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Hello @Faith-and-Hope, @Zoe7, @frog, @BlueBay

So I see my gp today. Need a WorkCover certificate filled in. While there, I'm wiping the sweat off of my brow. Thinking another hot flush. No, says my gp. She thinks my 'hot flushes'as I've called them, is really a reaction brought on by Anxiety. I thought about all the places I get these 'hot flushes'& almost all of them are when I'm out and about. At the shops, chemist, library, doctors. I think my gp could be right. I'm sweating due to anxiety. But I don't feel anxious. She said that's probably because I'm medicated. Go figure.

Am I unusual in this?

No @utopia .... that is one of the symptoms I have been experiencing since the beginning of the year ..... and I stop and take deep, slow breaths when it happens now ..... usually with some sort of trigger in the previous week somewhere, rather than at the time, so it was hard to pinpoint at first. It is done sort of stored anxiety in my case, doing a break-out a little later when the coast is clear(er) .... go figure ..... ?! The body is an amazing thing.

@Faith-and-Hope. Yes I can't pinpoint it either, at the moment, as I'm not aware I'm feeling anxious . Maybe I'm just numb to certain feelings.

I'll have to keep an eye on what happens during the week and then see when the sweats start.

The body is an amazing thing. @utopia, @Faith-and-Hope

I have one doctor who keeps asking and thinking I have anxiety

but the specialist s and theothr doctors don`t think I have

I am not conscious of being anxious @utopia @Shaz51 .... it’s a psychosomatic response where the stress, distress, anxiety channel through my physical body instead of my conscious feelings.

That makes sense @Faith-and-Hope

Morning @utopia ,,,,

I am more at peace with it now that I have an explanation for what it is, and when I start experiencing these symptoms, I try to slow down, and step up my self-care. It’s not selfish, it’s necessary ..... medical advice.

Hi @utopia How is your evening going? Did you see your case worker today? What was the outcome of that?

Hi @Zoe7. Good to hear from you.

Yes I saw my case manager. Before she arrived I wrote down my income and my debits. Aaarrrggghhh!!! ! Not good news there. Can't afford to smoke. So have swapped to buying tobacco and rolling my own. I'm terrible at rolling smokes. But hey, it's cheaper.

My case manager informed me that she is leaving. She is taking a break from work. So next Tuesday will be our last day and she will bring the new case manager with her, so I'll get to meet her once, before I see her on my own. That's a good plan because I get very anxious having people in my house.

So today went well. Put my 2 couches out on the nature strip with a sign saying FREE. (with the muscle help of my son). Hopefully I'll wake up tomorrow and they'll be gone. I advertised them on our local community facebook page.

My lounge room looks very empty right now. But Thursday I pick up the new couch from mums. Will be so comfortable.

How is your garden going? You've done a lot of work on it lately. And your Art work. You doing any of that? I hope you find the time for that.