To make a long story short... I've had general Anxiety for about 9 months now.. but it's more mental anxiety / hypochondriac than anything. I constantly feel like I have some disease because I have all the same symptoms..
I'm currently on Lexapro 10mg so I know those have some side effects.. but at first I had chest pain, went to the ER and I was cleared.. then I convinced myself I Had DVT, went to the ER and was cleared.. Now I feel like I'm hypoglycemic (Low blood sugar). 2 Years ago I went to the doctors and he said I was pre-diabetic, it runs in my family, so it scares me. Now I have all the exact symptoms as people who are hypoglycemic.. The more I think about it the more real it is.. anyone else constantly worry about their health or have any input for me?!
Thank you
Will,
You know how when you often make yourself think about any number of things, and then when you only focus on one for a long period of time? It's possible that because you have been focusing on the symptoms of that certain disease that eventually the stress and anxiety over that issue will start to manifest it's self into a full on exact symptoms that you were worried about in the first place. It's because you are psychologically preparing for the worst that you body may even show signs of the disease without being the actual physical health issue. But to be safe I always suggest that you follow up with your primary care physician and ask them to get you into contact with (and a referral for) a psychiatrist who will and can be more helpful to you in this situation than even most doctors. Also therapy helps a lot too because they work on all the deepest issues in our minds that we are dealing with and essentially will help you get to know your own mind and body and how everything works. Especially working on the anxiety and other stressful situations will help to alleviate some of the symptoms that you are going through. Best of life and God bless you.
Got my A1C1 Test.. came back normal. I appreciate your comment and concern <3