tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.comments2012-09-30T09:49:42.531-04:00The (Cracked) Health NutCHNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03751785777315537443noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-16704188147519602962012-09-30T09:49:42.531-04:002012-09-30T09:49:42.531-04:00Hi,
I like your blog. I am 23 years old and I...Hi, <br /> I like your blog. I am 23 years old and I had health anxiety for a little while as a kid. Then it went away until this past summer. I've spent an unimaginable amount of time researching my symptoms and abnormalities I find on my body. I see a lot of people with health anxiety talk about ASL and I know what the illness is but so far I have refused to search it. But I've searched everything else. My greatest fear is cancer. I'm actually pretty convinced it's what all my symptoms, weird freckles, and swollen lymph nodes add up to. But hopefully that's just my anxiety. I want to be a regular person again and enjoy college, my friends and my job. But right now every aspect of my life is suffering because of this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-4917506658934509962012-01-12T03:41:40.015-05:002012-01-12T03:41:40.015-05:00ADHD is one of the most common childhood problems....ADHD is one of the most common childhood problems. However ADHD is not limited to children alone and more than 605 of children diagnosed with ADHD do carry the symptoms into adulthood.<br /><br /><a href="http://living-with-your-adhd.com/" rel="nofollow">Symptoms of ADHD in Adults</a>hearing aids colorado springshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16258599277846602145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-17815363506689395252012-01-09T07:35:31.993-05:002012-01-09T07:35:31.993-05:00Nervousness and feelings of anxiety and panic that...Nervousness and feelings of anxiety and panic that interfere with daily life are not uncommon. Many people today suffer from these conditions and some in the form of panic attacks and/or anxiety disorders. Some of the symptoms include excessive sweating, feelings of impending doom, rapid heartbeat or skipping beats, sick stomach, digestive problems and headaches. Not everyone reacts the same way to nervousness, anxiety and panic, so any one of these symptoms can occur.<br /><a href="http://www.eliminate-anxiety.com/" rel="nofollow">Eliminate Anxiety</a>william smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577882069585199943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-8001467537891375162011-05-21T22:29:27.062-04:002011-05-21T22:29:27.062-04:00Ugh!! I am with you all. Since my two abdominal ct...Ugh!! I am with you all. Since my two abdominal ct scans, I am convinced I am getting cancer in the next 20 to 30 years. It gets worse with a new friend being diagnosed with cancer each week. I know fear cell phone towers, pesticides in drinking water, plastics, etc. I hope my counselor and some medication will help. Does anyone know of people who have had ct scans many years ago and are fine? This may ease my worries. Love you all and lets help each other relax.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-72447953256195971332011-02-05T23:07:57.198-05:002011-02-05T23:07:57.198-05:00I am too in this boat. I have thought I had almost...I am too in this boat. I have thought I had almost all of these diseases listed. It is very tiring...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-7762602547916412382010-07-01T02:31:38.986-04:002010-07-01T02:31:38.986-04:00I've been seeing a commercial on my favored te...I've been seeing a commercial on my favored television lately about ALS that is targetted at donations from people. Needless to say it's a frightening commercial depicting a man playing with his children, bouncing him up and down, and then after a few scenes he walks around like an uncohesive zombie and then right after is paralyzed in a bed. I can see the emotional impact intended, but seriously, for us hypochondriacs, not cool :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-14994636288391302942010-03-09T11:43:07.503-05:002010-03-09T11:43:07.503-05:00My heart goes out to all of you because we're ...My heart goes out to all of you because we're all in the same boat. I too find some sort of comfort in reading that I'm not alone. Has anyone every sought therapy and if so, has it worked? This darn thing has become so consuming and so dibilitating, it's taken over my life and I don't live anymore, I just go through the motions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-21202520337978290292010-03-09T11:24:02.912-05:002010-03-09T11:24:02.912-05:00It was great to read your story. From a fellow cr...It was great to read your story. From a fellow cracked health nut, it's somehow comforting to know that there are others out there to commiserate with.<br /><br />I've tried to pin point a time when this happened to me, and I swear it goes back to my early teen years. I remember begging my mom to take me to the doctor's because I was absolutely convinced that I had a brain tumor. Thirty years later, no brain tumor (at least I don't think so, but it could happen at any moment, right?) <br /><br />I too would spend hours searching the internet, trying to explain that little ache, those pains, knowing for sure it was something terminal and I would be dead soon. Then, this strange "thing" took a bizarre twist. I'm not sure exactly when it happened or why, but about five or six years ago I did everything possible to AVOID going to the doctor, read something about an illness, and even quickly change the channel on the TV when an ad for some prescription drug came on. If I just avoid it, it will go away, right?? Wrong. I know this. I'm an educated, intelligent woman, and I know that being proactive and preventative medicine is the best thing. I just recently found the courage to look up this illness, this phobia, and discovered it has a name – latrophobia. Great – I guess I can put a label on it now.<br /><br />I've managed to keep all of this from my closest friends and even my family. My husband has recently been questioning me as to when I last went to the doctor, why I won't go, etc. He's a wonderful man, but at times not the most patient or understanding of mental health issues. I wanted for so long to tell him about my paralyzing fear and ask him to help me, but I just couldn’t do it. Until the other day. After coming down with a wretched cold/flu a week ago (apparently all of the hand sanitizer and spraying down the door handles isn’t foolproof ) I now have a horrible sinus infection. I finally realize that it isn’t going away on its own and the time has finally come to go to the doctor. I sat my husband down last night and through gallons of tears, shared with him the debilitating anxiety I have been living with for years. To my surprise, he didn’t laugh, he didn’t call me a freak, and he didn’t run out of the room. Instead, he held me and said he would try to help me through this. I know he can’t completely understand, but his empathy meant the world to me. So, he’s going to call today and make an appointment for tomorrow. I can’t begin to explain the absolute terror I am feeling about it. I know for certain I’ll probably have some sort of panic attack in the waiting room or something. Then what? I just don’t know. <br /><br />I know I’ve gone on way too long here. But, let me extend to you Cracked Health Nut, the utmost gratitude for creating this blog. Just writing this is a first step in what I hope will be a not so long journey to becoming “normal” again, whatever normal is. I don’t know if you’ve sought therapy, but I’m thinking of going that route myself. Hang in there, and I look forward to reading your blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-57463924038238647772010-03-06T05:02:58.360-05:002010-03-06T05:02:58.360-05:00I have taken alot of solace in reading your blog. ...I have taken alot of solace in reading your blog. I have just come back from another desparate ER hospital dash this time for stomach discomfort ended up having an endoscopy as I was certain it was stomach cancer it was gastritis so then I spent the next hour googling how this is caused which then led me to fear I'll still end up with cancer. It's crazy and got to stop, it all started with my mums ovarian cancer 10 ys ago but has been worse over the past couple of years, I have been obsessed with breast, ovarian,and brain tumours and heart issues, spent thousands on seeing specialists and tests, I also worry excessively over my kids health and feel depressed alot in case I die and don't see them grow up. The funny thing is I know deep down much of this is an anxiety related disorder and I am trying hard to focus on the light not the doom and to stop googling! As the old adage goes "life is not a dress rehearsal" so with this I will take baby steps to visit doctors only once a year to get a mammogram and skin cancer and general health check and try hard to live the rest of the year away from the chained up fear. We can do it just have faith in the future and remember we are never alone. Sue xSuenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-46317286007433189842010-03-04T00:19:26.345-05:002010-03-04T00:19:26.345-05:00I have been a health nut/ hypochondriac for as lon...I have been a health nut/ hypochondriac for as long as I can remember. I'm currently 35. My big ongoing fear is of a heart attack. I'm in the dental field so I have to get CPR certified every 2 years. In every video there is a 36 year old who suffered cardiac arrest! In less than a year I will be 36! I'm obese with high blood pressure and cholesterol. I am in constant fear. It sucks! I miss out on so much life because all I can think about is my blood pressure and heart rate.Candicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-52260719491708963282010-02-27T03:00:07.191-05:002010-02-27T03:00:07.191-05:00This is like reading my life. In some weird way,...This is like reading my life. In some weird way, it's comforting to know I'm not alone, but also awful to know that someone else has to go through this. Lately, I have been very itchy, and had strange stomach pains. I was thinking gallbladder, but now I'm thinking anxiety related. Will we ever learn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-42446142294475155552010-02-22T13:03:17.028-05:002010-02-22T13:03:17.028-05:00Hi there,
I absolutely experience the same thing. ...Hi there,<br />I absolutely experience the same thing. And yes, I feel it is due to the anxiety- it does make us hyper aware. My husband is the polar opposite of me. He never worries, least of all about health. So I always compare myself to him as I view him as the norm and I assure you, what we're dealing with is not normal and I feel it's the equivalent to a mental disorder. It's impossible to control on my own and I'm seriously considering getting some professional help as I've been dealing with this for about 5 years now..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-9101700352734706512010-01-27T19:47:23.120-05:002010-01-27T19:47:23.120-05:00Hey I just stumbled across your blog. My name is R...Hey I just stumbled across your blog. My name is Rebecca, I'm 21 and I have suffered from health anxiety since I was 18 when I witnessed my dad have a heart attack. Since that moment I have not been the same happy outgoing carefree girl I used to be. I spend all my energy twoards thoughts of dying and am constatly searching the internet for health related issues. Have you tried therapy, if so how is it? I am so desperate for health and of course since I am a college student I don't exactly have the funding to see a medical professional. :( Any advice or suggestions wouldd help.rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351547842219728634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-11957146082444372992010-01-18T14:03:34.022-05:002010-01-18T14:03:34.022-05:00Very sorry to hear about your husband :( I'm s...Very sorry to hear about your husband :( I'm sure that makes things a million times more difficult. I hope you are able to find someone to talk to, or some technique that helps you find peace. And just know, you really aren't alone. From what I've read, people I've talked to and my own experiences - I think anxiety about health may be one of the most common psychological issues out there. Sending a prayer your way.CHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03751785777315537443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-73936690775528990662010-01-18T13:58:17.138-05:002010-01-18T13:58:17.138-05:00Thanks for reading! I'm totally with you on th...Thanks for reading! I'm totally with you on the whole tired and worn-down thing. Health anxiety is exhausting -mentally and physically. I think a lot of people, including me for a while, try to hide all these fears they have for a long time but end up making it worse for themselves. I think there are more people dealing with this than we can even imagine and it never hurts to share our experiences and suggestions about what might help.CHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03751785777315537443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-44268270877788564482010-01-16T18:36:37.779-05:002010-01-16T18:36:37.779-05:00Hi CHN.. Thanks for your post. After doing some s...Hi CHN.. Thanks for your post. After doing some searching on the internet, its good to see that I am not alone. For the last three years I have been dealing with being a hypochrondriac. Every little ache that I amy have, my mind immediatly goes to it being something wrong with me. I have had a stress test, an EKG, and multiple blood test and thankfully nothing has come up. I am wearing myself down physically and mentally. No matter how much sleep I get, I wake up still tired. My mind is constantly going on and on. I think non stop about me dying, about me stop breathinng, about me having a heart attack, its awful. I went to a therapist who has referred me to a pyschitrist. I'm going to go and speak to some one but I wish I could just let these feelings go. I've always been a little paniky but as I get older it seems to get worst. I pray that soon I'll have a cure for it and I'll be able to just let these feelings go. Thank you for sharing your experiences and allowing me to share mine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-22385499882273781882010-01-16T08:20:39.576-05:002010-01-16T08:20:39.576-05:00This is all so familiar.I avoid going to the docto...This is all so familiar.I avoid going to the doctor at all costs. I have suffered from health anxiety for a number of years but it got worse after my husband actually was diagnosed with a brain tumour and subsequently died 4 years ago. It was as if it confirmed all my worst fears and now I am hypervigilant about any small symptom. I tell myself that I am being irrational but sometimes it is very difficultLAVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-53918089533990220232010-01-14T16:42:36.322-05:002010-01-14T16:42:36.322-05:00It's really the constant internal battle of th...It's really the constant internal battle of those of us with health anxiety. Do we get something checked out if there's a possibility it really COULD be bad news, or, do we wait hoping it will resolve on its own but risk it driving us crazy for the rest of our natural lives? Tons of fun! :PCHNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03751785777315537443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873583297622182814.post-12392669327144082462010-01-14T15:46:09.934-05:002010-01-14T15:46:09.934-05:00Hello! I found your blog from DailyStrength.com. ...Hello! I found your blog from DailyStrength.com. It seems we are two peas in a pod in many respects. My health anxiety did not manifest itself at such a young age, but I think the seeds were planted when I saw my grandmother die of cancer when I was in college. My fears all revolve around cancer--skin, colon, breast, you name it. I also suffer from extreme anxiety at the mere thought of going to the doctor since I am convinced that my worst fears will be confirmed. Ain't life grand!Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08872726180205051698noreply@blogger.com