oscrazymum
07-04-12, 19:58
Hello,
I posted a few days ago about my cancer fears and am still having sleepless nights. I have managed to convince myself I have stomach cancer because I have lost my appetite and feel mild nausea when I eat at the moment. I lost my appetite after a bout of dyspepsia where I had discomfort in my upper abdomen that was made better by eating. My GP gave me some omazeprole when it hadn't gone away after a week and that fixed the pain so I stopped taking it after a week. But, after that, I just lost my appetite. And now, I seem to feel slightly sick after I eat a meal (that I have to force myself to eat because I'm starving hungry despite having no appetite). My GP has ordered blood tests to reassure me it's not stomach cancer. I had a panic reaction to the discomfort I was experiencing and googled a lot and convinced myself it was cancer. I wonder how much of it is stress and anxiety, because the pain I went to the GP with, convinced it was cancer, has gone, but after that I got this appetite loss and nausea. I wake up early every morning, anxious, heart pounding, hot, and panicky scared about what's wrong with me. Is it possible that loss of appetite and nausea can be caused by a panic reaction? I don't know whether I should be freaking out this much about loss of appetite and mild nausea, or whether this is a totally unreasonable reaction. I'm new here, but would love to get other's views! Thanks!
I posted a few days ago about my cancer fears and am still having sleepless nights. I have managed to convince myself I have stomach cancer because I have lost my appetite and feel mild nausea when I eat at the moment. I lost my appetite after a bout of dyspepsia where I had discomfort in my upper abdomen that was made better by eating. My GP gave me some omazeprole when it hadn't gone away after a week and that fixed the pain so I stopped taking it after a week. But, after that, I just lost my appetite. And now, I seem to feel slightly sick after I eat a meal (that I have to force myself to eat because I'm starving hungry despite having no appetite). My GP has ordered blood tests to reassure me it's not stomach cancer. I had a panic reaction to the discomfort I was experiencing and googled a lot and convinced myself it was cancer. I wonder how much of it is stress and anxiety, because the pain I went to the GP with, convinced it was cancer, has gone, but after that I got this appetite loss and nausea. I wake up early every morning, anxious, heart pounding, hot, and panicky scared about what's wrong with me. Is it possible that loss of appetite and nausea can be caused by a panic reaction? I don't know whether I should be freaking out this much about loss of appetite and mild nausea, or whether this is a totally unreasonable reaction. I'm new here, but would love to get other's views! Thanks!