kittenface
27-10-11, 07:46
Hi everyone!
Basically I've been suffering from bad health anxiety for like a couple of years: had headaches, tension, muscle twitches, IBS symptoms, Poor sleeping panicky feelings...the lot and constantly convinced myself I had every kind of cancer and horrendous disease due to hours of hysterical googling.
My lovely GP did every test he could think of (all clear) and put me on 80mg of Propranalol every day. For the last 6 months i've barely had any symptoms and felt much calmer.
HOWEVER - I moved to london about a month ago for a job and like a week ago I ran out of propranalol. I haven't registered with a new gp yet and because i've been feeling so much better i decided to just see how I was off them.
At first it was fine, then the thoughts started creeping in again eg: I had stomach ache for a few days - oh no bowel cancer (again) and I started getting that familiar panicky/butterfly like feeling in my chest.
Then last night I couldn't sleep because of a pounding headache, and i've woken up with dreadful tension in my neck and shoulders. - I'm immediately thinking the doctors must have missed something, i must have a tumour etc...
Do you think this is down to coming off the Propranalol? Do you think i need to go back on it? I really don't want to believe that i'm dependant on it :weep:
Has anyone else experienced this?
Any help would be HUGELY helpful! thanks,
Love Kittenface xXx
Basically I've been suffering from bad health anxiety for like a couple of years: had headaches, tension, muscle twitches, IBS symptoms, Poor sleeping panicky feelings...the lot and constantly convinced myself I had every kind of cancer and horrendous disease due to hours of hysterical googling.
My lovely GP did every test he could think of (all clear) and put me on 80mg of Propranalol every day. For the last 6 months i've barely had any symptoms and felt much calmer.
HOWEVER - I moved to london about a month ago for a job and like a week ago I ran out of propranalol. I haven't registered with a new gp yet and because i've been feeling so much better i decided to just see how I was off them.
At first it was fine, then the thoughts started creeping in again eg: I had stomach ache for a few days - oh no bowel cancer (again) and I started getting that familiar panicky/butterfly like feeling in my chest.
Then last night I couldn't sleep because of a pounding headache, and i've woken up with dreadful tension in my neck and shoulders. - I'm immediately thinking the doctors must have missed something, i must have a tumour etc...
Do you think this is down to coming off the Propranalol? Do you think i need to go back on it? I really don't want to believe that i'm dependant on it :weep:
Has anyone else experienced this?
Any help would be HUGELY helpful! thanks,
Love Kittenface xXx