What symptoms worry you the most??

[skippy66]

As an experiment please list, over the past year, all the symptoms you've experienced and what you thought/think they signalled.

Then we can see how many symptoms, and how many of the suspected diagnoses, we all share.

I'll go first:

pvcs - heart attack
shortness of breath - heart irregularity, heart attack, athsma attack, serious lung problem
chest pains - heart attack, lung problem, chest tumour
chest pain (lower central) - esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, strangulated hernia
twitching muscles - parkinsons, ms
stabbing head pains - stroke
nosebleeds - brain tumour, stroke
migraine - brain tumour, stroke
dizziness - brain tumour, stroke, heart irregularity
bad breath - esophagus cancer
white tongue - cancer
anxiety - adrenal gland tumour
high blood pressure - adrenal gland tumour, heart problem
itchy mole - skin cancer

[saresare]

hi i get many ov ur symptoms... thing is i cnt help but think its not anxiety but docs say it is :/ its horrible!!!

I get lots ov diff symptoms here is some:

pains in head - brain tumour, anurism

breathless feelin i cnt breath - guna die, bad asthma

tingling all over - ms brain tumour

twitchin - ms

head tightenin n tinglin - brain tumour, anurism

numbness - clot

dizzyness!!! - tumour, anurism stroke heart problems

palpitations - heart prob

weakness - ms

ears feelin full or blocked - tumour

ohh i cud go on!!!!!! lol :(

i thought id giv it a go

[linda toppins]

I have had health anxiety for 30 years so I have so many.

pain in arm or hand - heartattack
tingling in face and left arm - heartattack
pain in leg - blood clot
hard to breath - imminent death or heartattack
feeling something is in my throat or choking me - heartattack

As you can tell I have a fear of heartattack. I've thought alot about if it is really a fear of death and I don't think so. I think it is more a fear of being out of control. If I am sick I can not work which means I will lose my job which means I will lose my house which means I could lose my child and on and on

[saresare]

I have had health anxiety for 30 years so I have so many.

pain in arm or hand - heartattack
tingling in face and left arm - heartattack
pain in leg - blood clot
hard to breath - imminent death or heartattack
feeling something is in my throat or choking me - heartattack

As you can tell I have a fear of heartattack. I've thought alot about if it is really a fear of death and I don't think so. I think it is more a fear of being out of control. If I am sick I can not work which means I will lose my job which means I will lose my house which means I could lose my child

I've thought alot about if it is really a fear of death and I don't think so. I think it is more a fear of being out of control. If I am sick I can not work which means I will lose my job which means I will lose my house which means I could lose my child..... (this is exactly wat i bin thinkin could b wat i have a fear ov aswel :/

[guitarpants]

Pain in arm - blood clot
Numb toe - MS
Heart Palpitations - heart disease
Anxiety - going insane, adrenal tumor, pituitary tumor
Head Pressure/fullness/tightness/headache - stroke, tumor, ms, aneurysm
Generalized weakness - stroke, MS
Numb face - stroke
Difficulty with cognition/concentration/memory - stroke
Ringing in ears - stroke, aneurysm
Tremors - MS, parkinsons
Fatigue - MS, stroke

I've had many more, but those were the ones that made me worry about medical ailments.

[guitarpants]

I've thought alot about if it is really a fear of death and I don't think so. I think it is more a fear of being out of control. If I am sick I can not work which means I will lose my job which means I will lose my house which means I could lose my child..... (this is exactly wat i bin thinkin could b wat i have a fear ov aswel :/

I agree, what I fear more is being out of control of myself, my fears, and what's happening to me. I am more fearful of not being able to return to being my normal self than of death. I don't want to be this pathetic shadow of my former self.

[sarah jayne]

mine is definately chest pains.

[gypsywomen]

mine is dizzy feelings

[Jo3016]

Hi

I started the year thinking I had a brain tumor as I had constant headaches, tinnitus and blurred vision.

I have had hormonal problems which I have thought was due to Ovarian or Uterine cancer.

I am experiencing my 2nd flare up of IBS this year which always has alarming symptoms that make me obsess about bowel cancer.