Alba95
08-02-18, 22:40
This is my first ever post, I have been a reader of this forum for many years. has helped me so much.
my health anxiety has reached so high this past year. 2 months ago i had tummy trouble, which led me to have loose mucus stool, my stools went back to normal. However since i googled it, I became fixated with my stool and checking for anything abnormal. Since that day I check my stools carefully with a chopstick, day in and day out. So last week I noticed minuscule traces of blood mixed with mucus on the surface of my stool, which sent me into a horrible breakdown. Any normal human being would have never noticed it, but i did as i was searching and analysing my stool.I had it again, so i went to the gp, she did a rectal exam said everything was okay (she noticed constipated in my anal canal) she prescribed me hemmorid cream and laxatives and supposirtries. One week passed, I had it again today. I havent stopped crying for the past 5 hours. I really have become so consumed with this blood in my stool. its all i think about. i read stories every hour of the day about Bowel cancer . I keep searching online for hours and hours. I have no other symtopms, my stool is usually constapited on occasion. I also have a low ferrtin count but I have had this numerous occasions since i was 15 due to period and lack of meat in diet
She also stated checking my stool everyday & picking it apart is a very serious OCD form. Picking apart my stool and checking for blood has been the worst thing i have done in my life. it has made me sick with worry and anixety. i am 22 years old, I have never felt so low in my entire life, crying as write this. The blood i see is not obvious, I have LOOK for it to find it (if that makes sense) It doesnt coat the toliet or my tissue. I manually look at my stool with a flash, thats when i noticed it. It sounds manic I know, but it has destroyed these past two months. Now I have found blood, I have just lost it. Quit my job and havent left my house in 2 weeks. I keep crying and my family are worried about me. Can anyone please help give me tips on how to stop checking and forget? I am going to attach the pics of the traces of blood. Sorry if its horrible to look at
my health anxiety has reached so high this past year. 2 months ago i had tummy trouble, which led me to have loose mucus stool, my stools went back to normal. However since i googled it, I became fixated with my stool and checking for anything abnormal. Since that day I check my stools carefully with a chopstick, day in and day out. So last week I noticed minuscule traces of blood mixed with mucus on the surface of my stool, which sent me into a horrible breakdown. Any normal human being would have never noticed it, but i did as i was searching and analysing my stool.I had it again, so i went to the gp, she did a rectal exam said everything was okay (she noticed constipated in my anal canal) she prescribed me hemmorid cream and laxatives and supposirtries. One week passed, I had it again today. I havent stopped crying for the past 5 hours. I really have become so consumed with this blood in my stool. its all i think about. i read stories every hour of the day about Bowel cancer . I keep searching online for hours and hours. I have no other symtopms, my stool is usually constapited on occasion. I also have a low ferrtin count but I have had this numerous occasions since i was 15 due to period and lack of meat in diet
She also stated checking my stool everyday & picking it apart is a very serious OCD form. Picking apart my stool and checking for blood has been the worst thing i have done in my life. it has made me sick with worry and anixety. i am 22 years old, I have never felt so low in my entire life, crying as write this. The blood i see is not obvious, I have LOOK for it to find it (if that makes sense) It doesnt coat the toliet or my tissue. I manually look at my stool with a flash, thats when i noticed it. It sounds manic I know, but it has destroyed these past two months. Now I have found blood, I have just lost it. Quit my job and havent left my house in 2 weeks. I keep crying and my family are worried about me. Can anyone please help give me tips on how to stop checking and forget? I am going to attach the pics of the traces of blood. Sorry if its horrible to look at