fizzymoon86
04-02-18, 10:47
I have health anxiety which I have had therapy for and which I like to think I have kept under control for the last 3ish years.
Recently I have felt the anxiety starting to grow more and more intense within means today I feel like I have reached a peak so I need to calm it down somehow.
In the last week or so I have been experiencing intense itching all over my body! Sometimes it’s only on my chest, or my upper back but then when I start scratching it spreads all over my body and I can’t stop it! I wasn’t too concerned when it was just a little itch occasionally but today I have been panicking that it is a symptom of lymphoma or something just as serious. I had a full blood count blood test done mid-late last year for something unrelated and was told all was fine but what if I have developed something since then? I had a liver function test done just before Christmas and that was fine. I can’t stop panicking that either something was missed on my tests last year or the cancer has developed in the last 6 months and now because I keep going to see my GP for every little thing they aren’t going to take my seriously.
I have an appointment to see my GP tomorrow and I am terrified to talk about this itching because that makes it real. I need it to be just another of the many symptoms of anxiety.
Has anyone else experienced all over intense itching and it turns out to be something simple???
Recently I have felt the anxiety starting to grow more and more intense within means today I feel like I have reached a peak so I need to calm it down somehow.
In the last week or so I have been experiencing intense itching all over my body! Sometimes it’s only on my chest, or my upper back but then when I start scratching it spreads all over my body and I can’t stop it! I wasn’t too concerned when it was just a little itch occasionally but today I have been panicking that it is a symptom of lymphoma or something just as serious. I had a full blood count blood test done mid-late last year for something unrelated and was told all was fine but what if I have developed something since then? I had a liver function test done just before Christmas and that was fine. I can’t stop panicking that either something was missed on my tests last year or the cancer has developed in the last 6 months and now because I keep going to see my GP for every little thing they aren’t going to take my seriously.
I have an appointment to see my GP tomorrow and I am terrified to talk about this itching because that makes it real. I need it to be just another of the many symptoms of anxiety.
Has anyone else experienced all over intense itching and it turns out to be something simple???