Hi guys,
i am a fourteen year old male.
I was having a very lite tingling in my
hand. As the anxious, nervous person I am
I became worried. I am totally irrational
when it comes to health, so I began
searching the web for answers.
My mom told me she gets it sometimes from
bad back, and I realized I had been using
the computer in a terrible position, bad
for my back. I figured I had a pinched
nerve at that point.
However right before that I was on
wikipedia looking up tingling and I came
across some horrible diseases such as als,
ms, etc. I went to the als page, being a
yankee fan and all and hearing about the
horrors it brought upon gherig, and read
the symptoms. Since then, I had a twitch
or two and felt somewhat weak and fatigued
in math class. I should mention these
symptoms came about only after reading the
als page. But yet, as the hypochondriac I
am, I still can't reassure myself it isn't
one of these horrible illnesses, even when
I read it affects middle aged people more
so than teens.
Please help, do I have a medical problem,
or is my assumption that this is mental
correct. It scares me to think I could
have a fatal disease, and I have always
been this way. I know, i'll stay off the
internet after this, but I just need an
answer.
Thank you!
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meemeephoto
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Virginia
Posted: 12-28-06 09:54am
I am the exact same way!!! I am 29 years
old and have felt this way most of my
life! I always worry about the worst!
I've had all the medical test done and
everything was fine! But, in my mind it's
not! Like right now i'm having tinglin in
my left hand. I automatically think
diabetes. Anxiety and stress can make you
do and think alot of things. It can
effect you emotionally and physically! Go
see your doc and ask about anxiety meds.
That helped me tremendously.
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rxherbman
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 55
Posted: 12-30-06 13:35pm
Hello anxiousguy, please dont worry, im
sure you will be fine. My son is a little
older than you, and had similar problems,
feeling ill at school ect. Because you
are worried that there is something wrong
with you, it is playing on your mind, im
almost sure the only thing wrong with you
is that you are a little anxious. Try
practicing relaxation when you are out and
about, if you find this difficult, go to
see your gp. If you practice relaxing
long enough, it will become habit, just as
you are practicing being anxious, you need
to reverse the process.
But please, im sure you will be fine
kind regards.
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vel
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 58
Posted: 01-02-07 05:08am
I to get these tingling sensations and I
work on a computer very often I also
suffer from panic and anixety which can
lead you to believe un-realistic things
when they are minor for the tingling 1this
might be carpal tunnel or maybe your
posture try stretching and not sitting
down so long in the same position it can
also be tension and nerves from the
anxiety.
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kassienicole
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Oct 2006 Posts: 5
Posted: 01-02-07 20:24pm
Dear anxiousguy,
i can totally relate to you. I a fifteen
year old girl who has had anxiety for
almost three years now, I also am a
hypochondriac. I know exactly how you
feel. For me though it was the stomach
flu, which is so common and makes it even
harder since its around you more than some
diseases and things. I looked it up on
the internet, and since then I relate
every little thing to it. I'll have a
symptom and then i'll be like, "well thats
a symptom close to the symptom that was on
the site..." I understand just how hard
it is. So I am here to reasure you that
you are fine, and you wont get the
disease. The things that anxiety can
cause seriously have no limits. I know
its hard but keep trying to reasure
yourself that you'll be okay, and maybe
you need to talk to your doctor about
getting tested for anxiety, because if you
have it there are many things that can
help you feel better, although you'll have
to work hard.
Good luck and feel better!
