Hi there everyone,
This is my first post and these forums, and I'm quite happy to be a member here and starting off with this thread.
First of all, I'm a 23 year old male who is healthy and living a pretty good life, which I am really thankful for. I've never had any problems, and I was always so confident and not afraid to do anything. Until I got my first bout of anxiety, around 3 years ago.
It all started when I had a health scare a few years back. One night, I woke up from my sleep and fainted. I had no idea why that happened, but it did. So I did an MRI, ECG, blood tests, and everything came back fine. I was still ok at that time. A year later, I got two other ones, which were similar. Did another ECG, MRI, blood tests, heart scans, and everything was fine! Which is great, because I don't have a major problem.
But I started to worry, and constantly think about it, and what if it happens again. I would wake up at night and have panic attacks. Those eventually became into the anxiety problem, and I was constantly worrying about everything, and about my health. I would also worry I would pass out at
any moment (it hasn't happened in over 4 years now, since that last time). Anyways, I went to a therapist, and eventually I got rid of this anxiety disorder, and started to live my life normally again. It went on for about two years, everything is ok, until recently.
I've been being too busy and stressed out with work, that I started not getting enough sleep and feeling tired. When I am tired, I always worry that I will pass out or something bad will happen. These thoughts became more frequent, and now my body is feeling physically tired and drained. I started going back to my therapist, and it has somewhat helped. There are good days, and there are bad. I did a blood test two days ago, and that came back fine as well. I am only waiting for the results on the thyroid test, which is driving me crazy, because now I am telling myself All this is because I probably have a problem with my thyroids, even though I did a thyroid test two years ago, and it came back normal. I'm gonna have to wait over a week to get it, and all these thoughts are just bothering me. Then the depersonalisation kicks in, and it also scares me.
Even though I know what all this is, and I did beat it before, it just seems harder much the second time. It's mostly because the physical symptoms, and this fear of passing out. I'm always try to eat every few hours so I don't feel hungry, because when I'm hungry, "I won't have enough energy".
Sorry for writing so much, but I just had to let it all out.
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to the forum, there is loads of help and support on here.
Originally Posted by illcoolz
