Jessica13
27-06-14, 20:15
Hi everyone,
New to this site. Found on twitter so thought I would register and introduce myself!
I have suffered with anxiety for 12 years. Go through patches where I have no anxiety to patches where it is awful. What has triggered it in my life I'm still yet to work out!
Have been on anti d's for anxiety. But a year and half ago decided to come off paroxetine as I found they weren't working for me. Had a couple of months where I was absolutely fine and then blow me down back comes the anxiety. This time around I'm experiencing new anxiety problems.
I was diagnosed with IBS a year or so ago. It wasn't until January this year that I cut certain foods out of my diet and have got on top of it as much as I can. But I do find if my IBS flares up then my anxiety is also sky high! And vice versa.
My parents moved to spain arch this year and I have found my anxiety worsen since they have gone.
Another symptom I found I have was fatigue. I have never had this with anxiety in the past. Some days I felt like I couldn't get up out of the sofa. Taking kids to school was tiring also even tho it was a 15 minute walk.
So I decided to go to the doctors. They took my bloods and they came back as protein levels slightly raised. So what do I do...... Google what that could be..... And guess what came up.... CANCER!!!! This petrified me. Docs said they ŵanted to re take my bloods a week later. Which I did. They they came back as protein levels normal. So I had the all clear. However still now I feel like I'm ill!! Is this what anxiety can do to you?? I find any symptoms I have I then google it.. And self diagnose. It eats me up. I don't understand why I do this?
At the moment I'm finding every day in wake up with a churning stomach and I'm a bag of nerves. I went bk to docs to try new Meds for anxiety until my CBT referral all came through. Doc gave me something called Sertraline. I of course being me looked at the leaflet inside the pill box. Absolutely petrified me! But I thought no I must try these out. So started taking them. On the first day I felt completely on another planet. I had nausea and also kept gagging when I yawned or drank. This must if been one of the side effects, and no way was I going to ride these effects out until they wear off! It's taken me a good 3 days to feel normal after taking just one tablet.
So I have figured that I shall just wait for my CBT course to start and try to deal with my anxiety issues in the mean time. I do find it very difficult especially as I am starting to stop myself doing certain things like driving or going food shopping. Hopefully I can find people in the same situation as me on here. And any self help tips please feel free to e mail me.
Thanks for reading....
Jess x
New to this site. Found on twitter so thought I would register and introduce myself!
I have suffered with anxiety for 12 years. Go through patches where I have no anxiety to patches where it is awful. What has triggered it in my life I'm still yet to work out!
Have been on anti d's for anxiety. But a year and half ago decided to come off paroxetine as I found they weren't working for me. Had a couple of months where I was absolutely fine and then blow me down back comes the anxiety. This time around I'm experiencing new anxiety problems.
I was diagnosed with IBS a year or so ago. It wasn't until January this year that I cut certain foods out of my diet and have got on top of it as much as I can. But I do find if my IBS flares up then my anxiety is also sky high! And vice versa.
My parents moved to spain arch this year and I have found my anxiety worsen since they have gone.
Another symptom I found I have was fatigue. I have never had this with anxiety in the past. Some days I felt like I couldn't get up out of the sofa. Taking kids to school was tiring also even tho it was a 15 minute walk.
So I decided to go to the doctors. They took my bloods and they came back as protein levels slightly raised. So what do I do...... Google what that could be..... And guess what came up.... CANCER!!!! This petrified me. Docs said they ŵanted to re take my bloods a week later. Which I did. They they came back as protein levels normal. So I had the all clear. However still now I feel like I'm ill!! Is this what anxiety can do to you?? I find any symptoms I have I then google it.. And self diagnose. It eats me up. I don't understand why I do this?
At the moment I'm finding every day in wake up with a churning stomach and I'm a bag of nerves. I went bk to docs to try new Meds for anxiety until my CBT referral all came through. Doc gave me something called Sertraline. I of course being me looked at the leaflet inside the pill box. Absolutely petrified me! But I thought no I must try these out. So started taking them. On the first day I felt completely on another planet. I had nausea and also kept gagging when I yawned or drank. This must if been one of the side effects, and no way was I going to ride these effects out until they wear off! It's taken me a good 3 days to feel normal after taking just one tablet.
So I have figured that I shall just wait for my CBT course to start and try to deal with my anxiety issues in the mean time. I do find it very difficult especially as I am starting to stop myself doing certain things like driving or going food shopping. Hopefully I can find people in the same situation as me on here. And any self help tips please feel free to e mail me.
Thanks for reading....
Jess x