ShellyTai
12-11-13, 13:30
Hi everyone,
Haven't posted for ages as I thought things were looking up..... :weep:.
Came off of my Sertraline earlier on this year (about June / July time) .... thought I was doing fine .... seemed to be coping etc.....but was self soothing with a bottle of red wine of an evening .... :weep:.
Didn't take long for the Health Anxiety to come creeping back .... more so over the past few weeks ...... hair's started falling out / skin in a bad way / obsessing over health ..... was at the Dr last week - he suspected anxiety maybe surfacing again ... but has sent me for blood tests to check for underactive thyroid etc .... (not going to get blood done until fri) ....
Started back on Sertraline on Saturday .... (4 days in ... side effects are awful) ..... had a pain in my left side all day yesterday .... got so bad late afternoon that I phoned the dr and they gave me an emergency apt .... am convinced that the pain is liver / pancreatic cancer .... (my mum died with this 12 years ago) ..... Dr felt my liver etc....said that there was no signs of anything / gall stones / enlarged liver etc ... and said it's most likely muscular and is being made worse due to my anxiety. He asked if I had any stomach problems, I said not really - other than the usual acid reflux which flares up.
Today I've felt seriously ill, keep thinking I'm going to be ill, (sorry, can't seem to think of another word) but have this constant vile burn at the back of my throat - worse tasting than acid indigestion......having one panic attack after the other with every wave of nausea. Trying to keep a level head and not freak out completely .... but I'm struggling to be rational and think that this is all down to anxiety (and quitting my bottle a night red wine habit) .....
So sorry for ranting .... you're all probably reading this thinking for god sake "shut up" ..... :doh:
Michelle
xxxxx
Haven't posted for ages as I thought things were looking up..... :weep:.
Came off of my Sertraline earlier on this year (about June / July time) .... thought I was doing fine .... seemed to be coping etc.....but was self soothing with a bottle of red wine of an evening .... :weep:.
Didn't take long for the Health Anxiety to come creeping back .... more so over the past few weeks ...... hair's started falling out / skin in a bad way / obsessing over health ..... was at the Dr last week - he suspected anxiety maybe surfacing again ... but has sent me for blood tests to check for underactive thyroid etc .... (not going to get blood done until fri) ....
Started back on Sertraline on Saturday .... (4 days in ... side effects are awful) ..... had a pain in my left side all day yesterday .... got so bad late afternoon that I phoned the dr and they gave me an emergency apt .... am convinced that the pain is liver / pancreatic cancer .... (my mum died with this 12 years ago) ..... Dr felt my liver etc....said that there was no signs of anything / gall stones / enlarged liver etc ... and said it's most likely muscular and is being made worse due to my anxiety. He asked if I had any stomach problems, I said not really - other than the usual acid reflux which flares up.
Today I've felt seriously ill, keep thinking I'm going to be ill, (sorry, can't seem to think of another word) but have this constant vile burn at the back of my throat - worse tasting than acid indigestion......having one panic attack after the other with every wave of nausea. Trying to keep a level head and not freak out completely .... but I'm struggling to be rational and think that this is all down to anxiety (and quitting my bottle a night red wine habit) .....
So sorry for ranting .... you're all probably reading this thinking for god sake "shut up" ..... :doh:
Michelle
xxxxx