katy_s
04-04-12, 13:21
Hi everyone. Can i start off by saying its nice to read all these posts and discover im not alone in the way ive been thinking.
I think I'm suffering from some kind of health anxiety. I frequently worry about getting diseases, mainly cancer, and sometimes worry about family and friends getting ill. I spend a lot of time 'Googling' symptoms and worrying i might have something. I never actually go and see any medical practitioners, and i try and be rational - i actually work for the NHS and I'm currently studying epidemiology, so I'm know quite a lot of stats about diseases and how unlikely i am to have most of the things i worry about, but that doesn't seem to help!
Ive normally been able to push these thoughts away, but since giving birth to my daughter in february, they have started to take over my life!
Its mainly because i somehow lost weight during my pregnancy, im now 1 1/2 stone lighter than my pre-preg weight and i dont know how this happened! Most people put on loads of weight during pregnancy. I am convinced i have cervical cancer because im overdue a smear (because of pregnancy) and cant have one for another 6 weeks. I had some abnormal cells removed last year. Now ive also had a headache for 3 weeks, at the back of my head which i think is a brain tumor. Ive also had no appetite since giving birth, i have to force food down me and i feel sick a lot.
I have been to the gp, first they thought i had postnatal depression because i kept crying when trying to explain what was wrong. Perhaps i am a little depressed but its only because im worrying what is wrong with me. But now they just pass everything off as anxiety and im worried they are going to miss something that is wrong with me. Ive had bloods taken which were all normal, apart from i was very slightly anemic, but this is fairly common after birth. They are supposed to be reffering me for CBT but i have no idea how long this will take.
Anyway, just wanted to share really. Thanks for listening x
I think I'm suffering from some kind of health anxiety. I frequently worry about getting diseases, mainly cancer, and sometimes worry about family and friends getting ill. I spend a lot of time 'Googling' symptoms and worrying i might have something. I never actually go and see any medical practitioners, and i try and be rational - i actually work for the NHS and I'm currently studying epidemiology, so I'm know quite a lot of stats about diseases and how unlikely i am to have most of the things i worry about, but that doesn't seem to help!
Ive normally been able to push these thoughts away, but since giving birth to my daughter in february, they have started to take over my life!
Its mainly because i somehow lost weight during my pregnancy, im now 1 1/2 stone lighter than my pre-preg weight and i dont know how this happened! Most people put on loads of weight during pregnancy. I am convinced i have cervical cancer because im overdue a smear (because of pregnancy) and cant have one for another 6 weeks. I had some abnormal cells removed last year. Now ive also had a headache for 3 weeks, at the back of my head which i think is a brain tumor. Ive also had no appetite since giving birth, i have to force food down me and i feel sick a lot.
I have been to the gp, first they thought i had postnatal depression because i kept crying when trying to explain what was wrong. Perhaps i am a little depressed but its only because im worrying what is wrong with me. But now they just pass everything off as anxiety and im worried they are going to miss something that is wrong with me. Ive had bloods taken which were all normal, apart from i was very slightly anemic, but this is fairly common after birth. They are supposed to be reffering me for CBT but i have no idea how long this will take.
Anyway, just wanted to share really. Thanks for listening x