Mandyhieronimus
29-12-18, 19:11
I have had multiple health concerns lately and I know my anxiety plays a HUGE part in it all. I’m just wondering if anyone has ever convinced themselves that they are having symptoms after reading about different diseases. I have read about people doing that but I wanted to hear firsthand from some real people who may have done this.
My latest stems from a breast cancer scare that I had that lasted over a year, I’m pretty much over all of that when I get a weird tingling sensation on and off under my lower lip. So what do I do? Well, I google of course! And what comes up? Something called numb chin syndrome that happens when you have metastatic breast cancer! It’s a very poor prognosis so I of course just knew I was dying. So that was about a month and a half ago and since then I’ve had random tingling and reduced sensation in my chin. It’s also happened all over my face and head but anytime it happens in my chin I start flipping out and thinking I’m dying. I’m exhausted from worrying about it all the time. It’s gotten so out of hand that I check my chin by placing hot and cold things on it to make sure I can feel it and pricking my chin in spots to make sure I haven’t lost feeling. Please tell me I’m not the only one that convinced themselves of having things until you have symptoms. I don’t even know if I’m imagining it bc I’ve convinced myself I have this or if I really do, in fact, have loss of sensation.
My latest stems from a breast cancer scare that I had that lasted over a year, I’m pretty much over all of that when I get a weird tingling sensation on and off under my lower lip. So what do I do? Well, I google of course! And what comes up? Something called numb chin syndrome that happens when you have metastatic breast cancer! It’s a very poor prognosis so I of course just knew I was dying. So that was about a month and a half ago and since then I’ve had random tingling and reduced sensation in my chin. It’s also happened all over my face and head but anytime it happens in my chin I start flipping out and thinking I’m dying. I’m exhausted from worrying about it all the time. It’s gotten so out of hand that I check my chin by placing hot and cold things on it to make sure I can feel it and pricking my chin in spots to make sure I haven’t lost feeling. Please tell me I’m not the only one that convinced themselves of having things until you have symptoms. I don’t even know if I’m imagining it bc I’ve convinced myself I have this or if I really do, in fact, have loss of sensation.