BlueEyes28
23-06-12, 11:47
I am relatively new to the site but have been coming back daily as I am very anxious at the mo.
The thing is that I started to experience anxiety and it's symptoms 11 years ago but after numerous doctors visits and a few phsyc visits and 2 bad bouts of anxiety I was able to convince myself that the many symptoms I was experiencing were due to anxiety.
So I basically just got on with my life, the symptoms still showed themselves many times but as time went on and through constantly telling myself that it's just your anxiety!! I learnt t just ignore them and lived a relatively peaceful life. Now and again they would frighten me or i'd be afraid of an illness but not enough to take me back to that debilitating state that we all know.
I had a couple of near misses when my children were born due to illness on their part but once I knew for sure that they were fine I managed to move on again.
I did this for 9 years!!! This time I had a real health scare where i'd had a bad cough for 4 weeks and went to a walk in centre, the doc there listened to my chest and told me that I had COPD or enphacema!! and that I need to stop smoking straight away if I wanted to survive!!!
I was and still am terrified. I went to see my own GP as my mum used to be a nurse and told me that it can't be diagnosed through simply listening to my chest! So my own GP who listened to my chest and said that their were some smoking related noises going on and sent me for the CORRECT test and thank god it was negative in fact* the nurse pointed out that I have very good lung capacity. So on from that I wanted to know what in fact I did have and stupidly googled it, my sis had said that it sounded more like bronchitis so that's what I looked up.
It said that their are 2 types, acute not serious and chronic an on going sometimes debilitating* illness. I have given up smoking due to this which is about the only good thing to come of this but I am still terrified that I may go on to get chronic bronchitis.
So I can't see a way out of this one you see the anxiety symptoms don't really scare me any more I can deal with those although the panic attacks are still frightening. I see myself always waiting to get this illness and any time I get a cough I will be back to square one!!! Please if anyone has been through a similar situ or has some reassuring advice please comment, I've left a few comments on here but nobody really replies I'm so scared and i need of help and support, I can't cope with this, and as for my poor children!! please help if you can :weep:
The thing is that I started to experience anxiety and it's symptoms 11 years ago but after numerous doctors visits and a few phsyc visits and 2 bad bouts of anxiety I was able to convince myself that the many symptoms I was experiencing were due to anxiety.
So I basically just got on with my life, the symptoms still showed themselves many times but as time went on and through constantly telling myself that it's just your anxiety!! I learnt t just ignore them and lived a relatively peaceful life. Now and again they would frighten me or i'd be afraid of an illness but not enough to take me back to that debilitating state that we all know.
I had a couple of near misses when my children were born due to illness on their part but once I knew for sure that they were fine I managed to move on again.
I did this for 9 years!!! This time I had a real health scare where i'd had a bad cough for 4 weeks and went to a walk in centre, the doc there listened to my chest and told me that I had COPD or enphacema!! and that I need to stop smoking straight away if I wanted to survive!!!
I was and still am terrified. I went to see my own GP as my mum used to be a nurse and told me that it can't be diagnosed through simply listening to my chest! So my own GP who listened to my chest and said that their were some smoking related noises going on and sent me for the CORRECT test and thank god it was negative in fact* the nurse pointed out that I have very good lung capacity. So on from that I wanted to know what in fact I did have and stupidly googled it, my sis had said that it sounded more like bronchitis so that's what I looked up.
It said that their are 2 types, acute not serious and chronic an on going sometimes debilitating* illness. I have given up smoking due to this which is about the only good thing to come of this but I am still terrified that I may go on to get chronic bronchitis.
So I can't see a way out of this one you see the anxiety symptoms don't really scare me any more I can deal with those although the panic attacks are still frightening. I see myself always waiting to get this illness and any time I get a cough I will be back to square one!!! Please if anyone has been through a similar situ or has some reassuring advice please comment, I've left a few comments on here but nobody really replies I'm so scared and i need of help and support, I can't cope with this, and as for my poor children!! please help if you can :weep: