Any mums with health anxiety?

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Hi. I haven't been to the doctor so not officially diagnosed with this but am aware that I become very anxious and over worried about health issues in my family and myself. I'm a health professional myself so find it a bit embarrassing to admit this but think it is a problem.
I find that if one of my children mention something that most people would dismiss ie 'my leg is sore' my first thought is oh my god, what if it's bone cancer or if one of them look a bit pale I get a leukaemia worry.

I'm interested how other people deal with this as I don t want it affecting my children by my constant analysing them. Has anyone had treatment for this and did it help?
Thanks

@charlotte2703 im in the same boat - for me, it’s HA for my children. If my DC mention a headache, I instantly think brain tumour. My DD is only 6 and suffers with the odd headache (usually at least once a month) but whenever she mentions it, my heart sinks. I do keep a diary of the headaches so I can try and rationalise with myself as to what could be the cause (she is coeliac but also suffers with the headaches when she has a cold coming on). I have seen a paediatrician with her about them as I was so worried. I hate it. I have had panic attacks about them as well. I really feel for any one who has HA as it can absolutely control your like and emotions 😞

I used to have this everyday, the thoughts of loosing my children at a young age would consume me.

After I had my second child I tried AD’s. It’s a personal choice but one I am so happy I made.
I still get the odd drop in my stomach but now my rational mind can step in quite quickly.

Anyone with this awful condition I have full sympathy for. It is all consuming.
if anyone wants to reach out to me I’m always here to talk.

Hi guys, I hope it's ok to join this thread.
I have crippling health anxiety for which I got therapy for this summer and it really helped.
I have trigger which set me off though which you will resonate with, the latest strep a news has made me worried sick.
I'm constantly checking DS for a rash, asking to look at his tongue for strawberry tongue, and asking him if he feels ok. It's exhausting and making me so anxious.
It's good to know there are others like this sending hugs to you all, maybe we can can help each other in times of feeling worried.

I don’t think these posts will ever get old.
I have been suffering with HA since my youngest was born 9 years ago . And most of the time it’s a HA about the C word. It can be all good and I’m relaxed( honestly, you appreciate this feeling of calmness so much when it’s gone)and then something triggers it and I’m at the bottom of the pit. My son(5yo) has been unwell for a week. He has got antibiotics for possible strep a but they didn’t work quickly as they usually would. So I was manically checking his body and I think I have found something that look like a petichiae (sp?) rash. Took him to A and E . They were really good but they haven’t done any tests. I have probably read and searched every single story on the internet how the kids were diagnosed with leaukemia. I’m trying to think he was checked by few doctors and no one had concerns but the doctors do get wrong.
Also I know that there are lots of bugs going round at school atm and if he catches another one soon, I will completely loose my mind. It’s so so tiring . I just wish I could be calm and accept the fact that the kids do get unwell and it’s normal. But the HA overrides every single rational thought in my head .

I completely understand where you are both coming from.
I have had HA for as long as I can remember.
I started on sertraline recently and it has almost completely got rid of it. I would be awake most nights terrified I would lose my children young.

i panicked about the strep a thing, both my little ones tested positive for it, but a doctor did tell me that bacteria lives in most people but we don’t know about it until we get ill.

Also, I’ve spoken to a doctor and two nurses about this Strep A and all of them have said the cases this year are no worse than the last 2-3 years but because the press have worried every parent sick about it then it’s caused even the most laid back parents so many sleepless nights!

I really hope that helps a bit. I lived what you are going through for the most part of my life.
I am here if you want to PM me

Hi ladies, I can so relate to how you are all feeling! I have been feeling like this ever since my ds was born 18 months ago.

My son was born with a second thumb and he recently had an operation to remove it when he was 16 months old so I was really nervous about that but it was ok. However, they did a blood test just before his op but the results didn’t make it to the lab in time so we have to re do. I asked the doctor what they are testing for and they said Fanconi anemia, it’s a one in a million rare disorder apparently and they routinely test all kids with thumb/hand anomalies but I am absolutely terrified because this disease is horrible and fatal. It also causes multiple cancers. The worst part is I have to wait until the end of April until they do this test and I’m so anxious, it’s all I can think about. My logical mind says it will be fine but I just can’t stop worrying myself sick. Help! Thanks in advance for any wisdom, it would be so appreciated xx

Hi everyone

I am really struggling with HA at the moment. My DD has been sick with a sickness bug- I am terrified of sick. She was really poorly through the night and it was horrible to see. She was fine for 24 hours and then she was sick again. It’s been 36 hours since she was last sick and she has been to Nursery today, but since getting home she keeps making a sort of retching noise and now I can’t sleep as I am terrified she will be sick in her crib again tonight. It is totally consuming! Any advice please anyone?

Can I ask what ads are please ?

I wish I had someone I could hand the decisions over to because when my 6yr old is poorly all logic and rational go out the window. I freeze.

I ended up using credit cards and went to the private GP who didn’t have any problems to check the child bloods . It gave me a big reassurance

Hi, I know this a super old thread but I am really struggling with this and felt I had to post. My son was admitted to hospital a few years ago for a kidney infection we didn’t know what it was at first and they did all sorts of tests and it was very traumatic for us all since then I always worry there is something seriously wrong with him and since my dad died last year it’s even worse. If he says his leg aches I think bone cancer, he’s very pale so I worry about leukaemia, if he has a headache I think he’s got a brain tumour. It’s not just a fleeting thought it will consume me to the point I can’t eat or sleep and I get a really upset tummy. I’ll spend hours googling which I know is the worst thing to do but more than anything I’m looking for reassurance that he’s ok. I am constantly checking him for rashes, checking his temp, sometimes when he’s asleep, watching him walk to see if he is limping, checking for swollen lymph nodes (he’s had one swollen for almost a year which goes up and down when he’s unwell and doctors have checked and said is fine) if I see something about a child with cancer I think it’s a sign from the universe that I need to get him checked. It sounds crazy I know it does but I can’t help it. I am on a waiting list for CBT but I can’t see how this will ever go away. He said his foot was aching this morning and it’s sent me into a spiral. I don’t know what I want from this post I just need to get it off my chest.

Mumlife84 no advice really just wanted to say hope you’re ok and that I understand completely what you are going through. My son has a lump behind his ear that appeared when he had chickenpox nearly two years ago and never really went away - although it may have ant some point and then reappeared and my health anxiety has convinced me otherwise. He has been referred for bloods and even though GP has reassured me that as it has not grown and he is well in himself, it’s sent me into a spiral. I’m always hyper alert to symptoms so even just a comment about a sore foot, achey legs etc sends me into a panic. My son is energetic and happy. But I can’t stop myself from thinking the worst. Over Xmas I had spiralled around my own health issues, I’ve had one week of feeling ok now back to feeling like this. I have an assessment with talking therapies Thursday so will see how that goes

Are you me?? 😂
I take velafexine/effexor too and I have had cbt to help. I'm pretty much able to talk myself out of going down a rabbit hole and can reason most things out. I used to get so embarrassed about it but now I do tell my husband so he can talk me through it.
As above stay off Dr Google.

It's so horrid but you aren't on your own

How is everyone doing? My son said that his hips hurt and my daughter complains of the tiredness all the time. I feel like I’m loosing it again