SoupD
03-05-13, 21:23
Hi there, I'm a 21 year old student who was diagnosed with GAD 3 years ago, after a period of constant panic-attacks and agoraphobia.
More recently, I've been struggling with a constant state of health anxiety. Due to stressors in my life currently, such as my recently completed dissertation and my impending final year of university, I started to have almost constant anxiety attacks and worry about my health. I was started on a course of SSRIs, but the side effects from them just made my worrying worse. Since then I've kind of been in a constant state of tension and worry, and was feeling awful all of the time from worrying about why I was ill and whether I had some sort of horrible brain disease.
Even a few days later, where I can have periods of feeling much better and completely normal like I used to, I am constantly dipping into worrying about my health and whether I have some horrible disease, and am pissing off everyone I know asking for reassurance.
I hope that I can find some help here, and maybe help some others who have the same problems as me!
More recently, I've been struggling with a constant state of health anxiety. Due to stressors in my life currently, such as my recently completed dissertation and my impending final year of university, I started to have almost constant anxiety attacks and worry about my health. I was started on a course of SSRIs, but the side effects from them just made my worrying worse. Since then I've kind of been in a constant state of tension and worry, and was feeling awful all of the time from worrying about why I was ill and whether I had some sort of horrible brain disease.
Even a few days later, where I can have periods of feeling much better and completely normal like I used to, I am constantly dipping into worrying about my health and whether I have some horrible disease, and am pissing off everyone I know asking for reassurance.
I hope that I can find some help here, and maybe help some others who have the same problems as me!