soooo worried!!! I need advice!!!

[crazilyanxious]

So I was having an ok day yesterday, until about 2:00 in the afternoon.  I started feeling an immense amount of pressure in my head...like my head was in a vice.  I tried a tylenol because someone mentioned sinus pressure (although I haven't been sick) or tension, but it didn't help.  The pressure continued all night....not like a headache, just pressure.  So I went to bed, and slept really poorly.  This morning, I feel weak, jittery and nervous.  I also feel sweaty and checked my temperature (98.5, which is slightly higher than normal for me...normal is usually around 97.9).  I also keep having to run to the bathroom with stomach cramps and diarrhea.  I just took some kaopectate for that because I need to try to get to work.

Any thoughts?  This has me extremely worried!

[rr2005]

Sounds like you have some sort of virus. I would spend the day on the couch watching some movies to take your mind off it and see if you're not better tomorrow. Remember, our HA exacerbates our symptoms.

[crazilyanxious]

So I wound up going to work, and it was an awful day.  I had a couple more episodes of diarrhea while at work, and my stomach has been queasy all day.  I was still feeling pretty weak and shaky, and off balance, but I think that was because of all the diarrhea.  So I drank a lot of water, and those feelings subsided.  BUT, my back has been KILLING me all day, and I don't know what is causing that!!!  It's my upper back, all over, and it hurts sooo bad...it's worrying me as to why.

[LindaRK]

You could very well have an intestinal virus ...... sounds like your anxiety is feeding off of the "what if" and "what could it be" .... back pain could be something as simple as muscle tightness from stress and anxiety.  Drink lots of fluids - lots of chicken noodle soup, too.  That broth is good for you.

[crazilyanxious]

I've been pounding the water to me...and I have no soup at home...but I'm relaxing and trying to take it easy and not get too worked up.  But my stomach is still very queasy and crampy.  I'm most concerned with my back though...it's been giving me problems for like 3 months now.  But the pain has been getting more frequent and lasting longer....I'm just not sure if it's all stress related or something is really wrong with my back.

[it is well]

the head pressure and stomach cramping/pain are EXACTLY my symptoms for the last 2 days. 

my anxiety kicks in when i am sick (so here i am).

there is a ton of stomach "flu" going on in our community here.

just thought i'd let you know your symptoms are just like mine...my logical brain knows it's probably a virus made worse by anxiety.

take care.

[mollyfin]

I ALWAYS get low back pain when I get a cold, flu, etc.  I'm not sure why - a friend of mine says it's from my kidneys having to work harder and me not being hydrated enough.  No idea if that's true or not but I do know that it's a common thing for me and I've known other people who it's happened to.

[crazilyanxious]

The difference is that my pain is in my UPPER back.    I would give it like a 7 out of 10 on the pain scale.  No more queasy feeling in my stomach and no more cramps, but my back is still killing me, and I seem to have all over aches in my joints.