Can it really be THIS bad?!

[Anon7727]

I’ve always had anxiety, upset stomach, reflux and headaches it’s never phased me but due to circumstances I’ve ended up so poorly I feel weak, exhausted and just completely off! It’s morphed into health anxiety and I’m convinced I’m dying or there’s something wrong I feel that bad! Ive had bloods taken and the results today due to my thyroid being swollen and the text says no further action required relating to my recent tests! I couldn’t even sit and write all my symptoms down but Ive lost my life due to feeling so so so unwell! It’s the worst, I’m having a hard time with believing it’s just anxiety but that’s probably the anxiety!! I’m on citalopram and have been for 3 months, no changes at all unfortunately, has anyone felt so unwell with anxiety and come out the other end? I’m feeling so disheartened!

If it doesn't phase you then I highly doubt you have anxiety. Anxiety does phase you. It cripples you to the point where you can barely function and it isn't all physical. The physical symptoms are an extension of the mental symptoms.

Anxiety doesn't make your Thyroid swell either. Have they done a stool sample test.

It sounds to me like you are just a bit of an anxious person (not to be confused with an anxiety disorder ) and you are being fobbed off as Oh, its just anxiety when actually there could well be a physical cause.

You might have to be very assertive with your GP and insist that you want this looked into further.

It’s definitely phasing me now I’m so highly anxious! I spend hours in panic that I’m dying, I’m struggling to function, I’m obsessed in every bodily function every pain absolutely everything! I’ve had loads of tests and been to the gp almost weekly and I’m apparently fit and healthy, I’m really struggling to function with it I sit panicking even cleaning up is a massive task, the shaking, feeling jumpy etc it’s awful I just want my life back! I’ve been through a very traumatic few years wonder if it’s all coming out physically now?

Not sure if it matters but I’ve been suffering with an anxiety disorder since 13!

Possibly. But some of those symptoms just don't add up. I'd push for a bit more investigation tbh.

I've found since my diagnosis, every little thing gets blamed on my anxiety. They're very quick to dismiss things. I went in 4 times beforehand they did some more tests and found that I actually had extremely low levels of B12 and Folic acid.

The first few times it was just blamed on anxiety and my weight.

What other tests would be helpful to get? I’ve had all the bloods possible I’ve done two stool samples I’ve had a ecg a few months back when pure panic landed me in a&e convinced my heart was giving up at 22!

Look up the parasympathetic nervous system - there’s a good video by Crash Course on YouTube that explains exactly what happens to a body when stressed.