TK09
02-01-20, 20:15
Hi all,
I have been living with GAD for quite a few years now. After a rather succesful attempt of pushing it aside and working on myself I managed to go almost half a year without any anxiety. However just after Christmas I buckled. I went against my No.1 mantra.... NEVER GOOGLE ILLNESSES!
The story begins after a boozy Xmas day and tiring Boxing day I returned home with my wife. I was quite dehydrated and had a headache all day.I got to sleep with my head pounding and woke up at 4am. Usually I would just think "ah man, headache" and pop an ibuprofen. But for some reason I decided to google "headaches" and went into the rabbit hole. One anxious phone call with the NHS 111 service and a full on 2hours of panicking later I returned to bed. I woke up, headache gone... what a suprise.... anxiety and worry you did it again!! This time however my whole body was weak and fatigued, I was clearly unwell with the common cold. However, AGAIN, I googled weak body and limbs and jumped down another rabbit hole. For 3 whole days I worried obsessively over my sensations and symptoms, they had taken full control of me. Brain fog, tiredness all the rest returned. Anyway, with the majority of the worrying over I have now been left with what feels like internal tremors. The feeling you get after a really tough day at the gym and your muscles tremor when you move them. I dont tremor when I am calm and sitting still. It just feels like they are tremoring when I move them. Could this be a sign of anxiety? An overworked nervous system? the product of chronic stress? Has anyone else ever experienced something like this before after an episode of chronic stress?
I have been living with GAD for quite a few years now. After a rather succesful attempt of pushing it aside and working on myself I managed to go almost half a year without any anxiety. However just after Christmas I buckled. I went against my No.1 mantra.... NEVER GOOGLE ILLNESSES!
The story begins after a boozy Xmas day and tiring Boxing day I returned home with my wife. I was quite dehydrated and had a headache all day.I got to sleep with my head pounding and woke up at 4am. Usually I would just think "ah man, headache" and pop an ibuprofen. But for some reason I decided to google "headaches" and went into the rabbit hole. One anxious phone call with the NHS 111 service and a full on 2hours of panicking later I returned to bed. I woke up, headache gone... what a suprise.... anxiety and worry you did it again!! This time however my whole body was weak and fatigued, I was clearly unwell with the common cold. However, AGAIN, I googled weak body and limbs and jumped down another rabbit hole. For 3 whole days I worried obsessively over my sensations and symptoms, they had taken full control of me. Brain fog, tiredness all the rest returned. Anyway, with the majority of the worrying over I have now been left with what feels like internal tremors. The feeling you get after a really tough day at the gym and your muscles tremor when you move them. I dont tremor when I am calm and sitting still. It just feels like they are tremoring when I move them. Could this be a sign of anxiety? An overworked nervous system? the product of chronic stress? Has anyone else ever experienced something like this before after an episode of chronic stress?