steph25
06-10-16, 15:06
I've been doing so well with my health anxiety over the past year but I've been having a few issues that's starting to bring it back.
I've had a cough for a few months and I was living in a cold damp flat at the time (moved 5 weeks ago) and I went to see the doctor and she said that my lungs sound clear and just to rest. Just before I moved I was having the same issue and felt really ill so went back and she said she could hear something slightly on my lungs but she did say that once I moved it should go away.
So it's been five weeks and I'm still really struggling, when I'm sat down I find it really difficult to breath, it's almost as if my throat is closing up and I've got a really bad cough. It was bad yesterday, to the point I really struggled talking on the phone, I just felt I kept on running out of breath. Interestingly though, if I keep a mint in my mouth then it seems to help a bit
I haven't been anxious at all so I don't think it's that but it is starting to bring my health anxiety back. My Mum's got heart failure and they are similar symptoms to what she had and I'm trying to stop myself thinking that's what the problem is.
I've been to the doctors twice and not sure whether to go back or not.
I've had a cough for a few months and I was living in a cold damp flat at the time (moved 5 weeks ago) and I went to see the doctor and she said that my lungs sound clear and just to rest. Just before I moved I was having the same issue and felt really ill so went back and she said she could hear something slightly on my lungs but she did say that once I moved it should go away.
So it's been five weeks and I'm still really struggling, when I'm sat down I find it really difficult to breath, it's almost as if my throat is closing up and I've got a really bad cough. It was bad yesterday, to the point I really struggled talking on the phone, I just felt I kept on running out of breath. Interestingly though, if I keep a mint in my mouth then it seems to help a bit
I haven't been anxious at all so I don't think it's that but it is starting to bring my health anxiety back. My Mum's got heart failure and they are similar symptoms to what she had and I'm trying to stop myself thinking that's what the problem is.
I've been to the doctors twice and not sure whether to go back or not.