kaz0904
11-06-08, 13:24
Hello, I'm Karen, and have just started posting on this forum.
I'm 31 and have been suffering from anxiety for a couple of years now. I have only just discovered this website, and I am finding it a huge help.
So anyway, a couple of years ago, I started feeling ill. My IBS, which I have had since I was a teenager, got really bad, and I was getting severe surging pain in my arms, legs, neck, head, chest.....everywhere basically. I convinced myself I had cancer and AIDS (both at the same time, so there was really no hope for me at all) and finally went to the doctors! I was told I had Anxiety Disorder, caused by extreme stress. Not a surprise, we had just bought a house, I had just passed my driving test, I was being pursued by the Inland Revenue for thousands of pounds in Tax Credits I had never recieved, and my ex-husbands mother was pestering me for unsupervised access to my daughter (long story also!)
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I ended up on meds for 3 months, but got pregnant, so I had to come off them. Straight away, which meant I came crashing down again! Being pregnant made the anxiety fade into the distance for me, but now the baby is 8 months old, and my old problems are slowly returning. I'm back at the bad IBS stage at the moment, so I am taking meds for that. I don't want to end up on antidepressants again, so I am looking for other ways to solve the problem.
But having found this website, I am happy that there are other people who suffer like I do, and can talk things through with! :)
Kaz
I'm 31 and have been suffering from anxiety for a couple of years now. I have only just discovered this website, and I am finding it a huge help.
So anyway, a couple of years ago, I started feeling ill. My IBS, which I have had since I was a teenager, got really bad, and I was getting severe surging pain in my arms, legs, neck, head, chest.....everywhere basically. I convinced myself I had cancer and AIDS (both at the same time, so there was really no hope for me at all) and finally went to the doctors! I was told I had Anxiety Disorder, caused by extreme stress. Not a surprise, we had just bought a house, I had just passed my driving test, I was being pursued by the Inland Revenue for thousands of pounds in Tax Credits I had never recieved, and my ex-husbands mother was pestering me for unsupervised access to my daughter (long story also!)
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I ended up on meds for 3 months, but got pregnant, so I had to come off them. Straight away, which meant I came crashing down again! Being pregnant made the anxiety fade into the distance for me, but now the baby is 8 months old, and my old problems are slowly returning. I'm back at the bad IBS stage at the moment, so I am taking meds for that. I don't want to end up on antidepressants again, so I am looking for other ways to solve the problem.
But having found this website, I am happy that there are other people who suffer like I do, and can talk things through with! :)
Kaz