jessntheboys
02-02-2015, 07:05 PM
Hi, I will start out with a little(or a lot) about myself. I am 34 yr old female with 2 boys (9 and almost 3). I was married this past august.
When I think back to when this anxiety started, there are many things that come to mind. First I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Never really thought about it before I was diagnosed and once I found out it could cause heart attack and stroke I found myself very worried every day that I now have an illness that could potentially cause death. Also around the same time we bought a house and I left my job to become a stay at home mom. Whichmeant a lot less money coming in and a lot more to pay for. Talk about stressful. Now I have this severe health anxiety. It is the worst. I have told myself that I had a brain tumor, breast cancer, lymphoma and many other illnesses. Pretty much any little feeling that I get I turn into something. It comes and goes, I will go for a while that I am ok the all of the sudden it comes back. As of right now I was worried about an anurism or stroke because I was feeling wierd pains in my head. I have been on two different medications so far, zoloft which gave me a panic attack so bad I went to the ER and then citalopram. My main fear that is causing this is that I don't want to leave my children without a mother. I hate anxiety. I have found that talking about it makes me feel better so here I am! Sorry so long!
When I think back to when this anxiety started, there are many things that come to mind. First I was diagnosed with high blood pressure. Never really thought about it before I was diagnosed and once I found out it could cause heart attack and stroke I found myself very worried every day that I now have an illness that could potentially cause death. Also around the same time we bought a house and I left my job to become a stay at home mom. Whichmeant a lot less money coming in and a lot more to pay for. Talk about stressful. Now I have this severe health anxiety. It is the worst. I have told myself that I had a brain tumor, breast cancer, lymphoma and many other illnesses. Pretty much any little feeling that I get I turn into something. It comes and goes, I will go for a while that I am ok the all of the sudden it comes back. As of right now I was worried about an anurism or stroke because I was feeling wierd pains in my head. I have been on two different medications so far, zoloft which gave me a panic attack so bad I went to the ER and then citalopram. My main fear that is causing this is that I don't want to leave my children without a mother. I hate anxiety. I have found that talking about it makes me feel better so here I am! Sorry so long!