I had a brilliant week last week and felt great and thought I was really on the road to recovery from this awful health anxiety. I started Citalopram 2 days ago just half a tablet and the first day was fine but last night I read on another forum about someone with breast cancer and so I immediately started checking for lumps and found some. I have one in each breast round about the same place. My o.h says that I have had these for years around my period time but I can't remember if I have or not or if he's just trying to reasure me. I had a breast lump removed in 1994 and it was a breast mouse or something like that but I am terrified of having to go through that again cos it was a two week wait to find out if it was cancer or not. My periods have gone weird lately and I seem to be getting one every two months instead of every month but I put that down to the menopause because I'm 45.
As soon as I found the lumps last night a weird coldness ran through my body and I was sick all night. I feel lousy today because I didn't sleep much last night. I am on day 39 of my period now so goodness knows when it will come or if the lumps are related or not. I'm scared to go to the doctor too because I have been a few times over the last few weeks and I think they are getting sick of me keep going now. The doctor I saw last Thursday didn't seem very patient with me and just wanted to get me out I think cos they were busy - I spent longer queing up at reception to give my name in than I did actually in her surgery.
Does anybody else have lumps like this? They are basically in the same position in each breast. I had a full blood count a few weeks ago and it was fine so would cancer of the breast shown up in that does anybody know.
Please answer if you can help me cos I feel so desperate at the moment.
The doctor did say that the Citalopram would make me more anxious at first so I don't know whether this is partly responsible or not.