Blackstar
02-05-08, 10:31
Hi everyone.
It's been a long time since I came onto this forum. Last year was a hellish year for me anxiety-wise, but as I recovered from the acute stress my therapist advised breaking bad habits...so that meant no googling symptoms, no watching Street Doctor and perhaps not coming onto this forum so much.
And I was doing so well. Felt happy for the first time in ages, felt healthy too, and so much more positive and able to manage my anxiety.
But now the anxiety beast has made its presence felt again for various reasons. First there was the worry about melanoma (which took me to the GP to have a mole checked out, and she made me feel so stupid and guilty that I don't want to go back), then a worry about lymphoma (again), and now a worry about tiredness (caused by autoimmune-related pernicious anaemia, not so odd because it's common in people with thyroid disorders and I have that). I feel so tired all the time, can't wake up easily in the morning and can't stay up late...despite a solid 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
I just don't know what to do. But writing this and knowing you all understand felt like the right thing to do. And I want to say thank you for reading this far!
I would welcome any advice...but just reaching out to you all has taken some of the heaviness off my heart. :blush:
Anna. x
It's been a long time since I came onto this forum. Last year was a hellish year for me anxiety-wise, but as I recovered from the acute stress my therapist advised breaking bad habits...so that meant no googling symptoms, no watching Street Doctor and perhaps not coming onto this forum so much.
And I was doing so well. Felt happy for the first time in ages, felt healthy too, and so much more positive and able to manage my anxiety.
But now the anxiety beast has made its presence felt again for various reasons. First there was the worry about melanoma (which took me to the GP to have a mole checked out, and she made me feel so stupid and guilty that I don't want to go back), then a worry about lymphoma (again), and now a worry about tiredness (caused by autoimmune-related pernicious anaemia, not so odd because it's common in people with thyroid disorders and I have that). I feel so tired all the time, can't wake up easily in the morning and can't stay up late...despite a solid 7-8 hours of sleep a night.
I just don't know what to do. But writing this and knowing you all understand felt like the right thing to do. And I want to say thank you for reading this far!
I would welcome any advice...but just reaching out to you all has taken some of the heaviness off my heart. :blush:
Anna. x