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janemariesayed · Mar 19, 2018

Hello @Kimberly N Nice to meet you and a very warm welcome. It could well be ovulation cramps or even trapped wind. My periods have stopped now but when I had them I would get pains when I ovulated. It was because I had cysts on my overies and the juice that came out with the eggs at the time of ovulation used to give me pain as it went over the cysts. Either that or it is because of your menstruation. That is your womb pushing out the unfertilised egg and that can hurt. Just like when we have a baby our womb contracts to push the baby out and it hurts. The same thing happens when we have a period. Our wombs contract and push out the un-needed lining of the womb and unfertilised egg.

The itching? I don't know? What meds are you on, if any? I'm on Prozac and it makes my skin itch too. Especially my upper chest and the upper part of my body. My face and arms as well.

EscheLava · Mar 19, 2018

Hi @Kimberly N -- I totally understand what you are going through. I have struggled with a very similar health anxiety for most of my life. Like you, I have diagnosed myself with almost every deadly disease out there (particularly the rare ones). Like you, whenever I have a flare up, the anxiety can be quite debilitating. It sounds to me like you are experiencing physical manifestations of your anxiety. I do this as well. For example, I was recently convinced that I had ovarian cancer. One of the symptoms is frequent urination, and so, naturally, I found myself running to the toilet extremely frequently. The more I thought about it, the worse it got. So yes, it is very possible that the itching you are experiencing is due to your anxiety. I am willing to bet that the more you think about, the worse it is, correct? I know that you know this already, but it is really a bad idea to Google symptoms. Nothing good comes from it. I know that it is difficult not to. A strategy that has worked for me is that every time I have the urge to Google symptoms or something health related, I instead play a game of Sudoku or Solitaire or some other game, or do some online "window" shopping. It helps focus my mind and distracts me from the anxiety. Perhaps it is a strategy that can help you too. I hope you find some relief very soon!

XmasCarol52 · Mar 22, 2018

Kimberly N said:
Hi all. I am a 23 year old female, a very healthy one for the most part. I get my blood done every year, go to my physicals at the doctors to be sure as well. I have been since I was very young, due to my anxiety and Hypochondria. I have freaked out, cried and had panic attacks since I was about 10 years old. You name the disease, I probably swore I had it. From HIV to brain tumors and Leukemia. My anxiety and self-diagnosing occurs in waves. It has been about 4 years since my last serious health concern, I had red dots on my arms and looked up the symptoms- I swore I had Leukemia. I promised myself after that incident that I would stop worrying! I mean after all, I was convinced I had all the symptoms and yet I was perfectly healthy. How could I ever worry about something else? Well, that went well until last Thursday. I had just eaten 3 tacos and all of a sudden I felt strong, sharp pains in my lower stomach. I was convinced that they were ovulation cramps because they were in the same location but then it occurred to me that they were much stronger than that. The pains were so bad I had to lay down. They lasted for about an hour and as you can imagine I was googling the symptom, swearing I had some disease. I had remembered hearing about someone having abdominal pains and being diagnosed with Bile Duct Cancer. I looked that right up and suddenly it hit me, I was itchy too. I had been itching a little bit the last week on my upper chest. Therefore, I was convinced that I had it. Fast forward to today, almost 4 days later. I haven't had any abdominal pains but I have been non stop itching all over. I keep trying to tell myself that I am doing it to myself, but I am still freaking out. I swear I have it. I do not know what to do. My anxiety is crippling me all over again. I just needed to vent I guess. I just keep googling diseases and symptoms. The funny thing is that when I stop thinking about it and get busy, I am fine. I just do not know what to do or where to go from here.

Hello and welcome to the forum I do know anxieties can cause itching the doctot told me to take some benedryl it should help i was actually on some prescription drug but it made me sweat dizzy and so anxious shaky i just couldnt stand itI use to do the same thing whenever I got a symptom I would look it up but not anymore because it would just cause me to panic,I had to stop.Anxieties can certainly play games with our minds that is for sure.Then when we get really sick we tend to think it is the end.
We got 20 inches of snow a week ago but it is all gone just a dusting this morning boy where they ever wrong about this storm and i am so glad about that.I want spring so i can go sit outside again and knit,watch the trains and the planes go by talk to my neighbors this is huge for me because just a couple of years ago i couldnt go outside at all.

janemariesayed · Mar 22, 2018

Kimberly N said:
Thank you guys for all of your advice in your responses! I was good for a few days, but my anxiety has came back tonight! I live in New York where we got the bad snow storm, so being trapped in the house overthinking was not the best thing for me.

Then the best thing you have done is getting in touch with us all on here. You are safe indoors. Light the fire and curl up on the sofa with a good movie.

fac6 · Mar 22, 2018

Hi Kimberly, this may be of interest to you

http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety/symptoms/burning-itching-skin-anxiety.shtml

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