Bad anxiety about a potential bat bite

[TruthHurts]

Does anyone know why I feel nauseous and unwell? The doctor said it was anxiety. But even when I cool down, it's still there.

It's anxiety I've felt the same way for a couple days now. Do yourself a favor and try to get passed this bat bite thought.

 

[randomuser251]

yeah after anxiety I went and got vaccinated in the ER

Now I feel even more anxious than before cause I don't know if I got it in time for it to work

Also I have been hearing a lot of chirping noises outside my window at night and I finally realized they are probably bats since birds sleep at this hour. Which means there's a chance a bat did get me.

God I'm scared.

Please someone tell me why my body keeps shaking? I can feel muscles spasm all over my body. I asked the doctors and nurses and they didn't help answer my question at all.

Someone... This is the worst feeling of dread in my life
No matter what I say or do, the doctors and nurses don't care for my concern of having rabies. They're just like "yeah you're fine"
These guys have never dealt with rabies before. bunch of clowns

 

[randomuser251]

Bump. Anyone?

 

[bin_tenn]

Why do you think they're clowns? They're professionals, they know much more than any of us do about these things. You can't trust us like you should trust them.

 

[randomuser251]

Sorry, it was out of frustration of my situation and that most of them didn't take me seriously (and laugh about it) while also charging me a crap ton when I'm desperate and at my wit's end for help. I didn't mean to be rude.

They said I should be fine, but I have been getting muscle spasms and still feel unwell, many symptoms I've told the nurses that remind me of rabies. I don't know if I got the vaccine too late, but they aren't concerned at all. They told me it's all anxiety, but they don't get that anxiety/panic can be a symptom of rabies too. I can't go back because that'd be another bill I'd have to pay. Getting medical help is frustrating in the U.S. And they'll only take me seriously when I'm on death's door and it's too late to do anything, and they'll charge my grieving family another outrageous bill + funeral costs... So many stories of people detecting symptoms too late, and dying the following days. Helplessly.. I should have gone a week ago instead of yesterday but ER prices scared me at the time more than this bite mark back then.

I have been hearing chirping noises at night, and it's probably bats because birds sound different and my house attracts a lot of plump mosquitoes and insects for them to eat. It's more than possible now that I encounterd them somehow.

The question is if I got bit by it, how did it get in the house without anyone noticing?? I can't find the accursed thing.

Please, can you guys pray for me. This is the most scared and troubled I've been my whole life, facing this alone. All thanks to this damn awful disease... I don't want to die yet. And I post here because this is the only site that takes me remotely seriously, reddit would just downvote me and ignore me, or insult me, real life, medical staff are too busy/don't really care about my serious concern for rabies infection, I have no hope left. I can't even catch the culprit behind my bite. I know I posted a lot of text and probably being annoying to you guys but I'm really really f***ing scared.

All I would wish for is to be okay, get through this alive and healthy and happy, and look back and laugh about the whole thing while appreciating life more and living it to the fullest. But right now I can't go back to my normal life anymore.

Thoughts? Anyone? Particularly rabies-phobic users who've been through similar dread? I took the vaccine so I should be ok, right..? These symptoms of muscles twitching, and some burning pains is nothing to worry over? I asked the nurses in charge of me a million times they said they could see nothing wrong with me and therefore I should be fine, and looked annoyed as crap with me..., I couldn't even see a doctor. And specialists are outrageously expensive. The things you have to do to even get this disease checked. Just why..? It seems like medical advice and treatment is dependent on who you get, cause some people are taken 100% seriously instantly and doctors are fully concerned. Then a lot of doctors just smirk at you and brush you off.

 

[randomuser251]

I’m just sad, scared and alone right now. Laying in bed no desire to do anything, and can’t do anything except wait dreadfully alone. Sad that I’ve let my parents down and never been the best child. Sad I might die and leave them heartbroken, and even though it doesn’t seem that way sometimes, they love me so much I could never repay them enough back for everything they’ve done for me

 

[randomuser251]

Why do I have to be this unlucky? I just want to live life like anyone else. getting rabies is apparently rarer than winning the lottery but here I am.

 

[TruthHurts]

Why do I have to be this unlucky? I just want to live life like anyone else. getting rabies is apparently rarer than winning the lottery but here I am.

This is why .....

 

[randomuser251]

I’m not even sure if it’s anxiety or the real thing. Chances are slim but there’s a chance some bat may have flew through tight spaces into my house and nipped me. Cruel irony cause I am well aware of rabies more than anyone I know and have had past anxiety over it a year ago. Man I really hate bats I don’t care if they eat mosquitoes, at least mosquitoes don’t carry rabies
Well I appreciate you all for replying to me I hope I’ll still be around to continue posting here

 

[TruthHurts]

I’m not even sure if it’s anxiety or the real thing. Chances are slim but there’s a chance some bat may have flew through tight spaces into my house and nipped me. Cruel irony cause I am well aware of rabies more than anyone I know and have had past anxiety over it a year ago. Man I really hate bats I don’t care if they eat mosquitoes, at least mosquitoes don’t carry rabies

I'll make a even trade with you I'll take your rabies fear you can have my heart attack and stroke fear.

 

[randomuser251]

Nah I don’t wish my anxiety upon anyone and I wish you the best of luck in dealing with yours, no one deserves any sort of anxiety

 

[randomuser251]

Hi all, I’m really scared out of my f-ing mind right now. I have been getting muscle cramps and twitches and shortness of breath and back pain. I took the vaccine 2 days ago and the nurses said I’d be fine.

I don’t want to die, can someone please respond? Any rabies-phobic users I’d like to hear your input rn

Please anybody??
Hello....?.. anyone’s voice..?
My chest legit hurts should I go to the ER again?

 

[blueberries]

If you had rabies for the last few days as you think you have, you would be much sicker. You would have a fever, fatigue, aches, the site of the bite would hurt. Muscle cramps and twitches wouldn't be your top symptoms. You wouldn't be able to write post after post about this, you would be too sick. The usual incubation period is 30-90 days. The closer to the brain you are bit, the sooner the symptoms hit. Being that you think you were bit on the leg is is unlikely you would have symptoms so soon.

I say shame on the medical personnel you saw for not listening to you and responding to your concerns in a more helpful way. Unless there is some other medical emergency there is no need to go to the ER, there isn't much they can or will do other then send you a big bill. If you are worried call your PCP tomorrow to discuss this. Explain to him/her that you are worried about rabies. They should be able to give you good reason why you don't have this.

I'm glad you got the shot, you should be good for a few years.

I hate bats too, they are so ugly!!!!

And if a rabid bat did fly into your house most likely you would have known as it would have been flopping around, not flying in nice neat circles as healthy ones do. I had a bat in my house once and I called someone to get it out. He caught it and took it outside to set it free. Instead of flying away it just lay there on the ground flapping it's wings. So creepy. I ended up getting the post exposure shots.

 

[randomuser251]

I have been feeling fatigue, some headaches and body aches though. Lots of tremors as well. The most scared I’ve been in my life

 

[Gooze17]

Nah I don’t wish my anxiety upon anyone and I wish you the best of luck in dealing with yours, no one deserves any sort of anxiety

There is almost a 0% chance you have rabies. You would be absolutely aware if a bat had scratched or bit you. The doctors probably didn’t take you seriously and many of them probably don’t understand how crazy and irrational anxiety can make us. They still have you the vax, and if that doesn’t calm you down then maybe not dying from the rabies you don’t have will. You’re exceedingly anxious and in a constant state of panic, of course your shaky and having muscle twitching, fatigue and headaches. You just gotta breathe and focus on literally anything else. Reading helps me.

 

[EvaC]

I have been feeling fatigue, some headaches and body aches though. Lots of tremors as well. The most scared I’ve been in my life

I was reading this thread and I hope you are okay and completed the rabies series of shots. It is a horrible thing to go through what you are going through, and it's horrible that doctors make fun of us and don't take our health concerns seriously. I went through a similar experience as you did a year ago... my anxiety keeps coming back everytime something like this happens -- I think I see a bat or something brushes my head. RIght now, my beloved indoor only cat is very sick and dying and he has some neurological symptoms that make me worried he could have rabies. I have spent over a $1000 on vet consultations and nobody is sure what is wrong with him. They don't think it's rabies but that is not reassuring. I am going to have him euthanised probably tomorrow which is heartbreaking. It is also heartbreaking to me that I am scared to touch him or hold him right now when he really needs me, in case he is contagious. I had the full course of rabies vaccine last year but I know know my protective antibody titers have lowered because they were tested in May. I may go back for the two booster shots, becasue I was handling him and being exposed to saliva and was scratched, and I know I will once again be ridiculed for my concerns. I hope you are okay if you read this and your anxiety has lessened. You can get online counseling through betterhelp.com. They have financial assistance. It helped me last year.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Hey ramdonuser, you OK? Still with us?

 

[Jholl]

yeah after anxiety I went and got vaccinated in the ER

Now I feel even more anxious than before cause I don't know if I got it in time for it to work

Also I have been hearing a lot of chirping noises outside my window at night and I finally realized they are probably bats since birds sleep at this hour. Which means there's a chance a bat did get me.

God I'm scared.

Please someone tell me why my body keeps shaking? I can feel muscles spasm all over my body. I asked the doctors and nurses and they didn't help answer my question at all.

Someone... This is the worst feeling of dread in my life
No matter what I say or do, the doctors and nurses don't care for my concern of having rabies. They're just like "yeah you're fine"
These guys have never dealt with rabies before. bunch of clowns

How are you?

 

[Antdawg88]

Randomuser251 how are you? I hope you are ok and your anxiety has been treated

 

[Ashleyspicer84]

Wolf spider bite. Had one just like it on my arm. Swole up just a little and that was it.