One of those days...

Hello all it has been awhile,
I am done with my finals and they went great I think.
I am planning on starting my leaxpro 30mg sometime next week. I have to say I have been doing pretty good as far as not looking up things on google.

Although every time I get a ache or pain I start freaking out. I have a weird nausea in my stomach. I am thinking it may be because of one of my vitamin c pills 1000mg.

I also have weird hot flashes . I just got done working out and am very hot. It's not fever though ... I think I am just a constantly hotter guy when it comes to body temp and my anxiety is making me realize it.

I Felt great working out but now I'm blahh so I am thinking I may of over done it... It's weird .

I don't have thyroid problems when the blood test came back.

Now I am letting my anxiety get to me.. He said he tested me for 3 things that young men my age or tested for as well as thyroid test.. He said I am perfectly healthy but now I am thinking what if he didn't do the right blood test. I put my trust in him and didn't ask what exactly he tested for but went off of his word that I am perectly healthy.

Thanks for the replies!

Hi SMU,

Glad to hear that you got through your finals...I am sure that you did really well!

You mentioned a few things in your post that I wanted to touch on...

One was the stomach upset/nausea...and I think that you are right on in suspecting your vitatmin. Vitamins and suppliments can be rough on your gut. Make sure to always take them with food. Or if the 1000 still bothers you...why not switch to a lower dose and take 2 to 3 a day, so as to disperse the concentration?

The body temperature thing is most likely just how you run. I am actually about a degree cooler than 98.6 at all times...so everyone is different. Body temperature also rises after exercising...sometimes significantly. So you can't really count your after work out temps.

As far as wondering about your tests and whether your doctor did a thorough examination goes...let me tell you what I decided to do the last time I went in.

Since I was getting kind of obsessed with reading my results, looking up comparisons on-line of my CBC numbers...basically second guessing my doctor's assurance that I was healthy, I knew I needed to make a change.

So I decided from now on, if my doctor says I am fine, and does not have any concerns for my health...I leave it at that. I don't even ask to see my results, because that is a trigger for my health anxiety.

Sometimes you just have to choose to believe that you are fine, and not let anxiety take you on a wild ride of doubt.

Thanks for the update, keep posting with us...and keep working towards recovery.:)

S.C.

You are a healthy young man and you deserve to live life to the fullest!! I suffered from health anxiety may years ago and went on Celexa, and never looked back. I just tell myself, that I can't control some things, and basically stopped worrying about the things that were out of my hands. I too would doubt my doctor, but rationally, they have to be pretty careful and thourough when it comes to our health, after all, they are the experts right?? Were not!! (although we may think we are lol) Lexapro is similar to celexa, and if it does what it did for me, you will be right on track again soon!! I wish you well in what ever you decide! You are healthy!!!!!