Thanks sun. It is not so much a stomach ache as stomache tension I think. The nausea makes eating rough. It takes me a couple of hours just to get my lunch down today. No fun.

I did mention it to the doctor when I went to see him to get some forms signed today and he agreed it was probably anxiety but he wants to do a lung test to see if there is anything there to be concerned about. I agreed even though I doubt the hyperventilated has anything to do with my lungs. I don't think he really gets it.

I can't do much of anything before my heart starts racing and I start to hyperventilate as though I had just come in from a run. Just having a shower and dressing for my appointment required me to sit down to settle my breathing at least a half a dozen times. Standing up long enough to do dishes or prepare a meal is vertually impossible without feeling like I am going to pass out.

It is very draining and it is effecting my mood because I am too drained to cope very well with the ups and downs of mixed episode at the same time.

Anyways.... Enough of my whinning. I think it may actually related to my thyroid. How I feel is similar to how it was before I accepted treatment. Blood work a couple of weeks ago suggested a need to increase the dosage but it was only yesterday that I was able to fill the script. If that is the cause then it should pass soon. I responded very quickly to the meds once I started them so maybe I will feel some improvement soon.

Not much of a sit this afternoon. Mostly just resting and attending to my breathing. Anxiety busting. It does help to focus on those parts of my body holding the stress and it does ease things for a while.

Its a slow self care day.