I'm new, and so glad I'm not alone!

[lass]

I've been struggling with my "health anxiety" in a big way since February this year - although to be honest I've always been an anxious type person but things have never got this out of hand.

I'm 35, happily married with 2 children (girl aged 7 and boy aged 5). I work part time in a hospital, within the health screen department, which is probably the worst job for me as every report I type I think I share the same symptoms! I also work part time as a beauty therapist.

I'm so happy to have found this site, as (when I'm in a positive frame of mind) I can make sense of all the horrible physical symptoms I've been having lately. I'm currently being investigated for what is suspected IBS, but lately I've also been experiencing "pins and needles" and "tingling" mainly in my left arm/hand and leg/foot which is causing me more anxiety.

Thanks everyone for posting their stories, thoughts and problems - it is so reassuring to find I am not alone and (hopefully) not going mad!

[manmoor]

Hi,

Welcome aboard. I also suffer from health anxiety. You will get lots of advice here and make new friends.

Mandy

xx

[Two heads]

welcome to the mad house.You will find everyone is great here and always happy to advise and help hun.You are so not alone,i myself have two kids and have only been suffering since december and it really can be scary at times.I have heatlh anxiety to by the wayxxx

[panicdiva]

Hello, welcome - I know you will find loads of good advice & lots of friendly support here.

[chucklehound]

Hi, welcome to the forum!:D

Take care

Chuckle

xxxx

[marie ross]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of good advice and help here. You sound like a very busy lady!!! You are definately not alone and not going mad!!!

Take care.

Marie XXX

[clickaway]

Hi and welcome.

I hope we can be of help here.

Just wondering what help you are getting in the way of drugs or therapy?

Cheers,



Ray
http://www.anxietyrelease.org.uk/

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.
~Mark Sanders and Tia Sillers

[polly daydream]

Hi, welcome to the forum, you defo are not alone.


Polly

[giddy]

Welcome to the forum
Love Helen

[hayles]

Hi and a very big welcome to you.

We are all a bit nuts, but definantly not going Mad....lol xx

Hay x

[lass]

Thanks for all your supportive messages - I'm so glad I found this site!

I'm not getting anything in the way of "help" at the moment. I'm having my suspected IBS investigated this week and I'm hoping this will ease my anxiety. I've been taking St John's Wort for the past 3 months. My GP prescribed sertraline last week but I had a really bad effect from it so I'm loathed to try any more drugs at the moment.

Any recommendations on what to do next would be greatly appreciated!

[PUGLETMUM]

hi i would suggest to keep coming here and reading other people's experiences as a way to reassure yourself that you are not 'mad' and really just keep going on as you are, drugs can help but maybe there's an underlying problems that needs tackling, like just dealing with being an anxious person rather than wanting to take a pill to take it away, i mean finding ways to deal with your anxiety, like exercise or more you time, as it does sound like you are fairly busy with 2 jobs and 2 kids! in my experience drugs can complicate the whole situation, as i had anxiety/depression took prozac for two completely happy years but never had help to deal with what was underneath, hence when a big lfe change came along i had no idea how to deal successfully with the stress, so although they can be fine they sometimes only mask a problem and in some cases actually cause their own problems, like people getting addicted or having serious side-effects which iv'e also experienced. i feel that talking to other's who understand is the best help and self-help from anywhere; books or other sites to help you understand how to deal with how you feel. all the best emmas

[trac67]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of good advice here and make some new friends.

Take care
Trac xx

'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten'

[nomorepanic]

Hi

Welcome aboard and lovely to see you here. Hope we can be of some help.

Try these post - it may help ...
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Nicola

[Paddington]

hello there,i am with emmas on this one.I started with tum problems years agoan hav had so manyteasts it became silly,i was diagnosed with ibs,but then i felt as tho they were wrong and i had cancer [i didnt but my dad died of stomach and gullet cancer]i didn't realose thatia had health anxiety and no dr suggested it either!!Now i try not to panicabout my weird symptoms as so many people on here feel the same and we cant ALL be terminally ill!!!So keep reading ,iit is such a comfort!Love mary-rose.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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