LG18
14-03-17, 19:12
Hi.
So I went to see the doctor today regarding my worry of some sort of throat tumour (nasopharyngeal was the main worry) after a week of constant stress and anxiety.
Whenever I do a "chin tuck" I get a pain in my ear and a crackling, along with some tightening of neck muscles, and I was convinced this was some sort of tumour causing pain when I did the movement.
The doctor said there was nothing untoward with my glands and that I was fine.
That I was healthy and it wouldn't even be worth doing even a simple blood test.
He said the pain could be to do with nearby muscles or the TMJ joint, but that basically it was nothing to worry about.
I've been trying to get myself into the normal pattern people without health anxiety think in.
I'd imagine that would be, "I've had a pain, went to DR, he said it was nothing to worry about so I'll forget about it".
With health anxiety, though, we have this impossibility to trust the doctors most of the time.
The "well I know my body better" or "he/she MUST have missed something" sets in.
Right now, I'm in the blissful period of being reassured, but I know it won't last.
I ask those of you that have overcome HA what should I do now?
I know The fear and doubt is going to set in soon.
I want to get better from this.
Thank you
So I went to see the doctor today regarding my worry of some sort of throat tumour (nasopharyngeal was the main worry) after a week of constant stress and anxiety.
Whenever I do a "chin tuck" I get a pain in my ear and a crackling, along with some tightening of neck muscles, and I was convinced this was some sort of tumour causing pain when I did the movement.
The doctor said there was nothing untoward with my glands and that I was fine.
That I was healthy and it wouldn't even be worth doing even a simple blood test.
He said the pain could be to do with nearby muscles or the TMJ joint, but that basically it was nothing to worry about.
I've been trying to get myself into the normal pattern people without health anxiety think in.
I'd imagine that would be, "I've had a pain, went to DR, he said it was nothing to worry about so I'll forget about it".
With health anxiety, though, we have this impossibility to trust the doctors most of the time.
The "well I know my body better" or "he/she MUST have missed something" sets in.
Right now, I'm in the blissful period of being reassured, but I know it won't last.
I ask those of you that have overcome HA what should I do now?
I know The fear and doubt is going to set in soon.
I want to get better from this.
Thank you