Kinda Embarrasing But Do I Have Anxiety? Please Help (long) Posted: 04-11-06 19:54pm
First time poster on this site and I know
I probably need some help but I want some
of your guys opinion's first. I know I
suffer from anxiety because I worry about
the littiest things all the time. I
worry about stuff that range from dying of
an infectious disease to just getting
stuff done on time and then ending up
wasting too much time because I give
myself 6 hours to do something and it only
takes me 2.
It's kinda embarrasing here because I
have severely worried about having
diseases which range from aids (i've never
had sex) to rabies (never been bit). I
once ate something in middle school that
was unopened and I worried for about 6
months that I had aids or something
because I didn't know where it came from
even though it was in the vending machine.
About 9 months ago I was walking home from
a friend's house extremely drunk and while
walking down this road I jumped in a ditch
to avoid a car seeing me. I sprained
my knee pretty bad when I landed and the
next morning I had a bunch of scratches in
all different directions over my legs.
I know it was from a thorn bush that I
walked through while in the ditch but then
a few days later, I was like, maybe I got
bit or something when I was down there.
I don't remember walking home except I
remember jumping in the ditch and going
through the bush so i'm sure I would've
remember getting bit by an animal and I
didn't worry for a while but these past
few days I started worrying maybe I had
rabies again for some completely odd
reason. That is a lot of the reason
i'm here trying to get advice from you
guys. Sure, I know I probably don't
have rabies and stuff but I don't know why
I worry about it. Everytime I say,
obviously there wasn't an animal that bit
me, I say well I dont remember for sure
when I was walking home so who knows.
Now i've been feeling bad, e.G.
Tingling and numbess in hands and arms, a
little sore throat, sweating a lot, a
little shaking and I say well maybe these
are symptoms to some disease although I
know it's probably anxiety. I think I
may have had a panic attack because of
this worrying? I don't know what to
do.
I also suffer from ocd but i've been
getting better at that lately. The
reason i'm on here is because i'm a
popular guy, well liked and such and
nobody knows what is going on with me,
everyone just thinks i'm that nice,
genuine guy which I am but they don't know
about my anxiety and ocd and I don't want
them to but I know I need help. I don't
know why I worry about the strangest
things sometimes like aids and rabies and
other such things. Could someone
please give me advice on what to do, I
would appreciate it greatly because I know
I need to do something about this because
everything else in my life is going very
well.
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Mabel
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Posted: 04-11-06 20:05pm
The standard advice is to see your doctor.
There are medications that can help with
anxiety disorders and ocd. Counseling in
conjunction with medication helps a lot
also.
Anxiety is difficult to deal with since
you can be anxious about anyone knowing
you are anxious (am I right?). You
aren't alone, know that, many people
suffer from anxiety and don't ever tell
anyone they just suffer in silence. Seek
help. Your life can only get better!
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jeeperjo
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Location: georgia
Posted: 04-18-06 09:04am
Ok, that chinese sleep aid bs is on my
nerves.
Anyway, I know exactly how you feel. I
worry about the most unrealistic things
sometimes and wish I could stop. The
other day I killed a black widow outside
my house. Then I researched it online to
see different varieties of it, and
symptoms of bites, etc. Then I started to
think I had the symptoms even though I
never touched the d*mn spider. I worry
about serious illnesses as well. When I
feel a mild chest pain I start to worry
it's a heart attack, when my fingers go a
little numb I think it's a stroke. I just
try to keep convincing myself that those
aren't even the symptoms of that illness.
It's even worse trying to battle these
feelings without going on meds.
If you need someone to talk to, feel free
to message me. Talking to others with it
always helps.
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ozgirl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 11
You're Not Alone Posted: 04-21-06 05:59am
Hi,
you are not alone in your thoughts and
feelings...I was pretty relieved to know
this cos I felt I was all alone with my
issues...I thought I caught an
infectious disease from a guy I was seeing
and worried myself sick with it for more
than a year. A whole range of symptoms
started when I started seeing him which I
thought I caught from him. So I had
blood tests every 2 months or even more
often, saw specialists and they said it
was emotional. It was a really stressful
rel'ship...It was the longest i'd gone out
with a guy and ifelt lots of pressure
about sex and always was nervous around
him, felt like I was about to throw up,
tightness in my throat and chest...Months
down the track I get hot flashes which
last for months, sometimes it get less
intense and then I itch all over...I was
in denial for months about my
symptoms...Saw heaps of doctors...Thought
they were all hopeless...Blamed the
world...I think i'm the only one to
blame...I worried myself sick...Now in
therapy but get paranoid thoughts
alot...This disease takes time to beat,
but it is doable.
