Sunday Blues

[KMTE]

Does anybody else feel even worse on a Sunday? I feel like the working week takes alot of effort to get through most of the time and when it gets to the weekend it's like a rest almost. My anxiety is never as severe (obviously not always sometimes it strikes no matter what day it is) on the weekend I have my husband and kids home which just having the company is a help and a distraction and if i need some time to just relax my husband is there with the kids. Also we tend to do fun things and while we keep busy the anxiety tends to stay relatively easy to manage (again not alwAys) also every Sunday we spend the day at my son and husbands sport I'm always anxious if I'm going to have any of my health anxiety symptoms that day or anxiety will take over in front of everyone which would be embarrassing. Also Sunday means its Monday tomorrow and I have to make my way through another school/work/sports/kinder gym week which at the moment im funding quiet difficult and draining. Can anyone else relate?

[White_Rose]

Hello KMTE

I see you are answering the posts of others, great job. How are you going with your Sundays? I take it you are managing better.

Mary

[KMTE]

Thanks for asking Mary! Things are slowly getting better it's a long process and I just need to remember not to feel so set back when I have a bad day 🙂

[White_Rose]

That's a great attitude to have. So often we feel that our lives should change immediately. I know I am very impatient and expect a result yesterday.

Remember you can use this thread any time to have a chat.

Mary

[KMTE]

Thanks Mary x

[KMTE]

Hey guys so basicAlly I started on ads for ocd anxiety and depression and about a week into it was feeling pretty positive and being more social and my appetite was coming back but I had some trouble breathing and wheezing that I just brushed off. By day 10 the doctor told me to stop taking them and I had a chest X-ray and lung function test and basically the ads had trigger some asthma. But since I've stopped taking them I feel so yuck again. I'll lost so much weight in the last few months I'm now dangerously under weight but I have no appetite. I've had chest pain for a week which the doctor said is costochondritis but I'm so worried it's my heart and my anxiety is back in full swing. I'm so sick of going back to the doctors and I don't feel like I'm getting anywhere with my health

[CMF]

Hi KMTE,

sorry you're struggling so much , I know how awful it is. Would it help if the dr put in writing what is. Amusing the chest pain and that it is not your heart. Could you ask for an ecg to confirm what he is saying. This would clear your mind and you would have it in writing to look back on for reassurance when you feel anxious.

are you starting different ad's?

i struggle with weekends too, I hear you.

cmf x

[KMTE]

I've had an ecg a couple months back but then I read they won't pick up symptoms of certain heart diseases only if you've had a heart attack or something so that's got me worried too. I start new ads on Wednesday. I feel silly going to the doctor again but I just feel terrible and being so underweight I think magnifies everything 😔

[White_Rose]

Dear KMTE

Don't worry about the chest pain. I had the same condition Costacondritis. Not the right spelling I know. Yes it is painful. As I understand it the muscles of your chest wall are inflamed. Because we need to breathe the chest is constantly moving and causing pain. I was given a pain killer.

Never feel silly seeing your doctor at times like this. We go when we have physical ailments and MI is the same. I hope these AD work better for you.

Mary

[KMTE]

Thanks Mary

How long did your costochondritis take to get better? It's really hard with anxiety not to think it's the heart but hearing someone else who has experienced is a bit more reassuring x

[White_Rose]

Not being medically minded I can only give you my experience. Like any inflammatory process it takes a while for everything to die down. A bit like arthritis if you have ever experienced that. Because it is the chest muscles that are inflamed, and as I said they are constantly moving, it will take longer than a more stationary part of your body, unless you can hold your breath for a week or two.

It really depends on how badly you are inflamed. I would have thought you could take an inflammatory tablet or two. I cannot because they mess my stomach about and I have a permanent condition from that. I bet you are so jealous.

I suggest no strenuous activity that makes you breath more quickly and more strenuously. It will add to the pain and take longer to heal. If you are going to see your doctor soon ask him/her for more information.

If you were having a heart attack it would be over by now. The symptoms sound alike but there are differences which is why the doc can say precisely why you hurt. Being anxious will aggravate the condition I imagine because you will be breathing more quickly. Sit down and meditate.

Remember when you have toothache and there is the constant need to keep touching to see if it has gone away? Try pressing bits of your chest (gently) especially the middle. It should hurt in various places meaning it's not your heart which hurts all the time whether or not you press in that area.

Mary

Mary