I'm new and I'm a hypochondriac

rapidrabbit11 · Post by **rapidrabbit11** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:26 am

Hello,
I am new to this forum. My name is Kenzie and I am a hypochondriac. I have suffered with this since I was in elementary school. My third grade teacher's mother-in-law passed away of a heart attack and I just knew I was going to die of a heart attack. Somewhat of an irrational thought for a third grader. I am now 28 years old. I had a traumatic miscarriage on Jan. 28th of this year and my father passed away of cancer two years ago. I begin suffering from severe panic attacks shortly there after and have gone from one physical symptom to the next. First it was heart palpitations, then stroke symptoms (visual disturbances), blood pressure fluctuations, minor back discomfort, the inability to breath correctly or get enough breath, racing heart rate, etc, etc, etc. After two ER visits, one brain MRI, two EKGs, gobs of blood work, one chest X-ray, one brain C-T scan, and a heart holter monitor is was determined that I am as healthy as a horse. So, Why? Why have I become this walking phantom health crisis? Is there anyone else out there with something that comes even close to this?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:55 am

hi,
im the same way i cant even clean my house i cant do anything without my heart racing,i have had those test too they always say nothings wrong...so it all comes down to with me i have had panic attacks since i was 16 im 43 now...and its like the older i get the worse they get..so u are no alone,,,

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:01 pm

i know you posted this a month ago and i am new at this and I have suffered the same physicall symptoms and almost all the same test(ekg's,holter monitor,blood work,cat scan,MRI and eye exams) I have been having a hard time accepting that nothing serious is wrong with me. I have suffered sudden hearing loss four years ago and ringing in my ears(I'm 31 and feel 40 years older than i am).
Besides that,there is no other things health wise wrong. I always worry I'm ill and the doctors don't know it, I wish i didn't feel this way.
How are you doing and any helpful suggestions?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat May 31, 2008 7:01 pm

Originally posted by lynne sindler:
i know you posted this a month ago and i am new at this and I have suffered the same physical symptoms and almost all the same test(ekg's,holter monitor,blood work,cat scan,MRI and eye exams) I have been having a hard time accepting that nothing serious is wrong with me. I have suffered sudden hearing loss four years ago and ringing in my ears(I'm 31 and feel 40 years older than i am).
Besides that,there is no other things health wise wrong. I always worry I'm ill and the doctors don't know it, I wish i didn't feel this way.
How are you doing and any helpful suggestions?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:55 pm

Wow you know I suffer from the same thing I lost my father six years ago he was 43 years old because he died so young I thought I was going to die to. Then months later I slowly recovered from that but not anxiety,then I I got sick and thought I had cancer and now when I panick I get racing thought that I sick or something is wrong but when I calm down I am ok until I fell something abnormal in my body I will think of something else its draining.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 11:40 am

I know exactly what you mean, I am going through all of those things right now, how do you stop it! I am so scared of going through the rest of my life with these symptoms. I am so bad that I am scared to take the medicine because Im scared of what the medicine may do to me, any thoughts, someone please tell me something I can do!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:38 pm

This all sounds so much like me!! I am deathly afraid that there is something wrong with me or that something is going to go wrong and that I am going to die from it! I have only had normal blood tests done and a CT scan once when my ovarian cyst burst but other than that I want a brain scan because I am extremely dizzy and now my neck is swollen on the left side but I have no insurance!! I am so scared that something is really wrong but when I tell someone they say "Oh its just your anxiety"!! What if its not!!!! I am so tired of thinking so negatively I just want to be able to do NORMAL daily tasks such as eating or even doing dishes or taking a shower without having panic attacks!!!