Health OCD anxiety

Posted by tluther @tluther, 1 day ago

Hey everyone, I just want to see if there is anyone else out there that is experiencing this? I recently developed severe anxiety regarding my health, more specifically the heart and lungs aspect. I always find myself correlating any type of pain at this point ( small cramp feeling in my calf but I think its a blood clot, or difficulty breathing and chest pressure due to my GERD and chondritus as a full blown heart attack for days now). Im at a loss here especially since I just started a family and the week leading up to the due date, I was in the ER 3 times as I was convinced something was wrong with my heart and lungs, only to have everything ruled out. Once it was, I then chalked it up to a cricked my neck the wrong way and either had tear in my artery internally or pinched the nerve that controls signals to my heart and lungs. I saw my dr today as a last minute hey Ive been having this strong ache pain down my sternum and no relief with my indigestion meds and antacids. Told I was fine, that it was not life threatening and not to worry because I am an active guy 32, avid lifter, (though not so much this last month due to the anxiety of it). Is anyone else going through this and or found ways to basically function?

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frouke | @frouke | 1 day ago

I’m experiencing the same problem but I’m a senior female and a cancer patient, having said that I started very young with health anxiety, it’s more common than you might think and especially today when we have so many different viruses and stories about diseases increasing due to covid..there’s no wonder why a young man like you has trouble with anxiety. I think it benefits you to be physically active because you can use it to cope with your stress, I would also suggest that once you have ruled out any potential problems with your doctor, then you can try healthy healing from meditation to yoga and definitely keep running to help you get through the stress, I think you will feel better better once you’ve taken control of it, I’m sorry you have to deal with this but I’m sure it will get better for you soon enough, best wishes.

shmerdloff | @shmerdloff | 1 day ago

Yes! If you look at my long long chart, I should be long gone. In reality, no symptoms, just watching and checkups. "Call the office if you are having any problems."
Yes! Every twitch sets me off to fretting, "Is this the big one?" I stopped going to the "We can't find anything wrong with you" ER. Now I wait, and it goes away. Having an old and retired ball😁. If 🧟‍♂️ comes, it comes.
Watch out. Extreme worrying can give you real symptoms and even make you ill. Chill! The Dude abides.