ScardeyCat
26-02-09, 23:32
Hey everyone,
Hope you're all well. I've suffered very badly from agoraphobia, anxiety and depression for about 5 years now, I cannot work and I attend a day hospital. But I've never had a problem with my health, that was until I took an overdose 8 months ago (not proud of it but I felt like it was the only way out at the time. I am much happier now and am so glad I didn't succeed) and ended up in hospital with heart problems.
Since then I have been terrified that I'm about to have a heart attack :weep: I've had tests and have been told everything is fine but I just can't seem to believe my doctor. I have all these symptoms that I feel can't be just in my head. I get chest pain and heaviness, fast pulse (sometimes its really slow and I get worried about that too!!) pain in my left arm, dizzyness, tingling in my fingers and lips, to name a few. It's becoming unbearable :weep: I don't know how to stop it. The symptoms are there so how can I ignore it? Can it really all be caused by anxiety?
I feel like I'm never going to escape anxiety, it's affecting my entire life :weep:
I'm not really sure what responses I'm after, I think I just needed to vent a little as I can't talk to my parnter about this side of my anxiety as I feel stupid or like I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Thanks for taking the time to read this xx
Hope you're all well. I've suffered very badly from agoraphobia, anxiety and depression for about 5 years now, I cannot work and I attend a day hospital. But I've never had a problem with my health, that was until I took an overdose 8 months ago (not proud of it but I felt like it was the only way out at the time. I am much happier now and am so glad I didn't succeed) and ended up in hospital with heart problems.
Since then I have been terrified that I'm about to have a heart attack :weep: I've had tests and have been told everything is fine but I just can't seem to believe my doctor. I have all these symptoms that I feel can't be just in my head. I get chest pain and heaviness, fast pulse (sometimes its really slow and I get worried about that too!!) pain in my left arm, dizzyness, tingling in my fingers and lips, to name a few. It's becoming unbearable :weep: I don't know how to stop it. The symptoms are there so how can I ignore it? Can it really all be caused by anxiety?
I feel like I'm never going to escape anxiety, it's affecting my entire life :weep:
I'm not really sure what responses I'm after, I think I just needed to vent a little as I can't talk to my parnter about this side of my anxiety as I feel stupid or like I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill.
Thanks for taking the time to read this xx