we arent immune from physical illnesses

we should remember that long term anxiety does not make us immune to physical illnesses

beware of the doc who wants to blame everything on your nerves or anxiety

for example a recent post about a tight throat is probably from nerves but just might be from a food allergy and quite serious

It took me many years to get a diagnosis of sleep apnea, I complained of cronic fatigue and the docs always said it was depression

another example is blaming dizzyness on nerves when it can be from a buildup of wax in the ears

Too true - I think some of us are more likely to get ill....deffo stress related illnesses aggrivate things like colitis.

no kidding! I've had lumps in my lower abdomen for 6 years and i'm always short of breath. My stomach bloats. i'm starting to think i've got a serious problem - my docs blame everything on anxiety.

oh, and does anyone else here have problems with swollen/enlarged glands or lymph nodes?

Guess I'm lucky - my doc isnt like that at all. Course it may be that I was his first "Anxiety Patient". Got tired of travelling 35 miles to my gyn every 3 months for rx visits and asked him to take over. He did some research and then agreed. His first inclination is medical/physical...

Karen

try having Migraines too....