health anxiety

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has anybody ever found a cure for health anxiety. it has plagued my life for 7 years and don't see an end to it. awful day today.
ps never been on mumsnet before. sorry if this is the wrong place to raise this.

Same. Like you say it was like a switch. One day I was fine, the next I was like this. No explanation which is so strange and I struggle to get my head around so i can totally understand why my family don't understand it either, just wish one of them could put themselves in my shoes for a week to see its no fun for me .

On the plus side my dvt fears have gone, but been replaced with a toothache. Obviously its an infection that it is going to spread all over. Terrified of dentists but braving phoning one up today. The only one taking on and its the one i went to as a child and had such horrible experiences it left me with a phobia :(

feeling so bad today , the last few days my anxiety got so bad , my legs feel weak and like there going to give way at any point ....
thinking this is another symptom of L
i go for blood tests tomorrow then the wait till friday for results and talk with my doctor ...feels like a sentence ...every day is a struggle with this , and today is my sons birthday and im close to tears thinking this could be the last i spend with him

hope your all ok , could do with some hand holding cant tell anyone in RL ...or my DH ..such a struggle keeping this in ...

thanks for listening

Hand holding . I was convinced I wasn't going to see my daughters first birthday and this year she will be 3.

Is there any reason you cant tell anyone? Tbh i have found online support more useful by a mile. X

thanks buildme , i just cant they wont understand i think they think im nuts as it is ...
im exhausted all this anxiety and worry .. i dont feel at all well im utterly convinced i have C ...im just waiting to be told ...thats how i feel , has to be the worst case senario always ....hate HA so much

hope your ok today x

I know how you feel. My mum tries to be supportive now because I'm not as bad as I used to be but at my worst my family said some really awful things. Accused me of attention seeking, that I was taking the piss, i'm an idiot i'm nuts I need locking up, i cared about myself more than my dd, I was jealous of the attention dd got when she had to go into hospital once, I was using it to cover up something else they didnt believe me etc really horrible stuff and all untrue, they just couldn't comprehend someone could feel like this.

I have found so much more comfort from talking to people who know what its like. Im worrying about cervical cancer today. Just feel so down and stupid, sick of worrying. X

Checking in again. I've had a few good days with the HA by worrying about something else. I know it's not the definitive answer but it beats the obsessive thoughts about HA.
What annoys me is something that I have assured myself is okay one day can, on another day consume hours of my thoughts and have me worried sick that it's something awful.
Can anyone offer suggestions of health things that could be worried about that aren't cancer or brain tumours or blood poisoning or anything serious.
I know that might sound silly but I just think it might help shift NHh thoughts of dreadful things.

Shift the thoughts off dreadful things.

Silly thing is non serious health problems don't bother me in the slightest. It's just the things that can kill me I fear because I'm terrified of dying young. I'm glad you've had a good few days,nothing beats the feeling of not worrying about your health!

feeling so awful still , got blood test this morning , then the wait , i hardly slept last night woke up in fear ...
i just managed to tell my DH as he could tell i wasnt ok ... im sure he thinks im nuts ...told me not to over think it to much until we get the blood results ...and can act on fact not what ifs .....which i know makes sense but if only was that easy

build and flowers , i to think of the worst case senario all the time has to be C never anything minor ...hope your both ok x

40slady what are your blood tests for? I'm sure you will be just fine. It's very easy for someone who doesn't suffer to just say oh don't worry about it, like we choose to worry endlessly!

thanks build , the blood tests are FBC and my ferritin , i went in Feb blood tests and doc said my WBC was slightly low , 3.6, normal is 4 , also my iron was 13 , but mine is always low , so this is a re-test to see if they levels have changed ...

after that appointment i went and googled low WBC and came up with leukemia , then the symptoms all fitted with how i feel , plus it mentioned blood tiny red spots on skin , i have those to , (just a few ) but iv felt fluy off and on achy limbs and these spots , so im uttterly convinced i have L ..
so im now waiting to see my doctor friday for results ....
thats where im at ....
cant seem to focus on anything els today ...
thanks for listening x

Oh no if you had leukemia it would have been picked up on the blood test. Wbc is extremely low, not just a little low.

And if there was anything serious in your results they would ring you straight away rather than wait for you to collect the results. You will be absolutely fine.

i thought i had leukemia once too, its awful I had loads of tests because I was in severe pain all over my body and there was nothing wrong at all.

thanks build , im terrified , just googled again and it all sounds so fitting ....debating going to emergancy doctor tomorrow morning at my sergery i dont think i can wait till friday ....i feel awful ..
doesnt seem to be a good out come on any of the sites im seeing all C ...

sorry just stressing me out so much today

Dont google. Its so so hard but it doesn't help, thats the number one rule!

Ive googled so much stuff I've thought I've had at least 20 different illnesses if not more and I had none of them. I have only ever been right once and even then I had kidney stones instead of appendicitis like I thought.

As hard as it is theres no need to make another appointment . If there was anything at all untoward they'd contact you immediately, so having to wait is ultimately a good thing.

I feel like I can try help others fine but when it comes to helping myself there just seems to be a mental block. I know its irrational I really do. So why cant i stop thinking of dVts and cancers etc. Stupid head of mine.

im half expecting a call tomorrow telling me to go into hospital to be honest ..
i really hope this is just another really bad episode of my health anxiety and iv got it all wrong ... but i dont think i have

iv had dvt scare to before was just a thick vein in my leg ...

its so awful isnt it this HA ..i just want to be happy and rid of this anxiety

Id love to just wake up and be happy. Unfortunately my body clearly hasnt got the memo because I keep having thigh pain tooth pain chest pain something pain to make me worry. Just want to wake up pain free and not have anything to worry about!

yes me to ...feeling so low today just cant rid this ...tried to talk to my DH ...he just told me to go to A&E if i was that worried ...that really wasnt helpful at all , think hes had enough of me and my HA over the years ...
wish i hadnt told him now ..

I can understand people who don't suffer it not understanding it. After all it looks totally nuts when it's written down I really can see how it's incomprehensible to non sufferers. You may find that you get a lot more support from people online than in real life. We all know what it's like and HA is something you just truly will never understand until you've been there.

The hardest part for me is knowing wether a pain is something normal or the sign of something life threatening. This is where I struggle immensely with dvt. A quick Google will tell you (though I've not done it recently you never forget the things you've read) that half the time there are no symptoms. When there is symptoms, there may be pain or no pain. There may be swelling or redness or warmth or none of these things. The pain can be mild or severe constant or fleeting. So that's absolutely everybody then! How on earth can I ever rule out leg pain being a dvt. It's torture.

This morning I thought well it's been a few days now the pain is not there all the time it's probably not a blood clot. Then I remember something I read that said the pain can come and go and be mild. Ugh so more worrying and the more pain.

I'm annoyed that I've allowed myself to relapse to the point I'm now suffering the psychical symptoms of anxiety. I've not ached this much since my last major period of HA where I suffered all over body pain. Because now I don't kno wether the symptoms I am feeling are anxiety or serious illnes, and thus the cycle continues. I just don't feel like I am strong enough to break it again.

I am 23, this should be the prime of my life but everyday I wake up expecting it to end!

totally get all you have said , specially the bit about they symptoms are they an actual illness or the anxiety ... im sure the anxiety isnt helping but its hard to tell isnt it ...well for me any how as im always anxious ...

what are your symptoms for the concern for DVT ?

i went through this , as i had a huge vein at the back of my knee that was painful so i went to doctors , who said was just a normal vein some are bigger than others ,and can cause pain from time to time few days later the pain did go .

Just a mild weird pain on my front thigh sometimes inner thigh. It only last a few seconds and goes again. Comes every few minutes though sometimes longer. I can walk half hour fine without noticing it then il suddenly feel it and panic. Both of my legs are tender though I've had this before last time I had a period of anxiety. I have a particularly bad knee on the same leg.

Before this anxiety started a dvt would never have entered my brain. I've learned so much about many medical conditions that I never even knew existed through the almighty Google. The internet is a blessing but sometimes a curse too!

maybe a pulled muscle ? did you see the doctor ..

as iv understood DVTs , involve severe swelling of the leg/ calf and redness and feels very hot and painful , also more common if people have been on a long flight with limited movement ..

yes google has alot to answer for , iv been googling once more today , lupus , Leukemia , arthritus , and C seems to always pop up ....or am i looking for it .. hate my head today ...

I haven't been to the doctors. Given my age and the fact the symptoms aren't 'typical' I've been sent away before when i thought I had one. Its so hard I'm brushed off because I'm young.

You would have heard by now honestly. X

so horrid isnt it ...have you had any help with your anxiety ?

iv just started last week seeing someone for it going to try CBT , although when im at my lowest like at the moment nothing helps i just need to get reassurance from the doctor , if i could go now i would ....

im jumping out of my skin every time the phone goes inace its the doctors wanting to see me ASAP ....

I was on anti depressants. I had loads of support on a health anxiety board and i got there. I've been great and not been to the doctors for a year. I felt great although I did have the odd wobble i soon stopped.

This time feels different its like I cant get a grip of it. I have a pre arranged appointment next week to discuss my anxiety again. I just hate the thought of a dvt but it will not go away.

hopefully the appointment will be helpful and can suggest methods to help you , maybe cbt like im going to try , you did well for a year thats so good well done .

can you go to see your GP about your fears and anxiety over the DVT fear , they will put your mind at ease then you can get back on track ..