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Posted 1/19/2011 12:33 AM (GMT 0)
you are reaching the end of the road? I mean like a body symptom has you so worked up and scared you are almost 100% certain in your mind it's serious and your dying? But i don't mean 'panic attacks' per say, I mean a constant thing like constant muscle twitching or a never ending headache or in my case lower abdomen pains:(

I really need to share this but it kind of scares me that I am so expecting of this, is this normal?

Also (especially Scary Cat please read below)

Remember when I asked you about those abdomen pains? Could anxiety be the cause of these strange sharp pains, consistent gurggiling and tenderness in some areas?...last week for the most part I was not anxious because I was with friends and I didn't really have any pains at all, but then a couple of days ago I got some test results back from blood work and ultrasound and the ultrasound came back good but my creatinine levels were elevated so I got FREAKED out again:( so yea I'm pretty scared and it'd comfort me greatly if I could recieve some explaniation

further details on the creatinine though, I used to be into bodybuilding before I got anxiety and I would take a LOT of creatine products but that was about 3 or so months ago so I'm not sure if it would linger untill now, also my diet is, or at least was, a pretty high protein diet. Some days I'd take in close to 400 grams, I'd just be chugging protein shakes down but once again that was months ago

so anyways yea I'm going through a hard time right now and any kind of assuring word would bring great rest to me, thanks guy
Posted 1/19/2011 1:52 AM (GMT 0)
Hey whats going on man? Was reading a couple of your posts and figured I'd let ya know some of the stuff that I battle/deal with. As far as the abdominal pains, yea that can definetly be from anxiety. I'm not saying it 100% is in your case as everyone is different, but not too get too graphic, I've been dealing with irriitable bowel syndrome for the last year since my anxiety came out of nowhere. It's pretty darn annoying and I used to get so worried about it for months and months. I can honestly say for the last month I've starting to stop worrying about it and although it's not gone, it's a lot better then it was.

Secondly as far the protein shakes go, it's funny you mention that. And here again I'm sorry to say I don't have a 100% answer for you here....but looking back on when my anxiety got out of control there was 2 things that were going on in my life then. I was on a diet that whole summer and began exercising and taking meal supplement protein shakes for lunch instead of having a meal. Right around after 2 weeks after finishing the container I felt like I completely went crazy (which Ive been told by numerous doctors that Im not). Although it could be that in the week before I snapped, as I call it, I drank about 5 out of 6 of those nights and smoked  about twice so who knows with all those chemicals mixing together what the heck happened. I'm not saying this to try and sound cool or anything, it's just something that I always think about. What if I didn't go on a binge drinking 5 days in a row run, what if I didnt smoke that night? Would I still be here? What if I didn't take those protein shakes? I don't know man, all I know is that I've gotten better over time little by little and I think eventually one of these days we'll pull ourselves out of it. For now though I'd lay off that protein shakes n stuff, maybe just stick to a multivitamins and natural fish oil supplements for working out. That's what I need to do, need to get back into shape and I'm sure a lot of my probs would be a lot easier to handle.

Best of luck to ya

*sorry had to edit a bit Mike as per rules

Post Edited By Moderator (Scaredy Cat) : 1/18/2011 10:54:19 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/19/2011 2:09 AM (GMT 0)

Mike619er said...
Hey whats going on man? Was reading a couple of your posts and figured I'd let ya know some of the stuff that I battle/deal with. As far as the abdominal pains, yea that can definetly be from anxiety. I'm not saying it 100% is in your case as everyone is different, but not too get too graphic, I've been dealing with irriitable bowel syndrome for the last year since my anxiety came out of nowhere. It's pretty darn annoying and I used to get so worried about it for months and months. I can honestly say for the last month I've starting to stop worrying about it and although it's not gone, it's a lot better then it was.

Secondly as far the protein shakes go, it's funny you mention that. And here again I'm sorry to say I don't have a 100% answer for you here....but looking back on when my anxiety got out of control there was 2 things that were going on in my life then. I was on a diet that whole summer and began exercising and taking meal supplement protein shakes for lunch instead of having a meal. Right around after 2 weeks after finishing the container I felt like I completely went crazy (which Ive been told by numerous doctors that Im not). Although it could be that in the week before I snapped, as I call it, I drank about 5 out of 6 of those nights and smoked weed about twice so who knows with all those chemicals mixing together what the heck happened. I'm not saying this to try and sound cool or anything, it's just something that I always think about. What if I didn't go on a binge drinking 5 days in a row run, what if I didnt smoke that weed that night? Would I still be here? What if I didn't take those protein shakes? I don't know man, all I know is that I've gotten better over time little by little and I think eventually one of these days we'll pull ourselves out of it. For now though I'd lay off that protein shakes n stuff, maybe just stick to a multivitamins and natural fish oil supplements for working out. That's what I need to do, need to get back into shape and I'm sure a lot of my probs would be a lot easier to handle.

Best of luck to ya

hmmm IBS? did that cause you any lower abdomen pains? well atleast your worry was put in check, I'm glad for you on that

and yea I can relate to your story, except the drinking and smoking part I always tried to stay away from that, but I did exercise like crazy and take all these fancy supplements (superpump 250, jack3d, creatine) all that stuff and endless protein shakes and I was pretty much abusing my body to get to where I wanted just like yourself and ultimately I paid a high price for it as one day a physical symptom occurred that scared the heck out of me then it's been pure hypochondria since...

so I'm in the same boat, what if I just played it cool and treated my body better then I did, I'd likely not have anxiety today, but hey these things happen and can't be changed so it's more of an opportunity to overcome and become better people i suppose

but seriously, does IBS cause ab pain? that is one of the things I an suspecting my case to be, I'm not all that worried right now and the pain is pretty subdued so it seems more and more like IBS
Posted 1/19/2011 3:18 AM (GMT 0)
I get some mild abdominal pains at times, nothing really serious. It usually happens though after I have something dairy since I'm lactose so I don't really think it's related to my IBS. But I know for a fact that anxiety can cause many problems with your digestive system so it's something that could definetly be related to your anxiety.
Posted 1/19/2011 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
Everyone gets a different system, no one person is exactly the same. A close friend of mine at my old job suffers from anxiety too and he's a good person to talk to when I'm having a bad moment. But in his case his worry/anxiety problems caused him to get ulcers so bad that he was coughing up blood when it was really bad. He was so stressed that his stomach started building up so much acid that he got that serious of an ulcer. So yea, anxiety can do some crazy stuff
Posted 1/19/2011 6:11 AM (GMT 0)
Hey 3D. Did you actually have a consult with your dr. after your CBC? I always request one, so that I can get their take on the results and not worry! If so, did your doctor seem concerned about the high level of creatine? If not, then you are probably fine. Remember that these ranges are just an average for a small percentage of the population, and if yours are barely out of range, then the dr. isn't going to see any red flags

A couple of reasons that your level may have been high are a bacterial infection of the urinary tract, possible kidney stones, or even something as benign as a muscle injury/strain (can cause a temporary elevation)

Your abdominal discomfort is probably related to anxiety, but, and I am not dx-ing you-I'm not a doctor...it may be wise to inquire about a possible UTI, or kidney stones. Only since you have both the elevated creatine and abdominal tenderness.

Please don't let this worry you. It is probably nothing, but it's always good to have things checked out. Ask your dr. what he/she thinks.

Let us know how it's going soon:)
S.C.
Posted 1/19/2011 6:49 AM (GMT 0)

Scaredy Cat said...
Hey 3D. Did you actually have a consult with your dr. after your CBC? I always request one, so that I can get their take on the results and not worry! If so, did your doctor seem concerned about the high level of creatine? If not, then you are probably fine. Remember that these ranges are just an average for a small percentage of the population, and if yours are barely out of range, then the dr. isn't going to see any red flags

A couple of reasons that your level may have been high are a bacterial infection of the urinary tract, possible kidney stones, or even something as benign as a muscle injury/strain (can cause a temporary elevation)

Your abdominal discomfort is probably related to anxiety, but, and I am not dx-ing you-I'm not a doctor...it may be wise to inquire about a possible UTI, or kidney stones. Only since you have both the elevated creatine and abdominal tenderness.

Please don't let this worry you. It is probably nothing, but it's always good to have things checked out. Ask your dr. what he/she thinks.

Let us know how it's going soon:)
S.C.

Yeah sometimes it does...hurt in that area lol, thanks for your input it truly comforts me. I'm going to be honest with you, when I'm not stressing or worrying about it, the pain simply goes unnoticed or maybe it's not even there, it's when I focus on it and concern myself over it that it seems really bad. I remember someone mentioning something with the acronym ACNES i believe (can not remember the actual word) which seems to fit my case almost to a T. the pain really travels along those nerves and no other symptoms like fever and such accompany what I have, so maybe it's that

Also want to state this site is beyond great, during tough times I run to this message board and the level of comfort I receive could not be repaid in a million years, thanks you guys
Posted 1/19/2011 1:51 PM (GMT 0)
3-D,

I am wondering what did they ultrasound ?  One thing you may want to talk to your Dr. re you abdominal pain would be Inflammatory Bowel Disease as well as you anxiety.

I agree, your sx may be caused by anxiety especially as they seem to go away when your with friends and you are keeping busy.  :-)

I like the advice post to you here in this thread and please do follow up with your Dr.

When you go to the Doctors, keep in mind your there to find out what is wrong and the Doctor is working for you and with you.

Kindly,

Kitt

 

Posted 1/19/2011 11:44 PM (GMT 0)
UPDATE:

I went to the doctor today and well turns out I'm the biggest idiot on the face of this planet, what was checked was my creatine kinsase or something like that which is a muscle enzyme that the doctor said DIRECTLY correlates with all the supplements I took, my serum creatine levels (which is the one I thought was checked) was checked on Jan 2nd and came out good

I seriously wasted a whole weekend scaring myself to death, to the point where this morning I could hardly eat due to such a nervous stomach

the pains are seriously gone right now because I'm not anxious at all, boy I got to stop doing this to myself:(
Posted 1/20/2011 2:55 AM (GMT 0)
Dont beat yourself up too much!! We all tend to over react. I over react so bad sometimes I just obsess for a long time sometimes about something and curse whoever tells me I'm fine bc DARN IT, IM NOT FINE IM DYING!!! But come to find out, just like you, I did it to myself.

Anxiety is the best liar in the world!! It can affect just about any part of your body and make you think its something serious! Cancer, severe stomach problems, tumors, anyurisims, blood clots, heart attacks, strokes, schizophrenia, just about anything. It pretty amazing what it can do!!

Dont beat yourself up! Take this time to be happy! You are fine and you know it now :) . That is so great!!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Posted 1/20/2011 4:04 AM (GMT 0)
Raynebow,

seriously you speak so much truth in your post I couldn't agree more! When I had my first dizzyish (ish because your not really dizzy but feel kind of unsteady) spell from anxiety I ran to the ER thinking it was some serious brain issue or something but the CT scan came out perfect and well now this happened and I thought I was having appendicitis or something, it sure is scary

but truth of the matter is I, well you too! have been blessed and we should enjoy it to the fullest while we can

theres a quote from richard nixon that says "Avoiding death is NOT the same as living!" and boy is he right haha
Posted 1/21/2011 9:27 PM (GMT 0)
Another Update:

The pains are still there but like mike said they are very mild. They dont really stop my day or anything but for the past 3 days I woke up with a case of the runs, so is this the beginning of IBS?:S
Posted 1/21/2011 9:36 PM (GMT 0)

stkitt said...
3-D,


I am wondering what did they ultrasound ? One thing you may want to talk to your Dr. re you abdominal pain would be Inflammatory Bowel Disease as well as you anxiety.



I agree, your sx may be caused by anxiety especially as they seem to go away when your with friends and you are keeping busy. [img]/community/emoticons/smile.gif[/img]



I like the advice post to you here in this thread and please do follow up with your Dr. <span lang=EN>

When you go to the Doctors, keep in mind your there to find out what is wrong and the Doctor is working for you and with you.

Kindly,

Kitt

oh wow sorry I didn't see your question, They ultrasound'd my whole abdomen. The doctor suspected gallstones so she wanted to rule it out lol
Posted 1/22/2011 12:48 AM (GMT 0)
I wouldn't beat yourself up over it, completely agree with Raynebow. I suffer (hoping that to be past tense soon) from anxiety disorder and panic attacks, and I'm finding that even on my good days, something simple like a headache or cramping tummy pains can set off my 'anxiety radar', and I end up getting myself all worked up. I've been for multiple, comprehensive checkups at the doc and there is nothing physically wrong with me. Tell you what, sometimes it feels like my body and mind have some sort of vendetta against me.

I hope you get some closure soon :)

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