henri
03-06-06, 21:46
hi everyone,
i just got back from a couple of days away with a friend (an achievement in itself) and i was so happy that i was doing it that i totally overdid everything - really long walks, went surfing yesterday (why? why? i'm SO not the surfing type), got sunburnt.
anyway, got back yesterday, thought i was fine, then this morning woke up at about nine, threw up twice and then started getting a fever. meantime, my muscles ache so much from the surfing thing that actually lifting my arm to pick up a mug really hurts.
i'm such an idiot! i hate taking medication, partly because i have a phobia of choking on it, so i've been on lemsip sachets all day. i don't feel any better, in fact i feel worse, and now i've started getting the breathing thing a bit. i'm worried that i'm going to totally freak out any second. i usually have diazepam as a back up for panic situations, but i don't know if i can take it together with the lemsip.
i suffer really badly from health anxiety, so obviously now i'm freaking out that it's not just flu, in fact i can feel it's a chest infection or possibly some form of cancer...
any reassurance would be hugely appreciated. i just don't know what to do with myself.
thanks
henri x
i just got back from a couple of days away with a friend (an achievement in itself) and i was so happy that i was doing it that i totally overdid everything - really long walks, went surfing yesterday (why? why? i'm SO not the surfing type), got sunburnt.
anyway, got back yesterday, thought i was fine, then this morning woke up at about nine, threw up twice and then started getting a fever. meantime, my muscles ache so much from the surfing thing that actually lifting my arm to pick up a mug really hurts.
i'm such an idiot! i hate taking medication, partly because i have a phobia of choking on it, so i've been on lemsip sachets all day. i don't feel any better, in fact i feel worse, and now i've started getting the breathing thing a bit. i'm worried that i'm going to totally freak out any second. i usually have diazepam as a back up for panic situations, but i don't know if i can take it together with the lemsip.
i suffer really badly from health anxiety, so obviously now i'm freaking out that it's not just flu, in fact i can feel it's a chest infection or possibly some form of cancer...
any reassurance would be hugely appreciated. i just don't know what to do with myself.
thanks
henri x