[littleyellowspider]

My anxiety has gotten so out of hand. I've always had problems with it but I feel like it's reached a whole new level. I am so terrified of diseases and being sick and lately it is ALL I think about. I had two swollen lymph nodes on the back of my neck, i went to the doctor right away and they told me to come back on Monday (this was Friday) if there was no change, in between Friday and Monday I got so worried about them that I couldn't sleep hardly at all and I actually threw up, I went back to the doctor and they said it wasn't anything to worry about because they had started going down on their own and they'd had other patients lately with a similar thing as there's an infection going around. Well now that they told me not to worry about that i have discovered that around my hip bone, my right side is a lot thicker than my left (like it feels like maybe there's more muscle there than on the other side) Now I am panicking about that because I am worried maybe the thickness is a tumor. the health center at my school doesn't open today until 1 and I know i will spend the next 4 hours in complete panic. It has just gotten out of hand. I am always worried about something, I have an extremely hard time sleeping because of this, I get so worried that i feel physically sick and I can't eat nor can i concentrate on my classes or anything else. I just don't know what to do. I am seeing a therapist and I take prozac every day, i don't know what else to do to make this anxiety go away!

[kikki27]

Originally Posted by littleyellowspider

My anxiety has gotten so out of hand. I've always had problems with it but I feel like it's reached a whole new level. I am so terrified of diseases and being sick and lately it is ALL I think about. I had two swollen lymph nodes on the back of my neck, i went to the doctor right away and they told me to come back on Monday (this was Friday) if there was no change, in between Friday and Monday I got so worried about them that I couldn't sleep hardly at all and I actually threw up, I went back to the doctor and they said it wasn't anything to worry about because they had started going down on their own and they'd had other patients lately with a similar thing as there's an infection going around. Well now that they told me not to worry about that i have discovered that around my hip bone, my right side is a lot thicker than my left (like it feels like maybe there's more muscle there than on the other side) Now I am panicking about that because I am worried maybe the thickness is a tumor. the health center at my school doesn't open today until 1 and I know i will spend the next 4 hours in complete panic. It has just gotten out of hand. I am always worried about something, I have an extremely hard time sleeping because of this, I get so worried that i feel physically sick and I can't eat nor can i concentrate on my classes or anything else. I just don't know what to do. I am seeing a therapist and I take prozac every day, i don't know what else to do to make this anxiety go away!

Yeah having anxiety it sucks make you anxious and on edge and feel like you are dying I cant stand it wish it would just go away huggs

[crazykim519]

Alot of times when i start majorly worrying about something that is out of my control i try to entertain my mind with other things that are in my control. I have a lump behind my right ear, a lump on my left hand, my tonsiles are always swollen, i have a lump under my chin..and none of it will ever seem to go away with antibiotics. Weird things like that are just i guess a part of life. I wouldnt get all worked up over those things until i knew for sure they were something seriously wrong. I know its a really hard thing to control..anxiety is..I know that for sure. I suffer from it almost every single day. it really sucks and i hate when it happens. I just try to do everything i can when mine happens. The thing thats helped the most for me is praying to God about it, its a very relaxing thing. I also do yoga, maybe get yourself into an outside activity to help occupy your mind.

[sundog]

Hi littleyellowspider. I really feel for you. I also have a huge amount of health anxiety and I spend a lot of time worrying about various physical symptoms that I have. I go to the doctor quite a lot and I am always googling health conditions (something I've been told by my doctor to stop doing!!) The anxiety is very overwhelming and it's hard to break this cycle.

In this type of health anxiety situation, I do think it's important to get oneself checked out physically. Then, when certain medical conditions have been ruled out, I think we have to try really hard to focus on something else. There are also things we can do to help ourselves physically, such as eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, practicing relaxation techniques etc.

Believe me, I really know how hard this is though!!! (((((((((littleyellowspider)))))))))))))

The other thing that occurs to me is that perhaps Prozac is not the right medication for you. For some people, Prozac can be very stimulating and it can actually make anxiety worse. So perhaps you could talk to your doctor about switching to a different med??

Wishing you all the very best

[frmeital]

I know...health anxiety is bad. It makes you obsessive and you can't stop thinking that you are about to die - all day long. It's horrible. The only thing that helped me actually was CBT for anxiety. Medication damaged my thyroid and it wasn't helping anyway..

Hang in there, keep going to therapy, I'm sure you will be better soon.