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I Am Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

I hate anxiety, but I also hate it when doctors use it as an excuse to ignore my real medical concerns. I've been ill for a good while now, about 5 months. I've had 2 full blood count tests in the past 5 months and they came back normal, my blood pressure, chest is always okay when they examine, I keep going back because I'm still not well... But I can't shake off this uneasy feeling that I'm secretly dying. It might sound crazy, they've tried to reassure me that I'm fine but I just can't trust their word for it. I don't know what to do anymore. Anybody going through this? :( I'm terrified.

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Gh0s1

Well anxiety down to its basics is your fight or flight response being constantly active, so it's chemical. So that feeling of feeling like you're going to die (which is horrible) is your body feeling like it has to respond to something.
I've had bad panic attacks in the past so i know just how upsetting and scary it is, and you feel strange and out of sorts for 2 weeks after.

It'll be tied to a belief or thought you have, or the anxiety itself is manifesting as those thoughts of there being something wrong with you. If your tests are okay then you'll be fine, it sounds like you're just tired and exhausted from anxiety/stress.
I got to a point of exhaustion with mine that i felt seriously unwell, and that's what constant stress and anxiety does to your body. You should take it easy if you can quiet your mind, mine manifested itself into a huge panic attack as i couldn't release it myself.

Hit me up as well if you wanna talk about it, i know how horrid it is : / all the best

MrSpecialEnough · 22-25, M

I'm pretty sure it's psychosomatic. The exact same thing happened to me. I know it may offend you that people tell you it's psychosomatic but it's true. It took me a long while to realize. I also got checked very often. All kinds of tests, blood, x-rays, everything and they all came back normal. However my heart rate was usually very high, I fainted sometimes, felt horrible, but it's just psychological. The sooner you realize it and find what is causing it, the sooner you'll get better.

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