Re: Rough time ☹️
Originally Posted by
julieG
I had bad health anxiety years ago and now it’s retuned with a vengeance. I had back and chest pain last week, saw the GP and he said I was fine, just muscular. The pain left then I started to get pain in my shoulder blade. It was really bad. Again the GP spoke to me by phone and said no cardiac signs. I was convinced I was having a cardiac event. I have pain in the other side of my neck which I’m sure is a tumour. This is so unlike me these days.
Hi Julie, it's really common for anxiety to kick in as HA when somebody close us is ill or dies - as was the case with my mother. She died suddenly and the HA which had been dormant for several years came back with a vengeance. Heart symptoms are one of the most common anxiety symptoms. My first symptom was severe chest pain which I had to have an ECG for. I'm not sure how you are associating a pain in your neck with a tumour, but it's most likely to be tension related. Do you tense your jaw? Because that affects the neck muscles too.
You've been through something very stressful and the stress hormones will have been flowing during that time. It will take your body some time to settle down - and that's providing you don't add fear to these normal anxiety symptoms. If you do fear them, then this ride will be a lot longer and will possibly take you to places you don't want to go - believe me.
Practice self-care and relaxation. Hubs is back and I take it that he's on the mend? Time to look after yourself now. X
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