Hello,
I have decided to sign up for this forum as 1. sometimes I feel so alone with everything that I have been going through and 2. to unburden my husband, who is a sweetheart and extremely supportive but even he told me “Why don’t you look for a forum? I am sure it would help to talk about all this stuff.” So, hete I am😊
My symptoms, now that I think about it, probably started 2-3 years ago: mood swings, periods of feeling down, lost, alone, not-understood and panic attacks. I kind of was not suprised as I have a history of eating disorder, burn-out, panic disorder and depression, so I thought these are just little set backs that I had before and will probably have for the rest of my life.
Just for the record😊: I live in a loving relationship, have a nice home, I love my job, my family is lovely and supportive in every sense. It is just that I was probably born with high sensitivity that caused the above mentioned issues.
In January this year I missed my period for rhe first time. AND; for about 2 weeks I experienced the following symptoms: diarrea, bloated tummy, acid reflux, cold flashes that came on with a nauseating anxiety attack, heart palpitations, at night I could not sleep as my heart was beating so hard against my chest that it scared me, nightmares, a feeling of loneliness and total lack of self worth that made me sob for hours on end.
Of course I went to see specialists right away as I was afraid that I might have something serious. Blood test: no need for concern. ECG and heart examination fine. Tummy, kidney ultrasound and pelvic ultrasound all okay. So basically I am supposed to be healhty.
My symptoms subsided after 2-3 weeks and my period returned like clockwork, exaclty on day 28 for the past months. I must say that my periods have become quite heavy lately and for rhe first time in my life I experienced what must be period pain.
Anyway, to cut a long story short: I just would like to know whether someone here has similar symptoms, and mainly, how to deal with them? I think I might have developed health anxiety as I am constantly checking my body and always think of the worst. Especially on days when I am tired, out of breath and hardly able to concentrate on anything.
Any reassurance would be nice:-)
Zsuzsanna