Hi guys, Feel like it's been forever since I have posted on here, hope all is well with everyone! After a long bout of feeling ok this morning I woke up with tightness in my chest and felt like I...
HES IN SURGERY!!!!!!!! As of 15 minutes ago now the anxiety had really kicked in won't know for and hour to an hour and a half if he's ok....
So dad never got in yesterday was continuously bumped until there wasn't any more time left. Such a frustrating, anxiety filled day for nothing. Now as he's supposed to have it at 9am this morning I...
Well ten to nine and still not in surgery and because the surgery slate is full for tomorrow if he doesn't get in tonight he will be on call tomorrow which means he won't be guaranteed to get the...
Well now they have scheduled him "tentatively" at 7 pm for gods sake the poor guy hasn't eaten or drank anything except swabs soaked in water I'm starting to get really angry at this point...
Well this sucks he was scheduled for noon surgery my time which is now and an emergent case came in that will require a "few hours of time" so the nurses best guess is sometime around dinner time...
Hey guys, After a week and a bit they have finally stabilized my dad enough to have the surgery to replace the shunt in his brain and fix the small brain bleed so he will be having surgery sometime...
So my dad is currently in hospital awaiting surgery to address the small brain bleed that was caught yesterday, during his ct they also noticed that the shunt he has in his head to control his...
Hey all, So I was having a bad day now its worse my mother just called and my dad was rushed to hospital this morning with severe dizziness and vision problems. my dad has a condition called...
I just don't know how to differentiate between my normal cardiophobia and a real problem I don't want to waste people's time either...
Hello all, So for the last month I have been feeling somewhat like the old me with fairly low anxiety and not one panic attack which has been pretty nice. Now onto this morning I woke up with my...
Hey everyone, Been awhile and I can say I have actually been doing pretty well lately. But damnit I googled last night for the first time in months. I woke up in the middle of the night with chest...
Hey all something positive for today but I need all your help My wife and I have been doing fertility treatments for 10 years with no success well I am a finalist in a radio contest for 10,000...
Hey friends, So my uncle remains in the cardiac ward of our local hospital and is improving every day albeit slowly, I am in a bit of a dilemma though as going to see him is really putting my anxiety...
I'm trying to relax, My wife is in a conference all day and will probably only be able to call me on her lunch...
So my wife will not allow me to go to work today as I was up sick last night, the problem is she just left for work and I'm all alone. Now the panic starts what if my heart stops and no one is here...
This has been one of the most trying weeks I have had in a long time. My uncle was upgraded to stable condition yesterday and remains in the cardiac icu, the doctors still aren't completely sure why...
Thanks Merrida, He's in serious but stable condition whatever the hell that means I am not faring to well as now my father and his youngest brother have both had heart attacks within the period of...
As if my anxiety wasn't really bad Lately now this Was Ustinov woken by a call from my aunt that late last night my uncle had a pretty bad heart attack and is currently in the ICU. During our...
Kitt, I am on 20mg of cipralex as I refuse to take benzos and have no insurance to cover therapy as my wife lost her job and her new employer doesn't cover it. Little, I am off the train now and at...
I'm alone on a subway train...
Guys I'm really dying I think...
Yes I have had my heart checked just not thoroughly enough only an ekg and holter monitor...
I'm not doing well I think I'm going to drop dead of sudden cardiac arrest...
Guys I don't know how much longer I can do this, Woke up 20 minutes ago with heart racing, chest pains the whole nine yards. This can't be normal there has to be something wrong with my heart. An EKG...
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Awe kitt, I always appreciate your responses and admire this one even more as I know what you are dealing with personally at the time. The chipped. Tooth is just a small thing that adds to your...
Having another tough one last night I chipped my tooth and have an insanly bad toothache which led me to only have an hours sleep so I now terrified I am going to collapse of exhaustion or worse...
Guys I don't know what's going on with me today My body feels like it's "running on fumes" and ready to give up any second. I am past the point of wondering if something bad is going to happen to...
SC, It's hard to explain but I'm gonna give it a try. I know I have had clean tests but I don't think I have had the right test or extensive enough tests on my heart to rule out heart disease. Even...
Haven't been on in awhile as I have had a good grasp on my anxiety and have bee enjoying life again. That is until today more specifically tonight I stepped out of the shower and felt my heart "drop"...
I actually didn't get much sleep as I couldn't turn my brain off last night so it's making for a rough morning. I am proud of myself for making the strides and conquering some of my biggest health...
I made the decision to get back to something I love going to the gym and sparring with the boys in the ring. My heart rate went up and so did my anxiety but I pushed through and spent an hour in the...
So just yesterday was one month since I had any signs of health anxiety and was actually have the time of my life for the last few weeks thinking it had finally gone away..... Guess not I am...
I have pretty much gotten all of my health fears under control except for the fear of having a sudden cardiac arrest/death I still keep thinking if healthy athletes can just drop dead from it so can...
Just don't know what to do anymore I am doing everything my doctor/ therapist tell me to do meds,cbt exercises I want this to stop so bad that I try everything they ask of me as well as a lot of the...
If only I could stop worrying/obsessing over my heart I would have this monster beat I have worried about a lot of things related to my health and pretty much gotten over all of them. Yet I can't...
I am terrified to sleep I don't want to die from this...
I have had a weird feeling in my throat for the last 3 days, it's not like a lump in throat more like a pressure in between my collar bones like at the very bottom of my neck/throat. Well I just...
I'm doing a bit better still a little worried but trying to be ok...
It's just so scary on days like this I mean I have been having the pain since I woke up. It's almost like I'm waiting on when not of it will happen. Sudden death is the biggest fear of mine and I...
I don't think this is anxiety I think something is seriously wrong with my heart and the tests I had had have missed it I'm having chest pain mainly on the left side I can feel my hear pounding hard...
I didn't sleep at all last night My wife ended up over indulging in alcohol and ended up falling asleep at her friends house. Her friend did give me a call to let me know but it still wasn't any...
Been doing well for a few days but tonight is very hard on me My wife was invited to go out with some friends for a girls night out. She asked me if I was going to be ok because she knows my anxiety...
I can't seem to ever find the book I must be blind...
Thanks SC one of the hardest things for me is I was getting on the right track then my wife lost her job so financially we can't afford therapy anymore and I backtracked...
Thanks for your reply. I know this sounds weird but l just feel weird like something is off I guess no headache I just feel really shaky I guess is the nest word it feels like my body is shaking or...
Thought I had this one beat but all the sudden this morning my fear of brain related stuff is back. More specifically my mind has ordered an aneurysm with a side of brain tumor/stroke just for good...
But can it cause the throat to actually close?...
So I have been dealing with bad acid reflux for the last couple days today being particularly bad. My simple question is can acid reflux cause your throat to swell closed?...