Jenanxiety
19-08-12, 19:45
Hi, I'm a 17 year old female who is normally very healthy.About three weeks ago, I got very sick (I had extreme vertigo, nausea, my neck and the back of my head ached, and I just felt like crap), well that lasted for about two weeks.
I did go to my doctor a couple of days after it started and he said he thought I caught a virus, because there was something going around our town.
But during the two weeks that I was sick, I seem to have developed really bad health anxiety.
At first I was just a little afraid, but then I googled (I know I shouldn't have), and of course a brain tumor popped up and all kinds of other horrid things. And that just pushed me over the edge.
I started feeling like myself about a week and a half ago, and all my aches and pains and vertigo were gone.
But about three days ago the lymph nodes in my armpits swelled up and started to hurt pretty bad, and then just yesterday I got my period, and I started feeling really nauseous and I have a slight headache that comes and goes (it isn't throbbing, just there), I have thrown up three time since yesterday, and my neck and the back of my head are a little achy.(nothing compared to how they were before, but still.)
So of course, what did I do? Googled.
And the first things that pop up are cancer and aids.
Usually with my period I will get a headache or nausea.
But I have never gotten the chills before.
I have truly convinced myself I'm going to die, I feel crazy and I don't know what to do.
I have anxiety attacks throughout the day and I just start crying and telling myself I'm going to be dead soon.
I am constantly thinking that there is something deathly wrong with me, and it is all I think about.
I am very stressed because my college classes start tomorrow, and my high school classes start the next day, and that on top of thinking I am dying constantly is really affecting me.
I feel so crazy, but I don't know what to do.
Could my period be causing all these symptoms even if it never has before?
Before I got sick three weeks ago I never got really sick, so I try to tell myself that I'm okay but in the back of my mind I think I'm the unlucky one who is going to die of some awful disease or tumor.
Also, could my anxiety be causing some of my symptoms?
I know this was really long so thank you for anyone who took the time out to read it, it means a lot, thank you. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I did go to my doctor a couple of days after it started and he said he thought I caught a virus, because there was something going around our town.
But during the two weeks that I was sick, I seem to have developed really bad health anxiety.
At first I was just a little afraid, but then I googled (I know I shouldn't have), and of course a brain tumor popped up and all kinds of other horrid things. And that just pushed me over the edge.
I started feeling like myself about a week and a half ago, and all my aches and pains and vertigo were gone.
But about three days ago the lymph nodes in my armpits swelled up and started to hurt pretty bad, and then just yesterday I got my period, and I started feeling really nauseous and I have a slight headache that comes and goes (it isn't throbbing, just there), I have thrown up three time since yesterday, and my neck and the back of my head are a little achy.(nothing compared to how they were before, but still.)
So of course, what did I do? Googled.
And the first things that pop up are cancer and aids.
Usually with my period I will get a headache or nausea.
But I have never gotten the chills before.
I have truly convinced myself I'm going to die, I feel crazy and I don't know what to do.
I have anxiety attacks throughout the day and I just start crying and telling myself I'm going to be dead soon.
I am constantly thinking that there is something deathly wrong with me, and it is all I think about.
I am very stressed because my college classes start tomorrow, and my high school classes start the next day, and that on top of thinking I am dying constantly is really affecting me.
I feel so crazy, but I don't know what to do.
Could my period be causing all these symptoms even if it never has before?
Before I got sick three weeks ago I never got really sick, so I try to tell myself that I'm okay but in the back of my mind I think I'm the unlucky one who is going to die of some awful disease or tumor.
Also, could my anxiety be causing some of my symptoms?
I know this was really long so thank you for anyone who took the time out to read it, it means a lot, thank you. Any help is greatly appreciated.