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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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pinkflowers 07/23/2017

Hi,

I have been dealing with anxiety for over 4 years, and i thought I learned how to recognize it but now it's taking a new turn.

I have been feeling nauseous and had an upset stomach (including stomach pain) for a month. But this last week was brutal.

My primary physician only saw me for a minute and made a test for an ulcer ( I don't have the results yet) but I don't think it's an ulcer, I feel like I have something else wrong with me, I am not talking about something big but some kind of bacteria or infection.

My husband thinks it's just my anxiety that is turning my stomach upside down, but I don't know. I am not particular stress, or I thought I wasn't. That being said, I just got a new job and my husband is losing his in two weeks, so I guess in my unconscious I could be stress.

Do you think that feeling this sick of my stomach could be caused just because of anxiety?

Ghostdancer 07/23/2017

Definitely I would associate what you're feeling as stomach trouble with your anxiety and added stress. At least you're strong enough to ask for help from your doctor. Make certain to communicate all of your concerns to your primary care doctor and make sure they listen. Prayers....

pinkflowers 07/23/2017

Thank you for your support.

Making my physitians listen to me is almost impossible and it's so frustrating. Right now I am just hoping I will be ok. With my work schedule is almost impossible to go to the doctor again.

AMC_306 07/24/2017

It sounds like you are in a stressful situation what with your soon being the primary bread winner of your household at a new job and on top of that waiting for test results and feeling as though the doctor you're seeing doesn't listen to you. Our bodies often tell us when something is wrong and if we don't listen it begins to shout in other ways. Once my anxiety got so bad I also began to have stomach pains; when I saw the doctor they did not find anything physically wrong. I had pretty much made myself sick with worry. Obviously, I am not a physician, so I cannot diagnose you, but if you have an ulcer - it's okay. You can treat it. If it is bacterial - it's okay. They will run another test and find it then treat it. If it is just anxiety - it's okay. You are helping to heal yourself just by talking with us.

pinkflowers 07/24/2017

Thank you so much. That helps a lot!

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