Megg
21-04-16, 18:42
Hi, all....
Long time lurker. I have OCD, primarily around health issues. I've been doing CBT, and have actually been doing well as far as staying off Google and fearing I'm dying etc...
Until last night.
My husband took a later train than usual. My kids were asking when he would be home, and here's where it gets weird......I told them he already was! I had a totally clear memory of him having walked in a few minutes before and gone upstairs. I even teased the kids, "You didn't see him walk right by?"
They made me look in the driveway and see that his car wasn't there. Well, I was still so sure I had just seen him that I called him up and asked if he had been home already and gone back out. Nope.
So, now I'm really terrified and thinking I'm going crazy or have a brain tumor or something!
I'm only 44!
Looking back it wasn't that I was hallucinating or anything.....basically I was remembering exactly what had happened the day before (and every other day), and my brain sort of inserted it before it had actually happened, I guess.
I have been under extreme stress of late. My younger son has learning disabilities, and we're now awaiting testing to see if it is autism. I work from home, so I had been on the computer and multi tasking all day as well.
Besides the anxiety, I'm otherwise healthy, except for chronic, low-level pain in my teeth and jaw I've had since I had a complicated dental procedure. I've been assured by a dozen or so doctors that this is nothing to worry about, but now I'm wondering if the jaw pain, and the anxiety, and now this totally crazy thing are all symptoms of some other horrible condition-Lyme, MS, the brain tumor, Alzheimers.....I'm really scared and in a big spiral.
I don't want to be losing my mind!
And, of course, because of the OCD, I'm checking in with myself every other minute to see if I am!
My sister says I'm just stressed out and over tired, and it's just a funny thing that I shouldn't worry about unless it happens again.
I'm thinking of calling the doctor, but I don't even know which one to call!
Anybody ever had anything this bizarre?
I do also get the occasional light headed/spacy/disconnected stuff with my anxiety, though that's been better of late. Sorry for the novel. Thanks, all!
Long time lurker. I have OCD, primarily around health issues. I've been doing CBT, and have actually been doing well as far as staying off Google and fearing I'm dying etc...
Until last night.
My husband took a later train than usual. My kids were asking when he would be home, and here's where it gets weird......I told them he already was! I had a totally clear memory of him having walked in a few minutes before and gone upstairs. I even teased the kids, "You didn't see him walk right by?"
They made me look in the driveway and see that his car wasn't there. Well, I was still so sure I had just seen him that I called him up and asked if he had been home already and gone back out. Nope.
So, now I'm really terrified and thinking I'm going crazy or have a brain tumor or something!
I'm only 44!
Looking back it wasn't that I was hallucinating or anything.....basically I was remembering exactly what had happened the day before (and every other day), and my brain sort of inserted it before it had actually happened, I guess.
I have been under extreme stress of late. My younger son has learning disabilities, and we're now awaiting testing to see if it is autism. I work from home, so I had been on the computer and multi tasking all day as well.
Besides the anxiety, I'm otherwise healthy, except for chronic, low-level pain in my teeth and jaw I've had since I had a complicated dental procedure. I've been assured by a dozen or so doctors that this is nothing to worry about, but now I'm wondering if the jaw pain, and the anxiety, and now this totally crazy thing are all symptoms of some other horrible condition-Lyme, MS, the brain tumor, Alzheimers.....I'm really scared and in a big spiral.
I don't want to be losing my mind!
And, of course, because of the OCD, I'm checking in with myself every other minute to see if I am!
My sister says I'm just stressed out and over tired, and it's just a funny thing that I shouldn't worry about unless it happens again.
I'm thinking of calling the doctor, but I don't even know which one to call!
Anybody ever had anything this bizarre?
I do also get the occasional light headed/spacy/disconnected stuff with my anxiety, though that's been better of late. Sorry for the novel. Thanks, all!