Health anxiety?

[Whyjustwhy83]

How would you take someone saying have you always had health anxiety? As Iit was said to me by a paramedic and I've been told they were trying to reassure me. Where as I took it as they thought I had overreacted, now I'm thinking maybe I did?

I mean misunderstood how it was said, I definitely didn't overreacted.

Depends - do you?

People with health anxiety can sometimes be in denial….but also often report not being heard and understood. So that comment can be upsetting if said flippantly.

Depends what they were called for and your thought was happening to your body.

When you say you didn’t overreact do you mean to calling them or the comment?

A bit more info needed.

More info needed. Much more info.

@haveaword I don't think I do I usually just crack on when I'm not well tbh. I had what I thought was a bacterial infection due to having pluerisy, I've had it before so know what the pains like. I was told viral by the dr's and given a steroid inhaler, woke the next day and coughed blood up and the pain was awful in my shoulder and chest not just side. I called 111 who said it was a heart attack I thought PE paramedic who rang to triage agreed and ambulance came. They did everything they should and I couldn't fault they're care and I was told it was health anxiety and to stay home and take painkillers. they called my dr's too who said the same. I took it as they all thought I was over reacting and didn't want to bother anyone again. I however continued coughing up blood and was short of breath and in agony I held off seeking help for 5 more days then was admitted to hospital. With pneumonia and DVTs in both legs and more then likely PE but as I'm pregnant they didn't bother with further scans. Paramedic who said it denied it but his partner said he had said it but I'd taken it the wrong way. Sorry for such a long post

@haveaword I didn't overreact by calling for help

@MajesticWhine @Didimum I had called 111 due to coughing up blood and they sent the ambulance

With those symptoms, I have no idea why they would have said that. Your reaction isn’t baffling - theirs is. What way were you meant to take it, other than the way you did?!

Coughing up blood is always a serious symptom in my opinion. It was a stupid comment to make by the paramedic but in the context of everything you’ve been through, it’s not worth dwelling on further.

@ Fortunerookie I complained and the response I had was it was said to reassure me, in what way I'm not sure. I was left feeling like a time waster and in the letter back from the ambulance service he denied saying it but female paramedic agreed he had.

@MajesticWhine thank you, not so much dwelling on it but I'd just had a response from them in regards to my complaint. Which has left me questioning my take on it, as they all said I'd misunderstood. I'm not taking it any further the paramedic said he'd be mindful in the future of what he say's, which all I wanted anyway.

I’d have felt the same

No you didn’t over react to your symptoms and other HCP actioned the call to paramedics

In these circumstances a HCP should not be saying this.

H/Anxiety is some misinterpreting bodily sensations and assuming a serious illness/death is to follow.

Coughing up blood is indisputable and not a subjective anxiety.

Do not hesitate to call again if you are unwell.