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i totally hear what you guys are saying. I started feeling unwell in febuary. and went for whole bunch of tests nothing wrong with me but the worry would not stop about everything death, bills work and finances. my docto put me on efexor and i felt so bad on it i ahsd to quit after three days. she now has me on ativan which is ok but it doesnot completly stop the beating heart or feelings of dread. i have lost weight and i could nto afford to do so cause i was only 100lbs to begin with i force myself to eat right now cause thats my newest worry . i would not feel so bad if i had weight like 130 to begin with but i know its not healthy to be under 100lbs so that worries me i take carnation shakes and i force mysel;f to eat but i have been axious for days and experiancing small panic attacks for days. it is very helpful knowing other people are having the same problem. I have to wait til oct to see a pyschiatrist which is a bummer.Lets keep the faith everyone i know personally how it feels top vbe anxious and feel like your going to loss uit but i have hope i will get through this.
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the spots in the vision is the first thing i noticed because i have frequent eye floaters and i was alway concerned it was something else i had not idea this was connected as well |
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I'm an athlete so i'm naturally pretty fit, but lately i've noticed that ive lost alot of weight and it's enough of a loss that everyone around me has begun to notice. I can't seem to stop it and i eat a healthy diet with some occasional junk food mixed in to keep up with the amount of exercising that i do. But now my mother is worried im starving myself and even my boyfriend has begun to show signs of worry about my shrinking waistline. I want to chalk it up to anxiety but i've never had anxiety take this kind of toll on my body before. My clothes are becoming too big for me, my ribs and hip bones are starting to stick out, and i feel like something is seriously wrong with my body.I'm really scared please anyone with ideas to help ,recommend some!!
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I have lost 10 pounds in 3 months and have been freaking out and weighing myself everyday now. This is not normal for me. I have had anxiety problems since 1993 when my son died but they have gotten better until recently when I lost 3 good friends this last year. I just feel nervous all the time but I still have a good appetite but I am scared to death to lose more weight because I think bad things like I may have cancer. I have had every test done like HIV, Liver, TB, Anemia, and they all came back normal. I heard that a bad gallbladder can cause weight loss and I do have some mild pain in my upper right side but it's not bad and not everyday. Can a medical person please give some advice? My doctor said it was anxiety and put me on Celexa and my fatigue has gotten better but still not gaining weight.
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I guess many of us are dealing with anxiety/panic atacks and are worried about weight loss. I can definitely relate to all of the comments everyone has made. Question - does anyone get anxiety and/or panicky after eating a large meal? Just curious as I often will feel quite panicky 1-3 hours after eating a large meal. Thoughts?
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I'm so glad to know I'm not alone on this one, I've been dealing with severe anxiety/panic attacks/hypochondria for four years and in the past few months I've dropped 10 pounds. I'm already tiny, so I really couldn't afford to lose weight in the first place. 105 pounds isn't flattering on my frame! I can't help but think something terribly wrong with me although I've had every test known to man in the past year. It's certainly hard and I can sympathize with all of you.
I have managed to gain a couple pounds in a few months but I don't see a big change like I would like too. Another thing is lately, I feel so ashamed to go out in public! I have this thought in my head that everyone is staring at ME and thinking I'm a damn skeleton, although..I'm in the right weight range for my height, I still feel I look bad, anyone else think these things? & Dan, I definitely know what you mean. I too get very anxious after eating and feel sick! It's hard for me to down much lately. |
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I'm get anxious before every meal. I don't struggle with putting on weight, I struggle with keeping it off. After I had my first child, I had a really hard time loosing weight. I am still struggling and it is almost his first birthday. I panic whenever I am invited over to someones house for a dinner party. I'm afraid that what they'll make will not fit in with my "diet plan". A diet plan that is not working...I loose and then gain it back and over again. I'm stressed out, and I want to finally be okay with eating. It's not like I'm a whole lot over weight. I weigh 136 and am 5'3". I have started running every morning and it seems to make me feel better. I just wish I didn't think about my weight every morning and get a pit feeling in my stomach. I just need to hear that it's okay to eat without being anxious every time I look at my dinner plate.
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How old are you Cath and forgive the intrusion? Weight loss is associated with so many states, physical as well as mental and of course these are two in one after all is said and done. I am very concrned because I have lost about 11 pounds in a year but I suffer from chronic depression and anxiety which peak at times and leave me with no appetite. I force myself to eat but I don't gain. I am a grandmother though and perhaps I am organically ill this time, but my fear keeps me from going to the doctor. I hate the thought of hospitals and tests. Any advice from anyone there will help. Maria |
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I have lost weight due to on going u.t.i and stress..The whole world is obsessed with loosing weight and all I want to do is put it on..I weigh 7stone 2lb and Im 5"5...The amount of people everyday that comment on how skinny I am really doesnt help infact it makes things 100% worse..I am looking for help and advise on how to gain weight and all I seem to come across is how to loose it, It drives me nuts..I going for another doctors ap today and its with a different doctor as my doctor really doesnt believe I dont eat enough..I eat as much as I can, Then Im either feeling sick or straight on the loo..I mannaged to keep down my breakfast this morning for an hr...I dont make myself sick or take any kind of laxatives and Ive already been judged as anorexic by a nurse on first contact, Without talking to me she assumed this was my problem...So I can understand anyone with this problem 100% and its horrible Im 47yrs old this year and I dont want to be like this at all I want to put on at least 20pounds but as soon as it goes on give it a few weeks and Im back to were I started..Its not nice at all, I really do understand people with this problem..with love Tina
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The feeling expressed in all these posts sure make me know I am not alone...and it feels good to know people want to talk about all this anxiety we feel. Before attributing everything to stress though, get your thyroid function checked, and if you are having a lot of digestive problems, your pancreas as well. My weight loss ended up being due to pancreatic tumors that required a very difficult surgery but would have probably killed me if it hadn't been done.
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I googled weight loss and anxiety and came across this topix. Im 37 just divorced, 3 girls, hubby left for a 20 yo. my parents both died in the last 3 years n i have no grandparents. I pretty much was abandoned. anyways, I do more things with my kids, run n play with them n go swimming n all kinds of things we never did with the hubby around. I have a job that gets us free rent and utilities. The pay is not great but we get by with some child support here and there. I read about anxiety tonight more than just telling the dr i got panic attacks n her giving me xaxax. I dont take them very often. i do only when i think or know for sure I will be in a stressful situation. I sleep ok but am more tired than anything. I wake up at 4-5 am everymorning no matter what time i go to sleep. I have lose 20+ lbs since this divorce started last summer. right after i was left my best friend had a heart attack at age 26, my father passed away and my oldest daughter started early puperty. So much at one time, ya theres some major anxiety. but i cant seem to gain the weight back. I too have my ribs, hips, and chest bones showing. i look horrible in a swim suit or to me i do. my face is too skinny too. pleaseeeeeeeeeeee anyone with any help PLEASE reply to me. I cant sit here and read the whole things, my eyes are tired, lol oh and i even tried smoking a lil pot to get the munches. I eat n eat n eat and still dont put it back on. HELP PLEASE!!! |
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Well, i decided tonight to look up stuff about anxiety because i cant think of anything else this might be.
Ever since i had my first child at 16 and had some life threatning problems i have become very afraid of just about everything. I am now24 years old, 5'3 and 96 pounds. before i had my first child i was about 115pounds. Every night i lay down and think the worse things a person could ever think about, i often make myself believe i have a serious ilness, and as much as i know that is not true, the thought is always in my head, that there's something wrong with my health. I am so so scared of death now, and those thoughts haunt me everyday and everynight. I cant sleep properly, ill sleep for 4 hours, and then take a nap for 1-2 hours. i dont really sleep for 8 hours straight. I dont usually eat breakfast, which i should... I dont have any problems with feeling sick to my stomach when i eat, and i dont throw up. I seem to get "full" very quickly thats about it. I just want to feel like ME again, im so annoyed of people telling me i look skinny and sickly, and that makes me fear my health even more which doesnt help with the whole death worries that run through my mind. My mind races mostly at night when i should be sleeping, i find it MUCH easier to fall asleep during the day. And when i got to a pharmacy and ask what i can take to gain weight they pretty much laugh at me, because of all the fat people trying to lose weight. Not to mention just about everything in the grocery store is "low fat" and "low calories", i really think that that doesnt help what so ever. Is there anything natural i can take to help gain weight? maybe whey protien? im thinking also maybe going to the gym and building some muscles(which weight more then fat), but i dont know if the way i eat i could even do that. p.s- Ive has blood work for my thyroid, and all vitamins and liver etc, all came back normal, does that make sense? |
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I have been haveing anxiety for the past three years. I just now have gone to a Psyco Therepist because I was ashamed to earlier. I have a doctors apt tomorrow and scared of the prescription after reading all these heart breaking stories. I love my weight and figure where it is... What meds are yall taking to make yall loose weight... I want to stay clear of them.. And what meds do u think work best??
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I have been having anxiety fir the past 3 years when my sister passed away. I have just now done to a psycotherepist who says I have MAJOR anxiety and depression. After reading all of your heartbreaking stories I'm scared of my doctors apt tomorrow where I know I'm getting a prescription to solething... What mess are yall taking to loose weight? I want to stay clear and avoid them because I love my figure and weight where I am now!!!!
Save meeee! |
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hy i thought i was the only one with this problem my shakes are as if my insides are shaking i think of all terrible illnesses |
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i thought i was the only one with this problem ihave burning and muscletension in my abdomen alsomy insides feel like they areshaking inside also sometimes a agitated feeling thinking there is something seriousley wrong whith me
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I know how hard it can be to maintain weight when you are really anxious. Particularly as the more weight you loss the more anxious you get because your body is stressed. I have had severe anxiety since I was a young child. From the ages of 10 to 20 I was regularly hospitalised because I lost so much weight I become very unwell physically. I am 21 now and I am still a bit underweight, but not losing anymore. The main advice I can give you is to make meal times as calm as possible and for me having set times when I have to eat helps as well. Also maybe try to have mostly your favourite foods. I find that helps entice me to eat more. For me convenience packaged snacks are good because they don't take anytime to prepare. I find I eat more if I don't have to face cooking a lot before. Hope that helps. |
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I had a flu virus last February then blood in urine, menstral cycle changed, frequent urination, abdominal pain, used to be insomiac, now just tired. I have had many tests,mostly normal ,, but high iga and anca, and couple others, so I am convinced medical community missin amyloidosis , kidney or liver problem. Lost 30 lbs in spite of eating, have white tongue always with like red ulcers. I am mom of 2 boys and need to get healty...I have arm and thigh pain, muscle twitching. I either have something hard to diagnose or somaticism. I did find mold in house, so convinced it may be that?I also had an enlarged lymphnode removed in back of neck, it contained histicyes, negative for lymphoma. I had allergic anaphalaxis after surgery.. Had to go to er and get injected with steroids. Month later a medication made mme break out with crazy rash, had over month, still faintly on thighs. I am wondering if it'sy health or anxiety.. But really afaid.
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I have had problems maintaining my weight for a year now. I am told it is from emotional stress over a long period of time. I have anxiety all the time over everything and nothing. Taking Xanax and now DR. wants me to go on Zoloft. Says it will make me hungry.Used to weigh 152 lbs and now weigh in at 110 lbs. can't stop the weight loss. I eat but of course not a big eater but feel I eat better tahn I used to. I used to drink alcohol heavily-daily. Not sure if this is the difference in weight. Definitely the difference in high anxiety levels.Don't know how to gain weight??? Never had the problem before this.
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You are not alone, there are millions of people that suffer from this. I have lost 60 pounds this last year, and I really look undernourished now. It's making me so sick, I don't want to eat, because of the anxiety, I've had lots of tests done, but they are all normal. I feel like I'm going crazy all the time. I take Xanax, it helps, but it makes me sleepy and my memory is not so good. I've been on Xanax for 3 years, I've read it's not good to be on benzo's for long periods of time. But I don't know what else to do. The Dr. has tried a couple of anti depressants, but I don't do very well on those, Welbutrin worked for a while, but it only made me more edgy, I just gradually got myself off of it because I don't like feeling edgy. I'm missing a lot of work because of the anxiety and I just don't know what else to do.
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