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Posted 11/3/2013 1:19 PM (GMT 0)
Help - as I have mentioned previously, I do have fibromyalgia, however leading up to this diagnosis and even now, I worry I have something more terrible...have lot of neurological symptoms and heart symptoms....Twitching, jerking of limbs, cramping, stiffness, terrible fatigue, heart symptoms, tremors, palpitations, vision trouble..all sorts

I have worried about MS the WHOLE time...doc thinks its fibro and sent me for an MRI, it came back ok.
My glands were up for about 6months and i worried about Lymphoma, had biopsy and was fine

All my symptoms started last december, and I think anxiety and worrying about health started them off to be honest...(never had any before - not one!)

Fatigue is one of my worse symptoms and muscle pain if i exert myself.

Insomnia is also a factor in all of this...I have had this my whole life, but its at its worse now...i could go 2 maybe 3 days without sleeping in the beginning due to what I think was anxiety...now I can sleep most nights, but only with help of amitriptyline and melatonin. I sometimes only get about 3 -4 hours though and feel exhausted because of this...
It has crossed my mind once or twice that maybe I have some deadly insomnia thing - sounds ludicrous I know, but i think this sometimes and then I sleep for about 6 hours and then I know its not that...it goes in cycles that health anxiety one!

Can anxiety cause all of this to happen? Can it cause such insomnia and fatigue? How do you beat health anxiety?

Sorry for the rant
Posted 11/3/2013 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
When my anxiety was at its highest I didn't sleep but 3 or 4 hours and I felt the same way. Anxiety can do some nasty things. I use my amitriptyline at night now every night and I am getting back into a better sleep cycle and that has helped my anxiety a lot. I am feeling so much better.I wake up with less anxiety and can have less in the day. I have also started CBT on my own and it has helped me to understand my thoughts and how to change them. I hope this helps.
Posted 11/3/2013 4:39 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks - It does a bit...Im on amitriptyline 50mg at night also and melatonin and still only sleep 3-4 hours on average...What dose of amitriptyline are you on?

I seem to drift off about 9:30 - 10 and sleep till about 1 maybe 2am...then somethng wakes me up, not sure what, then I cant get back to sleep again...tried sleep tabs all sorts to help this...also had counselling...I know that some people can get by on this little sleep, but im constantly exhausted and I work 4 days and have two little kids to look after :o(
Posted 11/3/2013 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
Wackers,

You are in good company here, as a lot of members also deal with health anxiety issues.

For this reason I recently added two books specifically on health anxiety to our Resources.

Check them out and see if you think they'd be helpful to you. :)

Talk to you soon.

S.C.
Posted 11/3/2013 6:31 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks Scaredy Cat - Il check them out :o)
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