~Find answers to why your feeling the way you do~

Roxygirlgonecrafty(aka:hows) · Post by **Roxygirlgonecrafty(aka:hows)** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:49 am

Hello everyone,
I am creating this post for anyone who can't find out why they are feeling a certain way, why they can't find a name to it, or anyone that can relate with them.
I found out that someone just found out what they had after 20 years of not knowing, and always wondering. So this post is to prevent that from happening to any of you.
So if you are curious about a feeling/condition/fear....etc post it here, and we will find answers for you so you can finally find enlightment.

Nelson Project · Post by **Nelson Project** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:34 am

Hi, I'll take you up on that offer. I wake up everyday and within 5 seconds have a headache. Then I get out of bed and notice a nervousness/ache in my extremities, but mostly in my left forearm and left calve(I have no idea why). If I'm busy doing something like vaccuuming, I won't notice these symptoms. Likewise, if I'm with other people or entertained, I'm basicly OK. My worst part of my day is when I go to bed. I sleep for about 3-4hrs and then toss and turn the rest of the night. I feel tired, but never fall back into a deep sleep. Anyway, I think I'm in the right place going through this program, but I'm kind of unsure of what is going on with me. I'm a 30 year old male and lived a perfectly normal life up until this point. Any Ideas are appreciated.

Thanks, Neds

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:56 am

This is a good point. I just recently found out I suffer from OCD -- primarily O than C, but I can see some of the C in things I do, or don't do. I have suffered from anxiety and more so health anxiety ever since I was little, but little did I knew what was brewing underneath. I am 37 now. In the last year I have had countless tests -- lots of blood work, EKGs, and Echo, CT scan of my brain, MRI of my brain . . and everything was normal, my symptoms have been chocked up to anxiety. Yet, I still don't feel very well and I am fixated on whatever serious illness I have this time! It is like being a hamster on a wheel, I can't get off the ride and my symptoms sometimes feel worse and worse. I am in counseling now and learned that our brains bring on physical symptoms to protect us from something emotional it doesn't think we can handle. I just wish my brain knew I would rather have the emotional because although it is harder to fix, it doesn't seem as scary. I feel I am falling a part. But, on the positive side, I now know what I am dealing with and will be working on it -- after 30 something years!! Neds, I think you are suffering from some anxiety -- what is it do you think your brain is protecting you from? I am still trying to figure it out for myself. I think I have had every anxiety symptom out there and then some! I would just be sure if these symptoms persist to double check with your doctor, but I am almost positive you are upset about something.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:10 pm

Hi wiskersonkittens, I wish I could tell you what my brain is protecting me from. The truth is I'm mostly bothered by the fact that I think about everything 24/7. It's hard for me to understand because I can't think of what specific thing set me off. You know how some people have a divorce or maybe a death in the family. I don't have any of that.(Not that my life is perfect by any means) I think part of my anxiety is just the unknown. I've had countless blood tests, ekg's, etc. and everybody says I'm healthy as can be. Yet, I still don't quite feel how I think I should. That, and if you told me a symptom of anxiety was that your finger nails start falling off, I would look at them 4,000 times a day and start to believe they actually were. So I too share in your frustration of the multiple symptoms. For now, I'm going to continue using this program and have high hopes of a positive outcome. I believe this forum may have as much impact as the cd's though. Just hearing other peoples experiences is encouraging and very educational. Thanks for your post and good luck.

Neds

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:38 pm

Wiskersonkittens, you and I sound so much a like. I have been through every test you listed and then some. I am always thinking I am dying from something, mainly a heart attack. Like you, Ned, I get nervous feelings in my left arm and leg, sometimes they feel weak and numb. I also get pain down them and think, once again, it may be a heart attack. I do not know how to get out of this obsessive thinking. I want to live and enjoy life, not live fearing death and robbing myself of life.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:03 am

I too feel like I have had every symptom known to man when it comes to anxiety. It started with thinking I was going insane, then progressed to my throat, for no good reason, was closing up and I was going to suffocate at any time. My stomach used to hurt all the time and I was sure it was cancer. My symptoms have now progressed to constant heart palps and skipped beats. I wake up everyday wondering if I'm going to die of a heart attack. If I get dizzy I'm sure it is a stroke. I have had more tests than I can count and they say everything is normal. The problem is I never feel "normal" I just wish the obsessions would end and I could lead a happy life!

mommy2005 · Post by **mommy2005** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:55 pm

if you told me a symptom of anxiety was that your finger nails start falling off, I would look at them 4,000 times a day and start to believe they actually were. So I too share in your frustration of the multiple symptoms.

Yup this is me

I have actually heard of a "name" of this, I think they call it a type of anxiety..."Suggestive Anxiety" possibly.
I don't believe in that name, what I do believe is that any uncomfortable thing anyone hears someone say, it may seep into their subconcious.
Which then would be why all of a sudden they start to have feeling in the part of the body they heard about. Like if I read a forum about someone with a sinus infection, that same night I will get one. Well it's extremely easy for me to get one tho.
So thats why I never want to learn of any diseases, and I wish people around me would realize my sensitivity, and not tell me what things in the air can kill you....etc

It started with thinking I was going insane, then progressed to my throat, for no good reason, was closing up and I was going to suffocate at any time.

Did this happen the first time you found out about that allergic reaction? Or once when you ate a peanut?
Or did it just appear out of no where?
The fear came to me shortly after I found out about that reaction, it made me not eat peanuts for a while.
Then I had a rainer cherry and my lips swelled up, i was so afraid my throat was going to swell up that I started having trouble breathing, then when a freind told me i'm just having a panic attack, i instantly felt better.
The word "Cherry Incident" became an inside joke or ours

What helps me when I fear of getting illnesses is when people say "your most at risk if you smoke,drink,do drugs....etc everyday for 30 years. Or for a heart attack your most at risk if you have high bad cholesterol, and the best thing to do to keep that low is to eat slim to none of foods with transfats.
I can get pretty obsessive when it comes to food tho

But eating healthier has kept me more easy about thoughts of "what if" illnesses, I have become more confident, so maybe it can be of some help for you.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:08 am

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:34 am

Time for a bump up

StoneField · Post by **StoneField** » Fri May 08, 2009 3:46 pm

Since I had my first panic attack, which happened one night when I was just ready to fall asleep, this overwhelming sense of fear came over me and I have not felt the same since then. I analyze everything I do, I listen to myself talk and it doesn't sound like me, very bad depersonalization, and feelings that the world is not real. I don't have the heart palpitations, but definitely never feel safe, like my old self. I want to figure out how I can go back to feeling like the same old fun loving, happy person I once was