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Is common to lose weight with anxiety? I went to the docs mon evening and she sais i had a swollen lymph node, the second she told me i was scared and went off my food , i have eaten very little over the next two days , i have been worrying over it all , i seem to have lost 3 to 4lb ... is this normal , i dont feel like eating . I have had various bloods seven weejks ago , all clear... she only wants me to have blood taken in 4 weeks , am i worrying over nothing ?
thanks
moggy
I think if you are very worried you do go off food, and if you aren't eating it is likely you you will lose weight
Can't give you any advice about the lymph node but i can tell you that it is pretty common to lose alot of weight fast with anxiety, it's the fear. I lost 2 stone i really thought there was something seriously wrong with me and i really struggled to lose weight before.
Try to relax about the lymph node, i do know they can swell for pretty much no reason at all.
Luckily i dont even know where these lymph nodes are located and i can never feel any of these little bumpy things people talk about on here.
Starscream
11-11-09, 17:49
I have actually been eating a lot MORE recently and have been struggling for breath at times.
I am worried sick all the time and very anxious a lot but I am eating more.
gypsywomen
11-11-09, 17:54
i think you are too
PanicOver!!
11-11-09, 18:20
Hi
When i was at my worst i lost a stone in under a week and i too was convinced i had "C" my dr said it is totslly normal to lose weigh when extremely anxious due to the exessive adrenaline you burn up
thanks... since i had my first panic attacks a few month ago , i have been scared senseless. I think i have got everything , analyze too much , stress too much , worry too much.. like i have said previously , i have had two lots of bloods done seven weeks ago and the were clear , had two ecg clear , seen two ent specialists and nothing , seen four docs and nothing...I had a bad chest about seven weeks ago and i have been left with mucus going down the back of my nose continuously , making me snurch and clear my throat regularly and sometimes cough, so i have gone paranoid thinking i have C and since the lymph node in my neck ( right ) has appearead , i tend to think the worse
thanks
moggy
Swollen lymph nodes are quite common this time of year with all the bugs going around. It's just the body's immune system fighting off infections - so as all your tests have come back negative I wouldn't worry about it.
Starscream
11-11-09, 20:21
Weird since commenting on this thread today my throat has now started to be shot to pieces.
No idea what is going on at all.
Sorry star , hope my thread aint the cause of it .. its weird though , when i think i have something , then google , i come out with all the symptoms , does the mind make you think you have symptoms when you are anxious ?
Starscream
11-11-09, 20:37
Sorry star , hope my thread aint the cause of it .. its weird though , when i think i have something , then google , i come out with all the symptoms , does the mind make you think you have symptoms when you are anxious ?
The mind is a very powerful thing.
All I will say, is that Google is a very dangerous invention.
Useful.
But also very frightening.
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