AFin26
08-06-15, 15:39
Hello all,
This has taken me quite a lot of courage to post up simply because I'm not one to want help often but I'm at my wits end and I've decided the best course is to open up to people who must feel the same way as I do hopefully who can lend advice.
For the past six months, I have been regularly going too and from doctors for various tests to try and convince myself that my symptoms I have, despite how minor, are not lung cancer and are indeed health anxiety.
I will give you a little background... basically for many years I have suffered from worries and IBS/gastric issues which have never truly been resolved. Every day I wake up and at some point during the day I am guaranteed to have a feeling of sickness or bloating and acid which makes me cough. It is this cough (which I still have), which is dry and doesn't produce any sputum which lead me to go to a doctors in October of last year. Subsequently, I went for a chest Xray (which came back clear), I've had blood tests (all clear) and various health professionals tell me that if the X Ray is clear I honestly don't have anything to worry about...
However...
I still have my cough. I have a feeling in my chest which feels like heartburn within my pectoral muscles which comes and goes depending how much I think and more so at the moment, I cannot switch my brain off from thinking that my life is doomed and that the doctors etc have simply palmed me off because I'm in the my early twenties and that they have missed something. I've had endoscopies for my stomach, gastro restraint tablets and nothing appears to settle me down.
The doctor tells me I have showed signs of social and health anxiety and that all of my symtoms (acid, coughing, chest ache, feeling of sadness and dread) are all indicative of this issue.... But I still don't understand. I'm naturally inquisitive by nature and have the dreaded 'Google' bug and I've scared myself lifeless. I coughed up a tiny streak of blood the other day in the morning with yellow sputum (had a cold last week) and for about four hours I couldn't switch my brain off (it hasn't happened since). I guess my main issue is that because I'm so frightened of this and I don't understand if, every single thing makes me more worried.
I guess I'm just here to hopefully hear from people who have experienced what I have who can give me some pointers... And also if anyone has done CBT that would be great as that's the next step for me.
I tried medication for my mind, but it made me suicidal therefore I have stopped taking anything. I just want to feel normal.
Thanks for reading,
This has taken me quite a lot of courage to post up simply because I'm not one to want help often but I'm at my wits end and I've decided the best course is to open up to people who must feel the same way as I do hopefully who can lend advice.
For the past six months, I have been regularly going too and from doctors for various tests to try and convince myself that my symptoms I have, despite how minor, are not lung cancer and are indeed health anxiety.
I will give you a little background... basically for many years I have suffered from worries and IBS/gastric issues which have never truly been resolved. Every day I wake up and at some point during the day I am guaranteed to have a feeling of sickness or bloating and acid which makes me cough. It is this cough (which I still have), which is dry and doesn't produce any sputum which lead me to go to a doctors in October of last year. Subsequently, I went for a chest Xray (which came back clear), I've had blood tests (all clear) and various health professionals tell me that if the X Ray is clear I honestly don't have anything to worry about...
However...
I still have my cough. I have a feeling in my chest which feels like heartburn within my pectoral muscles which comes and goes depending how much I think and more so at the moment, I cannot switch my brain off from thinking that my life is doomed and that the doctors etc have simply palmed me off because I'm in the my early twenties and that they have missed something. I've had endoscopies for my stomach, gastro restraint tablets and nothing appears to settle me down.
The doctor tells me I have showed signs of social and health anxiety and that all of my symtoms (acid, coughing, chest ache, feeling of sadness and dread) are all indicative of this issue.... But I still don't understand. I'm naturally inquisitive by nature and have the dreaded 'Google' bug and I've scared myself lifeless. I coughed up a tiny streak of blood the other day in the morning with yellow sputum (had a cold last week) and for about four hours I couldn't switch my brain off (it hasn't happened since). I guess my main issue is that because I'm so frightened of this and I don't understand if, every single thing makes me more worried.
I guess I'm just here to hopefully hear from people who have experienced what I have who can give me some pointers... And also if anyone has done CBT that would be great as that's the next step for me.
I tried medication for my mind, but it made me suicidal therefore I have stopped taking anything. I just want to feel normal.
Thanks for reading,