Hypochondriasis
While I am at it, please someone tell me how to stop worrying that there is something wrong with me!! I am deathly afraid that I have MS/ brain tumor/cancer/ stroke/ or heart attack. I cannot rationalize that all of my symptoms could be from anxiety!! I am a well-educated health care professional who works in the nursing home setting and I wonder if that has something to do with it! The dizziness kills me!! The unreality is the worst!! If anyone out there can give any advice as to how to get off this thought I would be eternally grateful! It is just ruining my life!!
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Hi there! I have had some days recently that I am thinking that something is wrong with me, and I know that it isn't! I have experienced dizziness and my head feels funny, but at the same time I have had a lot of sinus pressure over the past 3 weeks. I really want to stop feeling this way also, or thinking something is really wrong with me.
I wanted to tell you that you are experiencing anxiety and that everything will be fine! You are not having any major illness that is life-threatening [i am speaking to myself too!]
We will be fine! We have to know that we are!!
I wanted to tell you that you are experiencing anxiety and that everything will be fine! You are not having any major illness that is life-threatening [i am speaking to myself too!]
We will be fine! We have to know that we are!!
Since you are a medical professional, you would have access to info. that tells you all the great things that adrenaline can do in your body. When you have too much squirting and you don't need it, you will feel the dizziness and unreality, etc. You are not sick-- you are surging adrenaline thru yourself and when you worry about it you squirt more. A lady I met on this site recommended a book called "Freedom from Fear by Dr. Howard Leibgold". He is a physician from CA who was CA Physician of the Year at one time and has other awards, yet he still suffered from this. His book and other info. explain what adrenaline does in your body and why it is squirting and how it is a natural thing that is not harmful to you but is scary and annoying if you keep squirting. It meshes very well with the StressCenter.com stuff, and I like it alot. Just gives it to you in different words which sometimes helps when you have memorized the tapes of Lucinda. I ordered his CDs and booklet and am finding them helpful. <A HREF="http://www.angelnet.com" TARGET=_blank>www.angelnet.com</A> I believe is the site.
I used to be where you are and thought that it would be my whole life. The good news is.. it's not anymore. I've done stuff that helped and it is possible.
I saw on your public profile that you just recently got married. Congratulations! How is he with all this?
I used to be where you are and thought that it would be my whole life. The good news is.. it's not anymore. I've done stuff that helped and it is possible.
I saw on your public profile that you just recently got married. Congratulations! How is he with all this?
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Labourg,
You sound just like me.
I am also very educated and just like you have had the hardest time believing that my symptoms are related to anxiety. One way to really get past the thought that this can't possibly be anxiety is to go to a doctor and have full blood work, an EKG, and a CAT scan. That is obviously expensive, but is sometimes required in order for us to feel more comfortable that this problem is stemming from anxiety. Like you, I have experienced a lot of depersonalization, and I would agree with you that it is the worst feeling I have ever felt. It's also very confusing because you don't understand why it starts or how it stops. Rest assured that to the outside world you appear like you always have. The only difference might be that a significant other, parent, or sibling might notice you are more quiet than usual. Also, in terms of depersonalization, I have found that distracting yourself is important. Also, I tried exercising for the first time in a while last night and had quite possibly the best night I've had recently. Don't give up! The more you learn to go with it and not fight it, the more you notice the depersonalization lessening. I know right now that might seem like a Catch-22, but hang in there!
You sound just like me.
I am also very educated and just like you have had the hardest time believing that my symptoms are related to anxiety. One way to really get past the thought that this can't possibly be anxiety is to go to a doctor and have full blood work, an EKG, and a CAT scan. That is obviously expensive, but is sometimes required in order for us to feel more comfortable that this problem is stemming from anxiety. Like you, I have experienced a lot of depersonalization, and I would agree with you that it is the worst feeling I have ever felt. It's also very confusing because you don't understand why it starts or how it stops. Rest assured that to the outside world you appear like you always have. The only difference might be that a significant other, parent, or sibling might notice you are more quiet than usual. Also, in terms of depersonalization, I have found that distracting yourself is important. Also, I tried exercising for the first time in a while last night and had quite possibly the best night I've had recently. Don't give up! The more you learn to go with it and not fight it, the more you notice the depersonalization lessening. I know right now that might seem like a Catch-22, but hang in there!