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Posted 9/18/2013 1:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi. As you probably know from my many posts I suffer from health anxiety and IBS. The past couple of days my IBS has been acting up. This morning my anxiety kicked in and I'm in bad shape. I'm back to googling my symptoms and have diagnosed myself with cancer. Why do I do this to myself?
Posted 9/18/2013 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
S.O.,

I am revoking your doctor's license...you may no longer practice or diagnose! ;p

I know how you feel. Like I think I mentioned before, I too have IBS issues...but mine is intermittent. I sometimes feel fine for weeks/months at a time...then will have pain and symptoms randomly it seems and it catches me off guard.

I always think that I must be getting ill with either the flu or food poisioning, which are phobic areas for me, to it is a challenging anxiety trigger to get through.

Use your coping skills and positive mantras. You know that you have anxiety. You know that you have IBS. You know that the presence of both of these combined = feeling lousy and having symptoms. It is nothing more, so don't google and let your mind wander to that territory.

I hope that you start to feel better really soon.

S.C.
Posted 9/18/2013 11:28 PM (GMT 0)
Hi. I know you're right. I have googled these symptoms over and over to the point of exhaustion over the past several months. What am I expecting to find that's different this time from the last 500 times I did it???!!! I even read one post that said colon cancer almost always represents itself with blood and most times the symptoms belong to IBS. I'm like you though. Things will go great for a while then bam!! Then I eat all kinds of sugary stuff which makes it worse. I will remember what you said. I have anxiety and ibs. Combine them and watch out. Thanks for the words of support. No more Dr Google today!!! Thanks.
Posted 9/19/2013 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Special who is not alone! I have watched You pull out of these self inflicted situations before and I
have every confidence you are turning the corner again. We have missed You but I would always rather
see You giving encouragement to someone than needing help! Peace!

Larry ***
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