anxious_thoughts
24-11-16, 19:28
Hi guys,
I've been on and off this website posting about my low blood sugar obsession and worries that I have literally implanted in my brain and it's been so hard to get myself out of this slump I'm in.
I get health anxiety badly over my blood sugar. Especially in the morning, I tend to always feel a bit off until it comes to lunch time. I'm worried that my blood sugar is having problems. I've never had issues with it before and I've had tests for diabetes and I haven't even been prediabetic.
These worries happen about every 3-4 hours after eating. My symptoms are usually fear, total panicked feeling, loss of concentration, rarely ever actually hungry, and a feeling of slight dizziness an lightheadedness. My fear happens to mostly heighten when I'm in public. I schedule my day around the times I eat. So I always eat at home before going out and I make sure I'm only out for a maximum of 3 hours because if I go longer I start to get those worried symptoms that literally eats away at me all day long :(
Because of the non stop eating, it has caused me to gain over 20 pounds and I'm literally feeling so terrible about my weight and just having to live with the anxiety. I honestly look at myself in the mirror and hate the way I look because last summer I lost 20 pounds and having it all come back is so discouraging.
Today got me thinking big time. I finished my lunch around 1:15. It was pretty healthy and a meal that's supposed to keep you full for a while. I had lentil soup with ground beef and veggies. I read lentils can keep your blood sugar stable IF that's actually what's wrong with me. I've never actually gotten any blood tests done in about a year. After my lunch I went to do some errands. I was supposed to go to two stores but only went to one because of my anxiety. It wasn't even an hour after eating and I started to get those symptoms that I associate with low blood sugar. Before it though I was feeling hot because I had my winter coat on, and I think that sparked the anxiety and then it went from there. I got that dreaded feeling along with those symptoms and the worry that I would faint because of low blood sugar. But then I realized it hasn't even been 3-4 hours since I've last eaten. Now maybe that's just proof that the symptoms I'm associating to low blood sugar aren't because of that reason but because of my generalized anxiety. I don't know what to think.
I'm so sorry about the long rant guys, but it really feels better writing it down and being able to speak to others that understand what it feels like living with anxiety.
I've been on and off this website posting about my low blood sugar obsession and worries that I have literally implanted in my brain and it's been so hard to get myself out of this slump I'm in.
I get health anxiety badly over my blood sugar. Especially in the morning, I tend to always feel a bit off until it comes to lunch time. I'm worried that my blood sugar is having problems. I've never had issues with it before and I've had tests for diabetes and I haven't even been prediabetic.
These worries happen about every 3-4 hours after eating. My symptoms are usually fear, total panicked feeling, loss of concentration, rarely ever actually hungry, and a feeling of slight dizziness an lightheadedness. My fear happens to mostly heighten when I'm in public. I schedule my day around the times I eat. So I always eat at home before going out and I make sure I'm only out for a maximum of 3 hours because if I go longer I start to get those worried symptoms that literally eats away at me all day long :(
Because of the non stop eating, it has caused me to gain over 20 pounds and I'm literally feeling so terrible about my weight and just having to live with the anxiety. I honestly look at myself in the mirror and hate the way I look because last summer I lost 20 pounds and having it all come back is so discouraging.
Today got me thinking big time. I finished my lunch around 1:15. It was pretty healthy and a meal that's supposed to keep you full for a while. I had lentil soup with ground beef and veggies. I read lentils can keep your blood sugar stable IF that's actually what's wrong with me. I've never actually gotten any blood tests done in about a year. After my lunch I went to do some errands. I was supposed to go to two stores but only went to one because of my anxiety. It wasn't even an hour after eating and I started to get those symptoms that I associate with low blood sugar. Before it though I was feeling hot because I had my winter coat on, and I think that sparked the anxiety and then it went from there. I got that dreaded feeling along with those symptoms and the worry that I would faint because of low blood sugar. But then I realized it hasn't even been 3-4 hours since I've last eaten. Now maybe that's just proof that the symptoms I'm associating to low blood sugar aren't because of that reason but because of my generalized anxiety. I don't know what to think.
I'm so sorry about the long rant guys, but it really feels better writing it down and being able to speak to others that understand what it feels like living with anxiety.