barbn
20-08-09, 18:11
Hi all -
I am driving myself nuts and feeling terrible. I have had anxiety/depression for most of my life. I lost my job last January and thought I had uterian cancer - which of course I didn't. In fact the Dr. never even said she thought I did - she just wanted to run some tests becuase I had a heavy period.
So now I found a lump near the anal area - I had it checked out and the Dr. said she thought it was a swollen gland - which to be honest, it has gone down quite a bit (I have only had the lump for about a week and again it has gone down). I am going back to see her next week for a recheck on medications and we decided we would talk about the lump (if there was any) then.
Here is my issues - I have been so worked up over this lump that I have made my self sick and dying of cancer. I have read everythign there is to know about colon cancer etc...so here is my question - my anxiety is at its height right now, my stomch feels like butterflies all the time, my appetite is nothing, I want to cry all the time, and what is bugging me most is that I feel like I have to have a bowel movement and nothing. I do not have a gut ache, I do not feel bloated, no blood in my stool. Can anxiety do this, make you have diareaha and constipation and make you feel like you have to go and you don't really need to? To be honest none of this ever lasts for more than a few weeks...well, so far anyway...
Help put my mind at ease!! Plese tell me others have had poop issues too!!
Barb
I am driving myself nuts and feeling terrible. I have had anxiety/depression for most of my life. I lost my job last January and thought I had uterian cancer - which of course I didn't. In fact the Dr. never even said she thought I did - she just wanted to run some tests becuase I had a heavy period.
So now I found a lump near the anal area - I had it checked out and the Dr. said she thought it was a swollen gland - which to be honest, it has gone down quite a bit (I have only had the lump for about a week and again it has gone down). I am going back to see her next week for a recheck on medications and we decided we would talk about the lump (if there was any) then.
Here is my issues - I have been so worked up over this lump that I have made my self sick and dying of cancer. I have read everythign there is to know about colon cancer etc...so here is my question - my anxiety is at its height right now, my stomch feels like butterflies all the time, my appetite is nothing, I want to cry all the time, and what is bugging me most is that I feel like I have to have a bowel movement and nothing. I do not have a gut ache, I do not feel bloated, no blood in my stool. Can anxiety do this, make you have diareaha and constipation and make you feel like you have to go and you don't really need to? To be honest none of this ever lasts for more than a few weeks...well, so far anyway...
Help put my mind at ease!! Plese tell me others have had poop issues too!!
Barb