TexasDad

I have dealt with many symptoms and believing I have many diseases for the past 3 years. I have my ups and downs. But it does get better especially after the many doctors visits that time me I'm healthy. What has helped me the most is trying to stay active. Just recently I cracked some ribs and s severely sprained my wrist to where I couldn't work and pretty much been laid up in the house for the past month. And in doing so the symptoms started creeping back up along with the bad anxiety. But I had some friends come over and didn't have any symptoms and was back to my "normal" self while they were over once again confirming in my mind that everything was ok and once again it was nothing more that stress and anxiety. It's a continuous battle that we deal with. But it is a battle we can win.

Hey anxietystinks glad you joined us on here. We are a close nit caring group. I have felt many symptoms both physical and mental on days on in with this horrible thing that we have. Support and understanding from others is a very important part of our recovery and ability to learn how to live instead of watching our lives. If you need help and reassurance you have found the place.

I am greatful for the support and advice that I have found on this forum. There is some amazing people on here. As y'all know I have been suffering with PTSD, GAD, and HA for the past year and a half. And Extreme GAD and HA since December. The constant feeling of impending doom. Like I'm going to die at any sec of everyday. Or lack of sleep because I feared I would not wake up if I fell asleep. I have even lost weight because every time I ate I would think I would choke because I had a feeling of sometime stuck I'm my throat when I would swallow. I have been to countless doctors countless times for fear of stroke, heart attack, aneurysm, blood clot, brain tumor, other c****rs, and the list can go on and on. Every time I would go they all would tell me I'm one of the healthiest patient they have seen. And forever I just could not believe them...there's sometime they just had to be missing. With all the countless physical symptoms I was having (just pick one and I've had it at one point) there was no way in my mind that this was just anxiety. I isolated my self to my house constantly searching my self and my body to see if I was feeling ok from the time I woke up till I passed out. Which of course I always found some ache ,pain, weird feeling that I knew meant something was wrong. That led to a vicious cycle that had me hating my life and back and forth trips to the doctor and er with once again me not believing a word they said. Well I have been going to therapy and really try to do what my psychiatrist has been suggesting. A good friend of mine got married 3 weeks ago and my sister the following week and I noticed during those events I had no pain no symptoms and actually had one hell of a good time. It felt so great to actually enjoy life for the first time in a while. Even though back at home I still had the symptoms I had HOPE!!!!! So I started going out more. Hanging out with friends and family more. I even started singing again. And started working again week before last. ANXIETY IS NOT RUNNING MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. I still do have my moments everyday with pains and other symptoms but they have just been a small nuisance for a short time. I'm not saying I haven't been having bad moments because I still have a few and yes the thought of death enters my brain from time to time. But I am making great progress!!!! I am starting to make plans for the future which seemed impossible a short time ago. I felt like there was never going to be an end to my suffering. Even though I still have a long way to go to recovery because I have since learned that this is going to be a marathon and not a Sprint I know I am ready to take on this evil thing called anxiety. And my baby steps I have been taking are adding up and the rewards are starting to show themselves. Together we can defeat this!!!!!!! If anybody needs any help I am here for you. Because I know I am not cured and will need the continued support from this great community. I Hope my story will help somebody and give them comfort and hope knowing it's not impossible to overcome this horrible thing. Much love everybody. Oh and HAPPY EASTER......Wendell

I've been dealing with it I guess most of my life Mark but didn't notice it until a year and a half ago. And since December it's been life altering. It's change a good part of who I used to be.

That I'm dying from something they can't find because these pains are real.

I know it's just when these thoughts get in my head It's hard for me to get it out. I can't sleep and barely eat.

Well I started freaking out Saturday night feeling weird and having pains all over. Went to the er. Had a ct scan of my head and blood work. Said everything was pristine. Wanted me to be admitted into the pysc ward for depression. I don't know what to do. I'm getting tired of feeling this way.

I had vibrations on the left side of my chest about a month ago that scared the hell out of me. Kept me up several nights out of fear. Went to doctor said it was probably muscle spasms as well. Next day they were gone.

Have you ever had your heart checked cowboy?

We hypochondriacs can feel and notice our regular body functions more than anybody else. Especially on the ones that worry us the most. I too just have rapid heart beats and don't have problem breathing when I have my panic attacks.

I'm from marshall TexasDenise

No I have recently stopped drinking caffeine. Doctors orders. I have acid reflux pretty bad and my ent put me on a pretty strict diet. Only thing I'm having problems with is I need to quit smoking. With my stress and anxiety real bad I feel smoking helps take my mind off of it. If even only for a brief moment.

Yes I have a physical injury currently. I broke my hand real bad and had surgery on it. Just had the pins taken out a week ago. I'm just getting tired of these symptoms. Headaches. Pain in legs, feet, arms, hands, chest, back. Not all the time but sometime everyday and they rotate they never are all hurting at the same time. I'm losing weight too because I'm not eating that much for fear of choking because it's hard for me to swallow and there always feels like food gets stuck in my throat when I eat. And this happened to my friends father 11 years ago. His doctor retired and he got a new one assigned to him by the va. When going through his records and previous cts she found the spots on his kidney. Sent a letter to him that she needed to see him asap. The letter never made it to his house so 10 months later he went to his annual checkup and it was too late then. It had already spread to other parts of his body.And 3 months later he was gone. I hate that thought being in my mind. But I went to the VA emergency room once with stomach and back pains had a ct. They told me everything was fine and sent me home. A month later I went to my doctor and he said he could believe they told me that because something was found on my ct scan. I ended up having to get a colonoscopy and found out I had diverticulitis. So you see why my trust in doctors isn't so great. I have been putting my symptoms to the side as of late. But I worry that if I'm doing this.what happens when it's something real and I just say it's anxiety and don't get the help I need.

Yes jon I understand where you're coming from. But doctors are people like us who can make mistakes. Actually they are more prone to making mistakes than most that's why their malpractice insurance is so high. And also why they call their job a practice. My friends father had problems for several years and doctors told him he was ok and it ended up being kidney c****r. Idk I guess being an intellectually smart person and having a memory like an elephant makes my anxiety worse. I've been through real pain. I've been shot, stabbed, explosions."I was eod". Not knowing what these pains are is what scares me. Especially since I don't want nothing to happen to me to take me too early out of my beautiful children's lives. And I go to the VA. And I know everyone has heard the horror stories about that. They are usually doctors just coming into the field or on their way out. So yes sometimes I feel like I'm just a paycheck to them.or do they really care.

I hate these pains and feelings that I am having every damn day. Weird feeling in left side of my face/head, upper right side of my chest by my shoulder, and other pains that seem to travel around my body. I'm sometimes afraid to go to sleep thinking I may not wake up. I hate going to the doctor... thinking theirs some kind of conspiracy that they won't help me "not really but my trust in them is almost completely gone". They keep saying I'm physically healthy but I don't think they are doing enough test. Probably from my previous love of the show House. Which I can't even watch anymore cause it makes my anxiety worse. What am I going to do. I used to always be a very strong person.