stressfreeplz
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I recently joined and I am hoping for some prayers... I have been dealing with health anxiety for about 26 years. It started the day I saw my dad pass away in front of my eyes as I was a senior in college and from that moment on, I began to deal with anxiety... I've held a nice career (child psychologist actually) and have a wonderful, loving family. For a few years (10 or so), I thought I had brain cancer-- severe headaches and all. Checked out by several neurologists, test after tests each year and all turned out fine. I put that aside and then focused on my heart. I don't have any member with heart issues, no high BP or anything-- but I get symptoms (racing heart, left arm/shoulder/neck pain, short of breath, etc). I have probably saw just about every cardiologist here in town and other towns for that matter, and have done every test imaginable in these 10-12 years. For a while, it goes away and I am fine. Then either something in the news, a friend with heart issues- something triggers it and then comes the symptoms. Being a female- you don't want doctors to treat you like it's "all in your head" and so I have seen female doctors, ended up in ER dozen of times, etc... All clean. But I still from time to time get these symptoms. Every time I try to "fight/flight" method and say to myself "you've had these before. You've been checked out. you are fine"-- but it's really debilitating. You focus so much on every single symptom and waste the valuable time you could have spent with your family. This pandemic hasn't helped either- always worrying. So I come here to hear others, maybe perhaps you can share some stories or offer some advice/words of wisdom..... thank you so much
I recently joined and I am hoping for some prayers... I have been dealing with health anxiety for about 26 years. It started the day I saw my dad pass away in front of my eyes as I was a senior in college and from that moment on, I began to deal with anxiety... I've held a nice career (child psychologist actually) and have a wonderful, loving family. For a few years (10 or so), I thought I had brain cancer-- severe headaches and all. Checked out by several neurologists, test after tests each year and all turned out fine. I put that aside and then focused on my heart. I don't have any member with heart issues, no high BP or anything-- but I get symptoms (racing heart, left arm/shoulder/neck pain, short of breath, etc). I have probably saw just about every cardiologist here in town and other towns for that matter, and have done every test imaginable in these 10-12 years. For a while, it goes away and I am fine. Then either something in the news, a friend with heart issues- something triggers it and then comes the symptoms. Being a female- you don't want doctors to treat you like it's "all in your head" and so I have seen female doctors, ended up in ER dozen of times, etc... All clean. But I still from time to time get these symptoms. Every time I try to "fight/flight" method and say to myself "you've had these before. You've been checked out. you are fine"-- but it's really debilitating. You focus so much on every single symptom and waste the valuable time you could have spent with your family. This pandemic hasn't helped either- always worrying. So I come here to hear others, maybe perhaps you can share some stories or offer some advice/words of wisdom..... thank you so much