Having an anxiety meltdown. Need your support

what kinda symptoms are you experiencing? from what my G I said the BIGGEST red flag is blood in stool an urgency to drop a bm as well as frequent diarrhea


your situation sounds a lot like mine especially when you said you wake up in the middle of the night with severe anxiety and always thinking the worst .. i did that and it only made things worse , ive been having stomach issues for months and from what every doctor has told me stress can mess up your whole digestive system your mind and your stomach are so connected to each other some call your stomach your second brain. sorry for the TMI but with my stomach issues im experiencing occasional diarrhea, overactive stomach noises , and always feeling to drop a BM when this started happening i immediately assumed colon cancer my stress levels were off the charts it was making everything worse so i began spending all my money on test like X rays blood test , stool checked for blood and a cat scan all of which have came back normal so i learned i dont have colon cancer so now my mind went from thinking i have colon cancer to thinking i have ulceractive colitis ive seen 6 doctors and they all say its stress an anxiety causing this so i finally saw a G I doctor and he laughed at me for thinking i had cancer i asked him to give me a colonoscopy and he refused because he says its unnecessary because all my test came our normal and i dont have any blood in my stool and i dont really have stomach pain he said "your 25 years old and all your test are normal why would i give a healthy person a colonoscopy" he said if i see blood in stool then he will give me 1 but he said its stress and anxiety causing my stomach issues he recommended i find a therapist for my anxiety and exercise as it is good for the mind and its good for the digestive system he told me to take my mind off of it an stop thinking about it unless i see blood . but its hard because my mind is already convinced i have colitis even tho i had 6 docs an 1 G I doc say its all anxiety i even have anxiety going poop because im scared to see blood.. my anxiety an worry about my stomach is ruining my life , my marriage an my job.. my life is literally crumbling ..


anyway sorry about my long story , my stress isnt has bad as it was when i thought i had cancer so there is a slight improvement but i still constantly worry thinking it could be a disease from the moment i wake up some days are easier then others the more stress i have the worse it is . my advice is TRY to think positive i know that its easier said then done but TRY , exercise , hang out with friends do stuff to take your mind off stuff , take probiotics or enzymes , read a book , and last but not least STAY OFF GOOGLE dont google symptoms that makes everything worse lol if you ever need anyone to talk to im here its always good to talk to someone .. BEST WISHES I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER

I've been going through some new health issues and I know how easy it is to worry about what the problem could be, and what might happen, etc. I finally caved in and asked my doc for some Ativan. Generally I don't like taking drugs but sometimes I think you just need them for a while. I also try to do yoga and have relaxation tapes I listen to and when I'm feeling relatively well I go for walks.

I worry the most about how my issues and my stress is affecting my husband, he's been great through all these years but I think that my illness affects him negatively also. So I try and stay as calm as I can be for him.

None of this is easy, and unfortunately there's no magic wand, so try things and whatever seems to work for you is what you should keep doing, even if it is Ativan.

Good luck, hope you feel a lot better soon.