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22-02-16, 00:42
Hi all,
As I write this, I'm lying awake in bed on holiday in Iceland (I'm from the UK) and am struggling to sleep. Right now, if someone could tell me I genuinely have an anxiety disorder, I'd actually be calmed.
A few weeks ago, I had a panic attack at work. It came out of the blue and frightened the life out of me. Since then, I've had blood tests, urine tests, ECGs a CT scan - all came back clear. I should add that, after the initial attack, I was unable to shake off anxious thoughts and feelings, as well as feeling physically knocked for six. I eventually got myself admitted to hospital, where the tests were done. They discharged me a day later and plan to do an MRI 'to reassure' me, but my discharge forms said I was suffering anxiety brought on by the panic attack.
Since then, I've continued to feel unwell and anxious. I've had a few moments close to panic, although nothing like the first occasion.
I feel like if it was just anxiety, it should come and go, ebb and glow, rise and fall. It does do this to a degree, but there's always something there. I just don't feel right, physically or mentally.
I'm really scared I Have CFS or one of the related conditions. I don't sleep well and never have since I was a kid, I feel really weary in the mornings, although I'm always able to rise. I then feel sleepy during the day, though it does rise and fall and doesn't noticeably impair me too much.
I didn't have flu-like symptoms at the first attack, but I did have quite a bad cold about two weeks before. I've also noticed a slight snuffliness recently (although I would dismiss it if I felt my normal self). No actual pain anywhere.
I've also had undiagnosed depression for a long time, or at least on and off very low feelings. I'd say for at least a decade. I've never considered self-harm and always felt on top of it. Indeed, although I have a low opinion of my physical appearance, lots of social anxiety and see myself as unappealing to the opposite sex, my overall view of myself as a person is positive, which really scares me, because I know what this could mean.
Could I just be experiencing health anxiety following on from the first panic attack and subsequent events? I've not experienced chest pains or shortness of breath very much. Do feel nauseous, especially after yawning. My appetite has died right down. At times I've thought I had MS, Parkinsons, Hodgkinsons, Motor Neurone Disease and schizophrenia, all in the past three weeks.
In my more peaceful moments, I'm comfortable with the idea of anxiety and panic. I feel I understand them and can handle much of what they offer. But when I think of the symptoms of CFS and then think of how bad my sleep has always been and how weary I often feel, it terrifies me.
Can anyone offer any words of advice/opinion/even reassurance?
Oh, I'm 31 and male.
Thanks in advance...
As I write this, I'm lying awake in bed on holiday in Iceland (I'm from the UK) and am struggling to sleep. Right now, if someone could tell me I genuinely have an anxiety disorder, I'd actually be calmed.
A few weeks ago, I had a panic attack at work. It came out of the blue and frightened the life out of me. Since then, I've had blood tests, urine tests, ECGs a CT scan - all came back clear. I should add that, after the initial attack, I was unable to shake off anxious thoughts and feelings, as well as feeling physically knocked for six. I eventually got myself admitted to hospital, where the tests were done. They discharged me a day later and plan to do an MRI 'to reassure' me, but my discharge forms said I was suffering anxiety brought on by the panic attack.
Since then, I've continued to feel unwell and anxious. I've had a few moments close to panic, although nothing like the first occasion.
I feel like if it was just anxiety, it should come and go, ebb and glow, rise and fall. It does do this to a degree, but there's always something there. I just don't feel right, physically or mentally.
I'm really scared I Have CFS or one of the related conditions. I don't sleep well and never have since I was a kid, I feel really weary in the mornings, although I'm always able to rise. I then feel sleepy during the day, though it does rise and fall and doesn't noticeably impair me too much.
I didn't have flu-like symptoms at the first attack, but I did have quite a bad cold about two weeks before. I've also noticed a slight snuffliness recently (although I would dismiss it if I felt my normal self). No actual pain anywhere.
I've also had undiagnosed depression for a long time, or at least on and off very low feelings. I'd say for at least a decade. I've never considered self-harm and always felt on top of it. Indeed, although I have a low opinion of my physical appearance, lots of social anxiety and see myself as unappealing to the opposite sex, my overall view of myself as a person is positive, which really scares me, because I know what this could mean.
Could I just be experiencing health anxiety following on from the first panic attack and subsequent events? I've not experienced chest pains or shortness of breath very much. Do feel nauseous, especially after yawning. My appetite has died right down. At times I've thought I had MS, Parkinsons, Hodgkinsons, Motor Neurone Disease and schizophrenia, all in the past three weeks.
In my more peaceful moments, I'm comfortable with the idea of anxiety and panic. I feel I understand them and can handle much of what they offer. But when I think of the symptoms of CFS and then think of how bad my sleep has always been and how weary I often feel, it terrifies me.
Can anyone offer any words of advice/opinion/even reassurance?
Oh, I'm 31 and male.
Thanks in advance...