dealing much better with anxiety!

Okay, this is sort of gross, but over the past month or so, I've realized that one of the "symptoms" of my anxiety wasn't actually caused by anxiety. I had thought that I would never be able to actually cope with my anxiety because of the one symptom that just wouldn't go away. Then I started getting really dizzy and lightheaded all the time, went to the doctor, and found out that I had a ton of symptoms of irritable bowel sydrome (this is embarrassing to talk about, but I think it's neccessary). The IBS and anxiety make each other worse (and also the IBS was affecting my health a bit)! Aha. So I got a perscription for something to make my insides do what they are supposed to, and now the anxiety that remains is so much easier to cope with. Like... I can actually deal with things without the fear of becoming an anxious mess! It's amazing. So my advice to you all with anxiety is if you're having a REALLY weird, intense and possibly embarrassing physical symptoms of anxiety, you should talk to a doctor about it, because the "anxiety symptom" could be caused by some other problem. Wow, that was incredibly hard to write... but I hope someone benefits from it! Peace.

~Nova

 

thanks for the tip! if i ever feel that way in the future, i'll keep your advice in mind. im glad you feel better