Have you experienced health anxiety? To the point you notice tiny things about yourself that might be abnormal, google the symptom and convince yourself you've got some sort of disease or illness?
This is what is happening to me currently, and I cannot stop myself from spiraling.
It all started with bad period pains. I've never experienced really bad cramping to the point I felt nausea. I took painkillers, and within half an hour the pain was bearable/mild.
Well, this sparked me to google 'severe period pain' which started off as 'could be aging, hormones etc', which then became an 'untreated STD resulting in PID', which then became 'what if I have HPV? what if I have HIV?' and now I can't stop!
I do have a doctors appointment on Monday for a cervical screening and will voice all my concerns then - although part of me wants to cancel it and just sort of forget about the entire thing, but I know I should go and get it out of the way and it may offer peace of mind that absolutely nothing is wrong with me and my stress/anxiety has created 'symptoms' that aren't even there, or something may be wrong but it can be treated.
My worst fear is having some incurable like HIV/AIDS!
You could have pms I was like that 5 years ago I was in a lot of pain and had a lot of tests done ended up being pms.. you will be fine
all the time i was doing that a little while ago with my tooth pain thinking i have sepsis and stuff
im going through this atm, i had a faint/black out around 7 months ago and have had myself worried sick ever since that something was seriously wrong, numerous blood tests, mri scan, ct scan, echo cardiogram, numerous ecg and blood pressure tests and all is clear, ive now accepted that ive developed some anxiety and im trying my best to work through it, its not easy but just take one day at a time
Kasey - you should really talk to a specialist about this and make sure to let your doctor know. It is a really bad spiral and counseling will help you get out of it. Do not be shy about bringing this up and be strong. Anxiety can destroy your body both physically and mentally. You need to address your concerns head on - so do not avoid the appointment. You have not noted that a specific event caused this line of thinking - beyond the internet search... so, I assume that all is actually well.
Thanks Steven. I will not cancel my appointment. I need peace of mind and I can’t go on living in fear of having a disease or diseases I haven’t even been diagnosed with...