locopingas
01-02-17, 22:34
Newcomer to the board, and about a month in to feeling like this- my physical anxiety symptoms keep changing- does anyone else get this- this is accompanied by me worrying that I have yet another life threatening condition.
It started over christmas- I'd had quite a stressful few months at work, long hours, tight deadlines, drinking a little too much. I'd also had a slightly traumatic event in my personal life, but I thought I was coping.
Then on the 27th December, I felt a sudden, sharp stabbing pain in the chest- that was it, but it spooked me. I got on with my day though.
Then, up until the new year, around midday, I felt a pain in my chest and numbness in my left arm, also had the sensation of not breathing in enough air, even though my breathing was fine... Absolutely convinced I had heart disease, and was about to drop down dead. However, when I first felt the symptoms, they could have been indigestion- me googling symptoms of a heart attack didn't help, because after I did that, I found myself with a pain in my jaw.
This finally came to a head when a work, I felt a muscle aching pain in my chest, on the left side and called NHS 111, who assured me that my symptoms were not that of cardiac disease.
I made a doctors appointment for the following week, and at this point, the physical sensations stopped, to be replaced by mental anxiety- I was constantly running over various frightening, non health related scenarios that could happen to me- this again persisted for a few days, before subsiding. By the time my doctors appointment came round, I felt fine and hardly thought about the anxiety or had any sensations- didn't see any point in going, but I did.
Then, in the waiting room, I started thinking about the anxiety, and my left arm starting going numb/pins and needles. Doctor said anxiety and stress and sent me on my way. At this point, I notice the veins on my hands, particularly the left are extremely visible. They subside then come back- I'm convinced that I have thrombosis or a clot.
Then I forget about those symptoms and don't feel them, but the next week I have a couple of headaches, and I'm convinced this is a precursor to a brain aneurysm. Then I forget about that and get back to normal.
This weekend gone I drink a little too much- not enough to be very drunk but above the limit (Been a heavy but drinker for less than five years, and have long periods of abstinence), then I get the flu and am off sick at home, First day fine, yesterday, after hearing about bleeding varices, I become convinced I have severe liver damage/cirrhosis despite having absolutely no physical symptoms whatsoever. However, I start to feel a slight pain in my abdomen, and a very brief pulsing sensation tonight, and I start panicking that I have an abdominal aneurysm.
At the moment, if I hear about any form of life-threatening condition, I subconciously begin mentally checking myself for any symptoms, and these areas start feeling slightly painful. I'm frightened of dying... and at the same time, I know its all in my head. But that doesn't always help.
TL:DR I have anxiety, and in one month I've been convinced I have had
-Heart disease
-Thrombosis
-Aneurysm
-Liver Disease/Cirrhosis
And have had physical sensations corresponding to all of these. Anyone else had similar?
It started over christmas- I'd had quite a stressful few months at work, long hours, tight deadlines, drinking a little too much. I'd also had a slightly traumatic event in my personal life, but I thought I was coping.
Then on the 27th December, I felt a sudden, sharp stabbing pain in the chest- that was it, but it spooked me. I got on with my day though.
Then, up until the new year, around midday, I felt a pain in my chest and numbness in my left arm, also had the sensation of not breathing in enough air, even though my breathing was fine... Absolutely convinced I had heart disease, and was about to drop down dead. However, when I first felt the symptoms, they could have been indigestion- me googling symptoms of a heart attack didn't help, because after I did that, I found myself with a pain in my jaw.
This finally came to a head when a work, I felt a muscle aching pain in my chest, on the left side and called NHS 111, who assured me that my symptoms were not that of cardiac disease.
I made a doctors appointment for the following week, and at this point, the physical sensations stopped, to be replaced by mental anxiety- I was constantly running over various frightening, non health related scenarios that could happen to me- this again persisted for a few days, before subsiding. By the time my doctors appointment came round, I felt fine and hardly thought about the anxiety or had any sensations- didn't see any point in going, but I did.
Then, in the waiting room, I started thinking about the anxiety, and my left arm starting going numb/pins and needles. Doctor said anxiety and stress and sent me on my way. At this point, I notice the veins on my hands, particularly the left are extremely visible. They subside then come back- I'm convinced that I have thrombosis or a clot.
Then I forget about those symptoms and don't feel them, but the next week I have a couple of headaches, and I'm convinced this is a precursor to a brain aneurysm. Then I forget about that and get back to normal.
This weekend gone I drink a little too much- not enough to be very drunk but above the limit (Been a heavy but drinker for less than five years, and have long periods of abstinence), then I get the flu and am off sick at home, First day fine, yesterday, after hearing about bleeding varices, I become convinced I have severe liver damage/cirrhosis despite having absolutely no physical symptoms whatsoever. However, I start to feel a slight pain in my abdomen, and a very brief pulsing sensation tonight, and I start panicking that I have an abdominal aneurysm.
At the moment, if I hear about any form of life-threatening condition, I subconciously begin mentally checking myself for any symptoms, and these areas start feeling slightly painful. I'm frightened of dying... and at the same time, I know its all in my head. But that doesn't always help.
TL:DR I have anxiety, and in one month I've been convinced I have had
-Heart disease
-Thrombosis
-Aneurysm
-Liver Disease/Cirrhosis
And have had physical sensations corresponding to all of these. Anyone else had similar?