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Anyone dealing with health anxiety?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 13 4:57am | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I had X-rays and inflammatory labs. The initial labs looked ok as well as my X-ray but then the doctor did some autoimmune labs and one came back elevated. Even though the doctor is not worried, and says it does not mean I have an autoimmune disease, and many healthy people test positive for the antibodies, it has sent me spiraling into the scenario that I have a disease process. I was emotionally prepared, I think, for a long recovery when I thought it was muscle or tendon injuries but once I experienced the fear of disease I have felt anxiety.
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My teen son has health anxiety (he has a heart defect, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, POTS, etc.) and struggles when his heart starts to beat fast/hard. He has, at times, worried he was dying. He had covid 2x and may be dealing with some long covid symptoms. He inherited some anxiety from both his mom and dad (I have struggled with panic attacks, anxiety and depression and his father has generalized/social anxiety and OCD with negative/intrusive thoughts). My son does well with biweekly CBT/counseling, deep breathing techniques, refocusing intrusive thoughts and taking magnesium supplements which helps calm nerves some.
What type of accident did you have that injured your hips/pelvis? Did you fall? If you aren’t already, you may benefit from seeing an orthopedic hip/pelvis specialist for an MRI of soft tissues. X-ray does not pick up soft tissue injury and bloodwork won’t always detect what is going on. When I had hip pain, I went to an orthopedic hip specialist who said my X-rays didn’t show any issues in my hip joint but sent me for hip MRIs. The MRIs showed I had bilateral gluteal tendinopathy and bilateral high grade partial hamstring tears! They offered PT and cortisone injections but I didn’t get the shots. It has taken a while to get better but do believe I may need a debridement surgery to reattach my right hamstring tendon. Years ago, a ct scan showed I had inflammation of the ischial tuberosity hamstring attachment (not sure if caused by sitting a lot for my desk job plus I have hypermobility which may be tied to autoimmune issues that run in my family (my son has hypermobility as well and I also have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis).