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Really need a Doctor right now or I'm going to break down

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 14:53

I feel so dizzy and scared. Have awful health anxiety.

31 years old.

This morning found 3 small pin head sized marks on right breast. Been googling like mad. I'm so scared I have inflammatory breast cancer.

I have been obsessively checking my breasts the last couple of days and I don't knownif I've created trauma to my breats but these red marks have scared me. I feel like my head is so heavy and I'm going to be sick and I keep going to the toilet.

I have two small children and their dads taken then out to not see me in this state again

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ClaudiaJ1 · 05/12/2021 15:54

Sweat pimples? I get the red dots all the time, all over my breasts. They're sweat pimples.

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 15:59

Nah I have these as well. That health anxiety boats been with them. I don't have many buy a few. These a flat and small and bright red. Three of them spread out.

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Fendibby · 05/12/2021 16:05

It’s far more likely that you’ve marked yourself whilst examining your boobs.

I would get myself back to the doctors if I was you though and try and get some proper treatment for your anxiety and potential OCD. It does sound like OCD though, it’s not just obsessive cleaning.

I have OCD and I used to strip myself naked every night and examine my body in the mirror for lumps and bumps, I’d get very intrusive thoughts too. It’s horrible to live with. OCD is easily treatable but left untreated it just spreads and takes over. I am much better now I am on medication and have had therapy. Flowers

Fendibby · 05/12/2021 16:07

Also do not underestimate the power that your mind has over your body. When I was in the middle of my worst OCD crisis’ I would imagine things on certain areas of my body and a rash would appear. The mind is a very fickle thing and there’s a strong link between your physical and mental health.

Stop googling, have a bath or whatever else relaxes you and then try to get an appointment tomorrow with your GP to put your mind at rest and speak about overcoming this.

Wilhelmine · 05/12/2021 16:18

OP I totally know how you feel, I suffer from severe health abxu

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 16:22

Thanks guys. I doubt I'll be able to get in at the drs tomorrow as I work 7.15-6pm on a Monday but I'll be able to go Tuesday. Tomorrow is going to be a long day unless I wake up in the morning and they look like they have faded. I feel like going to bed now to hurry it up.

(I sleep a lot in general as when I'm asleep I'm not worrying about my health)

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Wilhelmine · 05/12/2021 16:25

Sorry....severe health anxiety too and IBC is one of my obsessions. Every time I get a red mark on my boobs I’m down the docs. I’m sure the spots will fade but do call the GP first thing in the morning and get seen to put your mind at rest. You know that IBC presents as an overall redness and peau d’orange skin but you’ve terrified yourself and need reassurance. HA is an awful affliction and I just tend to wait for the next thing to crop up and try and live in between. I have a lovely GP who understands my condition and who checks in with me once a month to see how I am. Be honest with your doctors, they’ll want to help you overcome this. In the meantime stop checking your boob and try and distract yourself. Big handhold from me.

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 16:31

Thank you so much for understanding. Inflammatory breast cancer is so scary as the outlook isn't great.

I am terrified. I've had a shower and been calmed down by the people on here. My neck is killing me from keep looking down at the marks!!

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CorrBlimeyGG · 05/12/2021 16:34

Your anxiety is going to harm your children far more than the breast cancer you don't have.

Please get some help.

Tippexy · 05/12/2021 16:36

Please don't waste the GP's time with this. There are people out there who need urgent appointments for serious conditions and can't get them. Self-refer to adult CAMHS in your area for CBT.

Wilhelmine · 05/12/2021 16:43

Don’t listen to @Tippexy OP, she has no understanding of health anxiety. You do obviously need help with your HA but it’s a very hard thing to treat and at the very least your GP will ask for a photo. I bet the marks will disappear if you give them the chance but I know how agonising the wait can be. My GP has helped me far more than CBT and for me it didn’t work.

Wilhelmine · 05/12/2021 16:44

I work for a GP and there are no problems with appointments for anything serious. Everything is triaged.

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 16:48

Thanks guys. I'll go on Tuesday. Hopefully they will have gone by then and I won't need to go. I've got a telephone appointment in a week anyway so I can bring up my HA thenSmile

I'm actually relieved someone has said don't waste the GPS time with this! Everyone seems to think I'm being daft and it's all HA.

I'll defo go on Tuesday though if they havnt started to fade...

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AnFiadhRua · 05/12/2021 16:51

If you did get cancer, you'd be the type to catch it very very early.

Flowers but I don't want to invalidate your anxiety by saying that.

Does your mind get reassured by going to the doctor? You should go if it reassures you.

LostForIdeas · 05/12/2021 16:53

@Toottoot11 just a quick story to reassure you.

I have some moles on my breasts. A few weeks ago, I notice one of those had changed colour. Couldn’t say when it happened. I was terrified.
Was seen very quickly by the GP who took one look, visibly relaxed and told me with a smile it was just blood. For whatever reason I must have caught the mole (no recollection from me) and it had scabbed. That was it.

All that to say not everything that seems to scream cancer actually is cancer. There are many other reasons why you have those red dots. I’m sure a quick check with the GP will put your mind to rest.

LostForIdeas · 05/12/2021 16:54

Btw just to reiterate.

My GP was very quick. I submitted a photo with an eConsult and was seen the same day.
At least at my surgery, anything that is potential urgent like a risk of cancer still trigger a quick consultation.

Ellen888 · 05/12/2021 16:57

OP,
Please get some support;

www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 16:58

I just go from zero to 100 so quickly.

I do feel better after seeing the GP. I don't ask for tests or further investigations. Often, their word and opinion is enough to have me walking out of the surgery on air. My surgery luckily is fantastic and we have some great Drs. The receptionists are pretty nice too Smile

I defo would catch cancer early and if this is bad. Its early bad.

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everythingbackbutyou · 05/12/2021 17:06

OP, I so empathize. It's awful. I have had lifelong health anxiety which is kept at bay by the right dose of antidepressants - been taking them for 25 years and they are a lifesaver. I have been in your current state several times, with every kind of cancer (the deadlier and more 'silent killer' the better...), brain tumours, human mad cow disease, etc etc ad nauseum, each time convinced I will shortly drop dead and leave my children motherless. I currently take escitalopram (switched from paroxetine after 22 years). I think you may find them to be a game changer. With regard to the red dots, I would bet that they are harmless petechiae, caused by your bra rubbing on your skin as you slept.

everythingbackbutyou · 05/12/2021 17:07

Similar to the 'blood blisters' people can get on their face after vomiting.

User310 · 05/12/2021 17:07

Op, I also have health anxiety and found these small red dots on my left breast convinced myself it was inflammatory breast cancer, went for a private scan and ended up leaving very embarrassed. It was all fine and they said it was likely rubbing from my bra as the skin is so sensitive. They haven’t gone since (6weeks ago) so I’m presuming they are just there now.

Please don’t panic.

daisydaisy11 · 05/12/2021 17:09

Any chance they could be flea bites. Three bites in a row is typical for fleas although they would probably itch.

HyacynthBucket · 05/12/2021 17:10

Really feel for what you are going through, OP as I have had health anxiety too. No real advice except to do whatever you can to lessen general anxiety. I found positive affirmations really useful - repeated over and over - they do work. Also recently I was advised that Magnesium Oil that you rub into your body helps the muscles relax, and it does work. If your body is relaxed, your mind will be more relaxed and vice versa. Daffodil

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 17:10

I was going to come on and describe them again but they have just been described so perfectly!

Yes they are blood looking spots. Very flat and very red and very,very small.

Thanks everyone...I felt so lonely before and heth anxiety on a Sunday I'd awful.

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Toottoot11 · 05/12/2021 17:10

Is awful

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