Anxiety and weight loss

Wow, that list has so many things on it that I have been feeling are wrong with me lately. I've had anxiety since I can remember, stemming from being scared of thunderstorms as a child. It got worse as high school went on but I eventually was placed on Lexapro and seemed to be ok. Now i'm 20 and this past month has been hell. I started losing weight due to playing basketball and eating healthy as I am over weight and was the best feeling I had been in a while until something was brought up about my hair thinning. I started to panic and every feeling I had was back. Is it diabetes? Cancer? What is it!? What is wrong, but I am too scared to see a doctor about it, and the fact that my doctor gave me a blood sugar test that I passed just 4-5 months ago. This week my back has been killing me but lately all I have been doing is sitting hunch backed in my chair or sleeping. But you can't just tell yourself thats what it is coming from as everyone well knows on here. Anxiety eats away at your brain and will make everything seem 100% worse than it is. After reading that very helpful list I know there is nothing wrong with me, but who knows if my brain will accept that fact. I havn't been exercising lately but still eat right and I am losing weight due to the fact that I was 265 and am now down to 229. I am still overweight but the whole not exercising and losing weight scared me, but I just need to realize that I changed my metabolism from eating right and exercising every day and it is still carrying with me. To think, this all started over my mouth being dry in the mornings and someone commenting that my hair was thinning. It makes me sick and today I am mentally strong to not be worrying about it, but who knows for tomorrow...

I stand 6 feet 5 inches have lost about 20 pounds in 2 months down from 208lbs to 188lbs. I had been through a similar experience twice before about 5 and 8 years ago and had every medical test known to mankind with normal results. I have nausea, dizzyness, fatigue, and very disrupted sleep patterns. This time we discovered apergillus mold spores in our home which i have lived in for 3.5 years at 4 times the normal counts of 200-300 spores per cubic meter. My wife and children seem to have no ill effects, but I appear to be hypersensitive. We have started sleeping in a camper for the summer while we try to remediate the mold, but I am not getting better because I am still using the house bathroom and helping my wife with the kids. We went away for 4 days and I felt a little better, but it takes longer than that to rid your body of the toxins.

Colby Bluth wrote:

I was suffering from anxiety and panic attacks pretty heavy for the past 3.5 years. Then I discovered that I've been experiencing low level Carbon Monoxide poisoning for the past 10+ years from my car. So I haven't been in my car for the past 6 weeks and my symptoms have improved and the thought of anxiety doesn't even occur to me.
Just before I ended the exposure I was losing weight, 20lbs in 3 months.
I really feel many cases of anxiety are caused by toxins in our enviornment including CO exposure. I would be very curious to hear more about your symptoms and could point you to some resources you could check out.
Good luck!
-Colby
PS I've found ice cream w/ peanut butter has helped me gain about a lb a week, but my cholesterol must be suffering.:)

Crystal wrote:

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Judy, are you taking any medications? You are not alone. I have found that readng about this horrible disorder helps, also PRAYING to GOD is what gets me thru! I am thankful that i was diagnosed with this and it wasn't something more serious... i know that sounds silly, because anxiety is horrible but the thought of all the deseases out there and seriuos illnessess, makes me understand how lucky I am!!! And i can get thru this with GOD!!!

It also helps to have someone who understands to talk to! Crystal you have been a God send to me!

http://www.controllinganxiety.com/dsp_downloa... I havent had a chance to listen to all of this but so far it seems really helpful.

Hi to all, new person, same story here. Panic and anxiety first about 7 yrs ago, ER visits often for "heart attacks", Ativan "occasionally" for bad attacks got me through, and then was able to stop med for good. About 4 yrs later again, same thing, anxiety and panic attacks, fear of going places, heart palps, loss of appetite (lost 17 pounds in 1 month) and I am not big, started at 137 pounds at 5 ft 6. Ended up in hospital, but physically no diseases, so put on Klonopin varying dose and Zoloft 50mg a day. I got better, and after a year weaned myself off the Zoloft, and then 2 months ago attempted to wean off Klonopin.....not so easy, and here I am. Lost 8 pounds again in 3 weeks, no appetite, hair loss, and headache x's 4 days, the thought of food makes me ill, I don't throw up, just no appetitite, and anxious all the time that this will kill me. Back on Klonopin 0.25mg every am hoping to stabilize, and going the psych route this week. Of course in my mind the headache is a brain tumor!

the doctors want to try lexapro but one of my fears is taking meds, when this first started I was having a problem from food poising and everything that I would eat was running thru me so the doc gave me some meds (thinking is was baterical infection in my intesties)never the less i would up in the hospital with a reaction to the meds so they gave me another one and the same crap happened again so now I am completly TERRIFIED to take medican even ones that I have taken befor with no problems, the thought of taking medication scares the hell out of me :( I pray evey day so GOD keeps giving me the strength to overcome my fears one by one and I know that it is working, but my weight loss just adds to the stress and anxiety. I have always had anxiety but this is the worst it has ever been I worry all the time about my health and try sooooooooo hadr not to get sick so I dont have to take meds I think Im driving myself crazy.

I have been going through a divorce,And I have lost 16lbs,I am getting worried something is wrong
I still eat normal,But I am very stressed out,
Could the stress be effecting my wieght loss?
Please email me and let me know your thoughts

Email mkohler1@fredmueller.com

Hello everyone - new to the group. Have found what I've read here consoling. I have lost quite a bit of weight also, and I too feel bad about it, so it does help to read others experience with the same thing. I have a question for anyone here if you know why eating carbs would cause anxiety symptoms. I was able to tolerate them for a while, but last week 3 times ate quinoa, medical shake, oatmeal and became ill, not vomiting or even stomache, just bad feeling like getting the flu or something. I read on one post something about blood sugar level - how does that play a part with the anxiety symptoms. Good to read about those of you that are praying. God is our ultimate source and there is no sickness, disease or disorder greater than his Word and he can heal us!

Judah wrote:

Hello everyone - new to the group. Have found what I've read here consoling. I have lost quite a bit of weight also, and I too feel bad about it, so it does help to read others experience with the same thing. I have a question for anyone here if you know why eating carbs would cause anxiety symptoms. I was able to tolerate them for a while, but last week 3 times ate quinoa, medical shake, oatmeal and became ill, not vomiting or even stomache, just bad feeling like getting the flu or something. I read on one post something about blood sugar level - how does that play a part with the anxiety symptoms. Good to read about those of you that are praying. God is our ultimate source and there is no sickness, disease or disorder greater than his Word and he can heal us!

Hello, Any time our blood sugar drops your brain is in starvation mode and makes the anxiety worse.
I wasnt able to eat carbs before getting on the Paxil, I think maybe it may act like caffine does.
God made us and he can fix us!

I started having Panic attacks and anxitey when i went to the doctor cause i had mono or something.. after i got that treated or what not.. the doctor put a BIG scare into my head thinking i had hiv or stds or something that can kill you.. so it scared me soo bad that i started gettting them. i would wake up in the morning feeling sick to my stomach and nausas. or wahtever. i though i had an illness. and i couldnt eat. at all. and when i did i would feel sick but half the time i didnt because i had a sick feeling in my mouth that wouldnt let me eat it. so i went to the doctor got an hiv test and std test and they all came back negative.. and the reason i went to the doctor for that was because i was loosing weight.. and luckily i dont have anything. but even though i found out i was clean i still freaked out about everything. i was touching my face constently.. picking at my body cause of my weight going down. its been 2 weeks since i went to the doctor and i weighed at 122 now i weighed at 116. so i lost like 7 pounds in 2 weeks :/ and im soo scared cause i had a nice figure but now im scared ima get too skinny.:/
help me :]

http://www.recognizinganxietypanicattacksympt...

Just found this and passing it on.

thanks. thats kinda helpful

Hi, I have lost 2st 7lbs over the last year, i can't get it into my head that anxiety is the cause, and yet i have nearly all symptoms described. Had the tests, don't want to go to doctors cause i know they think i'm hypercondriac, so asking does anyone wake up with slightly swollen fingers and is anyone suffering with sitting down as my coccyx and bottom is very tender, i wonder if its due to the weight loss? love to all

Hi everybody, I am new to the group, and jolly glad I found it. I thought I was the only one that was troubled with this awful nasuea as soon as I awake. Have lost a stone in weight since June as cant eat properly. The site of food in the morning makes me feel awful until later on in the afternoon when I feel I can eat something. I hate going to bed at nights for fear of how I am going to feel in the morning. Never free from the nausea. I also get the trembles, and throughout the day I just feel so low, really cant explain to anyone how I feel. Also very weak. I too have feared the worse, that I may have cancer of the stomach, so I am going to have an Endoscopy to try and clear my mind. I have read a very good book by Dr Claire Weekes "Self Help for Nerves" which I find is very good, but I cant seem to put to practice what she tells you to do, as all I can think of is the nausea pulling me down. I just am desperate to get back to my old self again. Its a dreadful feeling, but I am more at ease knowing there are so many people out there that are experiencing the same as I am.

Hi Maggie, Yes I too have a sensation that when sitting down my coccyx is tender, and have put it down to my weight loss. I dont have the swollen fingers though in the morning. In the mornings before getting up and dreading the thought of getting out of bed, I get waves of, all I can say is a slight tingling throughout my body, and it appears to come every minute or so until I get up. Dont know if you have experienced this. Nerves are an awful thing, and just waiting for the day I feel "Normal" again.

Thanks Jeni for the comment - I hadn't checked here in awhile, as once I had posted I didn't see a response from anyone right away soooo I thought maybe people weren't interacting that often. Thanks again sooo much. I am trusting God for total deliverance.

Lin - yes I too have the tenderness in my coccyx, when I sit a long time, like in church sometimes I have to get up slow - it is so painful. I too attributed it to the weight loss. I too get the tingling before I get up.

Be encouraged, like Jeni said God made us and he surely can fix us!

Hey every one !.
I have read out all the comments
and i am glad to know that people from all over the world are discussing their problems relating Panic Disorder and Anxiety Disorder etc.
i have been feeling Anxious for one and half year. i have been having panic attacks too.
Feeling like my heart is beating fast, something is wrong with my heart, feeling vertigo, and burning in palms and toes and around neck, and feel abdominal and gastrointestinal distress.
but a strange feeling that i have is that i feel my scrotum (testis sac) contract and relax during the stress and when i am anxious.
i don't know why i feel like this.
further more when ever i am feeling like to having something very good like i am buying new clothes or any thing very exciting, or if someone is giving me surprise, or something new and exciting is gonna happen which make me feel joy and happy, I feel stress and anxious
even the event is going to happen very late but i feel anxious and worried many days ahead.
whats more i am loosing my weight too. my parent, friends and every one is saying that i have become so thin.. and skinny... even i eat normally as i use to do before..
I have consulted a Psychiatrist in my town and he has prescribed me Citalopram and Lorazepam as well .
Lorazepam helps me sometimes at night time when i feel anxious before i fall asleep. But Citalopram is making my condition more work because of side effects. And i have been trying to be regular about taking citalopram cuz its effect go on fading after continuous usage. But i am afraid that i am unable to take my dose continuously.
Tell me if any one is having the same situation and... what he/she has adopted to make them feel good any medication of whatever..
and please tell me someone how to get my normal weight back.. any one who has been losing weight but he adopted or used something very good and became Healthy..
Take care Every one ..
Good bye

Hi all
wow. I just got tears in my eyes -- finally I don't feel so alone, LOL !
I get terribly anxious in the mornings (somebody else here had posted this problem too)-- to the point where I don't want to get up. My work isn't bad, in fact once I'm at work I'm fine. But early morning anxiety makes me not get my breakfast down my throat -- and I'm very hungry in the mornings though.I have always been thin, but people are commenting that I seem to be getting thinner. I think my weight is constant, but I don't pick up anything. It makes me feel weak and unnattractive.Since I've had a relationship issue 2 years ago, where I lost a lot of weight within 2 weeks, I haven't really been able to get 'back on track'-- anxious worries have been plaguing me, even though the relationship issue was sorted out. We had moved to another country, so guess the big change did it too.
Now I had another change --
My sister's cat died, they found him dead on the day of my 30th bday party. I have been crying my eyes out, and anxiety got worse since then. It brings back the memories of loss I have had to go through when my dad died when I was 17 -- anyone else think that their anxiety issues are caused by loss of a loved one ? either break-ups or death ?