Dan21
06-02-07, 16:35
Hello everyone.
I wanted to get your take on something my doctor said to me the other day and its kind of opened my eyes a little. hasnt done anything for my anxiety/symptoms/health anxiety, but has given me something which I have been lacking for oh so long............a bit of perspective.
Was feeling particularly poo last week and thought I had a brain tumour. Seriously. Shakey, tired, weak arms and had a funny sort of cloudyness in my head, oh yeah, headaches too. Was about to start making my will out.
So I went to the doctors and she was really great, she listened to me reel off my symptoms and took on board my fear about my health. She said to me, 'this is bread and butter GP stuff' which I kind of knew but I didnt want to sound like a know it all. Then she asked me if I had always been a worrier and I said that I had. She looked at me and said that she thought I was suffering from General Anxiety Order and has prescribed me three weeks worth of beta blockers (Propranolol) and booked me in for a blood test (actually, I think I might have posted this in another thread so sorry for repeating myself).
The thing is, that I have always thought of myself as having Health Anxiety and not much else, but, if I'm dealing with Health Anxiety AND GAD, then no bloody wonder I'm on edge just about all of the time. It's made me think that everything that I'm experiencing and my reactions could be considered 'normal' (whatever that is) for somebody with GAD and HA. To be honest, I've done little research on GAD, but I tend to often have a feeling of dread, FEAR or worry, even when I dont really have anything to worry about, worry about things that in all probability wont happen, find it almost impossible to relax and again, almost always, have this overpowering feeling that time is limited (ina ll aspects of life) and that I'm living against the clock.
I dont know if that sounds like GAD but thats me.
If anyone knows much about GAD and if the above sounds something like it, then I'd be really happy to hear from you.
Thanks
Dan
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I want to go up to my anxiety, smile, put my arm around it and say to it caringly, 'Hey! How are you? How's your day been?'
Then, just as its about to answer me, I wanna throw a sack over it and give it a hiding within an inch of its life.
That would be nice.
I wanted to get your take on something my doctor said to me the other day and its kind of opened my eyes a little. hasnt done anything for my anxiety/symptoms/health anxiety, but has given me something which I have been lacking for oh so long............a bit of perspective.
Was feeling particularly poo last week and thought I had a brain tumour. Seriously. Shakey, tired, weak arms and had a funny sort of cloudyness in my head, oh yeah, headaches too. Was about to start making my will out.
So I went to the doctors and she was really great, she listened to me reel off my symptoms and took on board my fear about my health. She said to me, 'this is bread and butter GP stuff' which I kind of knew but I didnt want to sound like a know it all. Then she asked me if I had always been a worrier and I said that I had. She looked at me and said that she thought I was suffering from General Anxiety Order and has prescribed me three weeks worth of beta blockers (Propranolol) and booked me in for a blood test (actually, I think I might have posted this in another thread so sorry for repeating myself).
The thing is, that I have always thought of myself as having Health Anxiety and not much else, but, if I'm dealing with Health Anxiety AND GAD, then no bloody wonder I'm on edge just about all of the time. It's made me think that everything that I'm experiencing and my reactions could be considered 'normal' (whatever that is) for somebody with GAD and HA. To be honest, I've done little research on GAD, but I tend to often have a feeling of dread, FEAR or worry, even when I dont really have anything to worry about, worry about things that in all probability wont happen, find it almost impossible to relax and again, almost always, have this overpowering feeling that time is limited (ina ll aspects of life) and that I'm living against the clock.
I dont know if that sounds like GAD but thats me.
If anyone knows much about GAD and if the above sounds something like it, then I'd be really happy to hear from you.
Thanks
Dan
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I want to go up to my anxiety, smile, put my arm around it and say to it caringly, 'Hey! How are you? How's your day been?'
Then, just as its about to answer me, I wanna throw a sack over it and give it a hiding within an inch of its life.
That would be nice.