Might I have this?

Recently I have been suffering from lightheadedness and one major bout of dizzyness, it got me investigating what could be going on and this GAD kept coming up, at first I didnt think it could be this but on reflection im not so sure.

Im not really sure what anxieties to mention but I know that when younger I was very anxious, I would keep my fingers crossed for my primary worries thinking this may help (things like parents breaking up, dog dying, parents dying etc) I struggled to keep friends, was extremely quiet and eventually when in my late teens/20s became depressed. I also suffered significantly from OCD for a long time, gas/electric appliances were a nightmare.

Now to recently, my work has pulled a fast one and moved where I work (about 8 months ago) since then I have noticed my anxiety levels getting worse. At work (im a nurse) I think in worse case senarios and can get really anxious sometimes about things that did not even happen - once I convinced myself I had made a mistake (I dont think I had) however I had myself thinking that they would die, I would go to jail and lose my family. Another example is my wife is pregnant, I worry about the baby's heart stopping, my wifes iron levels and lets not even get onto the birth!!. I worry about money a lot too and sometimes dont even like spending any because I think something bad will happen if I do. I am no longer able to take the dog a walk after an incident where she was almost attacked by a rottfiler.

Im not sure if these worries are normal or if I may have this. All i know is this is how I have always been and I have never challenged it as abnormal. I dont feel like im contantly anxious however there are times quite often when I am - especially when it comes to work and the things mentioned above.

Any help/advice would be great.

Thanks.

Hey Will,

I don't see anything other than OCD here as the primary 'illness' that you have. As a person who himself has a diagnosis of OCD, I can relate to all that you've said. Such things as GAD are mere consequences of having OCD too. Picture it (OCD) as being at the top of a tree, and all of these other illnesses branch off it. Something such as moving to a new place of work is stress-inducing, and that feeds into the OCD, making it worse. I recently moved apartment o a different city and started a new research role; and my OCD has gone into hyperdrive. It's now calming down a bit though. In the past, I had to use therapy to 'calm' it down though.

Can you see this only becoming worse in the future? If you think 'yes', then you really should go to your local doctor for advice. He/she will most likely refer you to a specialist.

Kevin

Hi thanks for the advice, my OCD is acutally ok at the moment, my anxiety is more my thinking at work and well in a lost other situations, the more I think about my thought process recently the more I realize they are tainted with anxiety. My OCD is ok thankfully that's a hell I don't want to go back to. When it comes to this gad thing i guess I want o know if it is what is causing my problems, I seem to have so many anxiety related symptoms right down to ibs which the news doctor was saying was related to anxiety, even reflux recently and that's bad at 27. So kinda at the stage where for the first time I'm thinking my wee illnesses may all be connected and perhaps it's related to my mind.

You have IBS? Did you ever get an proper examination on yuor gut to see exactly what the problem is?; or do you just think it's stress-related. i'm asking because I have Ulcerative Colitis, which is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (and can obviously cause IBS, frequently). The question you ask about whether the OCD or GAD came first is really difficult to answer. I think it's up to you to figure it out, but it won't come easily. What might help is if you view the OCD as being merely genetic, and as your OCD then gradually became worse, the GAD grew with it too. So, maybe they're one of the same thing but can come and go in different intensities.

Chucky wrote:You have IBS? Did you ever get an proper examination on yuor gut to see exactly what the problem is?; or do you just think it's stress-related. i'm asking because I have Ulcerative Colitis, which is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (and can obviously cause IBS, frequently). The question you ask about whether the OCD or GAD came first is really difficult to answer. I think it's up to you to figure it out, but it won't come easily. What might help is if you view the OCD as being merely genetic, and as your OCD then gradually became worse, the GAD grew with it too. So, maybe they're one of the same thing but can come and go in different intensities.

No I dont really go to the docs....they just irritate me looking at me like im stupid, im a nurse so I know roughly what im talking about. But yeah I think its linked to the anxiety which according to what I saw on TV is really common, its sorta what made me look again at the anxiety thing.

I think as a look back on my past GAD came first, I mean my fingers are bent weird because of keeping them crossed when I was 12. The OCD started when I was around 16 and just got worse and worse, thankfully at the moment and for the last while I have been on top of it.

I think I am just starting to become aware of just how much of my thinking is based on anxiety and how ott it can be with some information.

Hi, Don't suppress yourself. It might be happen sometime. Your thinking is based on anxiety. Take *edited by admin- Chucky* when you feel depressed. It is an antidepressant used to treat the symptoms of mental depression. And also examine properly what is the problem occurs. Take care of it!