Anxiety and nausea (or something)

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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About 2 years ago i went through a nasty period of hypochondria. I imagened all kinds of symptoms ranging from heart attacks to brain tumors and lung cancer.
After about a year of this, it all went away. I never saw a therapist or recieved any sort of medication. I believe i rationalized myself out of it somehow.

I still worry way too about my health, but it’s nothing like it used to be. No specific illnesses or symptons.

After about 4-5 months of feeling just fine, i started getting this feeling of being keyed up, and generally feeling weird. An “off feeling” is the best explanation i can give, a bit like having low blood sugar (which runs in my family). In the follwing weeks i started having panic attacks. About 4-5 incidents in a period of about a month.

A few months ago the attacks went away. The “off feeling” and feeling of being keyed up remained however.

These days it’s getting better and better. I can now go for days feeling practically normal. Almost. See, this damn, very vague, sensation of nausea (or something like it) remains. It’s really, really vague, but still enough to constantly remind me and make me think about how i feel (an increased physical awareness, in a bad way).

On final thing. I’ve always been getting slightly depressed every winter. This year it’s way worse though. I blame it on the other stuff, and counting on it going away shortly, when spring arives.

This damn nausea-like thing and occasional “off feeling”. What is it? From too much worry and anxiety. Or something else? Anything i should see a doc about? It’s driving me insane (in a manner of speaking :)).

Thanks for reading (it helped writing it down).

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If it’s affecting your quality of life, and it sounds like it is, then yes you should see a doctor. It may not be anything physical at all - general anxiety/“feeling off” is very common and your doctor will be familiar with it. They may suggest you try some medication or they may refer you to someone you can talk to. Either way, make sure they’re aware of how much this is affecting you.

I know how irritating/tiring it is to feel slightly nausious/anxious/weird a lot of the time - I felt that way for a good long time. Turns out I didn’t have to feel like that, and neither do you. Take a step - go and see your GP. Best wishes.

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If it’s affecting your quality of life, and it sounds like it is, then yes you should see a doctor. It may not be anything physical at all - general anxiety/“feeling off” is very common and your doctor will be familiar with it. They may suggest you try some medication or they may refer you to someone you can talk to. Either way, make sure they’re aware of how much this is affecting you.

I know how irritating/tiring it is to feel slightly nausious/anxious/weird a lot of the time - I felt that way for a good long time. Turns out I didn’t have to feel like that, and neither do you. Take a step - go and see your GP. Best wishes.

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It sounds as you you have indetermined fears. My mother calls it “going white on the inside”.

Check out Rescue Remedy, or Flower Essence Therapy by Dr. Edward Bach. It works, but explanation on how would be too long here. There’s plenty of inof on the net. Have a browse.

You reside in Europe, so you should be able to get Rescue Remedy in most chemist’s.
Good luck.