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Blood clot fear Pushing on my thigh when I stand straight up all the way at the top about 2 inches from my hip bone causes some discomfort. I don't really know how to describe the pain other than almost tingly and a little sore. Been paying attention to it for about 6 months but may have been there longer.
It's on my left leg if that matters but really making me worry I may have a blood clot. That leads me to worry it might break off at any moment and pretty much end me. Is there any other reason the constant discomfort would be here or do I likely have a clot? | Anxiety |
Skin cancer fears Skin cancer is a specific fear of mine because of a few awful burns I've had in the past. I'm pale, so I burn incredibly easily. I am 100% convinced I am going to get skin cancer eventually.
There's a small bump on the back of my head, no bigger than the tip of my thumb. I can't see it, but apparently it's pink. You know when you get a bump on your head from hitting it and there's sort of a dull pain when pressure is applied to it? That's how it feels when I press on the bump that's on the back of my head. It's hard, you can't really press down on it.
As I type this I'm pretty anxious because I'm convinced whatever the bump on my head is is going to kill me. There are so many different ways skin cancer can look, and I'm scared that's what I have. I don't remember hitting my head on anything recently, and even if I did, I've never had a bump form that was that small before. | Anxiety |
Blood Tests Hey y’all,
First time poster, so be kind :)
I have had health anxiety for a long time. I’m currently a 24 year old female with lots of manageable chronic issues. This requires a lot of blood tests.
Every time I have to get one, I get really freaked out to the point of causing fights with loved ones and raising my blood pressure with constant anxiety attacks. I’m afraid I may pass or during blood tests, and passing out is one of my biggest fears. Hearing about how it’s really not harmful and I’ll be fine once I wake up is unhelpful. It’s a trigger for me.
And here’s the thing: I have never passed out, only gotten slightly woozy. Every time it’s better than I imagine it being.
Can someone give me some advice on how to prevent the slow spiral? | Anxiety |
it makes you feel restless | Anxiety |
She worries a lot, so she cries a lot. | Anxiety |
separation anxiety in the recent few years i've very well acknowledged that i am a pretty anxious person and i kinda got used to it. but something that still bothers me is my separation anxiety and the constant fear of being abandoned by my friends. i don't know how to go about it, especially now that i have a best friend to whom i can't talk all the time, whenever i want or need to. they seem to be more of the avoidant style. i find it very difficult to go through my day if whenever i think of them and talking to them, i have to stop myself and 'give them space.' i don't mean this in a selfish way, naturally i am a pretty understanding person. i try to control my 'urges' for contact, which i crave a lot, but it's been getting harder as the days go by. most of the time i don't even have something important to say, it's just my thoughts and things i mention throughout the day, but i feel blue when i remember that they do not 'prefer' texting everyday because that is something that i really like, want and need. i try my best to respect their boundaries and i am the one to 'adapt' to their needs for space. just recently i started wondering whether it is okay that i bring this up as a boundary and a need of mine. i feel like i've often been the one to change for them and it's been getting to me lately. i don't mean any harm to my bestie and we don't have any other 'unsolvable' problem except for this one. is it okay to text them? is it selfish? i get a lot of thoughts and i address them as anxiety but it doesn't get any easier even when i am fully aware of that. i just wish to put an end to this. it has been affecting my mood lately, i check the messages app hundreds of times only to see no texts from them. i get anxious waiting for a reply and even more anxious when i first think of something to say. it just pops into my mind and i happily open the app but as soon as i start typing i remember the situation and feel guilty about texting them. but then again, i feel very empty if i don't. how do i go about this? | Anxiety |
My story of HIV anxiety Hi there,
For the last month and a half I've been dealing with the worst health anxiety of my life. Prior to this my health anxiety has been me thinking i'm going to have a heart attack causing me to constantly check my pulse. Things along those lines. But my current situation is far more severe. Here it is, I've posted something on here before about it.
I met a girl and we talked for months. She is a sexual person and I am not, it took me months before I finally decided I could move past just talking. After sex with a condom the first few times, we had unprotected sex the next a few times. I know how stupid this is but its even more idiotic for someone with health anxiety as i've learned. We agreed it was okay to do because i had no sexual history and she had been tested negative for stds. After the last time, 2 weeks later i got very sick. My doctor called it the worst sore throat she had seen in a long time. Along with that came chills, body aches, fatigue. I had blood work done my doctor called to say I had mono. I had only kissed this one person, and I asked her she said she had mono 4 years before.
However, I idiotically googled symptoms. As it turns out, HIV in its early stages has all the symptoms of mono. Combine that with having unprotected sex 2 weeks before feeling sick and immediately I become overwhelmed with fear. I began to notice other things wrong with my body that resembled acute HIV - my tongue has a coating on it that i think is oral thrush, a rush formed on my chest after i started to feel better. Other things started to appear like my stomach began to growl regularly and my legs turn red in the shower. This fear hasn't gone away for a month now to the point of it keeping me up at night and sporadic panic attacks when I think about it throughout the day.
I have to take a test to put this to rest and resolve it. I know how extremely unlikely it would be for me to have this. I asked if she had been tested for stds since and she said she had been very recently. On top of this, im not sure i can ever be intimate or sexual again if this is how im going to act. | Anxiety |
L-theanine I was thinking of looking into this more.
How well does L-theanine work for your anxiety? | Anxiety |
It's been a few days when I sleep by default I'm afraid, restless, nervous, feel alone, sometimes my breath is really heavy.....why is that... like I'm afraid of being restless, oh my God | Anxiety |
Cut myself on a rusty key clip and now I think I have tetanus The cut is very minor, it broke the skin enough to expose blood. And now my neck feels stiff and painful.
But I know it probably isn’t tetanus, but it still sucks because I cannot stop thinking about it. I mostly feel stupid because I only cut myself on the key clip by playing around with it idly while not paying attention. | Anxiety |
don't know if my uti came back so i do not know what to do nor where this should appropriately be asked but i have lurked on this sub for awhile and i too have health anxiety and i am currently freaking out!
so last wednesday i went to my towns urgent care because i suddenly felt as if i had to pee and nothing was coming out (typical uti symptom) i also had a lot of uncomfortable back pain. i went to urgent care and they tested my urine and it came back positive for a uti but negative for a kidney infection!
the doctor gave me two prescriptions to help with the pain and discomfort and the overall uti itself. i finished the last dose of my antibiotics this morning and now it feels as though my uti came back! i have the sudden urge to urinate and can't tell if my back hurts or not, i'm stressing out bc idk if this is normal or not and keep assuming the worst.
if anyone has ever dealt with anything similar i would appreciate some advice/comments on what to do :( | Anxiety |
How is buspar working for you? I’ve been on buspar for about two weeks, I’m on 7.5 mg twice a day and I’ve noticed my crippling anxiety slow down a little bit. My worrying thoughts are way less often and I shake my legs less. But I think I need to go up a dose because it’s working but not as much as I would like. What’s your experience with this med and how is it working for you? | Anxiety |
Scared my doc won't take me seriously Hi all, I'm a new here, I've had health anxiety for about 6 years, it comes and goes a couple of times a year for me but when I have an episode it's BAD, I'm talking like exacerbating my own physical symptoms by worrying, googling for hours until I'm convinced I'm going to die, hell even obsessing over my pets health and running them to the vets for every tiny thing, although that mostly started after my old kitty died of lymphoma.
Anyway so I'm really worried about going to the doctor next week that she's not going to take me seriously if I tell her I have health anxiety. I think that I have PGAD, although granted my anxiety does seem to be making it way worse, I do have actual symptoms and reason to believe it. I'm actually just kind of hoping it's all in my head but at the same time I'm worried that if I don't get tested and assessed for it it will turn out to be real and not just my anxiety 😭 I hate that feeling of uncertainty 😭 | Anxiety |
Can you ever really heal general anxiety disorder? Can you ever really heal general anxiety disorder? Is it more so you can only manage it over the years but not really heal it? Or maybe manage over the years and it decreases slowly over time and then eventually heals? Or could it be healed more in a sudden moment, like maybe after a few days the anxiety is just completely gone? | Anxiety |
Pupil size I’m a 30 year old female, and just noticed a difference in pupil size. It’s only in dim light and I’ve been to the optometrist 2 times everything looks fine and I have 20/20 vision she said it was so small she didn’t notice it until I mentioned it. But obviously still have been anxious and checking in the mirror nonstop. I got a horrible stiff neck back in June and have had a kink in my neck since- I’m also a long distance walker 10miles 4X a week and have been told this can be because of hip stuff. I have had blood work and everything is fine. But I’m convinced I have a spinal or brain tumor, it’s been hard for me to concentrate on information ( probably because I’m preoccupied with anxiety) and I’m dizzy but I can’t tell if I’m making that up too. Feeling crummy and pretty shameful. | Anxiety |
Tattoo Hey everyone so. I have 3 small tattoos and im planning on getting my 4th here soon. Its a larger piece then the other ones and for some reason i have this fear of passing out. From being in the chair longer. My longest ive been tatted is about an hour. I dont pass out from needles or seeing blood. I sat through getting stitches in my thumb. I just need some tips that i can do to prevent from passing out and to not be worried | Anxiety |
Are my anti-depressants not working? I’ve (22F) have been on anti-depressants since I was 14, but I’ve never felt 100% better. I switched from Zoloft to Celexa about 2 years ago, and I’m currently taking the max dose of Celexa, but I still get pretty bad bouts of depression and anxiety at least a couple of times per week. I’m in therapy so I know of a variety of coping measures that I can take, such as exercise, journaling, spending time with friends/family, and breathing techniques, but none of those things seem to work. I don’t have any major problems or stressors in my life either, I’m just depressed for no reason 2-5 days per week.
Does this mean that my anti-depressants aren’t working, or do I just kinda need to suck it up? I’m scared to try new anti-depressants bc of the withdrawals and potential worsening of my depression, so I’m not sure what the best thing for me is to do. | Anxiety |
I am fucking tired of everything | Anxiety |
Dizzy after cruise Hey everyone,
I’ve been on this site for a while now, and I wanted post a question.
I got back 9 days ago from a 7 day cruise. It was wonderful! No anxiety, I felt like me again :)
However, since returning, I’ve been swaying and feeling dizzy when walking. I keep telling myself that it’s from the cruise, but it’s been 9 days!
I don’t seem to feel it when driving or anything else, but mostly when standing or walking.
I just feel like I’m going crazy and want to cry. It’s been hard focusing on anything else, and whenever I walk, that’s all I think about. | Anxiety |
Distrust of doctors and diagnoses - how to overcome? I've had quite severe health anxiety for a few years. It's hopped from one malady to another, and medical counsel/tests do not assuage it as I'm always convinced they've missed something.
Most recently it's cancer - at first lymphoma, now cancer in general. I've visited specialists, GPs, had chest xrays and bloodwork, and finally a full CT scan with contrast. Despite the all clear in each instance, I spend a debilitating amount of energy on the anxiety they've missed something. Each diagnostic procedure seems to buy me a few weeks of calm before the terror and doubt returns.
I do not have systemic symptoms of cancer and am in apparent good health save mild diagnosed GERD -- but compulsive google'ing assures me many healthy people in their early 30s are diagnosed with terminal cancer out of the blue, after numerous misdiagnoses etc. That GERD must be stomach cancer, the lymph node that swelled after a dental infection must be lymphoma, the doctors are brushing me off, the medical system in Korea is inadequate, the medical system in Australia is inadequate (I've carried this pattern through the doctor's offices of three nations!)
I recognize the compulsive and anxious biases I'm operating on here, but I don't know how to change them. For those who have endured something similar - how do you learn to trust the doctors' "all clear"? How do you trust that you would probably show some obvious symptoms in case of serious illness, and those symptoms would be correctly interpreted?
I'm feeling exhausted and hopeless from the unending cycle of costly medical tests which produce little effect on my anxiety. Your advice is appreciated. | Anxiety |
Feel terminally ill but tests are coming back showing nothing Hi I have a feeling that every breath that I take is gonna be my last or that I'm goin to collapse and its crippling me , I cannot walk more than a couple of meters now and have no quality of life I feel so desperate now and hopeless , has anyone else experienced this or have any advice on treatment , ive done brain scan , heart scans etc and they are coming back clear , any help at this stage would really appreciated as I don't how much more of this I can take and I have a young family | Anxiety |
does this class as anxiety? here's a few things i do that i think might class as anxiety;
- bounce my leg basically all the time
- if i'm wearing a ring or something on my hand then i have to fiddle with it
- move my hands a lot
- urge to check notifications as soon as they come in
- struggle to order food/pay for stuff/ask for assistance bc i don't like speaking to people
- don't like meeting new people
- overthink 24/7
- ask myself 'am i being annoying?' or 'do they hate me?'
- sweaty palms
- awkward around people i don't know
- bite my lip | Anxiety |
Everything in my life is great, but why do I feel so anxious? Whenever the anxiety isn’t heightened, I’m able to enjoy my life. I’m proud of myself and my accomplishments. I’m surrounded by people I love and who love me. I’m excited with where my career is going. I have a great life. But I feel so intensely anxious that it affects everything. The physical symptoms, ancillary feelings of depression, OCD tendencies. I wish I could just let all of that go and enjoy my life to the fullest. I’ve been in therapy for a long time but never tried meds. I’m nervous to start, but thinking more and more that it’s a good option. | Anxiety |
Perineum feels hard after a bowel movement. Should I be worried? I’m a 24 y/o female with digestive issues. My doctor think it’s just diet/IBS causing my constipation and upset stomach. I recently had a BM that made a inner hemorrhoid (I assume) pop out. My doctor told me not to worry and gave the same advice. It’s gone back since then but I noticed after some BMs my perineum (gooch area) feels harder. I can still squish it and it doesn’t feel like there’s something underneath but it’s harder. | Anxiety |
First it was lung disease, now it’s a brain tumor Basically I started working at a chemical company 6 months ago (poor decision knowing i deal with HA) anyways next week I start a new job, next week I also am closing on my first house that I’m pretty much getting forced into buying from my uncle after he had a stroke (getting a crazy deal) so my stress has gone through the roof, a few weeks ago I noticed shortness of breath and was fixated on my breathing patterns and convinced I had lung damage or fluid in my lungs, got xrays and everything was fine and it eventually subsided for the most part, about a week ago I started to feel “out of it” and now it’s a constant disconnected from the world feeling and a tension headache and episodes where I feel like I could just pass out also my eyes feel funny, I started to wear my glasses again out of fear that a brain tumor is causing my eyes to be blurry so I’m now convinced I have a brain tumor, anyone else dealt with anything similar? | Anxiety |
Feeling so restless lately. | Anxiety |
Every time I hear that my friend wants to go to trial, I like to be nervous, it's not clear, I need to hurry to clean it too, but if I'm in a hurry because I see people are afraid, it's not really right :( wkwkwk | Anxiety |
Signs you DONT have cancer https://www.google.fi/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/living/1950603/doctor-goes-through-ten-signs-that-suggest-you-dont-have-cancer/amp/
A great article I found that helps me battle my cancer anxiety. Most of the health websites list vague widespread symptoms that can convince even the healthiest person they are dying. I’d like to hear what symptoms can help us anxious peeps to rule out those pesky deadly diseases.
So, pitch in, please:) | Anxiety |
How and when did your health anxiety start? What was your trigger? | Anxiety |
Restless, restless, become one. Can't agree. Can't even sleep | Anxiety |
How to get doctor to order imaging of chest and abdomen (and head as a bonus)? I visited a new PCP a few weeks ago -- it was my first doctor's visit in a few years and first since moving to a new city. They don't have any of my old medical records. I told him that I have a family history of a few different types of cancer (lung, pancreatic, brain). I mentioned having a persistent cough, but all he recommended was prilosec in case the cough is GERD. I'd really like to get some imaging done of my lungs and abdomen (I've had very minor pain in my left side around my ribs for YEARS) to rule anything out. Is there something else I can tell him so that I can get an MRI or CT scan? | Anxiety |
Sleep tips for Anxiety and Stress Recently I’ve been going through a really stressful period of my life and it has also greatly increased my anxiety. This makes it especially difficult to sleep. I often take 2 hours laying in bed to fall asleep and then wake up about 3-4 times a night and I can’t even tell you the last time I got a full 7-8 hours. I often wake up due to vivid dreams or maybe just due to all the things on my mind which I think may be contributing to poor sleep I often have to take a melatonin in the middle of the night to fall back asleep. I also take magnesium supplements sometimes but I’ve had my ups and downs with them as they tend to increase the vivid dreams (I also quit weed sorta recently which may factor into why I’ve been having so many vivid dreams and having sleep troubles) I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how I could get better sleep and any other supplements that may help with it if needed. I just wanna fall asleep quicker and stop waking in the middle of the nights and I wanna see if anyone here has had similar experiences and if anything helped. | Anxiety |
Does anyone have shaking/rigid muscle movements? Like, the motion isn't "smooth?" It's hard to describe, but say if you raise your arm up and come back down, it isn't in one continuous motion. It's shaky almost? Right now I have it in every muscle and it worries me. | Anxiety |
I didn't have the courage to go to an event bc of anxiety :( I was supposed to go to a pub crawl event this evening but got cold feet right before the event started and now I'm sad, disappointed and alone at my home. The first three hours before the event I was feeling okay and so sure I would be going, but slowly the panic started to kick in. And I ended up shaking and crying while changing my clothes and getting ready for the evening. And then I just gave up. It sucks, I really wanted to go, the event sounded like a blast and I already bought the ticket. It all came crashing down when I realised that I don't know anyone from the event and that I had to make the effort of meeting new people there alone. I thought I could be brave and go to that place alone because none of my friends didn't want to come with me. I have gone to events before alone and it has been fine in the end even if I was super anxious about going there beforehand. I guess today was just not my day... :( | Anxiety |
Did I tear my knee ligament again or am I making it up? Right ,so a year and a half ago,maybe two years ago,I tore my right knee ligament while playing an sport,and after half a year I recovered fully and eventually starting being active again. Then I tore it again last summer,and once again got out of rehab a few months after , however one evening when I was standing up I felt the same sudden pop and pain I felt last time....I tore it again. I'm now done with my third round of therapy,and I thought everything was fine ,but just now , I had to move quickly and then I felt a sudden pinching pain. It's not quite the pain I've felt before but I can't see it as a dumb coincidence. Of course this could also be the case that I just strained it and things will get better as the day progresses and I move more but idk :/
It should also be noted that I'm overweight by 40 pounds,18 years old | Anxiety |
Sudden bleeding freaking me out This is kinda messed up but about a week ago I took 5 Tylenol in one day, and ever since then I've been nervous about how it affected my health. I've had really bad indigestion and vomiting. I've been pooping normally until today when I had bright red blood when I went to the bathroom and now I'm freaking out. Could that mistake be causing this? | Anxiety |
These few days every time you sleep restlessly, I don't understand why :( | Anxiety |
Every night sometimes I feel like my heart is empty, restless, I don't know what to do | Anxiety |
Is anyone else scared that they are going to ban tiktok? It scares me that they're thinking of banning tiktok. Tiktok has been one of the only things that can calm down my anxiety and make me not stressed. | Anxiety |
I'm feeling weird I feel like everything around me is slower than me, and I feel dumb, I don't really know how to explain it honestly, I even tried googling it but I just can't explain it properly. Does anyone knows what is happening to me? | Anxiety |
Mood tracking apps I've got therapy starting up soon and I have bad mood swings but I forget them a lot too and I need to track them.
Does anybody know good app that lets you put more then one mood in a day? | Anxiety |
I've developed a stutter Last few days can't think very clearly, been having night sweats and developed a stutter.
Obviously it's Hopkins Lymphoma and metastatic Brain cancer ..... Again.
:(
Man I hate this. I rationally know how retarded that sounds but.... Still... Can't shake it | Anxiety |
It's like something's up, something's weird, but I don't know what, it feels so restless. | Anxiety |
Meningitis Terrified! Hello all,
I’m a 22 year old male that too has significant health anxiety.
I get occasional sinus infections and every time I google them it says “chance of sinus infection turning into deadly meningitis”.
I know legally these websites have to inform the public but it terrifies me. So much so that I literally turn off my phone call out of work and curl up in bed in fear.
Any reassurance, help would be lovely ✌🏻 | Anxiety |
Self-diagnoses, panic attacks, and hope Here's my story. Last summer I convinced myself that I had intestinal parasites and kind of lost it. I finally went to the doctor and it turned out to just be a yeast infection (health anxiety, right?). Well it was a really intense yeast infection. Got it under control after finishing medicine from doctor and then purchasing OTC medicine.
Then I started noticing that my digestive system was totally out of whack, and was experiencing a constant fatigue and strange stomach aches that would appear out of nowhere in my lower abdomen. The aches would be sharp and burning, I felt like I got a "hot flash", and then they would go away after only 1 or 2 minutes and I'd feel fine.
So I convinced myself I had a stomach ulcer (thanks, WebMD). I conquered my health anxiety once again and returned to the doctor. Up to this point, I've never had any real health issues in my life and pretty much never went to the doctor unless I got sick. (Except that I was diagnosed with high risk HPV, which had recently been clearing up. That's another story). So they do a breath test for H.pylori and take my blood. The blood test shows I have elevated bilirubin and they do an abdominal x-ray and ultrasound. No stomach ulcer. And nothing in the x-ray or ultrasound that indicates something wrong with my organs.
Around this time I begin having panic attacks because I feel like something is very wrong with me. And then, my skin on my face goes insane. Small red bumps everywhere and flaking off all over and so much redness. I get a prescription cream, and it gets worse. I also get a prescription for a mild anxiety medication. The anxiety medicine makes me feel SO light headed, which triggers more anxiety because I feel light headed when I have a panic attack.
I started a gluten-free diet because I felt like it matched some of my symptoms. Started taking probiotics every day and my digestive issues have gotten so so much better. I went in for a follow-up blood test that showed my bilirubin levels are now normal. I realized the lightheadedness of my medication was caused by consuming grapefruit. I've finally gotten my skin under control with daily chemical peels and tea tree oil and it's improved a lot, though still nothing like it used to be.
So I've made a lot of progress. However I still feel very fatigued most days. While gluten-free has definitely helped, and I think I'm getting a better hold on my anxiety, in the back of mind I'm still afraid something is wrong. Can anyone relate? I'm reminding myself that I've made a lot of progress, and I think my initial health scare just triggered this health anxiety that I had never had before. | Anxiety |
Sensitive feelings make the heart restless. | Anxiety |
restless heart, sleep is difficult. | Anxiety |
actual problems mixed with anxiety I have one legitimate issue that i will get an appointment for on monday (sadly, the weekend is inbetween).
My BPM, which usually is around 55-65, got higher and flip flops around a lot (it is between 80 and 100 now when i am sitting or lying down) and my bloodpressure similarly got a tad higher (not to worrying heights, it is below 140) and, what is worrying me, flip flops around a lot when i take several measurements (like going from 100 to 130 and back several times when i do not move and measure 10 times over the course of some minutes, even when i am sitting still and relaxed).
This is an issue i legitimately think might have to do with my thyroids (no cancer fears about the thyroids, i think it might just be hyperactive and that makes sense because i am celiac and celiacs often have other autoimmune diseases, most commonly thyroid stuff).
Now to what actually makes me scared and is probably nothing:
Today, after a long time of it not happening (happened a lot before my celiac diagnosis), my whole body vibrated with my pulse (i could feel it everywhere, most importantly neck), my pulse was actually off (too high, above 100 even when sitting, sometimes going as far as near 120) and i felt pressure in my gutts and chest. The pressure was so bad that, depending on how i moved, it felt like organs press on organs and i felt sick.
My neck was not only vibrating with my pulse, it also got very tensed (not some kind of stiffness that made it unable to move, but i felt like someone grabbed me just at the start of the back of my head and pressed his finger into it, shutting down the blood flow except for the very strong pulsations).
I had these symptoms before (more or less) as i said, and I assume that it is Roemheld syndrome (a benign, but very scary kind of thing) because i know that my heart is fine. It got very thoroughly checked back then and it was fine in the months before, i could do sports, i am not feeling weak, i am not having syncopes).
Roemheld syndrome means that you got so much pressure in your gutts due to air and food that it presses against your heart, chest and lungs so you experience very scary sensations, similar to angina pectoris, but it is not actually dangerous. Your heart rate is increased, your chest feels tight, you might have shortness of breath, but you are going to be fine once the pressure is gone. But that can take a long time and in that time you think you will die and you need to go to the ER.
I had that today, the first time in almost a year and i was kinda broken that it came back. I thought i beat it, and then suddenly here i am, thinking i got a lung emboli, or my veins are shut down, or there is a tumor pressing on my heart or veins. Or i got a brain aneurysm because i also felt pulsations in my head and heard noises in my air (i dont think these are noises it usually makes when you got very high bp, since my bp is not actually that high and it was only one air AND i got a head MRT the year before and it was fine).
Now, i am very sure that roemheld is what caused this, because yesterday i drank a lot of booze and cola while eating and i had a bit of pressure before that to begin with, but the reason that i am still like 'ya, gonna die' is that i lost so much weight compared to last time.
I lost more than 10 kilo so there should be far more space for my innards. I am not overweight anymore.
So, what my anxiety brain thinks is this: Back then, a tumor right behind my sternum, pressing on my heart. Ofc the pressure got better when i lost weight and stuff, but now it grew enough to make up for it and it presses again against my heart and no doctor will check for that (obviously the tumor is not visible via sono but NEEDS MRT or CT) and at some point it will just destroy my heart and I will die. Or my neck or bones presses on important veins and i will also die because the vein will burst (even tho i had an mrt of the neck (for legit reasons) just 2 months ago and while my neck had issues, noone said anything about veins).
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I am fine now because i drank a lot of herbal tea that helps with roemheld, but i am still here thinking about tumors and also thyroid cancer.
As a bonus point, i think about it even being my own fault because i might have ingested gluten accidently (i probably didnt, but i live, for some time, with a non celiac so there is some chance there was contamination of my food, but he is careful and i am too, so it aint probable) and the gluten made the belly angry.
I really hope this was a one time thing and i am not falling back into anxiety due to roemheld, i will be extra careful about food in the next days.
I will not eat today until the belly died down (and sadly my eating choice are limited due to celiac in any case, not a lot of good 'get healthy' food, at least not in my flat) and drink very much of the herbal tea.
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When i feel better, i will do some sit ups and push ops to try to straighten out my belly and i will massage my neck as much as i can.
So far i am at least not predialing the medics anymore.
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Worried I have ovarian cancer. The more I'm on social media the more I hear about 'silent killer' cancers. I read that a common symptom of ovarian cancer is being bloated and feeling full quickly. I feel full a lot and never really finish my plate and I often have a bloated stomach. I pee pretty frequently too. I just feel so stupid going to a doctor with these sort of symptoms. I also have a fear that a doctor will wrongly say that I'm fine and then I'll be all relax while the cancer spreads inside me. There's so many different types of illnesses to consider and be at risk of. It drives me insane. | Anxiety |
Health anxiety sucks. I've been struggling with headaches & a lot of brain fog for the past month or so. It hasn't really caused any issues besides me feeling super out of it & pain until recently after a really sharp pain in the left side of my head which has lead to the ''buzzing'' in my head getting a lot worse and the same side throbbing randomly. I'm so anxious it could be something serious but my brain is also telling me i'm overreacting. it's causing my health anxiety to flare up a lot, It's gotten so bad i'm wide awake googling symptoms of what it could possibly be & struggling to even relax at home because the symptoms are constant which leads my anxiety going through the roof and the cycle continues. I wanna go to the doctor but I also don't wanna waste their time in case they can't help me or it isn't anything at all & it's all in my head. I was struggling before this but now this is really debilitating for me. I don't wanna get out of bed because i'm just gonna have to deal with the random pain/throbbing and the anxiety about it. I just wanna feel normal again. | Anxiety |
Scared to ask mom for things because of judgement
Ok so kinda a weird post, and I’m not sure if it belongs here, but I figured this sub was probably the best one for it. I also tried the social anxiety sub, but my post was instantly removed. So basically I have this huge fear of asking my mom for things because I think she will judge me for them. I don’t have this fear around anyone else (I couldn’t care less what anyone else thinks of me) but for some reason I have it with her. I’m not talking about little things like asking for something at the store or asking for basically any necessity. I’m talking about bigger things like hair dye, piercings, or really anything to do with clothing. For example, recently I worked up the confident to ask her over text if I could dye my hair, which she is fine with, however later that day when she asked me to show her pictures of what I want, I chickened out and got to scared to show her. It’s like I knew she would say yes, but I was still to scared to show her because I was afraid she’d say something judgmental to me. She has always been sorta judgmental towards me but I really want to get over this fear because it prevents me from getting a lot of the things I really want. Is there anything I can do? | Anxiety |
I miss my parents all the time. Need advice. am 33 years old, married, house, full-time job but I miss my parents all the time. I see them once in the evening after work and for dinner on Sunday’s usually but it’s not enough. I literally count the days in between seeing them and miss them so much that I cry. I am sure this is not normal and need some advice. | Anxiety |
I need help getting over my fear of diseases like ALS I am 27 years old and have had a morbid fear of certain diseases like ALS that will dominate my thoughts sometimes. I first started to really fear ALS after watching a movie on Lou Gehrig 10+ years ago. I’ve never known anyone personally who has ever had ALS. Every once in a while, I will go through a period where I just think almost constantly about it. The reason why I’m afraid of ALS is because it’s so terrible and as a white male who is decently athletic, I am technically considered more at risk than other demographics. I know 40-60 is when most people are diagnosed and I don’t want to be thinking about ALS for the rest of my life. | Anxiety |
For those of you who once thought you had brain cancer, or ALS, or Alzheimer's, etc What changed your mind? My memory has gotten so bad ever since I got into this panicked depressive state that I can barely remember my friends names or anything from before 24 hours ago. Brain is so foggy I can barely count. Did you guys also have this, and what convinced you that it was just anxiety? Did it go away once you took control of your anxiety? | Anxiety |
Have Anxiety over a meetup between my fiancé (f) and her old friend from 3 years ago Im also invited and the dude is the only one who was kind to her back then but she also said he is just a friend and she doesn’t see him as a date material but im still very anxious about it
what can i do ?
The meetup is in two weeks | Anxiety |
I don’t know what’s going on I have agoraphobia haven’t left my house in months I sit around all day. I also have depersonalization which caused my agoraphobia. My emotions and feelings are numb and i’m finding it hard to care about anything anymore but lately I have been gaining weight. I’ve put on about 10 pounds in the last couple of months. I weighed myself 8 days ago and today I weighed myself and I weigh 5 pounds more. I am really concerned. what if I have heart failure. I cant go to the doctor because of my agoraphobia (yes it is that bad). I don’t know what to do. I don’t feel good ever and i’m so scared it’s not just anxiety anymore but I physically cannot go to the doctor. I cant even go outside my house without feeling panicked idk what to do. I was already really insecure about my weight but this weight gain is really scaring me. how did I put on that much weight in such a short time. I also had a very vivid dream 2 nights ago that I had brain cancer and now i’m scared that was some sort of sign that something is wrong with me. | Anxiety |
Weak legs. Hello I’ve dealt with anxiety for a couple years now. Never taken any medication for it. But as of recent I’ve noticed that I can’t stand still for long periods of time. My legs will feel heavy and feel like they are going to give out from under me. I feeI like I constantly have to keep moving . If not find a chair to sit down. Has anyone experienced this? Anybody suggestions? | Anxiety |
My anxiety is ruining my personal relationships Recently I got a fairly nice gift for a friend's birthday (\~$40 worth) which isn't an extravagant gift, but definitely the nicest gift I've given in this particular friend-group. I was really excited about this gift because I thought it was a good fit for this person. Unfortunately, my excitement for giving this gift turned to anxiety as I became concerned about how such a (relatively) nice gift might be perceived being given to a friend of the opposite sex.... I REALIZE THIS IS COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL.... as most of my anxiety is.
So this became a trigger for a multi-week bout of extremely high anxiety and this person definitely realized that they were the trigger for it one way or another......... and now it seems like they are at the point that they are starting to get a little freaked out and I'm afraid of losing one of my closest friends.
I feel the need to apologize or explain..... for making them feel so horrible, but how can you explain this. I'm afraid that talking to them about it will just make it more awkward. Our recent interactions have been cold and awkward. I don't know what to do now. | Anxiety |
I just need to rant I really try to figure out whether or not reddit is something healthy to have. I enjoying being in this group and others to find support and to help people but man… this place can be so toxic and triggering. I have health issues and one of those is severe sinus problems do I joined a group to get advice. Later on I get a commenter basically undermining my symptoms (like every doctor is) telling me my symptoms aren’t sinus related (which they are) and ended it by basically saying it’s my anxiety and all in my head. I check his other comments to people and they were equally as rude and trying to humiliate people. I reported them to the mods and I was met with one of those most immature people to walk the planet. They told me that my complaint was ridiculous amongst other things, banned me from the group, muted me from messaging them and then now reported me to reddit for harassment. How are people so cruel and have so much hatred and immaturity? Now i’m scared i’m going to lose my account because they want to try and get me banned. | Anxiety |
Can a lot of strenuous intense exercise after each other in a day cause heart damage? It was more than a week ago where my heartrate was high all day. For some reason I believe I damaged my heart without feeling any significant pain. This kind of thinking is fucking scary. It sends you right down the rabbit hole of anxiety. My heart was tested extensively almost a complete year ago and it turned out well.
But then I rationalize that something bad happened and my perception of my beating heart becomes clearer and clearer and I feel it more and more.
I don't know what to fucking do now. I am too lazy to go to a doctor again, to test myself for the so manyth (<-- not a word) time. But I have to.. Or not? Or do I.. I might die if I won't.. I'm fucking scared. Normal people won't go to the doctor when they feel nothing.. Or do they? What if my body is suffering in silence? Oh my fucking God. I cannot die. | Anxiety |
It finally got the best of me I have suffered with health anxiety over the past year but it’s been increasingly worse the past few months. This along with the stress I have been under lately has been a disastrous combination. My heart rate has been higher than usual lately along with this weird pain in chest and shoulder,obviously leading me to constantly believe I’m having a heart attack. Also I’ve been somewhat struggling with more intense allergy symptoms.
I don’t have health insurance so I’ve been trying to just ignore it and chalk it up to stress but of course my mind wonders and then I go to google. The past month alone I’ve convinced myself that I have various heart issues, brain tumors, ALS and so many more.
So, long story short, yesterday it got the best of me and I had a panic attack and went to urgent care. The nurse practitioner has pretty much decided it’s all stress related but decided to do an EKG and a few blood tests anyway. The EKG came back fine and he says by the look of things I seem pretty healthy. Unfortunately the blood test result won’t be in until Saturday so that’s weighing on me because I’m obviously thinking the worst but he prescribed me some anxiety meds and they have helped slightly.
But it still sucks to be such a prisoner in my own mind. | Anxiety |
Rewilding Helped Me Beat Health Anxiety Hey guys, my personal experience with health anxiety came from seemingly nowhere. One day I had chest pain, and then every day for months after that I dug myself deep into this dark chasm that is health anxiety. At my lowest, I was up till 4 am on WedMD every night, almost got fired from my job, and most importantly - living in chronic PHYSICAL pain.
The TLDR of my story is that rather than seeking "comfort" (hot baths, heating pads, painkillers), I began to seek "discomfort" and that led me to what I now understand as "rewilding".
Basically, you are reaffirming your body how strong and capable you really are, by exposing yourself to elements that we humans previously had to deal with constantly....long before the days of anxiety lol.
Take some cold showers. Go out into the elements for at least 20 minutes a day. Develop a deeper relationship with your breath.
If anyone is interested in more information on this, I'll happily write an article, but I'm not an expert, just a practitioner. The man responsible for the term is [Daniel Vitalis](http://www.danielvitalis.com/rewild-yourself-podcast/).
But there are others doing similar stuff, such as Wim Hof.
Reaffirming to myself that I am strong was the only thing that pulled me out, and it started with seeking discomfort, learning some stoicism, and severing the emotional attachment I had to my physical symptoms. You can do it too.
Love
Max | Anxiety |
Here is some comedic relief regarding persistent, intrusive thoughts. 😂 You just can’t push them away. 😂😂😂
https://youtu.be/Eh2hLuFfXdI | Anxiety |
Set your intention Happy Sunday /r/Anxiety!
It's everyone's favorite day of the week... Sunday, the last 24 hours before Monday rears its head again. Let this thread be a space to set your intentions, share your goals and concerns, or just check in, about the week ahead. | Anxiety |
Can't stop obsessing.. Any tips? Sorry if this is a little long, but I'm new here and desperately looking for some advice. Plus it kinda helps to get it all off my chest..
I've been struggling with health anxiety for a little while now, and although I keep kidding myself that I'm in control, I don't feel very in control. I can't stop the constant worrying and obsessing.
It all started just over a year ago, when I spent a week in hospital. I'm not going to go into detail as to why, as I don't want to trigger anyone else's anxiety... But it wasn't a great week.
Since then, I've been fine. I have ibs, which is unfortunate as the symptoms I get seem to really trigger my anxiety. But that's the most serious problem I have. A few other minor things, asthma, skin problems, but nothing unmanageable.
I noticed my anxiety levels shifting around a year on from my hospital stay. Think it must have just been on my mind, then I had a really bad ibs flare up that threw me. Was off my food, had no energy and lots of other unpleasant things.
Ibs is more under control now, but my anxiety is not. I feel anxious in general, have quite a foggy head alot of the time, don't really feel like myself, don't want to do much, getting tired out easy, feel like crying alot. But mostly I'm struggling because I can't stop obsessing about every little thing wrong with me.
The slightest cramp or ache sends me spiraling into a panic. I can't stop googling things to find out if there is something wrong with me. Even though I don't really have any ongoing symptoms and they are more one offs. Can't stop poking and prodding looking for lumps or enlarged lymph nodes.
Any time I find the tiniest little lump (found one or two in the fat layer on my stomach) I obsess. Can't seem to stop looking for it to see if I can find it again. Most of the time I can't, any if I find anything it's tiny so logically I know it's nothing to worry about. But I just can't stop.
It really feels like it's taking over. I just feel like I'm stuck in an endless obsessive cycle of prodding, being hyper aware of every tiny sensation, looking for things wrong with me a constantly googling.
It's got to the point that when I have a nice symptom free day, I find myself looking for something that's wrong with me as I feel like i can't trust that I'm actually ok.
Anyone got any advice, or been in a similar situation? This isn't something I find easy to open up about, but I'm scared it's going to completely consume me if I don't do something. | Anxiety |
Don't make decisions when you're not fit, let alone the market is blushing red because of anxiety, fear and your psychological condition is not good #notetomyself #learningcrypto | Anxiety |
Anxiety over tests Hi there, aside from therapy, wondering if any of you could share advice about how to get over anxiety when doing medical tests.
I recently had an ultrasound and was in tears during it bc I had convinced myself that something scary would be found. It was to the point that the radiologist came to talk to me and gave me the results on the spot. I greatly appreciated this but I understand is not possible every time.
I have a follow up MRI scheduled for next week (likely to confirm an incidentaloma) and I’m having a VERY hard time. I’ve rescheduled it twice and I dread the two days I will have to wait for the results. The anxiety is crippling.
Thanks for reading and any advice you can give me. | Anxiety |
Feeling so overwhelmed with my reoccuring thoughts all day I keep thinking of this one social interaction i had today and my mind is never leaving it. Im so tired, | Anxiety |
Heart anxiety for no reason Hello all,
First post on here, there's some really good advice from people in here so hopefully someone will have been through something similar to me.
I just wondered if anyone else has the same thing as me. I am anxious about having a heart issue, every day, and this doesn't seem to be based on anything at all. There's no family history, I'm relatively young (32), have had all the heart checks available with nothing being found, my cholesterol is fine, and I can do mild exercise with no pain (I'm pretty unfit and just started doing exercise so I'm at a mild level). I threw away my blood pressure monitor because I think it was feeding my anxiety but when I used to take it, it was always in the normal range.
But every day, I'll feel my heart beating in my chest at random times. Sometimes when I'm lying on my side, and in certain positions on the sofa. Sometimes I'll feel a strange vibration feeling in my chest. Or I'll feel my heart beat normally, then seem to stop, then thump back into rhythm. My partner will put her ear to my chest and tells me it's beating normally but to me, it feels like it's thumping and missing beats.
When I get any of those sensations, I'll worry about what it means and I'll feel panicky, especially if I'm on my own, or in a situation that I can't escape from, such as a plane or recently, on the London Eye ferris wheel. Maybe it's the thought of help not being easily available to get to me. The current snow in England is making me a little panicky that help won't get to me.
Along with those weird heart sensations, I'll get chest discomfort, like a heavy indigestion feeling, sometimes odd feelings in my arm, sometimes light headed feelings. None of it is painful, it's just like weird sensations.
I've attempted to put my chest sensations down to digestive issues such as acid reflux and I've tried eating better and exercising to improve my health but so far, it hasn't made much difference.
I don't know if there is something going on that no one can find or whether I'm literally doing it all to myself.
I'm not an anxious person normally. I can talk in public, I'm not socially anxious at all, it seems to be this one and only issue and I've no idea where it came from.
Does anyone else get these feelings, and if so, how do you ignore them and how have you managed to reduce them? | Anxiety |
Nurture your own mind, don't be anxious and nervous, because by His side are calm souls. | Anxiety |
I’m so scared I’m having anxiety right now, I feel really nauseous and my phobia is to vomit. I’m so so so scared | Anxiety |
Mid back pain anxiety About 3 months ago I woke up with a slight pain half way up my back in my spine and just off to the right of my spine. Felt like low grade stabbing pain.
Of course I immediately thought of the c word. Since then I have noticed the pain move around and change slightly. Now it is like an ache in my thoracic spine. I also get painful tight neck pain. And I still have ongoing low back pain with sciatica since about 18 months.
My physiotherapist says he doesn't think it is anything serious and to just train harder in the gym.
I have basically resigned myself to the fact that I am dying.
But on good days I think it is a vicious circle of stress and anxiety manifestation in my back.
Anyone else get these symptoms?
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Any confidence tips for a job interview? I’ve got an interview in 3 hours and I’m stressing about it a lot, any tips/input would be appreciated :) | Anxiety |
Health Anxiety / Phobias I had posted this in the general anxiety sub, someone pointed me to this sub in the comments so I'm cross-posting here:
I'm new here. I've suffered with anxiety for as long as I can remember, but it took an existential crisis for me to seek treatment about 10 years ago. I've been medicated ever since. The meds definitely help me feel more "normal", but I'm never 100% without anxiety. It's still always there.
I have some chronic health problems, and after suffering for years (see a pattern here?) I have finally gotten up the nerve to try to figure out what is wrong. For years I've told myself my symptoms are just anxiety related (IBS, body pain, fatigue, extreme migraines, etc.) It has now gotten to the point where I'm sick more often than not, I'm missing a lot of work and I'm not able to be a good mother or wife. I'm spending most of my time in the fetal position in bed. I'm in pain all of the time, sometimes so severe I can barely move. I'm losing weight without trying. I feel like I'm losing my grip on reality.
The problem is, I am really freaked out by doctors and all the associated medical tests/procedures. I have a GP who handles my anxiety meds, and I see her regularly, but I am awful at getting tests done and awful at seeing specialists .... even though I know logically that I need to go do these things to find out what is wrong with me so I can get better.
In a moment of bravery, I made myself appointments with all of the specialists I've been told to see over the years... gastroenterologist, neurologist, rheumatologist, dentist and oral surgeon. I've gone to a couple of the appts and of course all of them want me to get tests done or bloodwork done. I feel paralyzed when I think about getting those things done. For example, I have orders for bloodwork. I just have to walk into the lab and let them draw blood.... super easy and no big deal. I have driven myself there 5 times in the last week and been unable to force myself to walk through the door to get it done. I break out in a sweat, panic, and get back in the car and leave. Then I spend the rest of the day hating myself for it. Feeling like an idiot because I didn't get it done.
My GI doctor also ordered an ultrasound, which I forced myself to do (I've had two kids and knew US were easy, so this didn't freak me out as much). However, she called me back to tell me that my US results are abnormal and that they might need to do a biopsy... so of course now I am absolutely freaking out.
Does anyone else have this problem? I feel paralyzed and terrified over the simplest things and hate myself for it. I need to stop being such a coward and get this stuff done so I can figure out why I am so sick and try to fix it. | Anxiety |
FYI... stay away from the Ask Reddit “What was your ‘i can’t believe this is happening right now’ moment?” Thread I read it, and some of the responses.
Some of the top comments are about people finding out they have cancer.
now I’m terrified AGAIN that I have cancer.
Stay away if you haven’t read it yet! | Anxiety |
I'm so restless feeling that I can't calm down, my mind isn't calm but I don't know what to think | Anxiety |
Anybody else feel this way? It scares me how there is just a ridiculously large amount of small things that you could do without knowing that you shouldnt, and a large amount of things that could happen to you and its like fuck the human body is just so fragile and I worry that my immense future potential is going to be FUCKED by something stupid like this. About every month something feels wrong with me and I freak out. Sometimes it is just something normal that I wasnt previously aware of, but now that I am aware of it I feel like something wrong
My psychological speculation is that perhaps I was coddled to much when I was younger so now I just have a poor sense of safety.
Anybody in the same boat? | Anxiety |
I'm Going Crazy (Brain Tumor fear) Hey guys.
(Sorry if my grammar may seem a bit choppy. English is not my first language).
I'm running into alot of anxiety. I feel like I'm losing my mind at this point.
I have been experiencing neurological symptoms that seem to come and go by months. It all started on Thanksgiving. The very first symptom was a strange headach. It was dull yet slightly painfull. What followed afterward was strange weakness feeling in my sholdure and jaw. These symptoms suddenly went away the after. A week I had expreinces no symptoms. In the beginning of December, I began to experience these same symptoms again.
All day I could not keep my mind off of these symptoms. I eventually succumbed into a full blown panic attack. Those specific moment felt like I was about to die.
The symptoms continued throughout the month of December. During this time I was able to go to my family doctor. He seemed to shrug it off.
They took my blood, which turned out to be normal.
My anxiety not stopping either. These symptoms would occasionally relive than come back. There are period where these symptoms would become stronger and new ones will form. I began to expreince strange dizziness. My balance also felt slightly off. I could not keep my mind off of it.
After Christmas, my symptoms seemed to have completely vanished. The symptoms seem to have been gone for a good month or so. Somehow everything felt better and I thought that was the end of that.
Boy was I wrong.
The symptoms all returned. And back came my anxieties of impending doom.
I did notice that these symptoms returned when my period was beginning to start. It did get worse when I was on my period.... I don't know if that matters.
I'm still very worried that I have a brain tumor. I feel like that my family and friends think im going crazy, but they just dont understand. I'm scared and have no where to go... | Anxiety |
Anxiety about going blind? I keep convincing myself I’m going blind and keep focusing on my vision and convincing myself somethings wrong. Anybody else have experience with this? | Anxiety |
It's too lazy if every day the default is constantly restless for no reason | Anxiety |
So sad, I really want to cry. don't like it. make restless. | Anxiety |
Anxiety Symptoms I'm new to this Reddit thing but I have been reading posts in this subreddit for a couple of weeks now and I thought I would post about my anxiety symptoms. I am recently struggling with the thought that this really is anxiety, my biggest fear is of course the big C-word, lymphoma for example. Everything started in November about 4 months ago, on vacation in Vietnam. I experienced what I think was my first panic attack with heart palpitations, pressure on chest, difficulty to breath etc. Since then, I have experienced so many different symptoms and sensations such as lump in throat, feeling of not getting enough air, difficulty to breath, waking up several times every night (sometimes with a strange feeling of fear), lately my skin feels like its burning or is sensitive, it also sometimes feels like my heart flutters, skips a beat or is just pounding out of my chest but not a fast heartbeat just very hard and powerful. I also experience headaches like never before, extremely cold feet pretty much all the time. Man, I've probably missed a few sensations too but this is really getting to me. I've had EKG, echo, blood work done to test my thyroid etc and all came back clear. I'm thinking about how I feel all the time and I am noticing every little sensation in my body and the smallest thing can set me off into almost panic for a few seconds. Lately its been more of pressure on my chest and difficult to breath thats been the worst symptom. On top of this, I had a cold for about three weeks ago and I felt a lymph node that was swollen, this set my health anxiety off into a frenzy and I can't stop thinking about it ever since. I can still feel the lymph node ( I'm touching it all the freaking time hoping its gone, knowing that I shouldn't) and my doctor said it was nothing to worry about, but as you know, health anxiety finds its way back no matter what. Sorry for all this rambling but this is really affecting my life. Do you guys have similar or the same symptoms? How do you cope or how did you overcome this son of a b\*tch anxiety? | Anxiety |
Speaking. I can’t for the life of me talk to people. I instantly think that if I talk to them I’ll annoy them. I feel like a burden if I do talk about how I feel, but if I don’t then I get told to talk about my feelings. Even talking to someone in passing is terrible. I put words together in my head but I say something completely different. | Anxiety |
If you are restless & restless, just complain to your RABB and read the Qur'an so that the heart becomes cool and reduce cynicism towards others #bowochallenge #iwartabowochallenge | Anxiety |
180 on Health Concerns For a few months I had headaches several times a day and thought nothing of it. I mentioned it in passing to my husband who insisted I go to a doctor. Long story short, I was diagnosed with a pituitary tumor. Very easy treatment and no major concerns with it.
The twist is the medicine I take for it has a side effect of increasing anxiety. For me this has manifested into Health Anxieties and 99.9% of the time at night when I’m trying to sleep. I’ll feel a pain in my leg or think I have an elevated heart rate or, or, or, etc.
I hate that I’ve gone 180 from being so passive to now fearful or obsessive. Has anyone else had a diagnosis trigger their anxiety? | Anxiety |
Scared of Pulmonary Embolism Hey guys, so the past few days or so I've been very worried about a PE. Today was especially bad, with a pain on the right side of my back below my shoulder that was like a pulsating pain with my heart beat. It went on throughout the day and aspirin didn't help, every time I made a small adjustment I'd get the pains. Then suddenly when I came home they went away, but about half an hour ago I felt a sharp pain on the left side of my back that felt like it also hurt in my chest. I've kind of been on edge since then and have been experiencing various sharp pains in my chest. I went to the doctor today and they took my blood pressure and pulse which were normal, and the doc listened to my heart yesterday and it was fine. Would these seem off if I did have a PE? Can anxiety cause these sharp pains, they don't feel like surface level pains | Anxiety |
I can't trust myself I have self DX-ed hypochondria, I've known I've had it for 4 years now.. The thing I struggle with the most is never being able to trust how I'm feeling. Every single symptom I feel, I panic.. "is this a real symptom?" "is this just my anxiety?" "do I have anxiety because of my symptom or do I have the symptom because of my anxiety"
I feel like I'm going crazy, my family isnt supportive at all, a lot of the time I just need reassurence that I'll be okay, and yet all I get is sarcasm and jokes at my expense.
I want to get better. I want to take medication but I cant force myself to take these pills. I'm too scared of the side effects. Scared I'll choke when taking the pill. I just want peace for once in my life. | Anxiety |
Constant colds Since the last six months I would have been sick due to the sniffles (nothing major - would be cured in a matter of 4 to 5 days) at least once a month. Sometimes twice within the same month. I am scared this is due to some weakened immunity. Please advise! I eat healthy and exercise. I do travel a lot for work. Is this due to that? | Anxiety |
why have you been worried lately + anxiously | Anxiety |
stop disclaimer depression is easy... depression is sick, it's not good to be tired, mental illness isn't just depression | Anxiety |
Pinching in the middle of the chest Anyone else been through this or felt this? I've been to the doctor multiple times and nothing is wrong with me, still I get this pinching feeling lately. Anyone got an explanation | Anxiety |
Morning anxiety.. but only if waking before sunrise If I wake up before sunrise I feel a huge spike of adrenaline/cortisol? It’s not down to lack of sleep because for example if I wake up at 6:30 (just before the sun) it happens, if I wake up 15 minutes later (when the suns up) I have no anxiety. Now the shit part of this is I need to wake up at 5am most days. I’m not having anxious thoughts, just the physical anxiety. Is this just a lizard brain thing because I’m a bit stuck in fight or flight? Like waking up in the dark makes my body prepare to protect me? Idk. I’ve ordered a sunrise alarm clock to try and trick my brain a bit. I’m just wondering if anyone else has experienced this/what your theories are. | Anxiety |
Irrationally terrified of seizures I have spent today being irrationally terrified of having a seizure. I've never had a seizure before. I've seen my sister having a diabetic seizure, but that's as close as I've gotten to "experiencing" one.
My anxiety stems from the fact that people with retinal migraine are at a higher risk of experiencing seizures and strokes.
Then there is this: I was prescribed Wellbutrin last week to help with getting out of bed in the mornings (coupled with venlaflaxine). My psych informed me that drinking alcohol can result in a seizure while on Wellbutrin. In addition, so can combining Wellbutrin and aspirin/Advil. He said Tylenol is OK, and I checked online for any drug interactions, too, which confirmed that it should be OK. I have a cold today and an upset stomach, so I took some Tylenol Cold & Flu pills to relieve it.
And then I spent the rest of my evening preoccupied by the idea of having a seizure because I took Tylenol. I even contemplated seriously telling my boss that I could have a seizure, along with wanting to tell my coworker that if I am on the ground shaking uncontrollably that it is a seizure and to call an ambulance.
Completely irrational, I know. Some days are just worse than others I suppose. | Anxiety |
Tonight I'm so nervous huhu what's wrongðŸ˜" | Anxiety |
waiting to die. And its going to be a long wait. Pretty much just | Depression |
Ok so I am clearly not depressed, but I keep on pretending to myself that I am depressed (I do not pretend to be depressed in front of someone else). I am not happy either. I am distancing myself from everyone. I do not understand what is happening to me. I am cleary not depressed but I am not happy either. I am neither sad nor angry. I am just weirdly annoying. I am not depressed, but I pretend to be depressed to myself. | Depression |
im a year old college student who is supposed to graduate this may the only problem being i havent been able to get out if bed to go to class in a month i have lost nearly all of my motivation and feel trapped by my mind the only time i leave my house is to go to work because i need the money or go to the gym because it is one of the only thing that make me feel alive happy anymore ive reached out to professor and advisor telling them i just need help but they have been essentially useless instead of being pointed towards cap ive just been told to give up and widthdraw from my class and it taking an even larger toll on me i just need a break from everything and everyone | Depression |
royroycfc lfcbbc within three tweet you have exhibited of the stage of grief it s okay i can provide a helpline before you enter the depression stage if you want | Depression |
I just want to end all my pain. I cannot get happy anymore I just want to lay down and die. Nobody loves me or cares for me I am alone. I have been fighting this battle for far too long and its time to end it. I have given up long ago and Ill never be happy. You guys do not know me and I do not expect you guys to care but I just wanted to put my final goodbye out there for people, so they know how Ill finally be free after I end it and how people will be so much happier I am gone. I cannot seem to find happiness anymore | Depression |
* **So I was playing a Team Fortress 2 map on casual, I have been playing this game for about 5 years and I still suck at the game at times and sometimes do to my family's internet and my crappy intel laptop, I would lag. I saw videos of people telling their problems on here so I thought I should give it a try. I am a 17 year old guy doing my last year of high school, I have autism and I prefer to be treated like a normal person and to get not pity for having autism. But what happened was that this guy who ill keep anonymous. He was saying I was bad and just being harsh about it giving me nothing but destructive criticism.** &#x200B;* **I use this game as a coping mechanism and it works a lot. I just need some support and motivation right now and would appreciate not looking this guy up because I already reported him for abusing the in game kick system and harassment.** I played Team Fortress 2 & met a harsh guy. | Depression |