Health anxiety returning after UTI and causing loss of appetite

[Kirstymariex]

I do have anxiety but meds don’t agree with me.
I haven’t had any health anxiety for such a long time until recently.
I have had a UTI which i am taking cefalexin for 7 days, infection gone, but im still having twinges in my bladder/lower stomach.
im feeling every sensation and just feel ‘off’
i have lost my appetite, the thought of food when i dont feel hungry isnt great. I’m eating because i know i need too but i don’t fancy anything or particularly feel hungry and this is making me panic.

(i just recently lost my brother to cancer who lost his appetite as a symptom) I know this sounds really silly but it’s really getting me down😢
i guess i’m just here for a hand hold x

Sorry to hear about your brother. I’m guessing you’re run down. UTIs are horrible. The antibiotics needed to shift one can be brutal. You’ll come out the other side. Try not to worry x

Sorry for your loss. Tbh it sounds like your recent loss is the trigger. I think you just need to be forgiving of yourself. Accept that you have a history of HA and you are vulnerable to it right now. I would seek more support whatever that might look like to you (talking therapies, meditation, yoga etc) and keep reminding yourself that you’re not going to feel this way forever.

In the meantime stay off Dr Google and if you are still feeling rough in a week’s time go back to your GP.

I’m so sorry - it sounds like you’re having a horrible time of it.

Do you think the cefalexin might be making you feel poorly as well? Maybe causing a bit of an upset tummy that means you’ve no appetite?

this anxiety is making me sick 😢
a month or so before my brother got his lung cancer diagnosis he had a uti they treated him for now i’m nervous mine is C but a bladder kind!

my infection has gone but there was still traces of blood however i had finished my period 2 days before!
im just spiralling 😢😢