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[marge]

I've been having a few issues lately with the dreaded HA, but have been reading through some earlier posts and, I have to say, I feel better already.  This forum really is fantastic. We're all together in the same leaky old boat it seems to me.  Thank you ladies!

[Nellie Noo]

Would literally be in bits if it wasn't for this site. So reassuring that Im not on my own !! Sending hugs x

[Roseneath]

You are definitely normal marg. I totted up I have been to eight different GPs about 12 different perceived ailments , had scans I don't need, blood test that come back fine ....in the last four years if that makes you feel any better. I only became this weird neurotic nut job in my mid 40s. I latch on to one fatal illness, get it check out, have a couple of days 'rest' then identify a new one. It is exhausting. The thing that ramped it up with the NHS online Anxiety self help course. It gave me all these things to worry about that I had not considered before then instructed me to spend the day writing them down! Took anxiety to a whole new level!  I think Laughter therapy might help as I don't have a whole lot of laughs in my life at the moment.

[CLKD]

We don't laugh much either ........... and I would love a Very Good Cry!

What's the worst that could happen? 

[Blot]

Hi. The dreaded health anxiety is upon me at the moment. I've had it off and on for many years, as well as plenty of general anxiety in between.

With me, if I have a symptom that doesn't resolve within a week or so, then off I go and spiral down into the doom and gloom of “what ifs”. I can't think of anything else and I become obsessed with the current situation I am in. Currently there at the moment. I don't know why I am like this but I imagine I react to things much much worse than a “normal” person does. In my bad times in the past I have jumped from one thing to another, and probably had tests that were unnecessary but I felt I needed to be able to move on with life. However, I probably present as very rational and together when I visit the gp because I'm very good at putting on a front.

Isn't it strange that one set of symptoms can magically disappear when something else crops up?

It's not a very nice club to belong to.

[Hegarty50]

I to suffer with ha I also have had blood tests scans etc. Ive thought I've had liver cancer pancreatic cancer stomach cancer, now I'm convinced I have mnd or dementia due to confusion forgetfulness and twitching and body jerks. I'm due to see a neurologist but I'm scared to go because of what they may tell me xx

[marge]

Thanks for your comments ladies, all very reassuring.  If I'm having an HA "episode", but then have a day out, friends come round, I get absorbed in a good film/book etc, and the symptoms disappear, then I think Oh it's just HA again.  But if the symptoms come back the next day, I think I'm ill again.  Sorry I'm not explaining this very well.  I just think it's very powerful and if, like me (us) we're prone to it, it's very difficult to be rational.

[CLKD]

Nothing is 'just' or 'only'.   Those feelings are real but they trigger the brain to become illogical. 

Ask yourself: "What is the worst that can happen?"  Stop using GOOGLE !  .  'cos he knows nowt.

Maybe keep a mood/food/symptom diary.  Find things to keep you occupied.  Is the worry in your head or does it become physical?  I do try to have crosswords 4 when my brain starts to whitter on.

[BlueButterfly]

I have the same thing happen. The symptoms I was tested for last month are gone. Symptoms I had 3 months are gone, with a few that came back...but they'll probably go away again. I don't even know what I'll be feeling next week. I'm holding myself back at the moment from going to specialists just to rule things out. My body just doesn't feel like my body anymore. And I wonder if any of this existed before but it wasn't noticable but with my new anxiety, does everything feel worse than it used to? 

[CLKD]

It's The Change!

[BlueButterfly]

It's The Change!

Great title for a horror film, don't ya think? 

[CLKD]

We have a meno choir here: a charabanc; a meno swimming group ...... why not a Film too 

[Fimble]

Hello ladies, I can so relate to all of this! I haven't gone to work today as after thinking I had a uti, phoning 111 then being told I should go to A & E it appears my urine doesn't show an infection my white cell count is raised and suggests an infection. Now on antibiotics that have really upset my tummy. I had a Mirena fitted in February and use Oestrogel ( currently under menopause specialist to check levels) but have lost my appetite even on a lovely all inclusive holiday, lost a bit of weight which normally I'd be really pleased about, but now convinced myself something sinister is going on. Over the last 2 and a half years I have been to the doctors so many times and feel like a fraud  this forum is invaluable, wishing you all well x

[CLKD]

Was the urine sample sent to a Lab. for testing?  If the AB is upsetting you, it probably means that you don't have an infection.

You are not a fraud but someone with symptoms.  Do you keep a mood/food/symptom diary?

[Fimble]

The doctor didn't say anything more about my urine sample. When I asked what other infection it could be he said gastric or chest but because of my symptoms was best to have AB's, frequent urination legs feeling wobbly etc. I don't keep a diary but will, thank you x