evilpenguin
06-09-10, 12:06
Hi guys
I didn't want to post 3 or 4 new threads but I have a few things I want to talk about, maybe you guys can help or offer advice? No one I know seems to understand.
Basically my anxiety seems to be getting worse and I think it's because I feel like no one actually cares. My GP referred me to a specialist because she thinks I have PCOS but the specialist done nothing, he said that because my symptoms weren't bothering me then it wasn't really important - but he didn't actually care about the panic attacks or anything he just kept going on about my contraception & periods. No those things don't bother me but the point is I just wanted to know if thats whats caused my anxiety.... So if I go back to my GP what happens? These past few days I've been wishing they would just medicate me and I could get on with life without worrying about dying every half hour. My GP referred me to a mental health nurse too who was no help whatsoever and has booked me on a stress control course - going to give it a go but really don't think it will help.
Another thing is that every day I worry my symptoms are real and not part of the anxiety. I have been to my doctor about my breasts because the left one felt really strange, much fuller than normal and it was sore a lot.. the pain sort of starts behind the breast, underneath it too, and I get pains down my left arm (usually this starts the "omg heart attack" worry too), and I just ache in that area. (Like right now it hurts from the elbow up to my shoulder on the front of the arm, and my neck hurts on that side too). My doc examined my breast and wasn't concerned/didn't feel any lumps or anything, told me to take ibuprofen and keep a note of when my breast hurts and when my period is because it could just be my cycle affecting it - but why would my arm & neck hurt? I just want to stop thinking about it but I can't! Feel like I'm going insane and have no idea how to stop convincing myself I'm dying. Sometimes wish I was so that this worrying would be over :sad:
How do you stop yourself from thinking about illnesses you think you have, and what do I say to my GP when I go back? And how do I know I'm not actually ill???? I keep thinking I have breast cancer, or some other type of cancer causing all the symptoms. I also think that all the worrying will end up causing the heart attack that I always think I'm about to have. I'm really overweight so obviously that makes me even more paranoid that it's going to happen. I even start to visualise things like my own funeral or what my family would do, how I would be found, all that really morbid stuff. My symptoms feel real but are they? Are they just part of the panic? Am I going insane?? This is so horrible :weep: hoping someone can help.
Thanks x
I didn't want to post 3 or 4 new threads but I have a few things I want to talk about, maybe you guys can help or offer advice? No one I know seems to understand.
Basically my anxiety seems to be getting worse and I think it's because I feel like no one actually cares. My GP referred me to a specialist because she thinks I have PCOS but the specialist done nothing, he said that because my symptoms weren't bothering me then it wasn't really important - but he didn't actually care about the panic attacks or anything he just kept going on about my contraception & periods. No those things don't bother me but the point is I just wanted to know if thats whats caused my anxiety.... So if I go back to my GP what happens? These past few days I've been wishing they would just medicate me and I could get on with life without worrying about dying every half hour. My GP referred me to a mental health nurse too who was no help whatsoever and has booked me on a stress control course - going to give it a go but really don't think it will help.
Another thing is that every day I worry my symptoms are real and not part of the anxiety. I have been to my doctor about my breasts because the left one felt really strange, much fuller than normal and it was sore a lot.. the pain sort of starts behind the breast, underneath it too, and I get pains down my left arm (usually this starts the "omg heart attack" worry too), and I just ache in that area. (Like right now it hurts from the elbow up to my shoulder on the front of the arm, and my neck hurts on that side too). My doc examined my breast and wasn't concerned/didn't feel any lumps or anything, told me to take ibuprofen and keep a note of when my breast hurts and when my period is because it could just be my cycle affecting it - but why would my arm & neck hurt? I just want to stop thinking about it but I can't! Feel like I'm going insane and have no idea how to stop convincing myself I'm dying. Sometimes wish I was so that this worrying would be over :sad:
How do you stop yourself from thinking about illnesses you think you have, and what do I say to my GP when I go back? And how do I know I'm not actually ill???? I keep thinking I have breast cancer, or some other type of cancer causing all the symptoms. I also think that all the worrying will end up causing the heart attack that I always think I'm about to have. I'm really overweight so obviously that makes me even more paranoid that it's going to happen. I even start to visualise things like my own funeral or what my family would do, how I would be found, all that really morbid stuff. My symptoms feel real but are they? Are they just part of the panic? Am I going insane?? This is so horrible :weep: hoping someone can help.
Thanks x