Every year in the United States alone we get billions of colds, flues, and other common ailments. For most people these well known sicknesses cause a lot of aggravation but not much else. If you have an anxiety disorder on the other hand, something as basic as the common cold can make you a bit jumpy.
The motivation behind this post is really simple – I’m sick. I’ve been sick with a chest cold for about five days now and although things are improving slowly I have noticed an effect on my anxiety.
And because I’ve been laying in bed for a couple of days I’ve had some to time to think about this issue and want to share my thoughts.
What I have found is that the common cold, flu, or other common ailments don’t actually effect your anxiety level. What can effect your anxiety level is the emotional stress related to being sick.
You see as you lay there with the sniffles, runny nose, cough, body aches, and fever your mind starts to wonder. Because you’re actually sick (for a change) you begin to see the sickness as something more threatening than it is. Or you may believe that it may turn into something more serious.
On a more tangible level you may also become effected by some of the things you’ve tried to do to kill the bug causing all the misery. That is you went to the store and stocked up on over the counter drugs to suppress the many symptoms you have.
These over the counter or OTC drugs however might also cause problems. They may cause drowsiness, increase your heart rate, or mix poorly with some other medication you’re taking.
For example, shortly after coming down with a nasty cough I headed to my local pharmacy. I looked for something safe and recognizable, so I picked up a bottle of Robitussin cough and cold medication. I picked up the bottle and carefully read the directions and warnings on the label.
To my surprise you are not supposed to mix good ole Robitussin with any antidepressant medication. Now if you have an anxiety disorder you might be on anti-anxiety meds and this could cause a problem.
So to answer my own non-rhetorical question, sickness can make you vulnerable to anxiety. When sick you’re helpless, feeling crummy, drugged up, and maybe a little worried. If you combine all those things than anxiety for an anxiety sufferer is likely to come.
And even though we are only talking minor things like colds, I think there is a certain level of anxiety associated with all forms of illness. And I’m afraid we are simply a tad more susceptible to anxiety than most people. That being said we should take a page out of Winston Churchill’s playbook. Churchill once said, “if you’re going through hell, keep going”. When you’re sick (with something basic), just like when you’re anxious, time will usually do the trick and worry will only get in the way.
I liked this post. I shared this quote with you the other day and you laughed, I remember: “Worry is as useless as a handle on a snowball.”
-Mitzi Chandler
Am sick at the moment and going trhough a bit of a bad patch. Are they linked? I think they could be. Was having a really good week until that happened. 🙁
Struggling with this myself at the moment. I just had a baby and then came down with a nasty cold. Every ache and pain causes my thoughts to run wild. Sleep deprivation doesn’t help either! Looking forward to feeling better so that I can more effectively manage my anxiety.
Thats not really how it works.. a flu virus or a cold virus produce nothing to make you feel ill. What makes you feel ill is your body’s reaction to the infection or illness. Specifically your body produces large amounts of interferon… This interferon is what makes you feel sick. Often Dr’s will inject patients with interferon as it assists in fighing off infenctions, used a lot for Hep C. Interferon causes anxiety, and other mental problems in patients being treated with it. It is on thw warning label. So obviously being ill brings with it symptoms of anxiety. And logically more so with persons whom may be prone to anxiety. I myself believe it is a evolutionary tool to cause persons who are ill to be still and rest so they can heal. Something we monkeys still do not do voluntariyl
I was feeling fine until I came down with a cold. The second day of it, I coughed really hard and for a long time to break up congestion in my chest. I lost my breath and couldn’t catch it, and it sent me into a panic. So, for the past 10 days, I’ve been feeling a little nervous, mostly in the morning. This has caused me to not feel myself and I’m wondering when it will go away completely. I’m ready to be “me” again! I take meds for depression and anxiety. My doctor said I should be winding down in about a week. I’m just amazed at myself. Who does this? 🙂
Everytime I get a cold my anxiety gets the best of me and I end up with a week of hell from anxiety. it seems like it is the only time I get my attacks.
I know this post is a few years old, but it’s hitting home right now. Came down with the flu last week, took a day off from work, and all was well. In the last couple of days, I’ve come down with a virus, but not sure what it is. I feel light-headed, I’ll get the hot and cold sweats, and so forth. It’s not a hangover from the flu (I think), because I do have my appetite, but it sucks. Anyway, unlike when I had the flu earlier on in the week, my anxiety has been really bad these last couple of days. I feel as if I’m going to go crazy, or that I’m going to lose it. I keep telling myself to “disassociate” whatever I have with anxiety. I will say it was tough for a good part of the day. Fortunately, my girlfriend has been my rock. She keeps reminding me that I am sick, and that I should separate my illness with my anxiety. Easier said than done, as the article pretty much says. Back to drinking more water, and praying that tomorrow will be a better day. Thanks Paul, and to everyone who wrote a comment. I know I’m not alone. Happy Holidays!
Hello, I noticed the same relation between feeling queasy and anxiety. I was actually researching on the web if there can be any connection in persons prone to anxiety. When I red your thoughts I figured that if a cold can bring it out, why shouldn’t a sickness, which makes you weak, shaky, dizzy and brigs you to your bad? So thank you, for this post.
I have been suffering with a cold for several days, today i got up and put my christmas lights outside because of the nice weather we have been having. I got off the phone with my husband and then all of a sudden, i got light headed, dizzy, shaking, my heart was beating fast and got a pain in my neck and head on the left side. I suffer from severe panic disorder, I have been taking throat losenges and thats it because my doc says i cannot take anahistamines. (sp) So I thought my blood sugar was low and ate a ton of candy and then made myself some lunch. I did my relaxation CD, but now i feel cold and real tired and have no energy to finish what i started. Has anyone ever been through this? I take adivan for my anxiety attacks but I did not want to take one this time, anything else I can do,?
I suffer with anexity everyday but lately I have been dealing with it but I got a head cold I’m miserable took DayQuil and some other cold medicne went to bed woke up in the middle of the night with a pounding heart beat 3 panick attack back to back I was so scared. Anyone ever been through this
Jodian from August 5th, YES, I’m dealing with that. I woke up at 2 am on Friday night with a burning sensation all over, a metallic taste on the back of my tongue, racing heart, high blood pressure, the shakes, and diarrhea (all of which are classic panic attack symptoms for me). Ive been sick with a head cold, chest congestion, and lost my voice. I took some mucinex fast max – cold flu and sore throat the night it all happened. I have a history of anxiety and have had sporatic panic attacks here and there. I’ve been panic free for several months, but after taking the sinus meds, and being sick, and having a very stressful past week (including job issues, a minor car accident, school and finances) it all came to a head and has thrown me into constant panic mode. Between Friday night and today (Monday) I’ve had off and on attacks lasting 10-20minutes each and back to back, or with about an hour break between. Please pray for me. My wife is very supportive, but we always struggle during one of these times because she has never had anxiety or a panic attack. But pray also because I do not want my two young girls to see me like this.
Oh My– I don’t feel so alone right now. I too have been suffering from a terrible cold that is in my chest and it is effecting my voice. I have had fever, chills, and body aches. I also suffer from time to time with tinnitis (ringing ears) so that is flaring up a bit from the illness and from the stress of being sick. Tinnitis alone gives me anxiety if I let it.
I have battled anxiety, panic and agoraphobia off and on for almost 20 years. I don’t have it every day, or every month or even every year. It’s like I have an anxiety monster that follows me around and he jumps on my back during the tough times. The anxiety monster is sometimes easy and sometimes hard to shake off.
For about a month now the monster has been on my back again. It started up again for me in Oct. near Halloween. I had bad PMS in Oct. and I had cleaned too much, overly tired, and overwhelmed. I went to bed that night and I had horrible anxiety over half the night. I also noticed I felt nervous in the mornings after that. I was scared of going to bed the next night because I had a fear of freaking out in the middle of the night again. Even though it did not happen again— I have been waiting for it to hit again. Its like I started to down spiral about one bad night of bad PMS and physical fatigue.
Well now with the holidays here again and me being very sick,, I am naturally upset on top of worrying about this bad night I had in Oct.. It had been so long since I had anxiety that when that Oct night hit it was like my brain opened up all the flood gates and said, “Remember this horrible, scary, uneasy, and sick feeling?” It is as though one panic attack will bring the anxiety memories to the surface and it takes a while for me to sink them back out of my life again. I start the anxiety habit again. You know that cycle we all do –we feel the anxiety again and then we worry about having anxiety again. Its like you have to some how jump off the anxiety treadmill and you don’t quite remember how you jumped off it the last time.
So this is where I am at on Nov. 28th 2014—On top of this Oct. PMS anxiety night thing, I am sick with a nasty virus and its holiday time and this will be my 4th holiday with out my mom. She passed away. My mom was like Mrs. Claus at Christmas. The family I came from has fell apart and I have been helping my 84 year old dad make his Will over the last 2 weeks. So ya I am a bit freaked out on top of freaked out. I love my sister but she calls me several times a day and if I don’t answer the phone she drives to my house. In fact I think she is the one that got me sick. My sis wants to talk about family problems and anything and everything sad or negative she can come up with. My marriage isn’t in the best condition and I have 3 kids and 3 cats and a dog that depends on me for their survival.
I am actually typing this at 4 or 5 something in the morning because I can’t sleep. I keep closing my eyes then I jump right back awake feeling on edge and anxious. I feel so bug eyed. Kind of like that Oct. night that I have been so worried about happening again. I couldn’t even handle my kids talking to me about their Christmas list yesterday because I started feeling funny in my head. I have had to walk out of the room to go sit by myself a few times to chill out that nervous feeling inside.
So did the VIRUS cause my anxiety? Did my PMS cause my anxiety? YES I am sure those very physical things has played their part of me being bugged eyed and anxious over the last month and on 2 different difficult nights,,
BUT I have many other things in my head stirring around too. Anxiety comes from many directions in ones life.
I did have a doctor tell me that anytime anyone ,whether you have an anxiety disorder or not, gets sick you are going to feel down and anxious. This is because you feel bad physically. Also it stops you in your tracks from your regular controlled routine. Also the body’s immunity system is taking care of the invader (virus, infection) The immunity system is actually what is making you sick and your immunity system does put out things that can trigger, nervousness, dizziness, weakness, and for those of us who suffer from anxiety we do NOT like nervousness, weakness, dizziness. It reminds us of a panic attack and anxiety. And God help us if we have any memory or any feeling that is like anxiety or panic. We just run a mile with it and worry ourselves sick.
I guess you have to be your own best friend sometimes. You have to put your big boy and or girl panties on and say “OK your sick your body has been in war, so give yourself a break.””Of course you feel strange and weird and nervous you have been very sick and the holidays are here too.” We anxious ones have to learn that our anxiety “disorder” may not be the culprit of our anxious feelings. It just might mean we are sick with a virus, flu, infection or PMS or whatever. We could be just stressed out too. We anxious ones are very hyper aware of body feelings and emotions. Others who do not suffer from anxiety “disorders” feel just like we do when we are sick but they are not hyper focused on how they feel all the time.
WE should give ourselves permission to be sick and anxious sometimes because we have a good reason to be. Be kind to yourself and work on slowing down and just breath and pray. That’s what I am going to work on starting right now. Hope everyone feels better soon.
I’ve been sick for 4 days with bad diarrhea. Not sure if it’s food poisoning because it started after eating sushi and oysters. I keep having to tell myself it’s nothing serious snd will pass but sometimes anxiety gets the best of me and tells me it’s something serious. Hate this feeling
I totally understand all these feelings everyone here has talked about as a matter fact I have a common cold and have been beating myself over it with my Anxiety Doubled and just went through a panic attack while trying to sleep but but I’ve been sleep deprived for about three days now I really hope I feel better because Anxiety and being sick at the same time like god why? Just let me live my life normally Already
Can anyone tell me how long after the sickness they got the anxiety to go away I was sick last Monday with the stomach flu and was out of work thru that wednesday. Today is the following Monday and I am still very nervous and anxious and feel like busting out crying and the only thing that is bothering me is that I am scared I will always be like this. I take medicine and usually don’t have a problem. I am overly sensitive at the moment and am scared this is my new life any help please
I struggle with depression also FYI
Goin thru the exact same thing that u went through Jennifer..im on my 2nd day out of work..and feeling super anxious and guilty for not being at work..just started this new job less than a mth ago…ive got a stomach virus..which has left me weak and vulnerable anyways…thanks for the posts..nice to.know im not the only one who feels this way..i too suffer from depression Jennifer..on top of anxiety disorder
I got the stomach flu last Saturday and today (day 8) still not feeling quite right so my anxiety is through the roof.
I’ve been to the doctor and they said it was a viral infection, but if I am not better by Monday I am returning to the doctor and asking for something to assist with the panic/anxiety and recheck condition.
I’ve read the symptoms can last 10 days but I keep thinking this will never end! This is a horrible feeling.
My anxiety seems to stem from not being able to breathe through my nose. It just freaks me out. Not sure why but it seemed to start with the last cold I got. I dream also that I’m suffocating and going to die.
I’m so glad that I found this post- I’ve noticed that whenever I get sick I start to feel like I’m going crazy; I get restless, agitated and find that I struggle to relax and the worst part is, I get really emotional and feel like crying all of the time. It scares me and then I end up feeling even more unwell! I miss the days when I got a common cold and just got over it.. Anxiety exasperates even the simplest of symptoms!
I just ran across this site and cannot thank you all enough. Reading some of your stories has given me hope. I’ve got a sinus infection, a stupid sinus infection, and it has kept me housebound for 4 days now. I have been suffering from anxiety, depression, and bouts of agoraphobia for 20+ years. This is my own private hell. I’m praying for it to run its course already. Damn.
Omg I got the flu Saturday and I also have anxiety…. I don’t take medication for it I just try to control it on my on. It’s taking over my life I just want to cry. What can I take naturally pleaseeeeeeeeeeeee help me PLEASE
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this.. Even feeling anxious and lousy, you still decided to create something worthwhile, such as your observations and compassionate ‘it’s going to be okay-ness’ to share with us. I feel better just having read it I, too, have been battling a chest thing for a week, and you really ( and I mean REALLY) took so much of the ‘too much’ anxiety away. The crazies. You know. You reached out, and that, in itself, rekindles my faith, and I remember….I remember, things like this will pass.
Hoping you are feeling better, and please, please continue to share your huge heart, as well as your tangible hope, with all of us.. .
I’m so relieved to read all these posts as I have a history of nervousness and anxiety and have recently had trouble with recurring cold/sinus problems and extra-bad tinnitus, which affects my sleep, and am now feeling jittery and over-anxious about almost anything. I’ve made an appointment to see my doctor but am not sure what she can do – antidepressants might make the tinnitus worse, I’ve heard.
I have had stomach flu for 4 days i take citalopram for anxiety.But have really been struggling with my anxiety levels.Dont know if its because a have been sick and had diarreha that i havent been getting the best out of my meds.
Ive been sick for three weeks now and Im starting to feel a bit anxious, but its more about our body sensations being similar to when we have anxiety. I have to keep reminding myself this. Also our adrenaline helps to fight the bug, so its only natural that we feel this way! We just need to keep up the vitamins, rest and good sleep, if you can!
I’ve been suffering from a soar throat and my stomach hurts, and I feel just awful, but I’m starting to feel empty and a bit sad for no reason, I’m not even sad about being sick, though I’ve had this empty feeling for about a month now but I’ve never felt this weird sadness in this velocity before, so I’m wondering if these are signs of depression, I haven’t told anyone about it yet because I don’t want to worry anyone.
So I’m wondering if me getting sick could be making this feeling worse?
So I have suffered from really bad panic attacks the last 11 years but recently I’ve been managing to control them better. However, yesterday I caught a really bad cold virus and I went to bed feeling a bit grotty but not too bad. Next thing I know is I wake up around 3am with intense anxiety and it’s building up and building up until I feel panic. Then I get major hut flushes and suddenly I feel sick and like I need to go to the toilet. I manage to make it but I have really bad diarrhoea which instead great when you are also battling a panic attack and trying to be sick. I end up lying down on the cold bathroom floor with my feet up calling upon Jesus to help me (my faith is what helps me walk through this path). All I can do is lie there paralysed in fear and hot flushes. I can’t even get up to ask for help it’s that bad. And then it slowly starts to ebb away so I run to my bedroom and lie down and then after a few minutes the anxiety starts to come back again. Anytime I give the anxiety the slightest bit of notice I spiral downwards so again I focus on jesus and it helps the anxiety. But I still get the hot flushes and feeling sick. I just lie there and pray for it to go as soon as possible and then eventually it leaves and I manage to fall asleep for the rest of the night.
What I’m confused about is have I had this reaction because of the cold virus? I don’t really understand why else I would get such bad panic at this time because I’m not feeling stressed at all and I haven’t had one for a while so it must be linked with the virus. Maybe my body is vulnerable with the cold and therefore every part is vulnerable including my adrenal glands etc but I’ve had colds before and this hasn’t happened. Anyways just writing this all down invade other people can relate.
Very reassuring. I had a great month, working, having guests, kids back from Uni and then I got a tummy bug, followed by a bad cold/ cough and while all,that is bad, it is my anxiety which causes more problems. Need to get away from kids, lie down, control breathing.having totally irrational thoughts and so on as we all know. Trying to keep up a normal front for my kids so not to worry them.
Hate it.
Last time I got a bowel infection I went crazy and great doctor out me on anti anxiety mess which was a life saver. Had colonoscopy 2 moths later and all clear, no problems and came off meds. My anxiety is triggered by physical illnesses and I know if I get bad again, I will go on meds.
Just taking my time to get over this and this website helped a lot.
Well, I guess I’m not alone :). I will tell you all however, that for the people mentioning that things like Dayquil – a large part of the problem is that most (nearly all) decongestants contain pseudoephidrin. This stuff will make your heart race. I cannot take it, it drives my anxiety through the roof. I’ve found for a day or two I can take certain nasal sprays (like Drixoral) as it seems not to quite get into your blood stream the same way – but after a day or two it starts to build up and I have to go off of it too. But it’s clearly not all related to just the pseudoephidrine.
As Timfitz pointed out in reply to this thread 5 years ago – there may also be some relation to interferon. Interferon can indeed cause issues of anxiety, although that is usually from high doses used to treat viral infections or in certain cancer treatments. Surprisingly, it has been suggested (i’ve not read the scientific literature in detail yet) that common medications like antihistamines and ibuprophen can actually exacerbate the production (and activity) of interferon. We’ll guess what we all reach for when we are feeling a cold come on.
I’m certain it’s actually a pretty complex relationship – and a bit of a chicken or egg scenario – but clearly a lot of us suffer hightened anxiety during illnesses such as colds, flus or stomach bugs. In the case of the later – for me – I simply HATE with a passion having a stomach bug. Just the thought of catching a stomach flu can trigger a panic attack for me – so in that case – I’m sure a lot of it is self induced I’m afraid. But with the colds and flu – it seems to hit me part way through the illness and I do think a lot of it is simply that your body is so messed up dealing with the illness that your entire body chemistry is messed up. Anxiety meds are likely not working as they should, and of course as anyone who deals with anxiety knows it’s a positive feedback loop – you start to worry about your anxeity and that triggers more anxiety. Knowing that others have the same issues – somehow oddly helps make it better.
I’ll tell you a little trick I’ve learned lately – distraction. Get your mind on something else. Seriously – watch a comedy – laughter is the best medicine may be a cliche but honestly for dealing with depression – it’s actually true. The best cure for my anxiety is to go out with friends (Assuming I’m not in the middle of an attack) or finding something that makes me laugh. Best of luck to all.
Hello I am only 17 years old and I have been having very weird symptoms for the last week or so and it has been giving me very bad anxiety. I see what some of the symptoms I’m having are linked to and i start to believe that I have that. I have never had any feeling like this before and I am going to the doctors tommarro to find out what is going on. Has anyone else had this problem were they worry that they may have a fatal illness when they know that they are just sick?
Thank all of you for the comments. Reading all these puts me at ease knowing that I am not going crazy. I am sick with cold, bronchitis.This is the first time my anxiety flaired from being sick and I am having a hard time coping with this. I feel better one day and then illness seems to come back. Don’t know if it is the illness or the anxiety. I am so frustrated…just want to feel better physically and mentally.
Hello all! Well, I had the flu the last couple of days and am back to work. BUT, I can’t get rid of the anxiety…CAN NOT! I feel like I can’t breathe and I start to worry about my pets, my family, death, life, you name it! I actually left a crack in my window at home in case my animals can’t breathe. Crazy? I can’t stand the heat because it makes me feel like I am suffocating so I am cold all of the time. This all started a couple of years ago when I had a bad reaction to cold medicine. I actually thought I was dying. My doctor gave me Ativan when I have these attacks but I can’t take that and work since it makes me tired. I just can’t get over this feeling of doom. My flu is subsiding but the panic attacks are horrible and I feel disassociated between my brain and my body. I sleep with a fan on my face so I feel like I am not suffocating. Any help would be great!
Hi I have like a head cold and my aniexty has being coming back aswell I recently just up my dose of vensir xl but after a week I was feeling good then a week later I got this cold and this aniexty shit came back last night it’s like the devil takes over me I hate it and wish it would just stay away forever it’s ruining my life and my girlfriend is near getting rid of me sometimes I’m that bad with it I can’t do anything with my kids
I feel the same Sandy 🙁
Window open, fan on, can’t sleep, worried all the time, mind playing tricks. Have to escape and walk – I walk almost all day and all night sometimes.
It goes on for weeks occasionally.
Struggling right now as I’ve had a blocked nose and it’s been a month.
Hi Ben and Garry – I wonder what is going on with this? Is it cold medicine? Is it antidepressants (I have been off of mine but was on it for a long time)? What causes this? I have gotten over the panic attacks but still have anxiety. I have fear of death and dying that I never had before. I was NEVER like this. I would get a cold and no big deal – take AlkaSeltzer Cold Plus and sleep it off. But, now, I freak out!!
You guys hang in there and maybe something can be figured out. I wish there some type of trial going on for this I can join to see if there is a medicine or something natural that can help. I did find that sleeping with a foam wedge under my pillows helps because I feel I can breathe better.
Best of luck! Keep in touch!
Sandy
I agree. I am getting over bronchitis and have been so anxious. I swear it is the antibiotic but I’ve never had problems before from that. And it seems to take forever to get over this.
Hello everyone. I have been reading a lot of your comments & I’m glad to know I’m not the only one going thru this. I’ve had this nasty chest cold since last Thursday and it’s causing my anxiety to flare up especially at night. Hard to take otc cold meds bcuz I’m on zoloft and provera and ferrous sulfate for my low iron. I’m also on xanax for my bad panic attacks. I was coughing so bad & so much that I ended up taking some alka seltzer cold plus nighttime and now my anxiety has me not able to sleep & it’s already after midnight & I got to get up at 6am to go to work…..help!!!
Keyleigh and others, been going through this too. Thank you all for sharing.
Good afternoon, Saturday it started with a cough, then by the end of the evening chills started…by Sunday the run down feeling started to take place….and by that evening I got the whole nine yards of the flu…now as of today (Thursday) the chills headache and fever are gone…but I still have a that phlegm cough and a little runny nose…but the big one is the weird feeling at the back of my head along with my legs and arms….at some points I get the cold flush feeling like when you have a severe injury and and you go in a cold sweat it happens more in the morning then Tapers off a little during the day and comes back at night before bed….I’m also still tired even though I slept the majority of the night..I don’t know if it’s being caused by the flu or not…today marks day 6 as i stayed home Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from work and am back to work today…but still not feeling the person I was a week ago…I’m on venlafaxine for anxiety and could this just be my anxiety going out of control due to the flu that I have?…I have heard that the medication does not work well when someone is sick with the flu and their anxiety goes out of whack even when they are medicated
I have influenza B and my anxiety is a bit high. Two weeks ago it was the stomach flu…before these illnesses I felt like a rock star and boom I get sick and this panic and anxiety hit again. I get that out of body feeling. Like I could pass out…horrid feelings. Took my Xanax that helped. But whenever I’m ill my anxiety increases
I have had a sinus infection for the last few months and my panic attcks have gotten worse i breath fast all the time and it scares me.
I searched today for “is it normal to be anxious while sick” and this came up, so cool to read all the comments and know that I’m not alone! Praying for everyone here to find victory in this area, even three years since the last post! Great article and much needed.
I’ve had the coronavirus since either Sunday or Monday, and I’ve had severe health anxiety since September, when my 17 year old cat died. She was in my life this whole time up until this point, so maybe that’s what triggered such severe health anxiety. Today I’m feeling way better than I did, but my anxiety it just making everything worse. I haven’t eaten much, since I lose my appetite when I’m sick, and that made my anxiety even worse. I’m also trying to gain weight, since I’m underweight for my age (I was already slightly underweight, but my health anxiety made me lose like 7-9 pounds?), but I think this virus probably made me lose a few more pounds from not eating much and stuff. So that sucks. I did have a fever of 101.2 a day or two ago, but when I checked my temperature a while later it said 97.9. At least my fever is gone for now. I’m just tired of being sick. I’ve been out of school all week, so I have a literal boatload of work to make up. My health anxiety is just ruining my life, and driving me crazy.
I can relate to all of the above.
I’ve only had a cold for past two days but it’s made me feel so rough and irritable.
It’s really triggered my anxiety and I’ve been crying about the most silly things and taking everything to heart and overthinking. I hate just laying in bed and find it really hard to relax but I guess it’s the body’s way of ensuring you get the rest you need.
Feel like I’m going crazy lol.