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does anyone else feel like their ups and downs are just crazy with anxiety/health anxiety? at the moment I feel like I'm on a total rollercoaster of feelings and emotions with my health anxiety. some days, I wake up and I think yeah I can deal with this, im 26 im absolutely fine I'm going to get a grip and start doing things like going out again enjoying a drink enjoying trips away with friends, then suddenly an hour later i'll get an ectopic beat or a bout of palpitations and BAM that's it I'm never going out again and my life isn't worth living, I just want to crawl underneath my duvet and never leave home again as this world is far too dangerous. does anyone else experience this sort of thing? I just can't seem to make my mind up on how I feel, I spend half a day thinking im absolutely fine and can cope with anything my body throws at me then spend the other half of the day panicking that im going to die of a heart attack or terminal cancer. its so exhausting and I wish I could just be normal :( hoping im not the only one that goes through this x
dizzy daisy
13-11-15, 11:31
Hi white I'm just like this at the moment. It's just the anxiety but it's unpleasant xx
hi daisy, its horrible isn't it, glad im not alone but hope you start to feel better soon hun xx
dizzy daisy
13-11-15, 15:25
You too white. It is horrible. We will get through this though xxx
Thinking of you... I'm the same. I wish I had the answers to make this all stop. (hugs) x
Yes I'm still like this at the moment. It sucks. I have been keeping a diary though and noting that the downs are becoming more apart. It's taken a long time though but I'm doing my best to look on the positive side that the goods are outweighing the not so goods. You aren't alone :).
im the same at the min and its so horrible, every ache or pain ect sends your mind into overdrive and the anxiety kicks in.
xx
All the time. It even changes from hour to hour sometimes. Right now I'm anxious about lung cancer because of shoulder pain and some mornings I'll wake and feel like I can't even face the day. Other days I'll be fine and rational and feel so silly for worrying about what is so obviously a muscular issue. I burst into tears earlier because I feel so exhausted by it all. I'm so sick of going round and round in circles and feel like I'm wasting the best years of my life with this anxiety. I feel your pain.
ScarletSpeedster
14-11-15, 18:24
I might be a bit late in responding, but the answer is YES. I am only twenty years old, and for the past year or so my life has been plagued with health anxiety. Like you, I have days where I feel okay and well, and then I have days where I feel like any feeling in body means I am dying, or I have some terrible disease.
I have just returned from my GP surgery for the fifth time this month, and I have decided to make a real effort - both for my sake, and that of my family - to just try to relax a little, and calm down. LIVE, basically, instead of being in constant fear and worry.
Anyway, I hope you are well, and that you find a way to hopefully eradicate this horrible anxiety.
:hugs:
I'm the same. I have great days then anxious / upset days. I hate it.
wheredidthiscomefrom
16-11-15, 09:32
I had to reply as this is so similar to my experience... :blush: One min think "yeah I can do this", next min some ache or pain somewhere and boom! Feel like sh*t thinking I'm going to die etc etc etc
thanks for all your replies everyone, it's so great to read that Im not the only one suffering with this! this forum is such a help with these issues!
its such a difficult thing to go through and I empathise with everyone going through it too, it also is having a really negative effect on my close relationships as I am so moody and emotional towards my family and partner despite their best efforts to support me. does anyone else find that they lash out at their loved ones/push them away with out meaning too?
dizzy daisy
17-11-15, 13:48
I'm not nasty but I get withdrawn and in usually quite chatty which I think is difficult for my family. I know the last few weeks my mum has been visiting and calling me a lot and I was just so withdrawn I hardly bothered to be involved in conversations because I felt like I just wanted to hide away. I'm usually on the phone every day and have always got something to say. It is horrible white and I did keep apologising to everyone including my poor husband. I'm sure they understand though xxxx
In the last 2.5 years I have never had more than 3 days not worrying about some disease. I counted my symptoms the other day that I have had and it comes to 16. Im on meds but nearly off them because really they don't do much for me. I have come to the conclusion I will always be like this I don't have the energy for the fight anymore it is so draining and my wife told me 3 months ago it had to stop or we where over so I don't have a single person I can speak to about this. I have also tried CBT but it didn't do much for me.
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