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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sarahsarah 03/03/2008

I have a bladder infection and also this weird pain right under my breastbone in my stomache and i am on antibiotics and i am soooo scared ! i keep panikcing and thinking this infection will spread in my brain adn i will die! i was at the hospital all night last night and they couldnt figure out what this pain was in my stomache! i am so scared! i cant help but think there is somthing wrong with me! and i cant tell the difference between anxiety symptoms and my real symptoms! please help me! i cant calm down i am so scared

deleted_user 03/03/2008

Bladder infection is common and the antibiotics will help. Your pain sounds alot like gas stuck up under your rib cage. I could be wrong. Hope you feel better!

deleted_user 03/03/2008

I had a bladder infection last year and the antibiotics definately helped. You need to try to relax and stop freaking yourself out! You have to tell yourself is not the bladder infection, you can do it.

deleted_user 03/03/2008

hi sarah im sure if something was very wrong they would have kept you in the hospital for longer. A bladder infection will normally start feeling better within 24 hours of taking your antibiotic if u are still hurting then go back! Just try to take a deep breath and relax. Maybe try napping for a bit and see if it still hurts when you wake up.

deleted_user 03/03/2008

I'm sure it's nothing serious and that the infection can't spread like that. I've just had a water infection and my kidneys were hurting something chronic. Hope you feel better soon x

DogCrazy 03/04/2008

Its easy to not be able to tell difference from anxiety and being sick.
This is a big trigger for me too.
Just keep reminding yourself this is a bladder infection not anything else.
Your pain is probably stuck gas, its very painful, i get it alot with my anxiety, i think its quite common as we swallow alot of air when we have anxiety.
Your antibiotics will kick in soon, i would try some gas pils and hot water bottles on your painfull areas, hot water bottles work wonders!!.
Hope your feling well soon1.

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