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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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Freaking out. :((

MorningSadness00
MorningSadness00
I'm am freaking out. My left leg has been hurting for over a month, and i am extremely paranoid that I have a blood clot in it... It freaks me out soooo much. I am sooo afraid thats what it is, and im so afraid if thats what iit is it's going to go into my lungs and kill me.. I hate this. I wish this pain would go away. I press on this one muscle and it hurts all the way around the back of my leg and then sometimes in my ankle.... I just hope its not a clot :(((

I'm 22 year old, & i dont take any birth control pills or anything like that.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Instead of just pressing on the leg, have you tried massaging the area to find the origin of the knotted part?

Sometimes, anxiety can wrap a tensed muscle very tight, and it will ease off with gentle fingertip massage to loosen the knotted area.

You can have a bruised muscle, bruised bone, and that takes time to heal.

Hope this helps.
mmztcass
mmztcass
I currently have a sciatic running down my bottom on the right side through my hip down my right leg. Hurts a lot too.

I agree, massages would be great to try.

{{{hugs}}}
mmztcass
mmztcass
oops...sciatica.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Go to a doctor to make sure, the cost of going to the doctor is worth your life or the relief of knowing what is really wrong.
MorningSadness00
MorningSadness00
OMG, now i am realllly freaked out... I looked up blood clots in the leg...and i read all the symptoms, and it said that if it hurts worse when standing it could be a clot.... and mine does...and then i read that it can travel to your lungs and kill you instantly....
Oh my god. I am in a panic... I want to cry... i really hope thats not what it is.... im gonna die :(((((
deleted_user
deleted_user
go to the emergency room right now if you feel this is serious! Relax and you will get help!
MorningSadness00
MorningSadness00
I dont have a ride or insurance... I am not calling an ambulance.. I am so scared though.... im only 22.... I dont wanna die
MorningSadness00
MorningSadness00
God i am realy freaking out that im just gonna drop dead.... O MY GOD :((((
deleted_user
deleted_user
its worth your life though don't you think? You can pay it off, either that or call a local walk-in clinic and talk to them. The best relief is knowing the truth.
deleted_user
deleted_user
First, you have to know that you are OKAY. Even if there is something wrong (which is really not likely), you'll have to stay as calm as you can to deal with it. You've let your mind run away with itself and now is the time to reel it back in. You can do that by giving your mind another activity to deal with. It's hard to do but it will work if you keep at it. Count things, sing a song, do math in your head, try to say the alphabet backward, any mental exercise that you have to concentrate on will do. Keep at it until you are calm and then don't let your mind wander back to the disturbing thoughts.

Then,if you feel it will help to give you peace of mind, go to a doctor. Go to a walk in clinic, they are not so expensive and certainly worth the peace of mind. Tell the doctor that you have anxiety issues and that you are there to get peace of mind and that you'd like him to be thorough. Then trust what he tells you. Do not allow yourself to obsess.

When I was in my early 20s, I went through this kind of thing several times. It does get better.
Pollybizz
Pollybizz
most hospitals will either take partial payments or have a fund for the uninsured. check it out..
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