Health anxiety

[Tay171]

Convinced I had diabetes but I'm fine

What's next to test for ?

Jokes

I need to stop . Started seeing a councillor for first time and it is really happening .

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Hello

I take it you suffer with Health Anxiety ?

I know how you feel , I used to be dreadful till I accepted it was my anxiety and how it controlled me , but it is good when you can see the humorous side to it as having a sense of humor at times has helped me so much

I am so pleased you are seeing a Counsellor , it is not a quick fix and you have to listen and take on board what they say and put it into practice but if you want it then it does work and I really hope it works or goes someway in helping you to cope with your anxiety

Take Care x

[olliebear88]

I also suffer with health anxiety, so you aren't alone! Mine seems to get worse at night time. At the moment I have tightness in chest, and slight breathlessness which means can't sleep, so I feel your pain! Also found a fibroma on my leg, and had numbness sO also assumed I had diabetes.

My anxiety has been fine for over a year but has recently Flaired up over the last week 😔 Hang in there and if we all talk together, we will all be fine! Ollie

[JoMarie5]

Like I literally almost went to the hospital today I've been feeling shaky inside my whole body the whole day and I've been feeling this for three weeks like I literally almost went to the hospital today . I have been to the emergency department because of it and spoken to my primary doctor . Considering all the blood tests that I have had done he has ruled this as a symptom of anxiety . Fucking sucks because I don't think that's what it is ! I'm over it ! It almost feels like my blood is pulsating inside of my body it's a strange feeling . And it occurs even when I don't feel anxious .

[rubyred777 in reply to JoMarie5]

Sounds familiar. My youngest daughter felt that way a couple weeks ago. We were going through some rough events. She was scared when she felt that way. I gave her a xanax and had her lay down. Me, every little noise startles me and makes my heartbeat quicken. Like a wild animal is after me❗ 😁 Ruby🌹

[kinikia95]

I had that one too. I was sure I had diabetes. My anxiety has been making me feel really shaky inside lately and like my arms and legs feel like noodles but I got checked out and that was fine too. Health anxiety is no fun and it feels so real at the time.

[rubyred777]

Seems we're so in touch with every body sensation. Hypersensitive to every heartbeat. And we focus on it, above everything else. What's the answer? Distraction? All that adrenaline we keep kicking up❗What to do with it.....My daughter has been having problems for 2 yrs. now. She's been through every body part and Dr.. Now she's fixing everything in her house! She doesn't think she has anxiety. Thinks her body is out of sync. If she fixes the right thing everything will fall in place. What to do........ Ruby🌹

[JoMarie5]

That's how I feel . Like there is something that needs to be fixed . Is this denial ? It's really sad. I hope your daughter finds the strength within to overcome this is so hard 😔

[Agora1 in reply to JoMarie5]

It is sad JoMarie5, that we put ourselves through this stress. Worrying about every bodily sensation, ever symptom. We wonder how anxiety can cause this. We look to the doctors for an answer. But it always comes back the same. If it's not broken, they can't fix it. We have to accept that answer so we can move on. Take care.

[Stay_strong85 in reply to Agora1]

I feel almost as if I don't deserve to feel as normal as everyone else...I can't really explain it. I may have said it wrong...almost as if feeling normal or ok and at ease is abnormal for me....All i know is I want it to go away. And it does, but just a short time later there it is again! I even promised myself that this time, if my check up was good, which it was...I would let go of all the fear and thoughts...but nope I got far worse into health anxiety. Ugh. 😧😳😩Why????? Now it controls me. And stress intensifies it. So tired of this. How can this possibly be life? I know it is making me a better, stronger being... but I feel so overwhlmed with it.

[JoMarie5]

It's really hard to expect when your just sitting down with family and your not even thinking about anxiety and begin to feel shaky or some sort of vibration going through your body . But yet we expect this as anxiety.

[Stay_strong85 in reply to JoMarie5]

Mine forms in my head or messes up my breathing. Sick of it! 😣😢😖🤕all my tests show me to be healthy.

[Agora1]

Hi Stay-strong85, I'm glad you wrote. I know exactly what you mean. We want to feel normal and at ease but it doesn't come easy. What then happens is that we accept the negative thoughts and feelings as our normal. We seem different than everyone else. I never did it for sympathy, so that wasn't the reason it wouldn't go away. Actually it was embarrassing always saying I had one thing or another. I felt doctors couldn't wait until I was finished with my long list of complaints. I remember seeing a GI doctor so often that he finally said I don't know what else to do for you except an "exploratory". That scared me enough to know that I didn't want a huge scar down my body all because I wouldn't accept anxiety as the diagnosis. I never had to see him again and my symptoms disappeared.

I'm telling you this because health anxiety is a sickness within itself. Its just not coming from a physical cause but an emotional one. Until you truly accept what is causing you do feel like this, it will continue. Keep using the forum for other's inputs. It will turn around for you when you are really ready. x