Anxiety Support Group
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...
I have been suffering from extreme health anxiety for decades. It had been controlled by paxil but over the last month I've had a total spiral about a particular disease that i have some of symptoms of , I'm in a dark place can't see PCP until 10/24.The Dread and fear is overwhelming.
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Hey all, i know its been quite awhile since i posted on here. Its been a summer all right. Its been something else........... You know how they say not to open the can of worms? Well a few months ago i decided to find out what my due date would have been for my first baby, the one conceived by r***. My baby would have been due on March 4th of 2006. They would be 20 years old. I was R**** on June...
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My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart. Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot. Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
Health anxiety is difficult to live with. I had some bad health related symptoms in the last year, and had a bunch of tests done. My symptoms were related to a deadly disease, and so I felt really depressed about this. Honestly thought my life was going to be cut way short, like way short. But luckily, it wasn't as serious as I had first thought, and I am feeling a lot better now. Didn't even need any treatment or medication. Time fixed everything for that.
Symptoms can mimic all kinds of things, not necessarily serious diseases. I remember once I was suddenly getting massive headaches. And I never get headaches. I was starting to think the worst. Went to the doctor, did some tests, and it ended up being just stress related headaches. So, I do understand your anxiety about this, but just know that symptoms can come from all kinds of things.
Try to get in to see your doctor sooner. Give them a call. They may be able to fit you in. Tell them you are very concerned about your symptoms and ask if they can squeeze you in sooner? That usually works when I ask my doctors that.
Keep posting on these boards. Lots of nice and caring people on here. Welcome to DS!
steadying support while you work it through. you are not alone.
What I try to do is make a written list of my symptoms. Hand written list. I then put that list in my purse for whenever I finally get to the see the PCP. I find it helps me to stop ruminating. And if I remember something new, then I add it to that list. I use that list when talking to the doctor because I sometimes get anxious and forget!
I ask God to hold my hand and I feel comfort.
You can write to us on here any time. Sending you comfort and big hugs.
I'm going for a physical on Nov. 6th, and fearing the worst.
Not sure why...........Though, I do have prostate issues., and starting to decline mentally.