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Hypochondria is ruining me. PT 2.

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pinkmilk
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Pinkmilk here again, I feel like i need to share the heck anxiety has made me deal with the past month and hopefully this will help.

It all started back in September. I was taking a bath and got really dizzy while getting out and it caused a panic attack. I went to my doc the next day and apparently, I had the stomach flu and was a little dehydrated, but that didn't settle my anxiety. Two days later I was sitting in the ER convinced something was wrong because I couldn't shake the dizziness and stomach cramps. The doctors didn't find anything wrong after a CT scan, but they did find an ovarian cyst.

I still couldn't shake the stomach cramps, dizziness, and overall anxiety so I visited my doc a few more times and the ER again. They found nothing. that should settle my anxiety right? Nope.

Here we are in October (another ER visit for fear of a heart attack) and my health anxiety is the worse its ever been. I've gotten the overwhelming fear of having a seizure. It's consuming me, the thoughts are eating at me. I keep looking for every little sign that I might have one. Anxiety has stolen my appetite, my joy, my happiness. My legs feel like jelly when I stand and my hands shake. i can't go a single day without crying. My stomach cramps and I still get lightheaded for no reason at all. my legs twitch randomly and during anxiety attacks I claw at my skin so much it's almost bled. My tongue even shakes. I have pains in my head which only fuels my fears. I'm only 20 and so scared every waking moment. I want my joy back. Please let me know I'm not alone in this. I'm miserable.

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  • josh46287
    josh46287 pinkmilk

    Posted

    Sounds like me but i am unsure if it is anxiety auto-immune or some other disease or problem. I have been severely sick 10 months messed up for longer than that. I have had every doctor i know of check me out i have had low vitamin d low testosterone a hiatal hernia and recently they say they are sending me to a rheumatologist. All kinds of heart scans test all fine. Lung function fine. Brain mri fine. endoscopy and colonoscopy fine just some mild inflamation and acid reflux. No telling how much blood work all fine. At the end of the day all the test say i am perfectly fine besides minor and common illnesses but also every day i am always tired always on the edge for no reason i hurt all over especially neck back and head. I get numb tingling feelings in random spots on my body my stomach always hurts i can barely eat and for myself to do that as i was completely unable to eat for like a month i lost 20 pounds all my muscle and body fat. I am constantly nauseous and dizzy sometimes lightheaded when i start getting hot i get more nauseous and dizzy. I always feel like i cant breath and anything strenuous or that gets me hot makes that even worse and all my doctors can say oh its anxiety and depression which i have nothing what so ever i am anxious or depressed about i literally have everything

    i could possibly want or ask for in my life. The only complaints i have is i literally can not function and my body can not properly function and i have no answers as to why from the medical field. Buspar paxil and klonoppin did not help except when they doubled the dose of klonoppin when i was at the ER and all that did was make me high. I have never had anxiety and have always been laid back with not a care in the world but they constantly want to label this as anxiety and depression it just makes no sense to me.

    • kat12606
      kat12606 josh46287

      Posted

      I have experienced almost the exact same symptoms as you from anxiety and I always thought the same as you my life couldnt be better I'm happier than I've ever been so I have no reason to feel anxious or depressed. But I think because my life is going so well that I'm waiting for something bad to happen to me and ruin everything and that's where the the anxiety stems from

    • josh46287
      josh46287 kat12606

      Posted

      Well i wish they could figure something out i want to enjoy my life and my wife and my new job that i am very happy to have. I just do bot understand how i can be happy and content but at the same time be so messed up from dizzy cant breath cant hardly eat headaches pains all non stop. I never get a break 24/7.

  • clarissa42245
    clarissa42245 pinkmilk

    Posted

    you're not alone in this situation I have the same situation right now

  • sam90321
    sam90321 pinkmilk

    Posted

    ur not alone i have ovarian cyst that cause pain, acid reflux, ibs,eye issues and the list goes on, every single issues u describe, am going through it or went through and its very stressful to deal with

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