unhappygirl12
18-07-12, 22:59
Hi
I have only recently started having severe health worries. I have had a very stressful year with my partner leaving me after many years and moving in with a friend and I have also lost my job so very worried about money. I was doing okay, stressed but coping but then all of a sudden i got terrible stomach pains and ended up in A&E and was given an ECG (it was fine) and was told I had gastritis. I took meds but they didnt help. I slowly remembered feeling like this years ago when my mother was dying. My old friend IBS was back. I am trying to do all the good things I did before but every day i worry its something worse, something bad going on inside my intestines. I hate how scared I have become. I am also having upper back problems. I sometimes think, how have I got this, then realise I am sitting in a really bad way and my shoulder blades are lifted right up stretching my back muscles tight. It seems my shoulders seem to be permanently in a state of tension. I relax them and it feels better then a few minutes later they are tense again. I have an appointment with my GP soon and have so much i want to discuss I don't think they will take me seriously. I definitely want help with my anxiety and depression but also want help for my back and IBS and am so tempted to ask for a whole lot of tests just so I can have some peace of mind.
What I really want is to relax but have no idea how to do that at the moment, when I try it just seems to go wrong and I am finding falling asleep almost impossible.
Can anybody out there offer me some helpful advice?
I have only recently started having severe health worries. I have had a very stressful year with my partner leaving me after many years and moving in with a friend and I have also lost my job so very worried about money. I was doing okay, stressed but coping but then all of a sudden i got terrible stomach pains and ended up in A&E and was given an ECG (it was fine) and was told I had gastritis. I took meds but they didnt help. I slowly remembered feeling like this years ago when my mother was dying. My old friend IBS was back. I am trying to do all the good things I did before but every day i worry its something worse, something bad going on inside my intestines. I hate how scared I have become. I am also having upper back problems. I sometimes think, how have I got this, then realise I am sitting in a really bad way and my shoulder blades are lifted right up stretching my back muscles tight. It seems my shoulders seem to be permanently in a state of tension. I relax them and it feels better then a few minutes later they are tense again. I have an appointment with my GP soon and have so much i want to discuss I don't think they will take me seriously. I definitely want help with my anxiety and depression but also want help for my back and IBS and am so tempted to ask for a whole lot of tests just so I can have some peace of mind.
What I really want is to relax but have no idea how to do that at the moment, when I try it just seems to go wrong and I am finding falling asleep almost impossible.
Can anybody out there offer me some helpful advice?