knuckles
01-01-09, 22:28
I found this site accidentally while googling my symptoms - I think I might be suffering from health anxiety - here's my story:
On Nov 5th while driving out of state with my wife I began to have difficulty breathing and my heart began to race. It became more and more difficult to breath and my heart began to beat faster. I started to black out and had to abrubtly pull to the side. I got out and tried tp catch my breath but could not - my wife quickly drove to the nearest emergency room. After many tests they told me I had acid reflux, my potassium was low and I was dehydrated. I had never had any problems like these before so it was a shock to me. They also mentioned panic attack to me. I have never had any panic attacks in my life so that seemed strange to me. After that incident, I began to worry about my heart health - heart disease runs in my family. I went to my doctor and was cleared of any heart issues - I had EKG, EBCT, blood work etc. but he put me on medication for acid reflux. I had a series of crazy symptoms I attributed to this medication - dizzines, tired, felt disconnected from my body if that makes sense, many aches and pains. I went back to the doctor and they changed my medication. The doc also mentioned I should consider seeking counseling for PTSD. I returned from a year in Iraq Jul 08. I went to a counselor for PTSD even though I felt I was not suffering from it. Meanwhile, I developed a constant gnawing feeling under my right rib cage and strange pains in my right leg that seem to float around from my calf to my upper thigh. I found a small bump on my right calf but the doc said it was a calcification. I started looking things up on google and became convinced I had pancreatic cancer, or cancer in my leg that has spread somehow. The counselor tells me this is from PTSD and concern over an early demise as a result of it. I'm struggling - these symptoms all seem so real and everyday I imagine a new possibility of what could be wrong. I've never had issues like this and these pains are all so real and consume my whole day.
Thanks for reading my story,
Knuckles
On Nov 5th while driving out of state with my wife I began to have difficulty breathing and my heart began to race. It became more and more difficult to breath and my heart began to beat faster. I started to black out and had to abrubtly pull to the side. I got out and tried tp catch my breath but could not - my wife quickly drove to the nearest emergency room. After many tests they told me I had acid reflux, my potassium was low and I was dehydrated. I had never had any problems like these before so it was a shock to me. They also mentioned panic attack to me. I have never had any panic attacks in my life so that seemed strange to me. After that incident, I began to worry about my heart health - heart disease runs in my family. I went to my doctor and was cleared of any heart issues - I had EKG, EBCT, blood work etc. but he put me on medication for acid reflux. I had a series of crazy symptoms I attributed to this medication - dizzines, tired, felt disconnected from my body if that makes sense, many aches and pains. I went back to the doctor and they changed my medication. The doc also mentioned I should consider seeking counseling for PTSD. I returned from a year in Iraq Jul 08. I went to a counselor for PTSD even though I felt I was not suffering from it. Meanwhile, I developed a constant gnawing feeling under my right rib cage and strange pains in my right leg that seem to float around from my calf to my upper thigh. I found a small bump on my right calf but the doc said it was a calcification. I started looking things up on google and became convinced I had pancreatic cancer, or cancer in my leg that has spread somehow. The counselor tells me this is from PTSD and concern over an early demise as a result of it. I'm struggling - these symptoms all seem so real and everyday I imagine a new possibility of what could be wrong. I've never had issues like this and these pains are all so real and consume my whole day.
Thanks for reading my story,
Knuckles