health anxiety

[hopeliss]

has anybody ever found a cure for health anxiety. it has plagued my life for 7 years and don't see an end to it. awful day today.
ps never been on mumsnet before. sorry if this is the wrong place to raise this.

I hope so I really really hope I don't , i can't believe this is happening again to me , I only went through all this last August twice , I'm falling apart , how am I going to get kids to school tommorow abd how am I going to get myself to the GP , I don't want to b on my own tommorow :(

Listen, if you had an ultra sound in Aug they would have spotted a problem. Go to the GP tomorrow, and talk about treatment. You do not have to live like this, trust me.

Yeh ive woke up with a really awful nose full :/ n then got a pain in my stomach n automatically thought ohhg its a lump it must be. Haha what we like. I love this thread it always makes me feel better

Yea that's true unless something else had developed since the U/S god this is drugging stoooopid . Can i ask anyone if they also suffer with paranoia ? Is anxiety also a paranoia thing ? Hey Megan sorry your feeling bad today too , at least we are not alone :)

Drugging I meant something else then I'm sure lol

Are use from the US

No I'm in very sunny England in uk , where u from ?

How is everyone this morning ? I'm in a bit of a state , going to try and get to GP about this lump , I think it's bone which I've made swollen with all the prodding it a cyst on top of a bone I don't know but it's hard and noticeable . I'm dreading the GP referring me to breast clinic again , the wait will probably kill me for good , and give the breast specialists a good laugh. The 2nd time I was refered the specialist refused to see me and sent me to the breast pain nurse instead, I think he thought "not her again " I'm 29 nearly 30 so I know my chances are low but I've seen so many stories of younger women having it, hope you are all ok sorry for blabbing on but don't have anyone in RL to talk to :(

Bit of a state here too. I worked last night so wasn't in this morning but my 8yr old (the one with the every now and again headaches) woke up with tummy ache. She told me this when I got in and went happily off to school, now I can't sit still in case she meant she felt sick as opposed to tummy ache, which is another symptom of something horrible head wise. I feel like going up to school and quizzing her. Have made her a dr apt for the morning but literally feel like I'm going insane with worry.

Oh Milk, I'm sorry you're suffering. Hope all goes well at the GP. I hope you can talk to them about the way you are feeling.

I'm having a bad couple of days. Couldn't stop crying yesterday and just feel terrified today. My kids aren't back until tomorrow and I'm dreading it. I'm having lots of dizzy spells, pains in my head and neck and pains in my chest. I feel utterly exhausted.

Waswats, it's comforting to hear that someone has come out the other side okay. Can I ask how long it took for your meds to really work? It's early days for me.

Hemel, you're doing the right thing by going to the doctor. There are lots of tummy bugs going round at the moment because of the horrid weather. My two have bight had tummy aches a lot. I hope you get some reassurance soon.

Betty it took about 8 weeks, and it gets better everyday, how long are you on yours and what ones?

Well back from GP he said he can't feel any lumps..... None nothing , he also said he won't try me on any meds for now as I'm still breastfeeding and thinks its best I ride through the anxiety but on a good note he has refered me to the psychiatric team and I should hear from them in about a week , so maybe they will prescribe me something I don't know

Waswats wish GP had given me something , I asked for beta blockers but he won't give me anything :-/ , can a psychiatric team prescribe meds does anyone know ?

Afaik, you can not take ssri's when you are breast feeding. But that is fantastic that you are getting to see the psych team! That is a massive step and one closer to being better. Well done you!!!

And yes a psychiatrist can and will prescribe where needed. They are so much better in tune with the right meds then the GP's.

Milk, that's great news. Well done for going to the doctors. It's the first step.

Waswats, I'm on Mirtazapine. I was on 15mg for the first two weeks and 30mg for the past week. I thought I felt like I was getting better, but the last couple of days have been really hard.

You can take some when breastfeeding as one GP gave me seroxat and one have me citalopram :-/

Ah ok I stand corrected! Milk you have to give them time to work. Talk tot he team, they will help you.

Betty, I was the exact same. I was on 5 mgs of Lexapro for a week and then onto 10. I thought I was grand on the 5, but could have been better iykwim. Anyway I went onto 10 and all hell broke loose. My side effects were all physical, you can imagine the state I was in. I was losing more weight everyday, I had really sore boobs, fatigue you name it.

I was so anxious but the doctor kept asking me to try it for 6 weeks, and all of a sudden I turned a corner. I couldn;t believe it. I am a bit rocky the last few days but nothing like I was./ Just normally anxious as opposed to being obsessed. Dh has to have some tests done so naturally I am on edge, but that is normal.

I feel so dizzy and my chest pains are worrying me. Everything is hurting. I'm glad to hear that I am feeling normal things. Thank you, waswats. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll turn that corner too. Hope everything is ok with your dh.

Betty if you want to pm me do, I can chat to you til the cows come home about side effects, but it would bore the thread rigid ;) And sometimes it is good to have someone to reassure you instantly if needs be.

Hi girls

I am sorry you are all having a hard time.

I am breastfeeding and the psychiatrist I see for health anxiety prescribed me sertraline.

I am trying to hold it together. I am going for a neck ultrasound tomorrow after having avoided it for months. I've been having neck ache for a year and I've become obsessed feeling my neck and believe I feel lymph nodes. I've seen my gp numerous times, ENT twice (december)and a haematologist (september)and all have said I have no swollen lymph nodes. Ive had numerous blood tests and speciaist ones by the haematologist. Also ent put a scope down my throat as well as examining my neck. But I think they are wrong. I know typing this it sounds stupid that I would even doubt them. But I feel pressure in my ear and throat and then all these lumpy bits in my neck. Basically my gp said she doesn't know what else to do that will make me believe them and then said to go for an ultrasound. But I'm so terrified that it's going to show something they have missed and that these bumpy bits are bad nodes. :(

It wont show anything Le1890 but fingers crossed it will put your mind at rest. Have had an awful day, haven't felt this bad for ages.

Hello Le I'm so sorry you are going through this . I too had a lymphoma scare when I could feel lumps in my neck and kept getting funny twinges in my jaw. Ive also been reassured today I have no breast lump, and although the GP told me its fine but by all means go back in 2 weeks for him to check again - not cause he felt anything but because they change during my cycles , I now feel doubt , only a small doubt but I know coming up to that next appt I will still have that niggling "what if he just said it was fine to shut me up?" "I felt it so y can't he?" "He will find it next time" and it goes on and on until I move into my next obsession , I really hope my counselling comes thru quick or I may not make it in this world much longer. My head is seriously f**d up. I now feel paranoid people at my work want me to leave and are trying to push me out , I'm even looking for other jobs for when it happens , I seem to have about 5 obsessions going on at once and my brain flicks and checks over them all in an order , I believe this to be a form of OCD maybe ?

Can anyone tell me how long I will have to wait till I get to see the psych team?

Hemel me too , what have you been through today ? I'm tired but doubt I will sleep tonight