Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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deleted_user 10/02/2009

Hi,

i don't really know what im looking for from this site, but i dont really know what to do. i recently fell ill a couple of months ago, and while it was minor i now seem to have serious problems in my head.

it has gotten to the pointt where i can no longer get to sleep at night, i am starting a new job this week and i dont know what to do.

im too embarrased to go to a doctor as i cant even work out if i am imagining symptoms or not. i know that its probably all in my head and i tell myself that but it doesnt help.

i dont know if its anxiety depression im getting, but i basically start thinking about the imaginary/real symtom, then fall into a quite panic inside my own head, and if that passes (and a big if as sometimes it takes a long time) i fall in to a very dark mood, generally about my own mortality.

its starting to worry my girlfriend, and while everything in me that is man says keep it to myself i dont know i guesse just writing here made me feel bit better.

thanks in advance to anyone who replies, and apologies for any spelling errors i made, its late.

deleted_user 10/02/2009

your thoughts and feelings need to be verbalized and discussed with your loved ones. once they are out in the open, the fears are exposed for the silliness that they really are.

it is just your imagination going a little wild. don't worry about it. you are fine, still just a little shook up since your recent health problem.

as we age, there are several different health problems and body changes that we might have to adapt to. but, there are tons of role models out there to emulate. it might be an amputee who mastered life anyway, etc. no matter what changes we go through in this life, we will always have people who care and will befriend us through the challenges.

we will never be alone in this world. there will always be thousands of people at the other end of a phone willing to advise any of us when we call on them.

deleted_user 10/02/2009

Thanks heaps for the reply, i really didnt expect one so fast :)

I think you are right, although i can admit that these feelings are silly it has been hard for me to get out of these moods once in them.

However on a positive note writing this discusion thing helped me tonight and i think i might even be looking foward to a good night sleep.

thanks again, and have a good day/night (depending on where you are)

deleted_user 10/02/2009

Have you considered L-Theanine? I LOVE IT..IT REALLY WORKS! I am amazed, I had given up on natural remedies after being disappointed so many times and a Health food store employee swore to me this worked and almost forced me to try it..:) and it does work wonders for ME as a person, I don't know if it works for everyone, but I have been impressed! Use the slightly more expensive brands that have suntheanine on them..really big difference then the cheaper stuff.. but yes I love this stuff, for add, anxiety and just in general daily mood..PMS too..just over all I feel lighter, freer and my mind has finally shut the hell up some...which is soo nice.. and gives me more energy i think but not nervous energy.

deleted_user 10/03/2009

I know how this feels, all too well. A simple bout of anxiety quickly turned into a panic attack for me, and I happened to be stricken with a sinus infection at the same time. My anxiety soon began to focus on my physical health, and I began to read that the symptoms of a simple sinus infection were much more. I began to fear that my depression, headaches, and everyday confusion were symptoms of a brain tumor. I was so anxious and experiencing panic so often that I was afraid to fall asleep at night, for the fear that I may never wake up. Two trips to the emergency room failed to reinforce my greatest fears. This persisted for nearly two months before my antidepressants finally began to kick in. My own parents hardly took my fears and concerns during this period seriously, yet my girlfriend is the only one that would listen. Your fears are not silly, no matter how much you feel they may be.

deleted_user 10/03/2009

conincidently brain tumor is currently the health condition i am convinced/afraid i have.

i have booked a doctors appointment in the coming week and am basically hoping that he will tell me everything is allright and that ill believe him and wont be having this problem.

either that or i need sometrhing to help me sleep, as im starting a job next week but currently sleepless nights seem like they will be a big problem. although i dont knkow if i should be looking for something that helps my anxiety or just some sleeping medicine?

thanks agin for everyone who comments, if anyone has simmilar problem and managed to beat it i would love to know how.

thanks in advance, will.

deleted_user 10/03/2009

I total;ly get how you feel as I feel it myself. a good therapist will do wonders to help work it out. I do not sleep because of anxiety and have many health problems as well. Don't be afraid to talk to your doc, they have done wonders for me mine just cancelled for 1 more week and I am wondering if I can make it that long. Lol! Keep your chin up and move forward.

deleted_user 10/03/2009

Hi Will,
I also worry about health related issues. I had some health problems earlier this summer and now keep thinking I have a brain tumor also. I was diagnosed with with TMJ last month, but I keep thinking that I have something more than TMJ...even after seeing 4 doctors last month. YOu are not alone with the way you are feeling and i am here anytime you need to talk.

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