snowflake293
15-10-18, 10:27
I am hoping someone can help because I am having a really horrible time with my HA. Again.
Basically I have been tapering off my meds (Sertraline) for some time, say about 5 months. I am on 25mg every other day now and I feel like I have some ‘rebound anxiety’.
It is mainly centred around health issues. I feel angry with myself for having these feelings because I worked so hard, for years, to retrain my brain!
This time I have MS fears L its churning me up and I hate it. I suffer with shoulder pain/tension which has been worse lately cause I’ve been more anxious but I am also getting strange tingling sensations in my hands and fingers. I do wonder if the tingling might be also related to coming off my meds. Either way, I am focusing on it all the time and it is making it worse. I am too scared to tell the dr about the pins and needles in my hands cause I am scared I will have to go for an MRI. My biggest problem is a fear of waiting for test results. I can't bear it and it makes me throw up I get so nervous. I can't sleep or eat.
I feel low anyway being off my meds and having these health worries is just dragging me down further. I am in a really ‘good place’ with my life at the moment, I have no real sources of external stress or worry... just my own mind to contend with L
How do I stop myself falling down the rabbit hole again? Has anyone else had MS fears? Its a new one for me, I used to mainly fear c-word stuff.
Basically I have been tapering off my meds (Sertraline) for some time, say about 5 months. I am on 25mg every other day now and I feel like I have some ‘rebound anxiety’.
It is mainly centred around health issues. I feel angry with myself for having these feelings because I worked so hard, for years, to retrain my brain!
This time I have MS fears L its churning me up and I hate it. I suffer with shoulder pain/tension which has been worse lately cause I’ve been more anxious but I am also getting strange tingling sensations in my hands and fingers. I do wonder if the tingling might be also related to coming off my meds. Either way, I am focusing on it all the time and it is making it worse. I am too scared to tell the dr about the pins and needles in my hands cause I am scared I will have to go for an MRI. My biggest problem is a fear of waiting for test results. I can't bear it and it makes me throw up I get so nervous. I can't sleep or eat.
I feel low anyway being off my meds and having these health worries is just dragging me down further. I am in a really ‘good place’ with my life at the moment, I have no real sources of external stress or worry... just my own mind to contend with L
How do I stop myself falling down the rabbit hole again? Has anyone else had MS fears? Its a new one for me, I used to mainly fear c-word stuff.