eastofeden
17-12-13, 10:07
Hi guys well im sick with the flu right now achey headache fever etc and its leading me to have two major fears:
The first is dying from myocarditis - its a disease that happens when flu attacks the heart and the heart destroys itself and you go into cardiac arrest + die. My whole family has the flu and im worried sick about them.
The odds of developing this are 1 in more than 100,000 but i am still terrified because it often has no symptoms and it is impossible to diagnose even with an ecg. So thats no 1.
The second fear is getting a blood clot from lying around these days from having flu.
I dont have any symptoms apart from mild sob but its freaking me out still.
I am trying to reassure myself but its so hard guys. I cant sleep even though im exhausted i keep thinking what if all the time.
I havent been to a&e for over a month and im proud of myself bc i used to go almost every week and i thought this has got to stop because it was getting out of hand. I dont want to break my progress again by going down to casualty again.
I dont even have any symptoms.
Can someone please reassure me and help me see clearly because every time i think rationally and irrational thought pops into my head. 5 weeks without going to the dr thats a record for me!
The first is dying from myocarditis - its a disease that happens when flu attacks the heart and the heart destroys itself and you go into cardiac arrest + die. My whole family has the flu and im worried sick about them.
The odds of developing this are 1 in more than 100,000 but i am still terrified because it often has no symptoms and it is impossible to diagnose even with an ecg. So thats no 1.
The second fear is getting a blood clot from lying around these days from having flu.
I dont have any symptoms apart from mild sob but its freaking me out still.
I am trying to reassure myself but its so hard guys. I cant sleep even though im exhausted i keep thinking what if all the time.
I havent been to a&e for over a month and im proud of myself bc i used to go almost every week and i thought this has got to stop because it was getting out of hand. I dont want to break my progress again by going down to casualty again.
I dont even have any symptoms.
Can someone please reassure me and help me see clearly because every time i think rationally and irrational thought pops into my head. 5 weeks without going to the dr thats a record for me!