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Do I need to see a doctor over my anxiety issues? How do you know anxiety symptoms from actual physical problems?
For the last 9 months or so I've been dealing with some health issues. I had made it through 25 years and never even had blood drawn. Now I've had surgery in Deceraber, to remove my gallbladder, and still don't feel well. It's starting to really get me down and I'm having a ton of anxiety about all of this as I think something serious is going on with my health.
I'm having a hard time focusing on anything but the discomfort I'm experiencing. I'm now finding maintaining relationships with frienRAB and family difficult because I'm so self absorbed currently. How can I listen to the details of their lives, and they're problems, when I feel as though something is seriously wrong with me? I've lost interested over the past few months in things I used to enjoy doing. Watching sports has always been a passion of mine, now I'm not evening paying attention to the game when I have it on. Even when people are talking to me I'm not really comprehending what they are saying. I feel like the people around me don't know or really care to understand what I'm going through. Yes, I've been whining and complaining alot and I know they are tired of hearing it. It's hard because I just want to feel good again and am afraid I'll never get back to that.
The symptoms I've been experiencing (chest discomfort, back aches, upper abdominal tenderness, burping, and hiccups) my doctor thinks are due to acid reflux. I had an upper endoscopy Wednesday, which I still don't know the results of, and won't until Wednesday. They did find irriatation in my esophagus which they took a biopsy of. I know stress and anxiety contribute to acid reflux so I'm wondering how much worse I'm making everything by freaking out about it all the time. Could I be unintentionally causing all of this myself?
How do you know if it's time to go to a doctor over anxiety?
I don't want to be on medication but do I need it?
What should I do?
I would greatly appreciate anyone taking time to respond to my post. I just feel worried, alone, and confused right now. Anyone else went through something similar to this?
For the last 9 months or so I've been dealing with some health issues. I had made it through 25 years and never even had blood drawn. Now I've had surgery in Deceraber, to remove my gallbladder, and still don't feel well. It's starting to really get me down and I'm having a ton of anxiety about all of this as I think something serious is going on with my health.
I'm having a hard time focusing on anything but the discomfort I'm experiencing. I'm now finding maintaining relationships with frienRAB and family difficult because I'm so self absorbed currently. How can I listen to the details of their lives, and they're problems, when I feel as though something is seriously wrong with me? I've lost interested over the past few months in things I used to enjoy doing. Watching sports has always been a passion of mine, now I'm not evening paying attention to the game when I have it on. Even when people are talking to me I'm not really comprehending what they are saying. I feel like the people around me don't know or really care to understand what I'm going through. Yes, I've been whining and complaining alot and I know they are tired of hearing it. It's hard because I just want to feel good again and am afraid I'll never get back to that.
The symptoms I've been experiencing (chest discomfort, back aches, upper abdominal tenderness, burping, and hiccups) my doctor thinks are due to acid reflux. I had an upper endoscopy Wednesday, which I still don't know the results of, and won't until Wednesday. They did find irriatation in my esophagus which they took a biopsy of. I know stress and anxiety contribute to acid reflux so I'm wondering how much worse I'm making everything by freaking out about it all the time. Could I be unintentionally causing all of this myself?
How do you know if it's time to go to a doctor over anxiety?
I don't want to be on medication but do I need it?
What should I do?
I would greatly appreciate anyone taking time to respond to my post. I just feel worried, alone, and confused right now. Anyone else went through something similar to this?