I am suffering from health anxiety really bad. I know there's something wrong with physically but I think it's something words than what it is. I keep going from doctor to doctor an get test like crazy. They told me it's fibromyalgia but I do not believe it. I googled my symptoms an it made me go crazy. It's so hard for me to smile or do anything I am so afraid of dieing with this monster disease. I have little kids an all I think about is them.
I convinced my self that I have ALS. I have had a few different doctors tell me that I do not have it but all I say is what if. I had 2 normal emg 3 months apart they say aboustly no ALS but I still can't get it out of my head. I think because I read story's that people put on the internet that they had this an that an several emg before they actually found it. My husband said not to believe it people can put anything on there to listen to the doctors. But it's got me scared out of my wits.
I'm hopin it's something in my back causing my problems I go to the doctors again on Friday.
I have weakness in left leg not clinical weakness but perceived weakness, twitching all over, my foot feels numb it's not actually numb but just has the sensation. I was having burning in my thighs but not so much anymore, Charlie horse on top of foot an lower back pain. I had a MRI of my lower back in March an it showed 2 mild bulging disk an mild arthritis. I been seeing a chiropractor which I see some improvement but very little. All yeah I have a increased reflex on my left leg to. He says a pinched nerve but emg should of showed that.
Can anyone relate to this.
Its like ive written this. I too suffer from health anxiety and i know how horrible it is. I too move on to different symptoms have you tried CBT.? This is what i am having at the min and i take citalopram as well every day as well as propanolol. I am starting to feel alot better in my self. Do not google i did this and caused myself to start having panic attacks now i stay away from the internet. I still have bad days but not half as bad. There is hope and like you i have two children i think i have every symptom going. I was that bad i was down at the doctors every day and going to gp out of hrs at night. I even made my husband take me to hospital. Now i only go for my tablets and too see how i am doing. So there is hope. Dont think your alone there are others in the same situationxxx
Vickt
This has been me too. Health anxiety is so strange as we all do the same things - seek reassurance, Google and then get scared, change symptoms from one day to the next, believe in the what ifs, all our focus is on the disease we think we have. I've had ALS worries before and it is horrible as a lot of the symptoms of anxiety mimic some of the als symptoms. I can't really tell you more than you've already been told, don't google, you've had tests and they were fine, believe in your doctor and your husband when he says that anyone can write anything on the Internet - it's true. Think about how unlikely it is to be you who would have a couple of tests both of which come out wrong - extremely unlikely. Hang on in there, this one will pass - ALS is rare and you are not getting it.
If you don't mind me asking what symptoms was you having that gave you the ALS scare an did you have any test. How did you overcome it. I think if my weakness in my leg would go away I would feel some relief.
Thanks
Amy
Like tingling and electric shock like symptoms in arms and fingers, muscle aches, muscle movements in leg, feeling weak, hands shaking. I didn't get any tests done, I spoke to doctors about it and also a friend who is a GP and they helped me. I probably moved onto a different worry which made me forget it. As I said hang in there, you have had tests and all is well. You can dismiss this worry and try to believe it's anxiety.