Decreased urination - kidney failure

[MrLurcher]

My goodness you spiralled into that one quickly!

Do you ever do anything to fight the anxiety?

I did hypnotherapy back in march - april, but I've just been trying to get on with life, keeping busy. I've been ok-ish from end of March until August apart from a few wobblies. However I feel it's returning with vengeance atm, the symptoms dont help, and I feel it's the symptoms before anxiety usually.

[NotDeadYet]

Mr. Lurcher

I want you to Google Confirmation Bias. What you experienced with the advertisement and glucose strips is classic confirmation bias.

Best Wishes

[MrLurcher]

Mr. Lurcher

I want you to Google Confirmation Bias. What you experienced with the advertisement and glucose strips is classic confirmation bias.

Best Wishes

I have experienced confirmation bias before with other health issues, so understand that it may be happening again. However I cannot rationalise at the moment, especially the symptoms. I can usually go a whole day without needing a drink sometimes, so don't know where this dry mouth is coming from.

[Fishmanpa]

don't know where this dry mouth is coming from.

Dry mouth

What you feel:

You find it hard to swallow because of a lack of saliva. Your tongue feels dry or sticky.
What causes this:

High stress biology reduces saliva in order to prepare the body for action. Sustained high stress biology produces a dry mouth.


Positive thoughts

[MrLurcher]

I know FMP, I have experienced dry mouth when nervous/anxious before, but not in conjunction with other symptoms like the thirst. Maybe I'll give it a few days to see if symptoms improve/change. My sinuses are still a bit congested following my cold, so that could also be a reason.

[Bakebeansrule]

I can’t help you with your anxiety, I’m spiralling with my own issues at the moment but what I can say is a diagnosis of diabetes is not the end of the world IF and it’s a big IF you did have it there’s so much help and information. I’ve managed to reverse my type 2 diabetes within 3 months with lots of effort and hard work.

Also I didn’t have any symptoms mine was picked up after having a blood test for something else

[NotDeadYet]

I have experienced confirmation bias before with other health issues, so understand that it may be happening again. However I cannot rationalise at the moment, especially the symptoms. I can usually go a whole day without needing a drink sometimes, so don't know where this dry mouth is coming from.

Thanks for clarifying. Frankly, I personally would be more concerned about going a whole day without needing liquids than I would be about dry mouth. Go to the doctor, get checked and receive the reassurance and then begin recovery. It sounds like you've had a decent track record previously with working through your HA. You have the power within you to do it again.

Best Wishes

[pulisa]

Why not try to sit with the anxiety rather than going back to the GP again? Just to avoid more anxiety-provoking tests as your GP isn't too hot on how to manage HA? Or do you want the tests as they help you to move on...to the next "issue"?

[MrLurcher]

Hi Pulisa, yeah I am going to try. I mentioned in the reply to FMP that maybe ill give it a few days to see if the symptoms settle. Unfortunately when i am hit by symptoms I spiral into a place of dread and despair and become a very miserable and unpleasant person, so I always want a quick get out. Theres the option of my MIL testing my blood sugar as she is diabetic, but we havent been seeing eye to eye recently so refraining from asking her.

[MrLurcher]

And the frequent urination has started now, been 3 times in 2 hours. Friday I went 9am - 5pm without going. Ironic this thread is called ‘decreased urination’, tempted fate. Id say its looking ominous now.