Anxious Smurfette
30-04-18, 02:45
Hi all,
I wanted to share some discomfort that I have been feeling recently to see if anyone else has experienced similar issues with anxiety.
Over the past four days, I have been having a searing, burning sensation in my upper abdomen, both sides and my upper and lower back. Sometimes it is accompanied by a ‘spasm’ like feeling or tingling like feeling in my shoulders or arms.
I have a doctor’s appointment on May 8th which I was hoping to cancel because I don’t want to waste the doctor’s time or risk not being taken seriously because of the health anxiety. I have been to the doctors three times already this year and that is more times than I ever visited my doctor in all my years living in Ireland!
I do not experience the pain 24/7, it comes and goes and stays for no longer than 5 minutes at a time. I had a very bad morning this morning because I literally woke up in pain, managed to get back asleep and woke up anxious. After days wasted on Dr. Google, which as a software programmer and graphic designer, I know is designed to show a worst case scenario, I freaked myself out.
My doctor prescribed me 40mg of Pantoprazole in March and I took it for about two days. I was a member of a support group on Facebook when an admin warned me that Pantoprazole can lead to heart attacks and kidney failure and was being recalled so I was petrified to continue taking it and switched back to Zantac. I know that is stupid because I do trust the doctor, but my health anxiety made me petrified to continue taking my prescription.
I spent the past two days convinced that I have a stomach ulcer or symptoms of a heart attack. I keep worrying about imminent death, namely because I love my life and have so much to look forward to I am petrified of it being ripped from me (if an ulcer bleeds or an organ fails) which I know is a huge stretch for symptoms that come and go, but when they come they can be severe and then the panic kicks in and the vicious cycle repeats itself.
Health anxiety is extremely exhausting and debilitating at times. I won’t let it beat me but boy this week it is really kicking my ass! Thanks for reading!
I wanted to share some discomfort that I have been feeling recently to see if anyone else has experienced similar issues with anxiety.
Over the past four days, I have been having a searing, burning sensation in my upper abdomen, both sides and my upper and lower back. Sometimes it is accompanied by a ‘spasm’ like feeling or tingling like feeling in my shoulders or arms.
I have a doctor’s appointment on May 8th which I was hoping to cancel because I don’t want to waste the doctor’s time or risk not being taken seriously because of the health anxiety. I have been to the doctors three times already this year and that is more times than I ever visited my doctor in all my years living in Ireland!
I do not experience the pain 24/7, it comes and goes and stays for no longer than 5 minutes at a time. I had a very bad morning this morning because I literally woke up in pain, managed to get back asleep and woke up anxious. After days wasted on Dr. Google, which as a software programmer and graphic designer, I know is designed to show a worst case scenario, I freaked myself out.
My doctor prescribed me 40mg of Pantoprazole in March and I took it for about two days. I was a member of a support group on Facebook when an admin warned me that Pantoprazole can lead to heart attacks and kidney failure and was being recalled so I was petrified to continue taking it and switched back to Zantac. I know that is stupid because I do trust the doctor, but my health anxiety made me petrified to continue taking my prescription.
I spent the past two days convinced that I have a stomach ulcer or symptoms of a heart attack. I keep worrying about imminent death, namely because I love my life and have so much to look forward to I am petrified of it being ripped from me (if an ulcer bleeds or an organ fails) which I know is a huge stretch for symptoms that come and go, but when they come they can be severe and then the panic kicks in and the vicious cycle repeats itself.
Health anxiety is extremely exhausting and debilitating at times. I won’t let it beat me but boy this week it is really kicking my ass! Thanks for reading!