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Health Anxiety/ sore muscles

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kelsey20458
kelsey20458

Hello my name is Kelsey I am new to this forum I have been struggling with health anxiety for about two years now it all started after I had my son three years ago I had postpartum depression which led into generalized anxiety and now my therapist has diagnosed me with health anxiety. Anyway to make matter short this is the worst thing there is to have it has ruined my life basically I don't enjoy things because I'm so scared of the fear of dying! My question is does anyone experience sore muscles in your arms legs neck pretty much all over your body with health anxiety! I get a host of other symptoms that I worry about I go through periods of worry I'll go for months and I'll be OK and then they'll be days where I feel like I'm not gonna make it! how do you rationalize the fear between normal anxiety pain's and deadly diseases?

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  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 kelsey20458

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    It can be hard to tell. Somyou check it outif  it still there in a couole of months,and sever anxiety can cause stuff too. I am trying so hard to stop clenching and rid tmd. It causes a host of very uncomfortable symptoms by itself. 

    if your whole bidy is always sore and its been minths see a rhematoid doctor. They will assess you for fibromylegia. They are cinsidering moving severe anxiety symptoms there too but it is still under discussion, which it should be remived from mental illness. Its a mal function to begin with. 

  • Pipboy101
    Pipboy101 kelsey20458

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    Hi Kelsey.,

    I have all things early as well. Also generalizing Zaidi disorder. I do think things are out of whack all the time. And if you can check by your doctor he says everything's OK. I guess you have to believe them. I know that sounds hard because you probably think there's something sinister going on but I guess take it for me there's probably not. And most of those pains are Phantom

    • kelsey20458
      kelsey20458 Pipboy101

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      It's very hard for me to believe the doctors! It seems like I'm in and out of the doctor all the time! These physical symptoms send me into a panic and it's a never ending cycle! My hands currently get locked up idk if it's from the tension or what!

    • Soanxious
      Soanxious kelsey20458

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      I think it is bc the dane thing happens to me and its mostly when i wakeup on the morning but happens throughout the day too. When it happens i usually try to pay attention to what im doing and my shoulders are tensed up and im hunched compressing the nerves in my neck. If i try to relax and hold my shoulders back it goes away but then comes back bc im always tense. Someone without heth anxiety wouldnt pay attention or they would think logically but i cant do that even though i try
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