Hi Everyone, I will get round to posting an introduction of myself on the introduce yourself soon. For now can I just babble about health anxiety. My main questions is probably aimed at woman (sorry guys[^]).
I wont be to graphic as its a mixed site, but I do need to know if any woman has the same thoughts as me.
I do suffer from bad health anxiety. The normal stuff we all suffer from, especially fear of cancer and looking for illnesses in every symptom. I am also on the internet doing research all the time. Then I end up with a self diagnosis, usually cancer, then death.
The past few months, I have had low abdominal pain/aching. The normal ovulating stuff, discharge, need the loo all the time etc ( I think its around ovulating, not sure though, as im always looking for a problem or symtom. This time I have missed a period. (I have had the Mirena coil for 13 months). Plus Ive got 5 children, 14,12,9,2.5 and 16months. Run a business after hubby was made redundant and decorating a house. (PHEW)
I have done some research and I have come up with ovarian cancer and all cancers possible, that tie in with my symptoms and a womans area. Doctor doesnt seem worried. Said the missed period could be the coil. Everything else could be stress. ( Ive told her different symtoms at different times over the past few months, so I THINK she has forgotton some of it. Hence not tying it all in together to form Cancer, even though I have mentioned this to her. Any excuse to worry I guess)
But me being me, im not convinced and its messing my life up all this. Has any other woman suffered or do they suffer with the same problems, when it comes to a womans body.
December I was put on 20mg of prozac, which has now been upped 2 40mg a day. I got 2mg of Diazapam to take when needed. Not to oftn though. I also see a councillor.
There is alot of history to my life and anxiety etc, but it would take forever to write it down and probably bore you all[xx(]
Im not sure where to post this, or if I should write personally to someone. I hope I havent gone into to much detail. HELPPPP please and good luck to everyone here. Together we can beat this. Although I dont feel like it at the moment.
Thank you all for your postings, they have helped me on many occasions, now I need to get mine in the open.
Emma xx