Aleisha920
05-02-15, 18:59
Hello,
I have been struggling with pretty bad health anxiety for the past 6 months now and I have come to this site many times and have found that im not alone with all these weird symptoms!!! I'm a 27 year old nurse and often i think my job, as much as I love what I do, makes my health worries so much worse. I have just started working with a therapist as I have had enough of going in and out of my doctors office with another weird symptom, having labs done, and everything being fine. I'd like to share a list of symptoms that I've had recently that haven't had any other explanation other than my brain playing tricks on me:
joint pain - mostly my hands and wrists
Left side/rib pain
pins and needles in my fingers - mostly pad of thumb or pinky finger
neck/back pain and stiffness
armpit/breast pain - sometimes one side at a time, sometimes both
pelvic pain
weird headache - left sided mostly, sometimes would come on as a "twinge"
lump in throat feeling
from all of these symptoms Ive diagnosed myself with: Lyme, leukemia, lymphoma, MS, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, PID, brain tumor, thyroid cancer.
usually i dont feel anxious when these symptoms start, but as soon as one starts i focus on it, freak out, run to dr google (worse decision almost every time) run to a real doctor, have tests done until I can accept that its nothing, and eventually it goes away, and something else starts the cycle again.
has anyone ever received an explanation from a health care professional on why these random symptoms occur??
I try to google it but can't come up with anything and i also dont want to accidentally stumble upon something thats going to tell me its not anxiety and im actually dying. I have asked my dr and she said that this is just how anxiety can sometimes manifest itself.
one thing i really want to work on with my therapist is how to make these symptoms stop happening, which I assume will be to address the underlying anxiety. Im trying to focus on going to the gym as often as i can as my therapist told me that 30 minutes of cardio three times a week can significantly help balance the chemicals in your brain that affect anxiety/depression
does anyone have any self help tips that i might be able to try at home? Or any vitamins or herbs that have helped?
thanks for letting me share my story, i hope that with therapy and talking to people like me on this site that this will all get better!!
I have been struggling with pretty bad health anxiety for the past 6 months now and I have come to this site many times and have found that im not alone with all these weird symptoms!!! I'm a 27 year old nurse and often i think my job, as much as I love what I do, makes my health worries so much worse. I have just started working with a therapist as I have had enough of going in and out of my doctors office with another weird symptom, having labs done, and everything being fine. I'd like to share a list of symptoms that I've had recently that haven't had any other explanation other than my brain playing tricks on me:
joint pain - mostly my hands and wrists
Left side/rib pain
pins and needles in my fingers - mostly pad of thumb or pinky finger
neck/back pain and stiffness
armpit/breast pain - sometimes one side at a time, sometimes both
pelvic pain
weird headache - left sided mostly, sometimes would come on as a "twinge"
lump in throat feeling
from all of these symptoms Ive diagnosed myself with: Lyme, leukemia, lymphoma, MS, breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, PID, brain tumor, thyroid cancer.
usually i dont feel anxious when these symptoms start, but as soon as one starts i focus on it, freak out, run to dr google (worse decision almost every time) run to a real doctor, have tests done until I can accept that its nothing, and eventually it goes away, and something else starts the cycle again.
has anyone ever received an explanation from a health care professional on why these random symptoms occur??
I try to google it but can't come up with anything and i also dont want to accidentally stumble upon something thats going to tell me its not anxiety and im actually dying. I have asked my dr and she said that this is just how anxiety can sometimes manifest itself.
one thing i really want to work on with my therapist is how to make these symptoms stop happening, which I assume will be to address the underlying anxiety. Im trying to focus on going to the gym as often as i can as my therapist told me that 30 minutes of cardio three times a week can significantly help balance the chemicals in your brain that affect anxiety/depression
does anyone have any self help tips that i might be able to try at home? Or any vitamins or herbs that have helped?
thanks for letting me share my story, i hope that with therapy and talking to people like me on this site that this will all get better!!