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...
So I've recently began to worry obsessively about weight loss. I used to never weigh myself...even during routine doctor visits I would close my eyes and tell the nurse not to tell me my weight because I didn't want to know.
Anyway, I went to the doctor for a sinus issue back in early March and I accidentally saw my weight on the doctor's chart, so I know what I weighed back then.
Since then I've been having major health anxiety about a particular illness where one of the symptoms is unexplained weight loss. I've been obsessively weighing myself multiple times every day. Sometimes I weigh a few pounds less than what I weighed at the doctor's office back in March and sometimes I weigh the same or a few pounds more. When I weigh less, it freaks me out.
I know I've lost a few pounds since January only because my snow pants are looser now than they were then. And that freaks me out. In addition to weighing myself obsessively, I also find myself repeatedly trying on clothes in my closet to see if they are looser.
I feel like my loss of a few pounds could be contributed to running. I had been training for a 5K that I ran in earlier this month. But I've barely been running since then because of my anxiety issues. I haven't gained any weight back despite, at times, eating some crappy foods. And my appetite isn't as great as it used to be (I used to be able to eat anything in sight) because of my heightened anxiety. And that leads to even more anxiety.
Has anyone else gone through anything like this?
If you've made it this far, thank you so much for reading. I hope it wasn't too hard to follow.
Anyway, I went to the doctor for a sinus issue back in early March and I accidentally saw my weight on the doctor's chart, so I know what I weighed back then.
Since then I've been having major health anxiety about a particular illness where one of the symptoms is unexplained weight loss. I've been obsessively weighing myself multiple times every day. Sometimes I weigh a few pounds less than what I weighed at the doctor's office back in March and sometimes I weigh the same or a few pounds more. When I weigh less, it freaks me out.
I know I've lost a few pounds since January only because my snow pants are looser now than they were then. And that freaks me out. In addition to weighing myself obsessively, I also find myself repeatedly trying on clothes in my closet to see if they are looser.
I feel like my loss of a few pounds could be contributed to running. I had been training for a 5K that I ran in earlier this month. But I've barely been running since then because of my anxiety issues. I haven't gained any weight back despite, at times, eating some crappy foods. And my appetite isn't as great as it used to be (I used to be able to eat anything in sight) because of my heightened anxiety. And that leads to even more anxiety.
Has anyone else gone through anything like this?
If you've made it this far, thank you so much for reading. I hope it wasn't too hard to follow.
Second yes. Anxiety causes so many different symptoms it's insane.
Last year I lost almost 15 lbs (which I needed to lose) because of my anxiety. I wasn't eating, and when I was it wasn't much.
Also the running, combined with the anxiety will also do it too.
As soon as your appetite comes back fully you'll put it all back on... Like I did.
Hope this helps.
Anyway, thanks so much for taking the time to reply. I wish I could get my full appetite back, but when I worry about my appetite and wonder why I'm not hungry, that makes me even less hungry. It's a constant cycle that I need to break out of. There have been times over the past few weeks when my anxiety has been a little less terrible and I actually feel hungry and want to eat. I wish they were more frequent, though.
Try this site too. It has helped me tons.
http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-symptoms.shtml
I have found that doing an annual wellness visit helps me clear up any health anxiety I am having. Hearing a doctor that has drawn blood, done scans, etc. helps me quiet that nagging voice in my head that creeps in to start up the "what if" thinking.