I can't stop believe that I have disease

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I really need a help!

I can't stop thinking that I have serious disease and it completely ruined my life!

Everything has started from mild panic attack (because of stressful situation) and since that time, I started to have sudden anxiety attacks! (because I start to be scared that I could get another panic attack) My sudden anxiety attacks brings me more anxiety and I started to google what disease can cause anxiety! I have found brain tumor, MS, epilepsy... I have started to be scared of brain tumor first (but I had no other symptoms) then I started to be scared that I have epilepsy and I can get seizure...I googled more about it, I have found people in my age that got epilepsy and I got very scared!!! At that time my anxiety was very severe! I got adrenalin rush, head jolts, derealisation, crying attacks,...I found out on google that it can be temporal lobe epilepsy (it has no visible seizures, only deja vu, anxiety, panic, derealisation/depersonalisation and many other symptoms)

My life turned upside down!!! I started to have deja vu, panic attacks, random mind pops, weird derealisation) I was on the edge and it went even worse! I got almost all symptoms of epilepsy! And my anxiety and panic attacks went extreme!!! Especially when I read that it is hard to diagnose and EEG scan doesn't shows it!!!

What can I do??? I'm not able to continue with my school and work! I can't sleep and eat! My depression is really bad! No one can understand my fears! I need to find reassurance, but every time I google it getting worse and worse! More and more symptoms match!

I'm on the edge!!!

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  • Posted

    First of all, take a deep breath and relax (I know easier said than done.) It is HIGHLY unlikely you have one of those disease that you keep self diagnosing. The more you look up about other diseases, the more you're going to freak yourself out. Trust me, Ive been there myself. Your anxiety is what's causing all of your symptoms. Taking deep breaths and maybe talking to a psychologist will help you. I've started talking to one and although anxiety attacks are scary, I've learned to live and potentially control them.

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    stop googling sh*t because it will just make you worse its one of the worst things to do when you have an axiety disorder .you dont get any reasurence from it. if your scans are normal you dont have it. i have the de ja vu all the time for many years. all the other symptoms you mention are classic anxiety symptoms and your over thinking is making your symptoms worse. ive been where you are and i know its really scary dude. i over thought it that bad i ended up in a psychiatric hospital for treatment.

    get treatment for your health anxiety or it will cripple your life. you dont want that. my ex had epilepsy and died of it. i used to complain to her about my fears of de ja vu and convined i had it. she knew i didnt she had the real thing. looking back now i saw the difference. she said if you had it i would know.

    • Posted

      What meds did the psychiatric hospital put you on to help you live a normal life now?

    • Posted

      when i was admitted i had

      group therapy

      family therapy

      psychiatrists meetings

      i was put on lorazapam, beta blockers, diazapam for the duration of my stay.

      mood stabilizers, quetiapine for sedating effect, risperidone for mood.

      bassically all this just so i could function while the tackled the problem.

      sinse i came out i am now only on sertraline for my health anxiety condition.

  • Posted

    I know EXACTLY how you feel! It all started for me with a incident at a new job I was working and ever since then I felt as if there was something there that was undiagnosed that would cause my demise. I went 7 months after that with panic attacks at least twice a day. Countless MD appts asking for test after test. Two hospital visits and nothing but a bunch of bills and prescriptions for anxiety meds. The thing about it is that I don't have generalized anxiety, its only related to anything with my health. If I get a headache out of nowhere I would think tumor, if I would feel fatigued I would think cancer. It was sooooo debilatating that I was thinking of suicide. My relationship was on the verge of ending and my beautiful kids could not even give me the motivation to push through. I watched a video on Youtube of a man who dealt with the same thing. I would get all this advice from people who had never dealt with this so I would always say "you don't understand" "Its not that easy". After 7 months of this I got to a point where I said, you know what if it happens, it happens. If I die I die. There is nothing you can do about it. If you are diagnosed with something, then you are. What can you do about it??? Living in fear and anxiousness will make your life HELL. I took it one day at a time and every time I would feel a little weird I would start to rationalize. You have to stop Googling. That will NEVER fix it. It's not a downward spiral. I know it will be hard because it was extremely hard for me. But you have to stop. If there is something you feel is wrong then get tested and reassured from your MD. Watch this video https://youtu.be/aBz3akLKOAs and hopefully it will help. It helped me out. Im not 100% but I am MUCH better than I was. I can tell you it will NOT be an overnight fix and you will still struggle, but you will slowly begin to see progress. Then you are going to look back a month from now and say wow. I feel so much better! You have to really want to change and try something different even if it sucks.

  • Posted

    i feel exactly like you my friend except ive got a debilitating symptom i constantly have to take a deep breath every 20 seconds it never goes away ans its been going on for 8 Months and i fear any moment will be my last i tok have had many test and nothing shows up

  • Posted

    Hi!..I completely understand your fear!..I live this day by day, and it sucks! You are correct you are worried about the next anxiety attack so that throws you into a panic attack so sounds like you have a panic disorder as well as GAD. I am not a doctor but thats what I am diagnosed with and I have the exact same symptoms except I have tingling and numbness and feel light headed that I am going to faint, I always feel like I have a tight band around my head and i am always nauseous. I take Xanax 3 Xs a day for symptoms I refuse SSRIs I am trying out CBT first I heard it really works. We just have to remind are selfs its all in are head and googling is the worst thing someone with Anxiety can do. I had 3 CT scans and 1 brain MRI all normal I have had every blood test ran all negative. I have been to cardiologist neurologist ,ENT, PT all say anxiety and I am healthy as a horse.

    • Posted

      OMG you also experience deja vu often and mind pops, derealisation??

      If so, you are my mate!!!

      I also feel like I'm going to faint...

      Health anxiety is the worst thing especially when you can't believe your doctors...

  • Posted

    Thank you guys very much! You all made me feel much better! ❤️

    Googling is the worst thing ever!!! I would do everything to bring back time and never find any information about this disease!!!

    Especially when I have read people's stories and so on...

    My mind is totally convenienced that I have it...Especially when symptoms show up! Like deja vu and random memory pops...I'm very scared that besides epilepsy I'm developing psychosis or schizophrenia...

    I'm in very bad loop!!!

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