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22-01-14, 12:27
Hi all
I've had general anxiety for a few years but am going through a tough patch with my citalopram which has helpfully heightened my anxiety all over Christmas and New Year after I started taking it for a second time, leading me to develop health anxiety for the first time.
I've never had such irrational thoughts before! It's like my brain has split into two - a loud, panicky, shouty part and the rational part which is increasingly struggling to make itself heard.
I developed a fear of being ill and had some blood tests, which all came back negative. Hurrah - or so I thought it would be. I've now started worrying that I could have a really horrible infection from having blood tests. What if this happened, what if that happened etc etc etc. You just can't win!!
Or can you? I'm asking for some tips from those who have fought this before on how to stop that shouty, panicky voice in its tracks. Are there techniques you use?
Any help would be gratefully received! :)
Jen
I've had general anxiety for a few years but am going through a tough patch with my citalopram which has helpfully heightened my anxiety all over Christmas and New Year after I started taking it for a second time, leading me to develop health anxiety for the first time.
I've never had such irrational thoughts before! It's like my brain has split into two - a loud, panicky, shouty part and the rational part which is increasingly struggling to make itself heard.
I developed a fear of being ill and had some blood tests, which all came back negative. Hurrah - or so I thought it would be. I've now started worrying that I could have a really horrible infection from having blood tests. What if this happened, what if that happened etc etc etc. You just can't win!!
Or can you? I'm asking for some tips from those who have fought this before on how to stop that shouty, panicky voice in its tracks. Are there techniques you use?
Any help would be gratefully received! :)
Jen