New Health anxiety thread as the other is full

[40slady]

Hi starting a new thread as the other one is full ..
anyone welcome

Thanks for thread 40s lady

Yes I'm like that , I'm actually planning to go back to the doctor...

But if I do get another apt I plan on asking ALOT of questions , why are we like this I hate it

Absolutely, I had a scan today and was sobbing the whole time and couldn't remember half the things he said afterwards.

Got to ring tomorrow soi am going to make a list of questions, I find it helps if I write it down prior

My side is really hurting and I'm panicking that I've got a blockage and am going to have kidney failure tonight. He said kink is minor but it hurts

So I got my bloods back they were ok but want to check my thyroid again in 4 weeks so now welcome the new obsession- thyroid cancer. Awesome.

How is everyone today?

I had another gastroenterology appointment yesterday. He has now suggested a stool sample and more blood tests. I'm seeing him privately so this is costing me a fortune! When do I give up and just accept I'm going to have to live in pain and fear?

I'm really down today and have hardly moved

Tagetes, I have spent a couple of thou now so know exactly how you feel. Do you sometimes feel you can't enter into things wholeheartedly as a sort of self preservation?? In case anything is really wrong? Hope that makes sense. Latest diagnosis is IBS...except I have none of the symptoms in my opinion!!

Hope everyone's ok...Today I feel good I think. Not going to borrow trouble from tomorrow

I could use some hand holding as I've had a bad few days and am currently obsessing about my lymph nodes / glands in the under jaw area

Hi, how is everyone?
I haven't really posted much because I've had a period of a couple of weeks that were anxiety free. It started creeping back though and now I'm right back.
I know it sounds daft but I freaked myself out thinking about my heart and how its just constantly beating and will until the end of my life, which set me off thinking about mortality and stuff. Blah.

I too suffer from severe health anxiety after having acute renal failure when I was 26 (2001)to a one in a million autoimmune disease (good pastures syndrome) then I had a transplant in 2003, flowed by several stints in hospital for various infections. Sadly in 2009 I developed renal cell carcinoma stage 2 in my old right kidney. Thankfully it was removed successfully.
I feel i can't move on from this, I'm wary about being near unwell people, reluctant to get into a relationship incase I get sick again and (average life of a transplant is 10 years) I sleep most days due to tiredness and haven't been able to hold down a job due to infection/tiredness ect. I feel embarrassed as I look v well.
I worry if I sneeze too often in a day, I check my urine colour every time I go to the loo, I google every little symptom I think I have, and am anal about hygiene and my pill taking schedule. I'm a bit bonkers!

Currently obsessed with my neck glands to the point it is now painful to touch.

God there are so many of us, bouncing around from perceived illness to perceived illness, fear to fear. We must cost the nhs so much money, surely there should be more money put into mental health for stuff like this? I think it's pretty hidden because we're often embarrassed about talking openly about ha, we are isolated. We're all here talking about these illnesses we think we have rather than the illness we actually have - health anxiety!

But that's my rational brain talking. I'm also thinking God.... But what if we do have these illnesses we worry about? Even just one of them, just one of us...? And it takes hold again.

I talk to my mum about it sometimes. She said she never used to worry about health at my age, although she worries about other stuff. But then there was no internet, no 24 hour news channels constantly talking about new health research etc. no constant ads from charities on TV about health. I got on the tube the other day and there were two cancer ads just in my part of the train.

Sheesh lipgloss, you've really been through the wringer!
You're right tobee. How about as well as post about what health problems we think we have, maybe we could discuss ways of moving forward and treating our health anxiety.

I know I've been through loads and still am, fistula scan and cystoscopy soon but I am well aware there are many people out there much worse off than me x

Hey guys, I agree this thread
Should be as positive as we can make it! I have started on citroplan today for my anxiety. Anyone else on any meds for it?

I have also bought an anxiety self help book

I was moving on. I've got new medication and was looking forward to moving on with my life.

Oh how I was wrong. I have calf pain when moving, climbing, bending and flexing my leg. The same ankle is swollen. I feel that this is the dvt I've been worrying about. I've had a full blown panic attack, I begged to be checked out at the doctors but was refused. I am waiting for a nurse to ring me back but I am not coping.

I cant cope anymore. I'm done, defeated. I'm sat here crying my eyes out looking at my swollen ankle wondering why do I have to die this young. Very depressed today.

So I've been seen and was told it cant be a dvt because its not red and hot . Surely it's a well known fact this isn't true and only a small number have all the 'classic' symptoms.

I feel angry and more scared than before as it's now just a waiting game for a PE :(

Hi all, can I join? I am only just admitting to myself that I have a problem with health anxiety. I have been spotting between periods (have the coil so not exactly abnormal) and have been getting some pain in my left hand side. I had made an appointment about that but I think I am going to admit to the doctor that once that is sorted I will find something else wrong and convince myself I am dying again. It makes me miserable, I feel depressed and that I won't see my children grow up, my worry is massively disproportionate to my ailments. I feel positive that I have finally decided to seek help but I don't really know what help they can offer.

Can I join? Really feel for everyone with Health Anxiety I have had it for a long time and would be very interested to hear if anyone has found anything that has really helped them as HA has stolen so much joy from my life which is draining, demoralising and incredibly tiring. Peace of mind would be a fabulous thing.

Hello to everyone new.

ireallyneed what book did you get, I'm thinking about doing some reading about anxiety.

tortoise I think realising it's anxiety is the best step you can take. It's good that you're going to get help, hope you make progress.

pannalash I have various strategies i use. If i'm feeling panicky I find chamomile tea really helps me to calm down. Just getting out and about and doing stuff is probably the best thing for me, it's when I'm alone with my own thoughts that the anxiety develops. Have you been to the doctors? That would be a good place to start.

build Oh dear, how are you feeling now? Look, this is just a set back. I think getting better is a long process and there'll be many set backs. I hope you're feeling more positive today.

I'm not sure how I'm feeling today. It's been a really rough couple of months with the anxiety. My knee is awfully painful today but I'm slowly accepting it may be muscular. As soon as I do that I get a squeezing pain in my head and it sets my aneurysm fear off. Then I have like a weird tickling feeling behind my eye and I just feel doomed again. Hoping these tablets kick in soon but what if it's not anxiety and I have an aneurysm or a clot. Tablets aren't going to fix it

I get the squeezing headaches and the tickly eye thing! It's definitely anxiety. I'm absolutely certain you won't have an aneurysm. I hope the medication works for you. What is it?