ninaj19
22-12-10, 21:59
Hi Everyone
ive suffered with health anxiety for about 4 years now, i dont recall why it started as i felt 'normal' before all of this as im sure we all did at one time!
i guess i have always been a bit of a worrier but never more so than when i think about having a heart attack, which i do reguarly seeing as one of my worst symptoms is chest pain.
Its reached a point where i am happy if i get other anxiety symptoms, which used to scare me, id rather these anyday over the chest pains, these i just cant cope with at times, but like all of us i just try to get on with it and take each day as it comes, its just that some days are worse than others.
I have a muscle on the right side of my chest which i must have pulled somehow over a year ago now, suddenly, usually when i am abit tense, the muscle will become so sore, i take painkillers to try and releive it abit and i use bachs rescue remedy alot. i have spoken to my doctor about it as it really worries me at times, but more than that, it really is painful and i would hate to think that im stuck with it for life but also i dont know what could be done to sort it out either!the doc always assures me that it is a tensed muscle and when my anxiety kicks in, i tense myself up with starts to make the muscle sore.
I also wanted to add a very strange thing i think, is that alot of people around me are ill at the moment, colds and flu and bugs going around, and (touch wood) dare i say that i NEVER catch anything!its really weird for someone who suffers with health anxiety, i am actually never ill like that at all, ive probabaly had 2 sniffles in the last 4-5 years which i know means i am very lucky!
ive suffered with health anxiety for about 4 years now, i dont recall why it started as i felt 'normal' before all of this as im sure we all did at one time!
i guess i have always been a bit of a worrier but never more so than when i think about having a heart attack, which i do reguarly seeing as one of my worst symptoms is chest pain.
Its reached a point where i am happy if i get other anxiety symptoms, which used to scare me, id rather these anyday over the chest pains, these i just cant cope with at times, but like all of us i just try to get on with it and take each day as it comes, its just that some days are worse than others.
I have a muscle on the right side of my chest which i must have pulled somehow over a year ago now, suddenly, usually when i am abit tense, the muscle will become so sore, i take painkillers to try and releive it abit and i use bachs rescue remedy alot. i have spoken to my doctor about it as it really worries me at times, but more than that, it really is painful and i would hate to think that im stuck with it for life but also i dont know what could be done to sort it out either!the doc always assures me that it is a tensed muscle and when my anxiety kicks in, i tense myself up with starts to make the muscle sore.
I also wanted to add a very strange thing i think, is that alot of people around me are ill at the moment, colds and flu and bugs going around, and (touch wood) dare i say that i NEVER catch anything!its really weird for someone who suffers with health anxiety, i am actually never ill like that at all, ive probabaly had 2 sniffles in the last 4-5 years which i know means i am very lucky!