bin_tenn
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Ah, I see. Well, everyone is different, but I've personally not had side effects from the Atenolol I take, and I've been on it for six years. Mine was prescribed to help with anxiety symptoms, but also mildly elevated blood pressure. If I skip it once, my blood pressure is elevated and I'm more prone to palpitations. But I'm okay with taking it every day, if it means it'll keep those things in check. I'd say don't worry about things like that, and continue taking it properly. I think it'll help you.
I don't think it's needy at all. Haha. The whole point of you making a post is to talk about you, and that's perfectly okay! But I also don't mind giving some background on myself.
My health anxiety troubles began around 2010 or 2011. I had frequent headaches. I did a harmless (so I thought) Google search to find out how to get relief from frequent headaches. Brain tumor showed up as a possibility, and for whatever reason, I convinced myself I had a brain tumor. Turns out it was actually due to lack of proper sleep, drinking way too much caffeine and rarely drinking water, etc. I changed some things, and the headaches stopped.
But health anxiety didn't stop there! Instead, I moved on to worry about (in no particular order): lymphoma, leukemia, various types of skin cancer, probably some others. The one that really stuck? Heart disease. I was so convinced my heart was failing. I finally had a physical in 2015, after not seeing a doctor for any reason in over a decade. He told me I was a perfectly healthy 28 year old male with obvious anxiety issues. I was so happy ... but I ultimately couldn't let the heart fears go.
So for the past four or five years, my health anxiety has revolved exclusively around heart health. I've been to the ER three or four times because of it, and I've been to a cardiologist twice. I now have a pretty good grip on it, but I occasionally find my mind wandering into that territory still.
Does that answer your questions?
I don't think it's needy at all. Haha. The whole point of you making a post is to talk about you, and that's perfectly okay! But I also don't mind giving some background on myself.
My health anxiety troubles began around 2010 or 2011. I had frequent headaches. I did a harmless (so I thought) Google search to find out how to get relief from frequent headaches. Brain tumor showed up as a possibility, and for whatever reason, I convinced myself I had a brain tumor. Turns out it was actually due to lack of proper sleep, drinking way too much caffeine and rarely drinking water, etc. I changed some things, and the headaches stopped.
But health anxiety didn't stop there! Instead, I moved on to worry about (in no particular order): lymphoma, leukemia, various types of skin cancer, probably some others. The one that really stuck? Heart disease. I was so convinced my heart was failing. I finally had a physical in 2015, after not seeing a doctor for any reason in over a decade. He told me I was a perfectly healthy 28 year old male with obvious anxiety issues. I was so happy ... but I ultimately couldn't let the heart fears go.
So for the past four or five years, my health anxiety has revolved exclusively around heart health. I've been to the ER three or four times because of it, and I've been to a cardiologist twice. I now have a pretty good grip on it, but I occasionally find my mind wandering into that territory still.
Does that answer your questions?