StevePW
23-05-09, 22:23
Hi Guys,
I am new to this site and have recently been diagnosed with stress and anxiety, it has been ongoing for about the last 3 months now, was going slightly nuts till i found this site, none of my symptoms made sense to me because they were just so random and varied, they did not point at anything.
Was getting headaches, neck pains, facial / limb numbness, heart flutters, sore limbs, lapses in concentration and feeling very hopeless and low at points to list just a few, went to the doctor to have a full exam and it all came back clear, but when the doctor told me it was anxiety and stress I could not believe that it was all pretty much in my head, i was convinced it was something very serious and probably fatal which as you know is a very hard thing to get out of your head.
I didn't feel stressed or anxious in any way, I do have a stressful job with long hours but really love and enjoy what I do, which makes the whole thing harder to believe that my body could feel this bad and there not be anything physically wrong.
But since I googled what the doc said and found this sight, it really helps after having read the forums to know that there are other people out there who feel the same way as me and can understand what i feel( and the symptoms page helped a lot to make sense of it all :smile: ).
I am new to this site and have recently been diagnosed with stress and anxiety, it has been ongoing for about the last 3 months now, was going slightly nuts till i found this site, none of my symptoms made sense to me because they were just so random and varied, they did not point at anything.
Was getting headaches, neck pains, facial / limb numbness, heart flutters, sore limbs, lapses in concentration and feeling very hopeless and low at points to list just a few, went to the doctor to have a full exam and it all came back clear, but when the doctor told me it was anxiety and stress I could not believe that it was all pretty much in my head, i was convinced it was something very serious and probably fatal which as you know is a very hard thing to get out of your head.
I didn't feel stressed or anxious in any way, I do have a stressful job with long hours but really love and enjoy what I do, which makes the whole thing harder to believe that my body could feel this bad and there not be anything physically wrong.
But since I googled what the doc said and found this sight, it really helps after having read the forums to know that there are other people out there who feel the same way as me and can understand what i feel( and the symptoms page helped a lot to make sense of it all :smile: ).