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Posted 1/18/2017 12:44 PM (GMT 0)
I still find myself doubting that its just anxiety. How can I really know? I cant run to the doctor with every symptom. rolleyes
Posted 1/18/2017 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
D.S.,

Its true, going to the doctor for repeated reassurance will only give you temporary relief, and actually perpetuate the anxiety in the long run...

...but you can keep working through the health anxiety self help in the Resources...and /or look into working specifically with your therapist on CBT material designed to help with HA.

This will bring you the long term relief yous seek.smile

S.C.
Posted 1/18/2017 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
A good thing to try when your having which ever symptom is to challenge it.

I found that worked as i was exactly the same thinking surely this cannot all be anxiety..

So when a symptom appears and there are so many but we are all different and freaked out by the symptoms.. I say to my self this is just anxiety .. a few times and ride through it and it eventually passes.

Its like feeling the fear but doing it anyway.. for eg: i was feeling really dizzy the floor seemed to be moving and my eye sight was bobbling.... so i repeated the this is just anxiety and started walking and it went away... If it had been serious i wouldnt have been able to walk ok and it wouldnt have gone away.

I hope that makes sense it is hard to explain it properly 😊
Posted 1/18/2017 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
I guess if your doc says all is well, it probably is. When you visit next, tell him/her about the symptoms. They are probably just from anxiety, which mimics everything. But ask and seek out help and like gilly said, see if those symptoms only come up when you're anxious or triggered. Anxiety can mimic everything, it's sneaky like that. Have faith in your doctor and your ability to take care of yourself. What symptoms have you scared, specifically?
Posted 1/19/2017 6:20 AM (GMT 0)
Deborah, How many times are you going to do this to yourself? Those situations you hear about where a
doctor misses a diagnosis are so rare that to get hit by lightning is more probable, your health is ok, if it
was not the stress you have put yourself through would have surely hurt you really bad, I don't know if you
suffer from depression or not but you sure do have anxiety and panic, Please don't torture yourself, Peace

Larry ***
Posted 1/19/2017 12:03 PM (GMT 0)
Larry, I have been diagnosed with clinical depression. I like what you told another member recently. You said something about it being just feelings. That stuck with me.
Posted 1/20/2017 3:01 AM (GMT 0)
Deb, that term came from Doctor Lowe at the Chicago Mental Hospital, he coined may phrases that have
helped thousands, "Feelings are not facts", My own md proved this to me one day when i thought i was having a HA, he hooked me up to the ekg and made me describe how i felt. The old pump was running like
it should a little fast but perfect, he left me hooked up while he gave me a lecture, without me knowing it
he turned it back on, pulse was now normal, and BP, i have never forgot this.
Now all this data was collected in the early 1900's, his books are out of print but Amazon still has them, we
have worn out two copies in the last 50 years, May you find the Peace that is beyond all understanding!
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