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Health Anxiety? Cancer? Neurological disorder?

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Alessandroc88
Alessandroc88

Im scared for my life, have been for about 2-2.5 months. I'm a 16 year old male. During the summer while with my friends I had a bad panic attack. After it occured everything went back to normal and I moved on. Come the start of school I had another. I told no one and concluded they were panic attacks based on what I searched on the internet. Once again I moved on. A couple months into school I begin this constant feeling of depersonalization. I've felt it for around 2.5 months now. I continued to live with it speaking with my guidence counseler about it. While getting the nauseous feeling that comes with anxiety and depersonalization. I searched the internet and "diagnosed" myself with numerous diseases and disorders causing even more worry. A couple weeks ago i found enlarged lymph nodes in my groin area and a small one in my neck. The nausea became worse and I lost 5 pounds. I went to see the doctor she said it was probably nothing and I had blood test done coming back fine. When I saw the lymph nodes I was 100% convinced I have cancer and then after the blood test i stopped worrying about that. Now about a week or two after seeing the doctor the lymph nodes are still out but are not growing I also have stopped losing weight. The depersonalization remain. The new thing is now muscle twitches. I have been getting them throughout my body and after looking on the internet once again am convinced I have a neurological disorder. I'm scared I'll die. I'm scared that it isn't anxiety and that something is in fact wrong. The thing being I had two panic attacks a certain amount of time previous to this ongoing depersonalization but haven't had one during. Please help.

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  • Ebone
    Ebone Alessandroc88

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    Sounds like anxiety because I have experienced the same thing.  It's always best to rule out everything from your doctor but you can bet this sounds like anxiety. Did you go through any stressors before the panic attack?  Do you have an anxious personality?  

    I have been doing better trying to get these anxiety feeling resolved but it's been a long road. I too had a panic attack at 19 and never bounced back to the old me.  I get my anxiety ups and downs. 

    What did your panic attack feel like?  Can you list all the symptoms during that time?

    • Alessandroc88
      Alessandroc88 Ebone

      Posted

      Ringing in ears weak legs fast heart beat stomach pain thought of dying

      This happened twice too me but not recently now its just depersonalization do you suffer from this?

  • casiodss
    casiodss Alessandroc88

    Posted

    Yes I have been throuh the same. Sounds like anxiety. What about memory, is it afected?
    • Alessandroc88
      Alessandroc88 casiodss

      Posted

      I would say a bit in the way that I remember things more vividly from before the whole depersonalization phase then I do from during it. It's kind of hard to explain but in general no memory isn't affected that much.
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