A Bad Few Days
I’ve been overly stressed the last few days, I’m wondering if it is the pressure of the holiday season. My anxiety has been very high and I’ve been bad. I ran to Dr. Google to diagnose whatever it is I’m suffering from. So frustrating.
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:56 pm
The holidays are indeed a very stressful time so it’s no wonder your anxiety has been elevated. Stay away from the evil Dr. Google!
December 29th, 2008 at 11:59 am
Dr. Google gets me anxious every time. I fixate on things. My doctor told me when he was in medical school he had himself convinced he had every disease he would study. He made himself a wreck. Finally he talked about with his professors and friends. He learned how to separate himself. Every headache, toothache, stomach ache, and pain can have us anxiety filled people thinking the worse. Right now my fixation is not on my health but on money. We have accumulated some major debt. I don’t see a way out for a very long time. I have been weepy, frightened to the point of not sleeping, and so overwhelmed I am irritable. I imagine us getting thrown out of our house, having to file bankruptcy, or my family finding out calling my stupid. I am with you, boy an I with you.
January 2nd, 2009 at 5:02 am
Just found your site.
Anxiety - You need to hit Magnesium supplements straight away.
Natures Own (my preferable brand) Calcium Magnesium tablets (500mg a day to begin) and B3 and B12 as well. This will begin to settle your anxiousness so you can function a bit better.
Most importantly you meed to purchase, order from a book store or borrow from a library, the book: ‘Power Over Panic’ by Bronwyn Fox.
It is only 100 pages long and it will change your life.
Good luck.
January 5th, 2009 at 9:57 am
I just spent two hours reading your blog. Today is the first day back to work after a having taken two weeks off for the holiday. The past two weeks have been miserable, spent googling all sorts of illnesses because my feet felt tingly! I am currently seeing a therapist for CBT because of my hypochondria. I previously had panic disorder (3 years ago) and was “cured” within 14 months. This hypochondria is pretty persistent and I hope we are able to eradicate it as well! Right now I am convinced I have MS — ridiculous, but I still believe it.
January 5th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Hi Dolores,
Thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment. I know the pain of hypochondria all too well. I too spent two weeks off work and they were actually great for me, several days my anxiety was zero, but returning to work today my anxiety shot up and I started to question everything again. Is this really anxiety? Is it MS? Maybe a brain tumor?
Hang in there, I’ve been seeing a psychologist for a year now and although I get frustrated that the process takes so long I am slowly getting better and you will too.
January 7th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Hi Jason:
Thanks again for the blog — “in my travels”, I found a very insightful post with regard to health anxiety, specifically MS. Apparently this person has made some good progress….enjoy: http://www.anxietyzone.com/index.php?topic=9832.0
I had the panic attacks without agoraphobia 3 years ago and was able to get over it in a little over a year with CBT. I can even laugh about some of my fears and the nutty things I did (like leaving a 40 pound bag of dog food and a case of diapers at the checkout in Walmart because I was afraid I was about to die and wanted to do it in my car, or the time I had to stop myself from running the first aid station at Sesame Place because I thought I was about to pass out). No noticeable anxiety until October when my 5 year old son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes…..after the intial shock I was focused on the whole care regime and once I felt comfortable, and confident in my ability to take care of the illness, BOOM — now I myself have some terrible disease to worry about……I think this is my “panic attack” in a different form. I have a whole mental file cabinet of ailments to fall back on should I manage to reassure myself about the ailment “du jour”. In one week I had Lymphoma, Leukemia, Lupus, Fibromyalgia and MS! I am so tired of this, thank goodness I have a session tomorrow. I have only been working on the Health Anxiety for one month and frustrated that I do not “feel” better — I keep forgetting that the CBT for the panic attacks took more than a year.
Take care,
Dolores
May 15th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Hey there — just checking in and noticed you have not updated in awhile — is everything okay?