To think something is seriously wrong with me? Strange symptoms.

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I'm a 30 year old female and for the past few weeks I have developed a complete change in taste. For instance, things I used to enjoy eating, mushrooms for instance, I can no longer stand the taste of. Wine - used to love it, can't stomach it now. Cigarettes - 10 a day smoker, now make me gag. I suppose the second two are good things but there's loads of food. Things just taste bad to me at the moment.

I'm also really, really tired, and no matter how much sleep I get I still feel really tired and groggy. I have started taking vitamin d, folic acid, magnesium and zinc along with my anti depressant. I've been doing that for two months now, that's the only change that I've made.

On top of that I have this feeling of impending doom. For instance, I keep thinking that these symptoms means something is really wrong with me and I only have a few days to live (sounds crazy writing that down) but it's how I feel. I am going a run on Tuesday and a voice keeps saying, 'don't go the run because somethings wrong with your heart and you will have a heart attack during the run and die'. I go through phases of thinking something is wrong with my heart, but was at the hospital in December for it and all the heart tests that they ran came back absolutely fine.

I do have anxiety and my eye has started to twitch which happens when I'm stressed. So I know more likely that not I am suffering from an extreme bout of anxiety which is making me feel like I might die. However it feels really real to me and anxiety doesn't explain the tiredness, and changes in taste.

Has anyone else had these symptoms and been fine? Or heard of anyone feeling like this and then they pass away?

Pregnant?

Your anxiety is ramping up, you need a medication review.

Any chance you could be pregnant?

I was thinking pregnant.

This voice you hear, is it your own internal voice?

I was thinking pregnant too. Those sound suspiciously like pregnancy symptoms.

pregnant or covid + anxiety ramping up due to your health worries/spiralling/catastrophising

Changes in taste and fatigue could indicate pregnancy, or possibly a viral infection like covid. I would do a pregnancy test and a lateral flow, and assuming both negative, I'd take myself off to the doctor.

Pregnant?
Covid?
See a doctor if you test negative for both of these

If not pregnant, would wonder if you'd had covid - the tiredness and changes in taste (as well as palpitations) are symptoms that can drag on a bit after an active infection. Could also be hypothyroid / anaemia, the tiredness is common in both conditions and anaemia can make foods taste weird and metallic (been craving ice?).

However none of these are urgently life threatening and a lot of it could be anxiety, so it's worth seeing GP, getting some blood tests and having meds reviewed.

I thought pregnant or Covid.
Is there a chance you could be pregnant?

My first thought was pregnancy. I would do a pregnancy test and a Covid test today if you can afford them. If they are both negative, then contact your GP. The taste thing could be oral thrush or another infection.

(((HUG)))

I agree with most others, probably covid or pregnancy. If it's covid, it might show negative as you might be past the infectious stage.

plus stress/anxiety, it can make symptoms seem/feel very real

look after yourself x

Pregnant, COVID, or anxiety.

I too was thinking possible pregnancy. The tiredness in the first trimester was ridiculous.

Get checked out.

Another vote for pregnancy. If not speak to your GP about your anxiety.

Agree could you be pregnant?
If not have you had COVID and not realised , might account for the change in tast and exhaustion ?

My immediate thought was the same as everyone else. Pregnant or covid.

Thyroid

Menopause

What everyone else said

Also, have you recently started anti depressants, upped the dose or had a change of anti depressant ? Sometimes this can cause worsening of symptoms, particularly anxiety-related ones

Rule out the physical causes first then ask for a medication review

One of the main symptoms of covid is a change in taste and/or smell. And then fatigue of course. Sounds like covid.

I can't believe I forgot to put in my OP. 100 percent not pregnancy and I had covid in January and these symptoms started just a few weeks ago.

Yes it's my own internal voice, I'm not hearing voices. It's my own voice just like warning me, should have clarified that in OP.

Could just be a virus or low iron levels, you are very anxious about it which is making you feel worse, it's unlikely you're going to pass away at your age and normally in good health. As it's been a few weeks, go to your gp.

No changes in anti depressants recently. Been on this dose for about 3 years now.