Panic attacks

[thaegumathteth]

Ok so I have health anxiety at the best of times. I am having frequent panics about all this and right now I'm really having a panic attack.

Our situation is in our house there is dh, (42) me (38 and asthma) ds (13 and asthma) and dd (9 and asthma)

I am utterly terrified and shaking and I feel embarrassed and pathetic to admit it and the thought of feeling like this for weeks or months is horrifying.

We all had swine flu in 2010 and ds ended up with pneumonia. I've had sepsis too.

Dd today has a temperature of 37.6 am I supposed to isolate her (and me probably) - no cough but I know the guidance was OR not and. She felt sick earlier but she'd been spinning round. I keep taking her temperature. I had OCD about temperatures before this.

I don't know what to do - also I'm disabled and I can't clean etc as much as I'd want.

What do I do?

37.6 is normal

Is 37.6 a high temperature? I thought it was normal.

It's borderline I think

I just hate my anxiety

But that’s a normal temperature isn’t it? I thought 38 and over indicates a fever in a child.

What help are you accessing for you anxiety?

I've health anxiety.
Currently feeling short of breath. I've no cough and rationally know it's anxiety causing this and very unlikely to be coronavirus but it's all so overwhelming I feel like my throat is going to close.
You have my sympathy.
No advice unfortunately but it helps me just knowing I'm not alone in the panic.

37.8 is the temperature at which you're mean to self-isolate

37.6 is normal.

Do you have any coping strategies you’ve used for anxiety which have worked? Do you have access to any online or phone support.

BACP have released this - it might help with those suffering anxiety / panic attacks about Coronavirus

www.bacp.co.uk/news/news-from-bacp/2020/28-february-coronavirus-anxiety-how-to-cope-if-you-re-feeling-anxious-about-the-outbreak/

@Spied Yes I also suffer with anxiety and have had a tight chest in the last week. I had a cold and terrible sore throat 2 weeks ago and am occasionally clearing my throat. I'm pretty sure the chest thing is psychosomatic and nothing to do with the cold but it's so hard to keep rational

Thanks all. I've spoken to my GP about my anxiety and he's prescribed diazepam which I've never had before: my anxiety's never been this bad really so I don't have coping strategies for panic attacks etc.

He said a consistent temp 38+ would indicate an infection .

This anxiety is just so all consuming - I feel like I've spent my whole life I've worried about something like this and now it's actually happening.