Freaking out, underarm pain!

Hello,

I am new here but have suffered from health anxiety since I was young. Now it just gets worse as I get older.

Please someone, calm me down. I am soooo freaked out. My husband and I were both sick in January, Started as sinus infection went to the chest. Both of our armpits were swollen and painful.

I went to the Dr. and got 2 antiobiotics but they upset my stomach too much....figuring I could stop taking them since my husband was getting better.

My husband has been better for 2 weeks now. Clear as a whistle! Me, not so much, although my fatigue is gone and I returned to work and am feeling human again....I still fighting congestion runny nose, stuffy nose etx....just like a cold now, which usually wouldn't freak me out.

WHat worries me is my armpits feel great some days and then other days start aching sooo bad!!!  Also, sometimes I think my groin glands are swollen too, but could be my imagination....my over active imagination.

Yes, I have made Dr appt for Tuesday for my primary Dr. and to see a therapist because I feel like my prozac isn't working.....I am so anxious. I have ativan but only take it to sleep. I am just really worried now.

When I tell my husbband he can't even deal with me, he just says you are still fighting what we had =enough! He can't understand how this worry overtakes my mind.

Thank you for listening. I really appreciate being somewhere I can be understood!

mamaskoby

Health anxiety is no fun and I am glad to read you made an appointment with your DR. as well as your therapist.

It feels to me like your husband shook his illness quicker then you did. I agree with Jessie, taking antibiotics may be your best bet in getting better so do discuss this with your Dr. and see what he thinks.

I know they can upset your stomach but perhaps your Dr. can try you on a different med that you will tolerate better.

Big breath and know that you will be OK.

Kindly,

Kitt

Mamaskoby,

Its worse from time to time depending on what you do with your arms, like picking up heavy objects etc, that can spread inflammation around in the auxiliary area, when the lymphnodes are inflamed it can also inflame the surrounding tissue causing more distress, be gentle with them and drink lots of water, I can't stress the water part enough, it helps flush them out, and NO sugar, which the inflammation feeds on, you also need as much rest as possible, it will seem like forever but they will get better.

Don't worry, I wish I could give you a bunch of flowers and some warm hugs! I promise, you will be fine!

-Jessie

I had the same problem a few days ago. Armpits swollen and red had me freaking out too. I was fighting a staph infection and the lymph nodes under arm and in groin were hurting. It went down in a few days after antibiotics. Hope your better!

Hello , I'm new here and I also lately have been dealing with underarm pain.. first it was my breast I read cancer symptoms and everything I read I felt .. now it's just my underarms that's the last thing I have read online . I can't stop my self from touching and pressing down my skin with my fingers ..I'm glad I found this forum . I can't really talk to anyone at home about my anxiety , because they don't understand


I have suffer from Anxiety
since 2004 and didn't know till 3 years a go.. I don't take any medication, I have learned to deal with it my self.. one because I don't have the money to get treated for it .. so I told my self Perrier water makes it go away and doing some breathing exercise .. and it works for me. but hopefully I will get treatment this year.

I have been having the same symptoms for the past 2-3 months. Arm pits will get very sore for a week or so. The soreness seems to migrate from there to along my breast and down to my groin. Even got soreness at the bottom of my ribs as another person has mentioned. There is a chance that I am allergic to penicillin and sulfa (my mom and brother are) - and I was on Augmentin for 2.5 months - but the soreness came back after disappearing for a week after I went off of the antibiotics.

I have been to the doctor several times for sinus problems over the past several months - so they have all kind of thought that the two are related. However when I went to the ENT, he freaked me out a bit because he said that he didn't think that they would be connected - the thought the lymph node irritation moved from the bottom to the top. Anyhow, had a CT scan of my neck - will get results in the next couple days.

The fact that this has gone on for such a long time has worn me out and spiked my anxiety