cersei
11-08-13, 21:22
Hi all,
I'm a 20 year old female and over this past month I've had dreadful health anxiety. I've got a history of depression, but the HA is a new one. I've been recently diagnosed with anemia and am currently on iron supplements but unfortunately, it hasn't cured the HA. Obviously I had all the blood tests and everything was fine; aside from my iron which was 7/12. I would be here forever listing what I've gone through this month so I'll try and keep it to the point. It started by my arm going really cold and thought I might be having a stroke or that I was going to have my arm off. Doctor later told me it was anxiety and since then I've thought I've had about everything under the sun (mainly worries about my circulation). The HA caused me to have a dreadful period; it was so bad my abdominal muscles were sore for two days after. I've also had all the other anxiety symptoms such as phantom pain here there and everywhere, headaches, breathing trouble, tight chest and that tight band around your throat - the whole kit and caboodle. I've had to stop taking baths and stick with showers because every time I look I find something new ('that spot wasn't there before!' 'where did that bruise come from?!') I've also not been sleeping well for fear my 'ills' will suddenly get worse over night and I'll wake to find my limbs have turned black - I've got irrational fears that my circulation is going to fail; no idea where it's come from.
But one thing is plaguing me still are those darn little red spots/flecks you get on your skin (you know the ones, they're tiny and red and don't do anything). The reason being is recently I discovered some tiny spots similar on the soles of my feet and in between my toes. They don't itch, they're not swollen and I've no pain in my feet.
Yet, I freaked.
I saw a podiatrist who told me it was a sweat rash (then Dr. google came along and I freaked again because 'oh god, it doesn't look like a sweat rash!' and 'they're not going away!') But I also feel he didn't really look so obviously I've been winding myself up thinking it's all sorts. Petechiae was the main one but they do actually blanch when pressed on. I've noticed them for 3 weeks and they've not changed (the things are minute!) Then I terrified myself that my circulation is going to fail and they'll amputate my feet and that these tiny spots are related.
But as they've not changed in 3 weeks I'm slowly to beginning to think maybe they're harmless.
Just as I feel a bit calm about them, then comes along that voice of "don't convince yourself it's nothing in case it's something."
I am sure you can all appreciate, it doesn't matter what anyone says: it's always something sinister.
Basically, I need a bit of reassurance and wondered if anyone else had those red things on their feet? Or any idea as to what they might be? I've got the red spots/flecks on my arms and a few on my legs and chest (as does my mother and grandmother) but none of them have them on their feet. My mother pointed out you get them everywhere else, so why not your feet? I am planning to see a dermatologist to really put my mind at rest though. But obviously I'm still worried they'll say its something bad!
I'm a 20 year old female and over this past month I've had dreadful health anxiety. I've got a history of depression, but the HA is a new one. I've been recently diagnosed with anemia and am currently on iron supplements but unfortunately, it hasn't cured the HA. Obviously I had all the blood tests and everything was fine; aside from my iron which was 7/12. I would be here forever listing what I've gone through this month so I'll try and keep it to the point. It started by my arm going really cold and thought I might be having a stroke or that I was going to have my arm off. Doctor later told me it was anxiety and since then I've thought I've had about everything under the sun (mainly worries about my circulation). The HA caused me to have a dreadful period; it was so bad my abdominal muscles were sore for two days after. I've also had all the other anxiety symptoms such as phantom pain here there and everywhere, headaches, breathing trouble, tight chest and that tight band around your throat - the whole kit and caboodle. I've had to stop taking baths and stick with showers because every time I look I find something new ('that spot wasn't there before!' 'where did that bruise come from?!') I've also not been sleeping well for fear my 'ills' will suddenly get worse over night and I'll wake to find my limbs have turned black - I've got irrational fears that my circulation is going to fail; no idea where it's come from.
But one thing is plaguing me still are those darn little red spots/flecks you get on your skin (you know the ones, they're tiny and red and don't do anything). The reason being is recently I discovered some tiny spots similar on the soles of my feet and in between my toes. They don't itch, they're not swollen and I've no pain in my feet.
Yet, I freaked.
I saw a podiatrist who told me it was a sweat rash (then Dr. google came along and I freaked again because 'oh god, it doesn't look like a sweat rash!' and 'they're not going away!') But I also feel he didn't really look so obviously I've been winding myself up thinking it's all sorts. Petechiae was the main one but they do actually blanch when pressed on. I've noticed them for 3 weeks and they've not changed (the things are minute!) Then I terrified myself that my circulation is going to fail and they'll amputate my feet and that these tiny spots are related.
But as they've not changed in 3 weeks I'm slowly to beginning to think maybe they're harmless.
Just as I feel a bit calm about them, then comes along that voice of "don't convince yourself it's nothing in case it's something."
I am sure you can all appreciate, it doesn't matter what anyone says: it's always something sinister.
Basically, I need a bit of reassurance and wondered if anyone else had those red things on their feet? Or any idea as to what they might be? I've got the red spots/flecks on my arms and a few on my legs and chest (as does my mother and grandmother) but none of them have them on their feet. My mother pointed out you get them everywhere else, so why not your feet? I am planning to see a dermatologist to really put my mind at rest though. But obviously I'm still worried they'll say its something bad!