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17-06-18, 22:28
Hi, new member here.
I was diagnosed with GAD about 5 years ago now, and with CBT and medication was able to return to normality.
However, in the last month or so, I've had health anxiety worries. First it was bowel cancer, after a bout of constipation and then brain cancer, after I went in to work one morning and had terrible brain fog.
Now though, it's MS, and has been for a good 2 weeks. My anxiety was so bad that I self-referred myself to a neurologist
Anyway, he listened to the symptoms I was having and performed a neurological exam all in about 20 minutes before concluding there was nothing wrong with me.
For the record, my symptoms are a strange, sometimes tingly, sometimes burning sensation in my right hand, and the same for my right foot, which also has felt a bit weak at some points. I have also had these symptoms on my left hand and foot but to a much lesser extent.
They tend to be much worse when I'm in bed for some reason. In fact it's only really my right hand that tingles during the day, and it seems to get worse when I think about it.
I have also had some difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, and using the wrong words recently, although I've put this down to my hyper-alertness of anything going on with my body.
I'd just like to know if anyone else has suffered with these worries, or currently is, as it's making my life a misery.
I thought going to a neurologist would've put my mind at ease, especially considering, as aforementioned, he thought I was fine and said there was no point ordering further tests, but it hasn't.
Any help on how to try and combat these thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I was diagnosed with GAD about 5 years ago now, and with CBT and medication was able to return to normality.
However, in the last month or so, I've had health anxiety worries. First it was bowel cancer, after a bout of constipation and then brain cancer, after I went in to work one morning and had terrible brain fog.
Now though, it's MS, and has been for a good 2 weeks. My anxiety was so bad that I self-referred myself to a neurologist
Anyway, he listened to the symptoms I was having and performed a neurological exam all in about 20 minutes before concluding there was nothing wrong with me.
For the record, my symptoms are a strange, sometimes tingly, sometimes burning sensation in my right hand, and the same for my right foot, which also has felt a bit weak at some points. I have also had these symptoms on my left hand and foot but to a much lesser extent.
They tend to be much worse when I'm in bed for some reason. In fact it's only really my right hand that tingles during the day, and it seems to get worse when I think about it.
I have also had some difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, and using the wrong words recently, although I've put this down to my hyper-alertness of anything going on with my body.
I'd just like to know if anyone else has suffered with these worries, or currently is, as it's making my life a misery.
I thought going to a neurologist would've put my mind at ease, especially considering, as aforementioned, he thought I was fine and said there was no point ordering further tests, but it hasn't.
Any help on how to try and combat these thoughts would be greatly appreciated.