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[CLKD]

You can open your own thread too so that you don't get 'lost' as it were. 

Did he listen to your chest  did you feel 'gastric'  ...........

[Fimble]

Hi CLKD
I've had a bit of a dodgy tummy for the last few weeks, didn't know if I'd picked something up in holiday. Reading further up this thread you say don't ask Google, I'm always doing that and really need to stop!
Maybe all of this is down to HA, I've recently had counselling (arranged by my work) and not sure if some of this is down to my Dad passing away 4 years ago suddenly following mid-diagnosis. One GP prescribed Citalapram in July, I took them for 3 days but felt dreadful so stopped x

[daska86]

I've had HAon and off for 30 years and I've also been on and off various AD in that time. I too have had tests and scans all revealing nothing. It seems the brain locks onto the part of the body you are worried about and you feel every tiny thing which bumps up the anxiety. My daughter had a late miscarriage last year and I decided if she could cope with that, I ought to be stronger.I came off the pills in January and have done really well, even going to the gym and swimming . Then I started to experience new symptoms and have just been diagnosed with vaginal atrophy.It's come on after a period of stress, which I was managing ,just, to cope with but now the anxiety is back. Tears, mild panic attacks, lack of appetite etc I've had counselling and cbt in the past but I know it's all down to me to . I've just started treatment for the atrophy and am desperately hoping it works, because I know I won't cope with the hospital tests I've been told I Will need if it doesn't.  Sorry to go on HA stinks and only other sufferers understand. 

[marge]

Totally understand and I'm sorry you are in the grip of HA at the moment.  It does seem to come and go and you are so right about fixating on one part of the body and imagining all sorts of nasties.  As I've said before, this site is fantastic for reassurance and knowing that you're not alone.

[daska86]

Thanks Marge 

[Hegarty50]

Hi
I'm new to this forum but think I'm definitely going through the menopause. I too suffer from the terrible health anxiety, if it isn't cancer than its a neurological illness like mnd. I Google my symptons constantly which certainly doesn't help. I'm always at doctors and and they generally fob me off. But last week I went about pain in left breast and itchiness after examining me she has referred me urgently to see a specialist. I'm there next Wednesday and am worried sick. I'm convinced I have the dreaded C. The fact I only get the pain in the 1 breast has made me worse. I'm beside myself with worry x

[marge]

So sorry you're going through this Hegarty50. Hope you get reassurance next week. Let us know. And try not to Google, it really doesn't help.

[Snoooze]

They often refer like that and you will get seen within two weeks but try not to panic. My Mum was referred with breast pain even though the Dr couldn't feel a lump. She had an examination and a mammogram and was given the all clear. She doesn't suffer with HA but funnily enough as soon as she got the all clear the breast pain disappeared. Sometimes I think the more we worry about something the more we experience the pain or symptom.

Good luck at your appointment.

[AgathaC]

Hello. I actually think I should have a health anxiety qualification because I spend so much time thinking about it.
Hegarty - I have very painful boobs. I'm perimenopausal. Sometimes it's one, sometimes it's another. Sometimes it's both. They can be achey, or sometimes actual stabbing pains. Itchy too. Hot. You name it. They fuel my health anxiety because I imagine this must mean all sorts of sinister things. However, turns out that it's hormones doing their thing. Can I ask if you have big, dense, heavy boobs? Makes it worse.
Take starflower oil, sleep in a bra, have your regular mammograms, self examine. And then try and accept that it's part of this menopause journey.
Good luck next week and try to keep calm in the meantime. You've done the right thing by getting it checked but in the meantime take comfort from the fact that these symptoms are usually not serious xxxxxxx
P.S. go on 34 menopause symptoms and look at the breast pain section
P.P.S. I do know how awful health anxiety can be. I really do xxxxxx

[jaypo]

Oh my it really is good to know you're not alone,I've had every illness under the sun too,cancer of pretty much every part of my body,motor neurone,ms,Parkinson's,won't go on as I KNOW you all know the picture 😊
Beware the menopausal women

[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

My health anxiety, if you can call it that, is that I'll never be free of my menopausal symptoms! As I've said before there are some problems that I've never had, muscle aches for example, but others like the jittery feelings still plague me.  I am using 2 pumps of Oestrogel daily which isn't fully controlling my symptoms but when I tried 3 pumps recently my breasts became very tender and I worried about that!

When we were 14 my friend's  mother was always going to the doctors for different illnesses but nothing was ever wrong with her. I remember thinking that she was just an attention seeking old lady and probably driving the doctor mad. At that age I had absolutely no patience or sympathy for the poor ‘old ‘ woman who was only in her late forties. About a year later my friend came to school crying because her mum needed a hysterectomy and had just gone into hospital. Clearly she had been  having hormonal problems for some time.  I now know that health anxiety is a big part of the menopause and I completely understand why the poor woman was so distressed. 

Our bodies are going through so much at this time that it's no wonder that we feel overwhelmed at times.

Take care everyone.

K.

[HorsesHorses]

Ditto, ditto, DITTO!   
HA is a total pi**er! I too am so thankful for this site and all you lovely people and your comments and advice. Can't think how scared and alone I would feel without this forum when HA rears its ugly head...which is a lot! Even when it's not a big worry, there's usually something bubbling under the surface troubling me and I start thinking my days are numbered.   
Spiritual hugs to you all. Here's hoping for a HA free weekend.  xx

[CLKD]

Why though: why do we focus a lot on the simplest niggle that we would have dismissed ...... or taken pain relief for?  Is it that when growing up at school we had instant discussion opportunities with mates? 

[jaypo]

Horses,here here, I think I might have gone completely mad if it wasn't for all the wonderful women here.it really does help knowing you're not alone.
I know clkd,these aches and pains would have been brushed off years ago,maybe it's because when you're young you think you're immortal, I just don't know,the brain is so complex,I'm not sure scientists will ever know EVERYTHING about it xx

[CLKD]

They won't know everything about mine 'cos I won't tell 'em