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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ScaredSIlly31 02/06/2013

So I have noticed that this month my anxiety has been crazy high.

And I have also noticed that I have been getting stomach pains. Sharp, deep stomach pains.

They feel like I have a knot in my stomache and I often wonder if its because of my anxiety.

Any input?

deleted_user 02/06/2013

I have been suffering from deep, almost stabbing stomach pains as well when my anxiety is heightened. I just started new medications though, and figure it could be from those.

ScaredSIlly31 02/06/2013

This stuff really sucks. My bathroom habits change when I am full of anxiety! It never messed with my stomach before. This is a first.

I am on antibiotics now, which makes it worse too!

deleted_user 02/06/2013

Stop the antibiotics. They make them worse!

AK32 02/07/2013

Yes, i have had abdominal pains for probably 5 months now, even before I was on all my medications. Docs can't seem to find anything wrong, no UTI, no kidney infection, not my appendix, not pregnant. I even went to the ER for it around Xmas. It definitely gets worse around periods of intense anxiety, especially tied to digestion issues.
My therapist says the brain and the body are very closely linked, so anxiety can cause a lot of physical fallout that can last far past the actual attack.
crappy, huh?

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