Health anxiety

Been there. Still do that. And I end up feeling worse than I did. I've had health anxiety for years. And I must admit that most of the stuff I diagnose myself as having turn out to be not true. Even when I read something positive about what I have I continue to look until I find a fatal disease that I diagnose myself as having. And what are you going to do with the info you find? Like me you will obsess about it. But certainly not have a doctor check it out. We'd rather worry ourselves to death which raises our anxiety and makes things worse. So for today,just one day, lets both agree to not consult Dr. Google and see what happens. Deal?

Holly berry,

Health anxiety is the pits............and I would bet that nearly everyone on this forum has googled sx at one time or another. 

When you find yourself worrying about your health try doing something else that does not involve your computer until you conquer your worries.

Kindly,

Kitt

Holly,

I have a bit of an addictive personality or as I prefer to say, I am a bit obsessive and just a tiny bit compulsive..........that would be when it comes to shopping.

Hi Holly Berry.  Just wondering how you were doing with our deal to stay away from Dr. Google.  I made it for a few days.  Then some of my IBS symptoms came back and I dialed him up again!  I'm doing my best to try and stay away again.  It's difficult, though.  As soon as I'm on the computer, even to post on this site, I end up doing a google search of my symptoms.  Now I feel anxious and worried again.  So I can't say Dr. Google ever makes me feel better.  There's got to be a way to conquer this health anxiety!!

I NEVER google symptoms! I learned my lesson the hard way. Once I started feeling dizzy and tingly I googled the symptoms and ended up on the couch so ill. I convinced myself I had horrible neuro diseases, I convinced myself I was drooling, I was almost completely non functioning! When I went to see the Neurologist he informed me that the wealth of information is very generalized and one symptom could be present for a thousand different issues. He said to leave the diagnosing to someone qualified to quantify the information. Made sense to me and I almost felt foolish. I have never done that again and it was key in getting off the couch.

So why do we google????!!! I guess I'm scared I have something horrible and I'm looking for confirmation it's not. Although even when I find my symptoms point to something nonfatal I search until I find something with a death sentence attached to it. I must be nuts!!!

And it's always easier to believe the bad stuff. Ever notice that? And I agree about the walnut. They're always the most sought after nut - probabably because of the fun factor you mentioned.

Been there, done that. That is what sent me into my relapse 8 years ago. I was absolutely convinced that I had MS, and that I would end up in a wheelchair, unable to take care of my family. My oldest boy was 3, and I cried everytime I looked at him. I finally decided to take medication, and got my life back. I no longer fear my health, just my sanity!!!

Holly,

Have you been physically active? By that I mean, more than, or above and beyond, what you would consider your "average, normal" day's worth of activities?

I had two very invasive surgeries six months apart (which are not relevant to what I'm going to say), but they resulted in me being extremely sedentary. And when I "could" start moving, I didn't do a whole heck of a lot.

Well as I started to do more (for me that meant walking down the hall twice, walking to the bathroom instead of the bedside commode, and ta-DAH, actually walking up and down stairs)....as little as that sounds, I got the same thing.

Your muscles begin to atrophy on a cellular level after 72 hours. Your strength begins to diminish rapidly after 2 weeks. So really ANYTHING that's "new" and "different" can cause that muscle twitching and trembling.

I got it then, and I still get it now that I am exerting myself trying to walk without a cane.



Merrida

Can't see my GP for 6-8 weeks so I paid to see a private one and he has referred me to a neurologist. I would like a diagnosis. Has anyone had constant twitching and tingling. Driving me mad

I have had a couple of consultations. Obviously it's not 24/7 but I get them quite a lot. I just want to know what's causing them otherwise you speculate. Take care

Thanks larry I am going to do more exercise