Hello,
For the past months, I have waves of anxiety I feel discomfort in my heart, I can't sleep, I find it hard to talk to friends and family my throat closes up etc.
The past 1-2 weeks this has gotten out of hand, I am almost living with a constant feeling of anxiety and I even have panic attacks, I went to my local GP (yes I live in the UK) and they wanted to prescribe me anti-depressants but they didn't, they just gave me some websites and phone numbers so I "can talk to people".
I cannot cope, I just slept for 4 hours after 2-3 days of 0 sleep, I don't want to go to school because I find it really hard to communicate even with friends I've known for ages.
I wanted to mention that I have Chrons Disease, I found this article that mentions that says "This anxiety prevalence is much higher than expected by chance, and it is especially high in patients with Crohn's disease." which makes me lean on the side of it being the effect of Chrons: IBD Patients Suffer from Anxiety
I never had any type of anxiety in the past, especially on this level. The symptoms appeared around a month before I got diagnosed with chrons (when the symptoms of typical chrons started).
My diet is "specific carbohydrate diet" based on the book "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" which was recommended to me from a user in this forum (also a friend that is a big researcher on this topic), I find it hard to stick to the diet and I often eat way more carbs than I should but I am slowly cutting back.
My question is; is there anything I can do? I cannot live like this anymore, I find it really hard to do basic things and just this feeling of anxiety is not pleasant. I would truly appreciate any response that can hopefully go on easing my pain.
Kind Regards,
Mhtro
For the past months, I have waves of anxiety I feel discomfort in my heart, I can't sleep, I find it hard to talk to friends and family my throat closes up etc.
The past 1-2 weeks this has gotten out of hand, I am almost living with a constant feeling of anxiety and I even have panic attacks, I went to my local GP (yes I live in the UK) and they wanted to prescribe me anti-depressants but they didn't, they just gave me some websites and phone numbers so I "can talk to people".
I cannot cope, I just slept for 4 hours after 2-3 days of 0 sleep, I don't want to go to school because I find it really hard to communicate even with friends I've known for ages.
I wanted to mention that I have Chrons Disease, I found this article that mentions that says "This anxiety prevalence is much higher than expected by chance, and it is especially high in patients with Crohn's disease." which makes me lean on the side of it being the effect of Chrons: IBD Patients Suffer from Anxiety
I never had any type of anxiety in the past, especially on this level. The symptoms appeared around a month before I got diagnosed with chrons (when the symptoms of typical chrons started).
My diet is "specific carbohydrate diet" based on the book "Breaking the Vicious Cycle" which was recommended to me from a user in this forum (also a friend that is a big researcher on this topic), I find it hard to stick to the diet and I often eat way more carbs than I should but I am slowly cutting back.
My question is; is there anything I can do? I cannot live like this anymore, I find it really hard to do basic things and just this feeling of anxiety is not pleasant. I would truly appreciate any response that can hopefully go on easing my pain.
Kind Regards,
Mhtro