I started having anxiety issues last fall
and was officially diagnosed in january.
I am taking celexa , that has been working
really well and taking the edge off. I
went to see a wonderful counsellor for a
couple of months, we were used cbt and it
went really well. I felt great and
thought things were moving along.
My anxiety level has peaked just before,
during and after my period each month. I
become overly sensitive to how my body is
feeling and always assume the worst when
it feel a pain or twinge.
For the past while I have been feeling a
buzz(rumbling) feeling in my lower right
chest just above my diaphragm/stomach
area. I mostly feel it when lying down
and immediately upon getting up. I don't
notice it during at other time or when I
don't think about it, but right now it is
consuming me.
During the time it took me to be diagnosed
with an anxiety disorder I had several
rounds of blood tests, chest xrays, ekgs,
blood oxygen tests, etc etc. All came
back clear. With all these tests etc I
keep trying to convince myself that they
would have found something and that
everything is fine.
Most of my anxiety worries are centered
around my health, I have been convinced I
have lung cancer, brain tumor, heart
disease and many more.
Any help or insight would be greatly
appreciated
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Bek
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 206 Location: SA
Posted: 09-12-06 20:00pm
Hi dieslekitty,
you sound very similar to me. My anxiety
normal peaks a week before my period and
during the first 3 - 4 days. I am very
sensative during this time and I am also
very unpredicatble - laughing one mintue
and crying the next - bloody hormones.
My anxiety also stems from health issues -
I was convinced that I had a heart
problem, I am still coming to terms with
the fact that I don't. I have been to a
social worker, I think it helped. You
see my anxiety is under control probably
90% and he just reassured me of how strong
I am and that I can and have handled it
before. What was interesting was the
fact that we talked about my childhood,
which was great, but I realise that froma
young age I was worrying about issues that
a child shouldn't be thinking about - like
at 5 I remember praying nightly that my
parents would not die until I was at least
40 (cause by then iwould be able to handle
the grief). I thought that this was a
normal thinking pattern for a 5 year
old!!! Now I understand it is not.
