Nini91
13-11-17, 14:47
Hey all,
I swear this Health Anxiety beast is no joke. I was bouncing around for a few months with the fears of ALS, MS, Parkinsons and MSA and I was recently able to get over it (sort of, mostly ALS Parkinsons and MSA), recently found out I have high cholesterol (I’m 26) and I’m not sure if it’s hereditary or because of my diet, I’m 160lbs and 5’ 6” so I don’t think I’m overweight lol. Since then I have been so worried about a stroke or heart attack as I have been suffering from an excess amount of heart palpitations mostly at night, but sometimes I get them throughout the day and sometimes they make me feel really weird, and a night just before I fall asleep I get this wave of numbness that effects my face (no drooping or anything, just very mild) and i wake up in a panic and run to the mirror to make sure I’m not having a stroke or a heart attack and it freaks me out. But recently with the numbness my MS fear has been creeping up on me again, even though I have had 2 neuros tell me I don’t have it and they even scheduled me to meet with the MS specialist on Dec 5th for peace of mind, but I read (yea I know) about some MS suffers getting Trigeminal Neuralgia, and this is a disease I’ve known about for a long time but just never had a fear of getting until now. I don’t even have any symptoms and I still freak out about having it. I have heard stories and actually watched a documentary about it on FB years back, which I am now really regretting that I watched it now, its so scary and excruciating that i don’t know if I would be able to handle it. I lost hours of sleep thinking a stabbing attack could happen anytime, out of the blue. Sometimes I think I’m being irrational because Trigeminal Neuralgia is rare on its own, and only 2% of MS suffers get it, but with my fear of having MS (with actual symptoms, but again I’m told I don’t have it.) opens up the fear of potentially having or getting Trigeminal Neuralgia. I’m not asking for a diagnosis just need to vent about this new fear....and I hope I’m not alone. This fear of this excruciating disease now has me up in arms all day, I really wish I could stop thinking about it.
I swear this Health Anxiety beast is no joke. I was bouncing around for a few months with the fears of ALS, MS, Parkinsons and MSA and I was recently able to get over it (sort of, mostly ALS Parkinsons and MSA), recently found out I have high cholesterol (I’m 26) and I’m not sure if it’s hereditary or because of my diet, I’m 160lbs and 5’ 6” so I don’t think I’m overweight lol. Since then I have been so worried about a stroke or heart attack as I have been suffering from an excess amount of heart palpitations mostly at night, but sometimes I get them throughout the day and sometimes they make me feel really weird, and a night just before I fall asleep I get this wave of numbness that effects my face (no drooping or anything, just very mild) and i wake up in a panic and run to the mirror to make sure I’m not having a stroke or a heart attack and it freaks me out. But recently with the numbness my MS fear has been creeping up on me again, even though I have had 2 neuros tell me I don’t have it and they even scheduled me to meet with the MS specialist on Dec 5th for peace of mind, but I read (yea I know) about some MS suffers getting Trigeminal Neuralgia, and this is a disease I’ve known about for a long time but just never had a fear of getting until now. I don’t even have any symptoms and I still freak out about having it. I have heard stories and actually watched a documentary about it on FB years back, which I am now really regretting that I watched it now, its so scary and excruciating that i don’t know if I would be able to handle it. I lost hours of sleep thinking a stabbing attack could happen anytime, out of the blue. Sometimes I think I’m being irrational because Trigeminal Neuralgia is rare on its own, and only 2% of MS suffers get it, but with my fear of having MS (with actual symptoms, but again I’m told I don’t have it.) opens up the fear of potentially having or getting Trigeminal Neuralgia. I’m not asking for a diagnosis just need to vent about this new fear....and I hope I’m not alone. This fear of this excruciating disease now has me up in arms all day, I really wish I could stop thinking about it.