Health anxiety is ruining me
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Hi all. I'm 23 yo with pretty bad OCD/anxiety and a whole lot of hypochondria. It's getting out of control. I've been obsessed with my heart for weeks now because it's always beating fast. And then of course I'll get the chest pain. And then I'll get pains in my arms and what I think are pains in my jaw which then makes me freakout and think I'm having a heart attack.... At 23 years old.
I've had a complete blood count test done to check my thyroid (mom has issues with hers) and everything came back perfect my cholesterol my trygliceroids everything. Blood pressure is always perfect I eat healthy I've never smoked I could lose a good 5 lbs but I'm not overweight etc. I've had two ekgs done a chest X-ray but everyday I'm still convinced I'm going to have a heart attack or something because the aches and pains are still there. I'm starting to go crazy. I've been to the ER like 3 times this past week and have seen my regular doctor. I keep freakig myself because I tell myself "oh but you haven't seen a cardiologist". It's driving everyone around me insane and it's making it hard for me to be the mother and wife I was before all of this stuff started
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edgar3206 michelle5714
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Anxiety gives has given me all those syptoms and more. I get chest pains ,stomach, muscle soreness,
Jaw pain, neck pain ,vision changes,and more.
Anxiety can be really bad on your nervous system.
Your blood pressure rises to making your heart beat faster . I was told by my therapist that i was a very obssevive person. Go see a therapist it helps.
How you can tell its anxiety is because the more anxious you get the more syptoms you will get.
I know tell my body to shut and ignore the syptoms. If something is stressing you out fix it.
If is the symptoms ignored them.
Keep your self busy. For obsesive people is beneficial to not have to much time to think.
Cause we are like broken record we keep going back to the stupid thoughts.
You can beat this ,I did and my therapist was surprised on how obsesive i was. Another thing that causes symptoms is that you're afraid of dying and you become hypersensitive on any little pain and makes you anxious triggerin the anxiety pains.
Your are not hypochondriac those are just anxiety syptoms.
Your going to be fine.
michelle5714 edgar3206
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edgar3206 michelle5714
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Your welcome.
richard89308 michelle5714
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lisalisa67 michelle5714
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ianPTM-H michelle5714
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Edgar has given you excellent advice and shared some hard won advice.
Al I can add is that I hope you begin to feel better soon and give Edgar's comment serious attention.
I empathise with you, anxiety and obsessive thoughts about being ill are horrible.