neon_skyline
03-09-07, 01:51
i recently went away for a week to plymouth and while i was there i felt great... i was sleeping absolutely fine and my health anxiety seemed to be going completely. i also tried emdr while i was there and it made me feel great.
however, now i have come back to sheffield and am starting to feel the thoughts creeping back into my head. i have felt so anxious this evening that i have had to get out of bed altogether because i was getting so panicky. i could feel my heart beat all over my body and couldn't shake the thought that something awful was about to happen to me.
then the loss of feeling in my leg started again (which i think is restless leg syndrome) and it was also keeping me from sleeping.
i have now just had to take a zopiclone for the first time in 2 weeks because i know it'll stop me having a full-blown panic attack and i need to sleep because i have work tomorrow. i can't become reliant on these again - i was starting to think my insomnia was going away! but it's the nasty thoughts which keep me awake...
how do i stop myself from falling back into the trap of terrible health anxiety? i was just getting on with everything last week, and now every little feeling immediately leads to me thinking the worst in my head. i'm most scared of something sudden, like a heart attack (mainly because i'm getting that weird empty feeling in my chest again) or a stroke.
any help/advice would be really appreciated.
sally xxx
however, now i have come back to sheffield and am starting to feel the thoughts creeping back into my head. i have felt so anxious this evening that i have had to get out of bed altogether because i was getting so panicky. i could feel my heart beat all over my body and couldn't shake the thought that something awful was about to happen to me.
then the loss of feeling in my leg started again (which i think is restless leg syndrome) and it was also keeping me from sleeping.
i have now just had to take a zopiclone for the first time in 2 weeks because i know it'll stop me having a full-blown panic attack and i need to sleep because i have work tomorrow. i can't become reliant on these again - i was starting to think my insomnia was going away! but it's the nasty thoughts which keep me awake...
how do i stop myself from falling back into the trap of terrible health anxiety? i was just getting on with everything last week, and now every little feeling immediately leads to me thinking the worst in my head. i'm most scared of something sudden, like a heart attack (mainly because i'm getting that weird empty feeling in my chest again) or a stroke.
any help/advice would be really appreciated.
sally xxx