ZMan
07-09-10, 00:58
Hi everyone, how are we all?
Just signed up so new to the forum, I'm an 18 year old male from Glasgow, Scotland.
Basically over the past couple of months anxiety has really affected me, I'll go into a bit of detail regarding my 'story'. *After typing it all out, i'll apologise here for making it long but it felt good to type it all out.
I've always been a bit of a natural worrier, one of those people who always fears the worst possible scenario, to the point where I always think of consequences and the like.
So this summer I left college in late May, got an A in my final exam and hence got accepted into univeristy, which commences in a couple of weeks. At the start of summer, I was very unsuccessful in finding a job so I spent many days in June and July without any routine whatsoever, at home in my room on the computer, sleeping late and waking up late. on occasion there was days where I wouldn't go out whatsoever. It was at this point where I started to feel a bit 'not right' (without really knowing how to explain it).
So anyway I think it was late June/early July when I accidentally swallowed a bit of metal and thought I was gonna die as a result. Ended up in the emergency room ,they checked me and made sure everything was ok, turned out I wasn't gonan die. Anyway, over the next few nights lying in bed at night I'd feel that my throat was closing up and I'd think it was still in there and that would set me off worrying - heart racing, throat closing (I thought), feeling of dread in stomach and the like. I phoned NHS 24 that night and the women I spoke to said it sounded most definitely like an anxiety attack.
However, after much reassurance, I most definitely managed to get rid of that feeling in my head that whatever I swallowed was still stuck in there and after a couple of weeks I totally forgot abotu the metal.
However, while that was totally gone and hasn't worried me to this day, I noticed that soon after, those symptoms that I had the night that my symptoms were described as an anxiety attack were still with me. Mostly at night-time when I lay in bed to sleep. My first visit to the doctors was at this point to complain about the lump in my throat that I felt during most of the day, she checked myself out, took a swab and put me in for a blood test.
The night before I had the blood test was my worst night, I think it turned into a full panic attack, ran downstairs at 4/5am heart gonig at 100mph, my self shaking badly convinced I was going to die. My parents managed to calm me down and we didn't have to go to hospital. On the day of the blood test I spoke to a doctor again and she said just to try and calm myself, read self-help books and tire myself out more.
Blood tests came back fine. However, the swab showed a minor yeast/thrush infection for my throat so I was given drops for that. Took them over the past few days but recently I've noticed (or convinced myself I have) a sore stomach and 'heartburn' after eating as well as the throat prolems associated with both acid reflux and yeast infection.
Recently I've read that yeast infection/candida, (my only confirmed 'condition', although a minor case it appears) GERD (Acid Reflux) and anxiety are all/can be related, and come about as a result of each other.
I'd most definitely say I have anxiety based symptoms, for weeks/months I've struggled to sleep before 3am, and sometimes on my way out such as in the train I get a bit of a feeling of dread and tell myself to turn back (which I never have so far) and I always always ensure to keep my inhaler by my side at all times even though I've not had to use it for years.
Today I started trainnig for a new job and in the office when our mentor was speaking I was thinknig to myself "I can't do this"/"My throats closing over, I should run out for a drink".....
My family know I've been worked up/suffered form panic recently but I've not straight told them "I think I'm suffering from anxiety".
My doctor last week put me on Omneprazole for Acid Reflux, and I was confirmed with having a minor yeast infection so I was wondering if anybody has also been down this road and would like to share their info.
Also, was just wondering/seeking some advice/reassurance regarding the anxiety.
Thanks.
Z
PS apologies again for the long post and no doubt the spelling errors.
Just signed up so new to the forum, I'm an 18 year old male from Glasgow, Scotland.
Basically over the past couple of months anxiety has really affected me, I'll go into a bit of detail regarding my 'story'. *After typing it all out, i'll apologise here for making it long but it felt good to type it all out.
I've always been a bit of a natural worrier, one of those people who always fears the worst possible scenario, to the point where I always think of consequences and the like.
So this summer I left college in late May, got an A in my final exam and hence got accepted into univeristy, which commences in a couple of weeks. At the start of summer, I was very unsuccessful in finding a job so I spent many days in June and July without any routine whatsoever, at home in my room on the computer, sleeping late and waking up late. on occasion there was days where I wouldn't go out whatsoever. It was at this point where I started to feel a bit 'not right' (without really knowing how to explain it).
So anyway I think it was late June/early July when I accidentally swallowed a bit of metal and thought I was gonna die as a result. Ended up in the emergency room ,they checked me and made sure everything was ok, turned out I wasn't gonan die. Anyway, over the next few nights lying in bed at night I'd feel that my throat was closing up and I'd think it was still in there and that would set me off worrying - heart racing, throat closing (I thought), feeling of dread in stomach and the like. I phoned NHS 24 that night and the women I spoke to said it sounded most definitely like an anxiety attack.
However, after much reassurance, I most definitely managed to get rid of that feeling in my head that whatever I swallowed was still stuck in there and after a couple of weeks I totally forgot abotu the metal.
However, while that was totally gone and hasn't worried me to this day, I noticed that soon after, those symptoms that I had the night that my symptoms were described as an anxiety attack were still with me. Mostly at night-time when I lay in bed to sleep. My first visit to the doctors was at this point to complain about the lump in my throat that I felt during most of the day, she checked myself out, took a swab and put me in for a blood test.
The night before I had the blood test was my worst night, I think it turned into a full panic attack, ran downstairs at 4/5am heart gonig at 100mph, my self shaking badly convinced I was going to die. My parents managed to calm me down and we didn't have to go to hospital. On the day of the blood test I spoke to a doctor again and she said just to try and calm myself, read self-help books and tire myself out more.
Blood tests came back fine. However, the swab showed a minor yeast/thrush infection for my throat so I was given drops for that. Took them over the past few days but recently I've noticed (or convinced myself I have) a sore stomach and 'heartburn' after eating as well as the throat prolems associated with both acid reflux and yeast infection.
Recently I've read that yeast infection/candida, (my only confirmed 'condition', although a minor case it appears) GERD (Acid Reflux) and anxiety are all/can be related, and come about as a result of each other.
I'd most definitely say I have anxiety based symptoms, for weeks/months I've struggled to sleep before 3am, and sometimes on my way out such as in the train I get a bit of a feeling of dread and tell myself to turn back (which I never have so far) and I always always ensure to keep my inhaler by my side at all times even though I've not had to use it for years.
Today I started trainnig for a new job and in the office when our mentor was speaking I was thinknig to myself "I can't do this"/"My throats closing over, I should run out for a drink".....
My family know I've been worked up/suffered form panic recently but I've not straight told them "I think I'm suffering from anxiety".
My doctor last week put me on Omneprazole for Acid Reflux, and I was confirmed with having a minor yeast infection so I was wondering if anybody has also been down this road and would like to share their info.
Also, was just wondering/seeking some advice/reassurance regarding the anxiety.
Thanks.
Z
PS apologies again for the long post and no doubt the spelling errors.