for over 25 years. South Africa