Help pleaseeee:(

Hi my name is jasmine and im 19 years old i be 20 in february but i just dont understand exactly whats happening to me i was just so happy and living life about 4 months again and never had and health problems than all of a sudden i woke up one morning and felt extremely off and weird like i had the flu but i didnt i was hot than cold tied and dizzy , i thought it would go away but nope almost 3 months later i still have it well the dizziness is 24/7 is super ANNOYING i can still function and stuff but that constant worry is always there and it sucks cus im still so young i had a boyfriend but we just recently broke up and thats not making it any better we was together for almost 3 years so im pretty heart broken but i use to be so happy and enjoying life now im moody and sad i can cry at a drop of an dime because im so stress and worried i notice every little change to my body and i noticed that i have an lump under my chin by my throat and im so scared because i dont where it came from or what it is i think everything is wrong with me i mean everything if you cant think it i think i have it and its sad because i just want to be happy and normal again i also believe i might be pregnant but not sure yet because its to early to tell but i dont want to bring a child into the world and im all stress and freaked out about my health i know i have to have anxiety because my heart will start to pound for no reason i would shake but idk im just so scared i also was attacked by a dog in my face in june and it bit my lip and ripped it in half my lip is fine and still healing but i constantly have flash backs about that and im terrified of dogs now well i always been scared of dogs but no its worsen i just want to be fine 

I no how you feel i suffer really bad and panic about anything i have lumps on back of tongue that havnt gone so i relate it to cancer even tho doctor said he will treat it as oral thrush i forgot to take medication which is why they havnt gone down lumps are not painful but i totally understand where your coming from. Its horrible i have pains and i relate to cancer i always have no energy at all i have a 3 year old boy and im always looking ilnesses up on google which ino makes alot of people worry. I just need reassurance as i also have dents all over head and that panics me to as there are actual things to worry about i want to be stress free now. 

So I am not the only one.... That's what's been happening to me for a long time... I think that every pain is a symptom of cancer... And I goodle all the time... Last night I woke up witha pain in the upper abdomen and the first thing that came on my mind was, Oh my God, I hope this is not a cancer symptom. I've been sufferring from depression  and anxiety for maybe one year... What I am asking is if all this can be due to depression and anxiety. Also guy how do you cope with this.

ANXIETY is a Bitch....I know how all of the above feels, I've had nearly all of these symptoms, anxiety is a cancer in its self, 👎 it is a daily struggle, .

Hello all.  I also have fallen victim to that dreadful ''health anxiety''.  I have learned through the process though that anxiety can absolutely create so many "symptoms" of diseases and illnesses, especially because our mind tends to focus on them.  Our minds are extremely powerful and able to make things appear out of nowhere, but the 'physical' feelings are real. I am still a work in progress as I worry to extremes about my children and anything they complain of, sets me into a whirlwind of negative thoughts. It is difficult to stop them especially if you are alone and don't have anyone to bring a positive word to you.  One thing that I have found, through my own experiences, is that when I begin to feel certain physical reactions to a negative thought I have, I will talk myself out of it, for example, I will tell myself that I am fine and that there is nothing wrong with me. (I literally speak it outloud as long as I am not in public, lol). This absolutely helps with things such as heart racing or a headache due to worry.  Anxiety can very well make you feel as if you have many things wrong with you when you don't.  Of course it is fine to be checked by your doctor but if they tell you that you are okay and labs come back fine or negative, then don't worry and remind yourself that you really are in control of your feelings and thoughts.  I heard a wonderful saying the other day..."Everything that happens in our life is neutral, we decide what emotion to use to deal with it."  I know that this is much easier said than done, but it has helped me to remember it and at least, has reduced my anxiety level a bit. I don't like taking meds and I have finally found a wonderful homeopathic doctor that is caring, very knowlegeable, and has helped some of the worst case scenarios of others become amazing testimonies for everyone.  She has told me something that has helped me immensely, it is this...our thoughts are not as kind as reality.  It's true, many times we are imagining that we HAVE a certain disease because we are focusing on symptoms someone else had or that we have 'googled', and then, we begin to search for physical signs or begin to feel things. I'm not saying that a 'bump' or 'lump' isn't really there, I am saying that our minds are smart and strong enough to create things that wouldn't have been around in the first place.  Being optimistic is very hard at times and I need to work on this always, however, if you can begin to realize that your thoughts have much to do with your physical well being and with that, I wish you all peace, great health, and happiness. 

 

Oh wow i am so relieved... Right now I am obssessing about dying and having cancer. I dont dare google anything. I have suffered from panic attacks my whole life. I recently lost 15 pounds for no apparent reason although three years ago i gained 20 pounds for no reason. I am convinced I have cancer and am gonna die. I started prozac four weeks ago it is somewhat helping but just with the heart palpatations so im having anxiety with no racing heart which is making me nervous because then i am telling myself its not anxiety im dying. I have an app. next week to ask why i have lost so much weight. Although i gained it for no reason and i have been doing acupuncture none of this makes it not cancer in my head . I hate anxiety 

I first suffered from anxiety about 9 years ago,but it's wasn't just cancer I'd worry about, it would be every bleeding illness. It all started with a neck injury that occurred due to lifting weights that were too heavy for me. I remember waking up and my head felt too heavy for my neck. I googled my symptoms,and MS appeared, I near crapped myself. The more I researched the illness,the more symptoms I developed. Some illnesses share the same symptons,So I went from having a neck injury,to MS,Cancer,Parkinson's and my biggest fear the dreaded ALS. I couldn't sleep (lucky to get an hour a night),barely ate (when people say they haven't eaten for a week,I used to think they were exaggerating,but I hardly ate a thing for over a month,and I didn't feel any hunger pains, which is weird for me as I'm a greedy sod normally),went dizzy whenever I stood up,cramping feeling in my legs, and the thing I hated the most was muscle twitching (all over my body,from eye lids to bum cheeks). I still get twitches today whenever I get overly anxious,but I try to agnore them and they go within a few days. I don't think I'll ever fully recover from anxiety,I believe once you've crossed the line there's no going back (same with depression),but I do believe you can take control of it before it gets too serious. My advice would be to get rid of your computer (I know it sounds drastic)execise and keep yourself occupied (couldn't stand the weekends as I was off work),and once you feel you've got a grip of your anxiety,then introduce the computer back into the home. The darkest part of my anxiety lasted about 4 months,once I binned the computer it took arond 8 months to get back to near nomal (I'm about 90% there).I'm here today becasue my nodes feel swollen,but I'm sure they've always been this size. I google to get reassurance and it always backfires,as I overlook anything that would set my mind at ease,and only concentrate on the negative. If you look for something you'll will eventually find it,I remember reading twitching was an early symptom of Parkinson's,and as soon I read it my thumb began to twitch,so yes anxiety can cause all your symptoms so try not to worry. Reading your posts brings it all back to me,and I'm angry with myself for going down this road,but I know I'll be fine,I just hope my post can put your mind at ease.

I don't know if you have children,but my anxieties began once I started having kids,if I hadn't have had children,I very much doubt I would have googled my symptoms,I was carefree up untill that day.

I have exactly the same symptoms. I have one family member that recently died of cancer.... ever since that happened I started to feel my lymph knodes swollen.. first behind my ear... then under my jaw and up to recently near my groin... I haven't been to a doctor because I don't want em to tell me what I'm already guessing (Lymphoma cancer) I just live every day with that on my mind!! It's hard.. I see cancer ever were.. even my favorite TV show (Breaking bad) I think it's maybe a sign... it's been two years now... but I feel fine no weight loss, no fevers... I barely get sick... absolutely no symptoms of anything besides my swollen lymph nodes

Hi guys. Come across this chat and I am going through exactly the same but I have been told I have a problem, I am so scared though and have now frightened myself so much that I'm too scared to even get treatment or help, this is due to Google searches, depression, anxiety and fact I have very young children that I don't want to loose.

The above has taken over my life and I don't know what to do anymore, I don't want to put too much on here until I know I get a reply but if anyone does see this and can talk too me I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much x

i was diagnosed 2 months back. but i still keep my faith to be healed. i can hide everything but the feeling of being so down is hard.

Welcome to my world!! I am absolutely demented!! I had testicular cancer back in 2012. It was contained and I have regular blood tests and X Ray's and ct scans once per year now but I am a wreck!! I've been told that the type I had was slow growing and once it's gone it's highly unlikely it would come back. If it spreads it is normally to your chest. I have chest X Ray's every 6 months and everything has always come back clear. I find myself looking for things all of the time. Every ache and pain I get I am convinced it is something bad. My partner is fed up as I am always asking if he thinks everything is ok and I've got him checking me all the time. He said if there was anything there or about to come on it would've been picked up by now as I have regular check ups. I can't help it though. I keep thinking well what if I get a different type that comes on suddenly or what if they've missed it. At the minute I am convinced it's my stomach and abdomen. I keep getting chest problems like wheezing and pains in my shoulders so interpret that as my lungs. I checked over and over and over and over again the same area. I am now seeing a consultant who specialises in health anxiety.

You have to remember doctors are still practicing Medicine they have not got things right yet

And some don't listen to their patients keep on looking for a dr that will. It took me 2yrs and a

new dr to find out I was now diabetic thanks to my dr not listening to me