Health Anxiety/Panic Attacks?

Mental health
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I'm so happy to have found this discussion board! Everyone is so friendly! I tried Yahoo Answers, but only got sarcastic answers that didn't help rolleyes Maybe you guys can! <3

Anyways last thursday I shaved my right armpit and after that it started to swell. At first I thought it was just going to be an abscess because my mom, dad and brother had one. Two days later no head was forming and I started to panic. I thought I had breast cancer. I was panicking. My anxiety was through the roof. I just didn't know what to do. So I finally got my mom to take me to the hospital and the doctor said it was Cellulitis. He even got a nurse to come in and do a breast exam on me and said she couldn't find any lumps. So ok I started taking the antibotics and things just kept getting worse. My right breast started to hurt as well as my ribs and back. I was coughing so hard I gagged. I was spitting up mucus. Sorry tmi! All that was happening and I was still panicking! I thought the doctor was wrong. So we went to another hospital and they said they couldn't feel the swelling and they took an Xray and said everything looked fine. (phew!) But still ruled it as cellulitis, so they started me on another antibotic and hopefully it works.

So now that story is told, through out the entire time (Thursday 18th to now Thursday 25th) I think I've been through the worst panic attack ever?

I suffer from anxiety for a while now..I know what anxiety feels like! But this just feels different? I never had a full on panic attack that lasted for days.

Through out this panic attack I didn't eat much, a bottle of water and some sunflower seeds. I was constantly using the bathroom. I was experiencing all the symptoms of anxiety.

Well, now that everything is over and I'm trying to calm down because I know nothing is wrong with me. I'm still experiencing things. Such as, right side of my brain hurts, but then it feels like pressure, then it hurts, then it feels cold.

I can't sleep properly I wake up feeling panicky. Then it's hard to go back to sleep.

I feel weak.

I can't eat properly. My stomach rumbles and all, but when I eat I feel sick.

My shoulders hurt. The right side of my neck hurts.

My mouth tastes funny.

My mom told me to stop looking up symptoms because that's what brought me to this point in the first place. But I do sad though when I look up my symptoms now everything points to panic attacks. I'm kind of relieved but... I want to calm down and get rid of all this pain and feelings. I tried taking ibuprofen. I'm not allergic or anything, it just didn't work. 

Is this symptoms of the aftermath of an panic attack? If so, what should I do to get rid of it. 

Thank you so very much in advance for your answers smile 

 

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Btw...(I don't know how to edit my discussion thing.. new to this haha) 

My next doctors appointment is June 29th. I'll keep calling incase someone canceled. But that's the best I can do and I can't go back to the hospital So those two are out of the question for now. 

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If your doctor seems to be intelligent and compassionate person, let him know and follow his/her advice.I mentioned before in many forums you can do things that are objectively good for you such as exercise, eating much and sleeping XD. Of course you have to moderate. Getting distracted is very important to overcome these feelings, don't just live in your head, try to increase your interactions with the world!

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Yes it's all anxiety, so talk to your Dr about that. Your mum is right, stop googling, it never helps

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Definitely never Google, it can contain wrong information. Listen to doctor only

Best of luck

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Hello Brandi with an I. I have currently the worst case of health anxiety as well. I've been to quite a few doctors and have had quite a few test done on me. My case is similar to yours in that I developed swollen lymph nodes after an illness about a month ago. The nodes have yet to return to normal size which kind of freaks me out. But let me tell you this. Everything you type into the Internet for symptoms such as ours comes back as cancer! It's maddening and it's giving me such a bad case of the what if's. I do know your pain but stay off the Internet. I was there and it doesn't help.