damianjmcgrath
13-03-16, 17:38
I think I have a genuine illness but I can't help but think my anxiety is either making it worse or creating it entirely.
I've had a bad cold for about 7 days with the body aches, sneezes, blocked nose etc. Took Lemsips daily and used nasal sprays and nothing seemed to work. It's now developed into just a blocked nose but blinding headaches, and pain in my cheekbones as well and I have frequent extremes of temperature - I'll be shivering then sweating. It's been like this for the last 5 days straight.
I'm taking paracetamol, ibuprofen, vaporub and nothing is making a dent in the symptoms. I've got a doctors call back tomorrow.
Now, it's quite possible this is sinusitis, a particularly annoying and long lasting one. But quite often, during the day, I'll be doing things and I'll feel generally ok. The mornings and evenings are terrible. There could be an element of me expecting it, or me assuming this is something serious and therefore the symptoms are lasting longer to confirm that.
Does that make sense? Can anxiety cause something as "physical" as a blocked nose or can it prolong cold type symptoms? Or is it more likely to just be a bad cold?
I've had a bad cold for about 7 days with the body aches, sneezes, blocked nose etc. Took Lemsips daily and used nasal sprays and nothing seemed to work. It's now developed into just a blocked nose but blinding headaches, and pain in my cheekbones as well and I have frequent extremes of temperature - I'll be shivering then sweating. It's been like this for the last 5 days straight.
I'm taking paracetamol, ibuprofen, vaporub and nothing is making a dent in the symptoms. I've got a doctors call back tomorrow.
Now, it's quite possible this is sinusitis, a particularly annoying and long lasting one. But quite often, during the day, I'll be doing things and I'll feel generally ok. The mornings and evenings are terrible. There could be an element of me expecting it, or me assuming this is something serious and therefore the symptoms are lasting longer to confirm that.
Does that make sense? Can anxiety cause something as "physical" as a blocked nose or can it prolong cold type symptoms? Or is it more likely to just be a bad cold?