Health Anxiety. :c

Hello!

about mmm... 5 weeks ago, I ended up in the ER with pneumonia. I was given antibiotics (Levaquin) and some stuff for cough. At first seemed to be getting better, then it came back. Mild fevers etc. I was put on a new antibiotic (Doxycycline.) I am now nearing the end of that course of antibiotics and still am not really where I should be (according to the doctor.) I am 25 years old and typically healthy. I'm so scared something else is wrong with my lungs. If I'm not better in a few days, she is going to do a CT on my lungs and a culture.

The pneumonia HAS improved on antibiotics and I am not getting fevers anymore. But I'm so scared that there is something major wrong with my lungs. :c I don't know what to do. I told the doctor I was scared and she mentioned that it could just be a different type of bacteria or even some sort of fungal infection... but I don't know, I'm just afraid.

Thank you, Cat.

I always think the worst things whenever I have symptoms and I really hate it. Recently I started Zoloft and hope that it will help me as I am on it longer. I have not even been on it for 2 weeks yet. I was feeling better until they upped my dose to 50mg, now I am having nausea and things. But I guess that is normal. Right now I am just worried about what is going on with my lungs... and to have the effects of the Zoloft and stuff at the same time (plus I think my allergies are acting up, too) it's hard to tell when I am getting better and when I am getting worse.

hi symphonixx, i m sorry tha you have been having problems with chest infections, and that this is causing you to be anxious. i have a lt of experience in such things, but i am severely immuno suppressed, so for someone like you, who is otherwise healthy, you really need worry much less than you are. when a doctor says that you are not where she thinks you should be, you need to ask her exactly what she means, so you re not speculating about things which are very unlikely and worrying yourself sick if she was really worried, you would have already had the ct and culture. you say that your pneumonia is improving, so whatever the dr is doing, is helping. even if you need more care, there are so many different antibiotics to try, for someone like you who is basically healthy, you really need not worry yourself sick, please let us know how you go, and i hope and pray that you feel completely healthy very soon, blessings to you, and please try the relaxation resources you can find on this site, they really can work!

Hi there , sorry to hear of your worries , I have had Health anxiety for many years , I know how easy it is to build a simple issue into so much more ! So quickly ! And because you feel unwell , you worry more , and the spiral continues ! I have even invented problems and symtoms that don't exist just by worrying ! It's not easy to just stop worrying , but like others have said , if there were serious concerns it would have been followed up straight away , exspecially with a person of your age , the infection has obviously taken its toll on your lungs and perhaps the meds haven't worked properly ? Maybe you just need more time / meds / different meds ? Try to keep your mind with other things until your next appointment , I wish you well