Bad Health anxiety
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I have extreme health anxiety that I think is causing depression but the symptoms make me think that I am sick. It started 4/14/17 when I had a fever of 104, extreme back pain and swollen lymph nodes in my groin. I went to the ER. The doctor ordered blood work a chest X-ray and a Ct scan. My blood work was off (wbc was 12.2) chest X-ray normal and Ct scan good. So I was prescribed a zpack and sent home.
After two weeks I still felt crumby ( fevers, night sweats, headaches fatigue) I waited another two weeks (5/15/17) and went back to the ER to have my blood done again. This time my blood work came good (wbc 7.4) Except my lymphocyte % 13 which was below count and my lymph nodes are still swollen.
So this brings us to present day and finally getting an appointment to my primary doc. As soon as I saw him I explained my anxiety towards the whole sickness. He looked me over reviewed my previous blood work and felt my lymph nodes, comenting that they were a bit big but assured me I was ok.
I still don't think I am. My lymph nodes still haven't gone down I think and I really am a mess. I'm fatigued, oversleeping, not eating. Anyone ever have health anxiety? And what if I am sick? I hate that I get the what it's!!😕
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gram66555 Pipboy101
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Hi pip boy this sounds very similar to what I'm going through right now especially with the lymph nodes and fever part, I didn't have a ct scan but bloods and x Ray done , I'm struggling to find out what's wrong especially since I keep heating up all the time and theirs a strange feelin in my head it's driving me so low and panicky, how is yours symptoms now ? I kind of wish their was more support face to face for this stuff it really crushes people hope you're doing ok man
Pipboy101 gram66555
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Hey Gram thanks for responding. Can i ask where the lyph nodes are? Mine are in my groin. Again doctors have all said im ok but i just feel off. I prey its a case of anxiety! My syptoms come and go. I find myself , and excuse me for being gross "probing" everyday. Have you had health anxiety problems in the past?
33cody Pipboy101
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My son has swollen lymph nodes in his neck and my brother to, one evening he looked like he had a baseball in his neck we went to the er and had bloods taken and was put on antibiotic and they did go down but still seem pretty enlarged so we went back to the dr had everything done again and he told us that some people's lymph nodes react differently and that's perfectly normal for it to be that way now obviously not like a baseball in your neck but they are still very visible when looking at him so that part is ok, now to the health anxiety I've been struggling with that part for a year now and it's possible you are causing the fevers, in my case I was, I was getting my body so worked up it was going into overdrive and that includes the other symptoms you are feeling, I lost almost 13lbs, and I was only 141 to begin with now I have that part under control I'm now 157 lbs and no more fevers, I still have a.l very weird head feeling thats almost constantly there 24/7 and honestly haven't really accepted the anxiety diagnoses either so according to my drs, that's a big part of my problem, but what I'm trying to say with this long winded response it does sound a lot like anxiety and I can promise you that anxiety can cause a lot of those symptoms so try and accept it for that because believe me if the drs can figure out someway to charge you more money for something they will so if they say you are ok I'd believe them lol I know from experience this is much easier said then done. How this helps
Pipboy101 33cody
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Hey man I appreciate the kind words. I do agree docs will do anything for money and requesting unnecessary test are probably part of it.
I am still Left with the case of the what ifs. It's a tough thing. I just want to be a 100% I'm good. I guess this shall to pass as they say. Anyway thank you again!