Anxiety

[ChadResse]

I had a pda when I was 4 months old im 21 years old now , I've been to the hospital over 200 times in the last 4 years for extreme anxiety in 2017 my grandma told me I had it when I was a baby but now its scares me it dosent matter how many times the doctors say I don't have to worry about its not a problem my mind makes me think ill drop dead at anytime I use to play football and basketball but since I found out this o lost interest in everything I've been at home for the last 11 months inactive I just need reassurance is a pda serious???I've lost friends just because I'm scared to do anything. Its embarrassing when I go to the hospital repeatedly for ekg or anything sometimes I think I have cancer , diabetes etc

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Hello ChadResse

Your story seems familiar have posted previously asking the same question using a different profile?

I suggest you speak to your GP about how you are feeling?

They maybe able to suggest some ideas and strategies to help you with your anxieties about your health .

I hope you feel more at ease soon.

[Heythrop51]

There is a therapy called CBT which helped a friend's wife after she became anxious and depressed after losing both parents within weeks of each other. Why do you think you have these diseases? Are you referring Google? Are you getting any exercise? A ten minute walk twice a day would be helpful.

[Calliope153]

Hello again Chase, I am so sorry to see you are once again so anxious. Read through the replies you got when you posted as Ramekins and under the three other names - is there any thing that helped you in those answers? There are lots of good suggestions there. When you post in the Anxiety and Depression forum is there anything in there that has helped you? Try to follow up something that has helped you. Go again to your primary care doctor and tell him/her how often you post and need help to come to terms with how you feel. Your fears are very real to you and you need someone to work through them with you over a length of time. You are self aware so you've already made the first step forward -best wishes as you move forward with your physician's help.

[GracieOS]

Hi I had a PDA operation when I was 3 years old, I'm 57 now. My mother had PDA operation in her 20s she is now 86 and a very fit 86 year old. PDA shouldn't be anything to worry about. It seems aniexty is your main problem and there are ways to help you manage that as others have mentioned. There are also online apps, like Headspace, that can help. Please don't worry about PDA, as your doctor said, it is not anything that should cause worry.

[LonerIQ in reply to GracieOS]

This is ChadResse my only corcern is do we have a tube in our chest or a tied not??? Thats what scares me or did we just have dissolvable stiches thats what im praying it was , when i look it up on Google it gives me instant anxiety