Anxiety

[mickc7893]

I have had problems with anxiety for sometime and would like to know if anyone else has the same issues. I am 36 years old and am constantly at the doctors. Main symptoms are headaches feeling tired feel like im losing balance which seem to be constant the feeling i have a serious illness feeling numb cant concentrate a strange feeling i am going to collapse especially when in shopping centres and supermarkets. I now feel doctors do not want to know and as soon as i am in the surgery they are trying to get rid off me i must have had a bug for the last 2 years. Although i have always been anxious the last 2 years i have felt like being in my own bubble. I have stopped communicating and socialising and dont know what to do next

[Schatmeisje]

hi mick,

memories, i have been exactly where you are !!!!! I am sure the local hospital and my gp both would have wanted to ban me from their surgeries as i went there so often with the same symptoms you describe. The thing is, i couldnt beleive that there was nothing wrong with me, i kept wondering how they could be missing something when i was so obviously sick ALL of the time. I knew something wasnt right, i just didnt know what it was. Finally after 6 months or so, i finally accepted it was anxiety causing all the symptoms, like they had told me. I knew my heart was fine, as i had teststs, i knew there was nothing wrong with my ears to cause the unbalanced felling and dizziness as i went to an ear nose and throat specialist, and also had blood tests. It only left one thing...anxiety. Once i accepted it, i could accept the symptoms better and pretty much ignore them as i knew nothing bad was going to happen, Since then i started seeing a psychologist, which was a really important step for me in moving forward. I did end up losing my job and becoming agoraphobic as well, but have jumped over that hurdle, and back to just anxiety and panic disorder.
The best thing you could do would be to try and arrange some therapy, whether it be a psychologist, or even doing meditation and some CBT training on your own.
Its also important to have a few 'safe' people who you trust to help get you out and socialising with them firstly to gain some confidence.

And remember, we all have good and bad days, so if you dont feel like socialising one day, thats okay, just try to do something the next day.

Hope this helps x