vicky
03-16-2013, 02:04 AM
Does anybody else feel that they can't distinguish between what is normal and what isn't anymore?
Recently since being on Zoloft, I haven't been walking around thinking I'm dying any more, but I've been walking round feeling happy that I'm fine, with just the odd thought in the background that there may be something wrong, if that makes sense.
I woke up this morning though and as usual my right shoulder is very stiff, which it is every morning, but rather than ignoring it and accepting it as normal (I do sleep on my stomach with my right arm under the pillow, but this is far too comfy and I am not prepared to sleep any other way!), I'm wondering if I have a tumour somewhere that's causing my shoulder to be like this. Also since my anxiety started early jan, I struggled to take a deep breath, constantly trying, i've been trying to convince myself that it's anxiety, as other symptoms have gone, but my chest now seems tighter, and I'm wondering if there's something more. I also feel like I have a taste of blood in my mouth this morning, so with the shoulder, breathing and taste in the mouth, I've been googling respiratory/lung cancer. Can I point out though I did have very strong garlic last night, but I'm sure I noticed the same the other day too. I am no way as bad as I was, but it keeps changing from every type of cancer, I was convinced the other week that I had bowel cancer because of the state of my digestive system. This along with other symptoms that I had has cleared up, (apart from the breathing and stiff shoulder etc), helping me believe that it is anxiety, but every time I feel something, every rumble in my stomach, I am left wondering if there is something else going on as well. But, are these things that are normal and I wouldn't have thought about before and us with health anxiety are looking out for things too much? I don't know if I will ever know what is normal anymore. I just want to get on with my life but this is holding me back. I cannot believe what anxiety can do to you, not long since I was walking around feeling so ill, pains all over, just convinced I not only had cancer but that it was everywhere and that I was dying. Now I can't stop analysing every 'symptom' I feel. By the way I love this forum!
Recently since being on Zoloft, I haven't been walking around thinking I'm dying any more, but I've been walking round feeling happy that I'm fine, with just the odd thought in the background that there may be something wrong, if that makes sense.
I woke up this morning though and as usual my right shoulder is very stiff, which it is every morning, but rather than ignoring it and accepting it as normal (I do sleep on my stomach with my right arm under the pillow, but this is far too comfy and I am not prepared to sleep any other way!), I'm wondering if I have a tumour somewhere that's causing my shoulder to be like this. Also since my anxiety started early jan, I struggled to take a deep breath, constantly trying, i've been trying to convince myself that it's anxiety, as other symptoms have gone, but my chest now seems tighter, and I'm wondering if there's something more. I also feel like I have a taste of blood in my mouth this morning, so with the shoulder, breathing and taste in the mouth, I've been googling respiratory/lung cancer. Can I point out though I did have very strong garlic last night, but I'm sure I noticed the same the other day too. I am no way as bad as I was, but it keeps changing from every type of cancer, I was convinced the other week that I had bowel cancer because of the state of my digestive system. This along with other symptoms that I had has cleared up, (apart from the breathing and stiff shoulder etc), helping me believe that it is anxiety, but every time I feel something, every rumble in my stomach, I am left wondering if there is something else going on as well. But, are these things that are normal and I wouldn't have thought about before and us with health anxiety are looking out for things too much? I don't know if I will ever know what is normal anymore. I just want to get on with my life but this is holding me back. I cannot believe what anxiety can do to you, not long since I was walking around feeling so ill, pains all over, just convinced I not only had cancer but that it was everywhere and that I was dying. Now I can't stop analysing every 'symptom' I feel. By the way I love this forum!