Dr. Google is a NO NOO.. stop it.

not sure anyone is still speaking about this topic, but i have stumbled accross it and i am happy to know it's not just me after reading an older post! i am starting a new post if anyone wants to join this discussion.

 first off!  Googling symptoms..

this crap is ridiculous. i'd rather be in the stone age and have no clue

what's up until i go to the dr then find other peoples stories and cases that are unique to them and apply that to me. i'ts unneccessary anxiety i don't need. It's true, we google to hopefully find something that relieves anxiety and accidently find out a wart of some crap is also a symptom of cancer!

(just being silly there) but seriously, it's crazy and i'm done with it.

going to the obgyn tomorrow to address my issues, get a check up

and go on about my life. with or without them finding anything.

i'm 45 and premenopausal. that's gotta be some of it. i'd be glad to

chat with anyone who is having similar issues, on a lite note, not getting into symptoms, but rather support for someone who is going thru it

and needs to talk or could help me with MY journey with it who's been there.

Hi Shawna and welcome!

Good to see you start a thread of your own.:) Glad that you have joined us for mutual support of the common issues that we share here.

Take some time to check out the forum and get acquainted. We have some great Resources to check out here for self-help ideas and informative reading...here is the link.

https://www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=9&m=104206

Best wishes on your appointment tomorrow. I hope that you can discuss your anxiety issues as well as any physical concerns, and approach your visit as an overall body and mind experience.

Post with us anytime...and yes, try to stay off of google....it is an unofficial 'rule' here. ;p  Lol!

Scaredy Cat

shawnalb2232

Welcome aboard.  Just to clarify, I am an RN and since 1979 have had my head stuck in medical books, journals, patient's charts ETC. so for me reading about medical facts does not cause me severe anxiety as it is just a part of my life.

However for the lay person, reading about scary things that can be the cause of your sx is bound to send your mind off and spinning.  There is always a long list of minor things that may also cause the sx but for many people it is normal to read about the bad outcomes and worry about the "what if?"

I worry about the what ifs? with my own medical dx and find myself having to pull back into the moment but the scary news almost always comes from my Dr.

Anxiety is exaggerated for so many of us and like you and others here, mine started in my childhood.

I look forward to getting to know you better.

Kitt

Hi Shawna!

I'm right there with you...have been dealing with anxiety since I was little, it has gotten wayyyyyy worse recently and I believe that it's perimenopause-related, and I most definitely wish google did not exist! I realize it isn't that late in the day, but I consider the fact that I have not googled at all today a huge accomplishment! I went outside, I ran, I felt great! I felt symptoms, too, but I let them be, and stretched instead.


Peace to you!

I'll look into Joyce Meyer. Thank you! I lose myself in books to help. It's something I've always done and it helps me, so thanks for the recommendation.

Oh my goodness...I swear I see such a mirror of myself in so many of these comments and had to jump in. For what it's worth, I think Joyce Meyer is great. I enjoy watching and listening to her.
I also have been dealing with anxiety since my early 20s and am now as my doctor put it, post menopausal. Ok, is it just me, or if I'm done...shouldn't hot flashes and irritability go away? I really think it's a mix of anxiety and that. I've had days where I just feel like I'm gonna die, am feeling very down about how I feel, and just cry. I live alone, but my cats seem to sense something and snuggle up to me.
Motherearth...I like your idea. Doesn't matter how I feel, sometimes I just drag myself out and go for a walk and think positive. It hasn't killed me yet!

good morning all,  well today is my gyno appt at 130. i will

post what the deal is later. i'm not too too nervous as i thought i

would be, (just yet) 

i'm glad we all found each other.  we will be fine! talk to you all lil later!

 

Shawna,

I posted to you earlier, only to have my response erased, as my computer chose that time to start configuring updates! ;( I hope I am not too late...

I too want to wish you the best for your appointment. I hope that you can remain calm, and bring up all of the concerns that you have had currently.

Your OBGYN certainly can help you in all areas...both mental and physical...making a referral if you feel like you would benefit from talking to someone about the anxiety.:)

Let us know how it goes,

S.C.

Dr. Google has caused me more anxiety than anything else in my life.  Every symptom leads to cancer.  Only once has it led me to the right answer to diagnose myself.  I google DAILY (sometimes even more) the same symptoms and conditions over and over.  It's as though I'm looking for confirmation that I have some terrible disease.  For instance, I google my symptoms of forehead pressure and lightheadedness.  Even though almost all sites indicate there's a 1% chance or less that it's a tumor, I focus on the 1%.  The sites will even indicate that I don't have any of the symptoms of a brain tumor, I will keep googling until I find one that says my condition points only to a brain tumor.  I know that most headaches, pressure and lightheadedness are not signs of brain cancer especially when I have very tight neck and shoulder muscles that more than like cause my symptoms.  In fact, there are more sites that indicate my symptoms are related to anxiety than anything else.  But I keep on googling all the same.  I used to love the internet.  Now, except for this site, it causes me nothing but anxiety!!!

Shawna:  I'm sure you'll be fine on the pill.  Most people don't have side effects from it.  And unless it specifially indicates not to eat, it's probably best to have something in your stomach before you take any medication.   

At least you had the guts to get a cat scan. I'm too scared they'd find something! But you're right. If it was really bad I'd probably know. So far no passing out or anything. I'm praying it never grits that bad.

I think the pill will be fine. The ultrasound will show if there are any fibroids. And they're benign. Not fatal. So you don't have to worry about that. I'm not certain how old you are but menopause shrinks fibroids and they usually cause no problems after that. I had shots that shrank my fibroids and slowed the bleeding. I'm sure that's what your doctor thinks will happen with the pill he gave you. Hormones can make us crazy although I'd never admit that to a man!!! I think you'll be fine.

hello badwolfrising- and good morning all-

thanks to everyone who has supported and tried to calm me down. i did google some stuff past few days, nothing i didn't already know, i think i've already read the worst. lol i did not however realize looking at a scale of the percentages of who
is likely to get it, or the % of people who do.. out of 300,000
people it says over 16 will actually get cervical cancer of of that number. 10-15% , which leaves 85 to 90 wont.
if we all thought of this in a different way, like, someone told you to go in your back yard and dig for gold, would you expect to find it? hello no... so why do we think we will just happen to be in that 15%? i have NO idea why we think differently when it comes to bad results. it's crazy to me!

yep, it's hard to stop and see it a different way sometimes. but it's true. its not likely at all i have a serious issue, just scarey the "list" of things might containt that one item we aren't comfortable with, and we stress. when it's more likely to be several other things first. its just when they continue to do tests and suggest things, we wonder if they are thinking things they aren't telling us??

specialone0129 said...
Dr. Google has caused me more anxiety than anything else in my life. Every symptom leads to cancer. Only once has it led me to the right answer to diagnose myself. I google DAILY (sometimes even more) the same symptoms and conditions over and over. It's as though I'm looking for confirmation that I have some terrible disease. For instance, I google my symptoms of forehead pressure and lightheadedness. Even though almost all sites indicate there's a 1% chance or less that it's a tumor, I focus on the 1%. The sites will even indicate that I don't have any of the symptoms of a brain tumor, I will keep googling until I find one that says my condition points only to a brain tumor. I know that most headaches, pressure and lightheadedness are not signs of brain cancer especially when I have very tight neck and shoulder muscles that more than like cause my symptoms. In fact, there are more sites that indicate my symptoms are related to anxiety than anything else. But I keep on googling all the same. I used to love the internet. Now, except for this site, it causes me nothing but anxiety!!!
Shawna: I'm sure you'll be fine on the pill. Most people don't have side effects from it. And unless it specifially indicates not to eat, it's probably best to have something in your stomach before you take any medication.

Hello to Special one and everyone,
I just read the post about Dr. Google and I had to respond. I was dx'd with Occipital Neuralgia 3 years ago and as a result, heads pressure, pains in my neck, back of my neck and overall, lightheadedness. I google daily and just as you related to, have every illness out there and oh my God, it MUST be a tumor or spinal fluid leaking into my head! I make myself sick and with other health issues, I create my own garden of misery.
MRI, CT Scan shows nothing, not even sinus issues. But did that make me feel better, heck no. There I was late at night, googling along. I just had an appointment with my VA doctor and he suggested Buspirone (sp?) (buspar). He also suggested a session with a trained therapist to sort out some health worries. He thinks they stem from my heart attack in 2009 that still haunts me day and night. I think he may be right because along with the head issues, I fret over my heart rate non stop. And of course, every little pain, thump, pinch that occurs in my chest. But again, it brings back that night when I did have the HA and I could not breath. It was a very scary night for me and my family.

See what I am getting at, I spent the last couple of years looking on the internet for answers to health type things that I didn't even have~~~~~!!!!! I missed out on so much and still have a really hard time accepting an invite somewhere, because now I have to leave the house and what if, what happens if, oh no what's that pain, there goes my heart rate, oh my head feels like it is going to explode......etc, etc.
I HAVE TO GET TO THE POINT OF enough is enough!!!!! And I guess I have to put more effort in that!

I guess that sums it up. I have been stopping myself from googling since my dr. appointment....and every time I think oh boy, let me get on line and see what the heck this "discomfort" is, I have to stop myself and just chill out! Leave it alone! You are safe!
I think we all can identify somewhat to what I am trying to convey.
Hope all is better soon for all of us....
Peace.

Jim in Jacksonville.
Suffers from:
IBS
Gastroparesis
Gastritis
Heart Attack survivor
Blood pressure issues
Anxiety/Depression
Worry Wart!!

But I count each day with hope and sincere thanks to God for allowing it to happen.

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