Josie
02-08-09, 21:59
Hi,
I've suffered with anxiety for quite a long time, in particular I have experienced derealisation/depersonalisation and about a year and a half ago I started to take citalopram to help cope with the symptoms. I began to feel much better about six months ago and so came off the medication about a month and a half ago and I was doing really well. However, just a week ago I was diagnosed with a vitamin B12 deficiency. My vitamin B12 has been decreasing for about 6 months making me pass out. When I was diagnosed last week the doctor said that I would have to have B12 injections for the rest of my life and also said he would like to have a camera inserted into my stomach as this defficiancy is so rare in people under 50 - I'm 26. Since this point my anxiety is starting to come back - the panic attacks, the derealisation, the constant emotional rollercoaster and knotts in my stomach. I said initially that I was scared having a camera down because I'm scared of the procedure, I've never been in hospital and I know I'm a wimp but it terrifies me. But when I went to see the nurse for my injection she encouraged me to go and have the referral made to have it done. I went back to see a different doctor and told her the situation and she asked me if I had any other symptoms. When I explained that I didn't, she said there would be no need for it to be done. But friends and family are saying "what if it's cancer" and its terrifying me. I'm now anxious about having cancer and about having/not having the stupid procedure. I'm sorry this is so long winded but I have nowhere else to turn. I feel like I have done so well and I am now returning to that dark and lonely road that I was walking a couple of years ago. Please help me if you can, I would really appreciate it.
Josie:unsure:
I've suffered with anxiety for quite a long time, in particular I have experienced derealisation/depersonalisation and about a year and a half ago I started to take citalopram to help cope with the symptoms. I began to feel much better about six months ago and so came off the medication about a month and a half ago and I was doing really well. However, just a week ago I was diagnosed with a vitamin B12 deficiency. My vitamin B12 has been decreasing for about 6 months making me pass out. When I was diagnosed last week the doctor said that I would have to have B12 injections for the rest of my life and also said he would like to have a camera inserted into my stomach as this defficiancy is so rare in people under 50 - I'm 26. Since this point my anxiety is starting to come back - the panic attacks, the derealisation, the constant emotional rollercoaster and knotts in my stomach. I said initially that I was scared having a camera down because I'm scared of the procedure, I've never been in hospital and I know I'm a wimp but it terrifies me. But when I went to see the nurse for my injection she encouraged me to go and have the referral made to have it done. I went back to see a different doctor and told her the situation and she asked me if I had any other symptoms. When I explained that I didn't, she said there would be no need for it to be done. But friends and family are saying "what if it's cancer" and its terrifying me. I'm now anxious about having cancer and about having/not having the stupid procedure. I'm sorry this is so long winded but I have nowhere else to turn. I feel like I have done so well and I am now returning to that dark and lonely road that I was walking a couple of years ago. Please help me if you can, I would really appreciate it.
Josie:unsure: