Pushing through it

[Number 86]

I have health anxiety and ocd and have been on medication for 1 year and 4 months and haven't had any issues and was doing really well. Over the past 3 months, I have been struggling again after a few doctor visits over my tongue as it was still dry after coming off medication. Long story short it turns out I have silent acid reflux. My tongue is a lot better but hadn't been 100% and my anxiety had spiralled out of control googling every possible cause and doing a lot of blood tests and second opinions from other doctors. I found some relief after seeing a counsellor and doing some CBT training. However, I am currently not sleeping and it's tiring. I heard that a lot of people had anxiety and sleep problems with proton pump inhibitors so I have started tapering off to see if there is any difference. Trying to ride this out but looking for some motivation to stop worrying and hopefully get some sleep. 

I took a 5mg dose of an antidepressant yesterday as I thought it may help me start to sleep again but I was wrong and anxiety was worse so I haven't continued. 

[Guest_57032886]

Hello! That is really hard, I’ve been struggling with health anxiety too. It’s the worst when you go there and the issue that could be in your head turns out to be real. I’d say to look into food sources and find your control in that way, but also to know that the medical industry has to name very possible thing that can happen, and just because it has a name doesn’t make it irreversible, incurable or fatal.

-from harmony (also struggling)