Anxiety and Lymph Nodes

[Jonathan33]

Hey all, this is my first post to the forum. I’ve been wanting to discuss this issue I’m having and see if anyone can relate or has any words of wisdom. So for the past 9 months or so I’ve been having a problem with swollen lymph nodes, among other problems. I’ve been diagnosed with health related anxiety for about 2 years now. Half the time it eats me alive and I have a dreadful feeling that I’m dying. It’s constantly at the back of my mind every day. That these symptoms are the beginning of my demise. I’m only 20 years old and this affecting my ability to really begin my adult life. My lymph nodes have been seen by multiple doctors, even a blood test that came back normal. I continue to convince myself it’s cancer, and that my time is limited. The only helpful thing is that I have no other symptoms.

 

[triceps]

Hi and welcome Jonathan33. Those of us with health anxiety can see a solid increase in our quality of life if we can find the wherewithal to actually accept the medical opinions and test results. You're so young and your health anxiety really can effect your life path if you can't find a way to effectively battle it. If you haven't already, please consider some professional counseling or some medication that will help keep your health anxiety from being so debilitating.