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Posted 11/9/2012 1:35 PM (GMT 0)
i have been to doctor and he says i have a common cold.i have headache muscle and joints ache and weird feeling in my chest in my sternum if i touch it it hurts also pain in the upper back.i dont have fever or cough and i had x ray 3 weeks before in my chest was clear.now i am in fear tha something bad i have and i have to make tests again.is this normal everytime i feel pain to make test?i also feel the lump in my throat.what can i do?my doc says to not
Posted 11/9/2012 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
Hi drake,

I know that it is hard to believe the report that we get from our physicians sometimes...especially when, in our minds, our symptoms do not match with the diagnoses. Try to remember that it's likely the anxiety that is making you feel worse than the common cold.

Try to put the burden of this on your doctor...he/she said you are allright and so choose to believe that you are! I did this for my annual physical. I did not even request a copy of my lab reports. I knew that I would obsess over any little out of range result. I have done this previously and my doctor always tells me that I have nothing to be concerned about...so this year, I just let him handle it.

I can't tell you what a relief it is to leave it up to the professional, and not even let my anxiety anywhere near that area of worry!!!

I hope that you can let this fear go, and concentrate on getting over your virus really soon.:)

S.C.
Posted 11/9/2012 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
thank you about my sternum it hurts when i laugh or sudden move so its must be a muscle right?i think i might actually start this pain cause i pushed hard my sternum on the table.if i bruised my sternum it takes weeks to heal?i take nurofen cold and flu also vitamin c to help.
Posted 11/10/2012 2:25 PM (GMT 0)
my doctor says to me to double the dosage from 10mg cipralex to 20mg a month ago which i didnt and i think that was a mistake.from today i wiil start the right dosage and i wish this will help me.today also i had a major panic attack went to er stay for 10 hours full examination again all perfect but i am still worried!!
Posted 11/10/2012 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
I am glad to hear that you are going to be taking the prescribed dose now! This will most likely help you to stay calm and suffer with so much worry now.

Be aware, that when upping your dosage, you may initially have an increase of anxiety...but it will pass, so try your best to just get through it. Hopefully you will not have this side-effect at all though.:)

Have you had a chance to work on any self-help health anxiety material lately? There are books that I can recommend again if you need me to post them.

I would really encourage you to do everything available to you for recovery including therapy, self-help and exercises such as the ones in our Resource Guide. Keep trying them even if you have before and did not think it helped...you never know when things are going to 'click' for you and you start feeling the benefit.

These things really do work...just not immediately for everyone. It is a process that often has to be repeated/revisited, but I know they work...I am proof.;)

I hope that today is calm and panic free for you!

S.C.

p.s. yes it is possible that you bruised your sternum...other reasons for this soreness could be costochondritis (benign inflamation of the cartilage) or stressful breathing/hyperventiliation, as well as chest congestion/coughing

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