Health Anxiety Struggles

[S_michelle]

Hi.

I'm new to this forum. I have been struggling with GAD for as long as I can remember. Just recently I had a scare as my heartrate was super low and I've been feeling tired, like I don't have enough energy to breathe. My GP has done numerous tests and can't find anything wrong but it's starting to concern me. I spent 24hrs in hospital for monitoring and they refered me to mental health who were unable to offer any help as I was not in a crisis situation.

I'm feeling really lost and scared. What if there is something wrong, what if it is anxiety and I have this feeling and exhaustion forever. I don't know what to do. Or where to go to for help. I'm seeing a psychologist but that's 1hr every 2 weeks....I experience this feeling for hours everyday and I can't bare to keep worrying about it.

Is there anyone with a similar experience? It really doesn't feel like the anxiety I'm used to, this is so foreign to me.

[Liam1991]

Could it be that there’s something big coming up in your life?

I have moments where I can’t get out of bed, my hearts either racing or feels very slow. I’ve been going through this for the past 5 or so years.

It always seems to spike when there’s a big event in my life. I went through the same thing with doctors running tests, and hospital stays. A psychologist does help a little but what really got me through was a good psychiatrist. With the help of him and my psychologist I’ve seen huge improvement.

The hospital psychiatrists didnt seem to help apart from feeding me benzodiazepines, so I went to a private one who actually listens and for the past year we’ve been trying to find the right medication. It’s all been trial and error but I don’t think I’d still be here if it wasn’t for him. Anxiety is hard because everyone feels it differently so I can’t say I know exactly how you feel, but I can say that with the right help life gets better.

Good luck and I hope this helps 🙂