I first felt unwell 3 weeks ago I randomly started feeling dizzy/lightheaded in the evening, the next day I went out to the shop in the morning and my heart felt like I was having a heart attack and my body felt so weak too, since then for the past 3 weeks I’ve been getting a racing heart, chest pains, tired/fatigued every day, headaches mostly everyday, pain in arms and legs, I’ve been to the dr a few times in these 3 weeks and they took blood tests and done an ecg and it come back ok, he thinks it’s anxiety but I keep going on google and seeing bad things what it could be, I’m an absolute wreck and don’t know if my symptoms are anxiety or not, they have prescribed me diazepam but I’m scared to take them as I’ve never been on any tablets before.
Always worrying and scared
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Hey Chrisuk, welcome to the forum first of all. Happy to have you here.
Seems like you are experiencing a very classic case of health anxiety, as you are not trusting your doctor's word. Very typical with health anxiety sufferers. The first best thing that you can do for yourself is to stop referring to the sinister that is "Dr. Google". Most articles, results, and everything health related that is generated by Dr. Google are fear-mongering, and are designed to give you the worst conditions possible for your symptoms.
Secondly, trust your test results and your doctor. If your doctor does not believe anything medically related is going on, then they speak the truth. Anxiety has the capacity of producing the symptoms you are experiencing. It seems to me that you are also experiencing panic attacks with these symptoms. Not uncommon at all. You are not alone in this sense
In terms of the diazepam, I don't know much about that, so I unfortunately can't help you with that. But along with the diazepam, I recommend checking into anxiety therapy, as they can help give you coping strategies for whenever these physical symptoms appear.
Hope you can find comfort in this post
Seems like you are experiencing a very classic case of health anxiety, as you are not trusting your doctor's word. Very typical with health anxiety sufferers. The first best thing that you can do for yourself is to stop referring to the sinister that is "Dr. Google". Most articles, results, and everything health related that is generated by Dr. Google are fear-mongering, and are designed to give you the worst conditions possible for your symptoms.
Secondly, trust your test results and your doctor. If your doctor does not believe anything medically related is going on, then they speak the truth. Anxiety has the capacity of producing the symptoms you are experiencing. It seems to me that you are also experiencing panic attacks with these symptoms. Not uncommon at all. You are not alone in this sense
In terms of the diazepam, I don't know much about that, so I unfortunately can't help you with that. But along with the diazepam, I recommend checking into anxiety therapy, as they can help give you coping strategies for whenever these physical symptoms appear.
Hope you can find comfort in this post
Hi Adam, thank you very much for the reply, one night in March I had a panic attack I’m 35 years old and that was my first one, I had tingles in my feet and hands, I couldn’t breathe and my heart was beating out of my chest, what I experienced 3 weeks ago was no where near as bad as I didn’t get all the symptoms of a panic attack this is why I’ve been questioning the doctors, feeling tired and dizzy all day is really worrying for me along with all the other symptoms, I’m scared to do anything physical incase I collapse or take a heart attack, is this normal or do I need help? I was fine before the past 3 weeks. Thank you
For any anxiety sufferer, it is normal to experience those symptoms.
The best way to get help is to seek out your local anxiety therapist, as they can provide you with tactics to cope with your anxiety and the symptoms that come with it. That’s how I began my recovery.
The best way to get help is to seek out your local anxiety therapist, as they can provide you with tactics to cope with your anxiety and the symptoms that come with it. That’s how I began my recovery.
Thank you for the reassurance, I only asked again as I’ve not actually been diagnosed with anxiety but he did say he thinks it’s anxiety, I never knew something could be so scary, the past 3 weeks has been absolute hell hopefully I can go to sessions with people in the same situation as I think that may help too, you do a great job on here thank you
It's the least I could do! Happy to guide you on your path to recovery!