Is this really anxiety?

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Help!!

I have always suffered with chronic health anxiety since I was young. Always can convince myself something is wrong and will obsess over any feeling e.g I can tell myself my elbow hurts and it will end up hurting!

A couple of weeks ago I felt lightheaded, this isn't constant but happens at least once a day normally if I am sat there stressed or doing nothing, sometimes it happens if I am in a shop. It's like a quick whoosh feeling then I'm fine. It has linked with some sinus pressure.

This week I have come out in a horrible cold with intense sinus pressure and the lightheartedness remains.

I went to the doctors just before the cold came on. My blood pressure is normal, pulse normal, o2 normal, I'm not showing any outward signs of anything missing or untoward.

The doctor said it's anxiety, that I am convincing myself I feel lightheaded.

Now I will admit I do wake up and the first thing I think is will I feel lightheaded, do I feel lightheaded etc.

Can anyone tell me if this could just be anxiety or if it is just linked to this cold sinus thing I have going on?

It’s anxiety.

I am a really anxious stressy person, I get boughts of dizziness. For me when I have intense anxiety attacks I dont breathe properly so can go faint, I also can not eat properly due to being panicky constantly so get low blood sugar dips randomly, with poor sleep too, I find my immune system gets impacted so I get phases of migraines and fainting spells. So anxiety can really come out physically.

So its not necessarily just in your head being dizzy, it can be how the anxiety impacts your diet, lifestyle and even triggering adrenaline so you get racy heart, woozy type thing.

Ask your doc for propranolol

It's very safe. Not addicting and may help you break the cycle. Especially if you seek some cbt therapy too.