so i've had horrible health anxiety for over 2 years now and a million health scares since. on thursday i was lying in bed when my leg started feeling strange. it was like restless leg syndrome and i went to bed fine but the next day when i was going to work i felt it again and felt it the whole day (especially while sitting at my desk) it felt like numbness/tingling/sometimes burning down the left side of my left leg. i panicked it was DVT and had a massive panic attack thursday night where i couldnt breathe and then assumed the blood clot got to my lungs. i took a xanax and then my breathing calmed and i went to bed and spent friday lying around so the feeling was mostly not there except when i would sit upright or sometimes walk. my breathing was so bad too. saturday i took another xanax so my breathing would become normal and went to the doctor. she said she was 100% sure it wasn't a blood clot or anything to be concerned about based on what i told her and her examination of my leg. she said it was most likely a pinched nerve from walking poorly a week or so ago. i was glad to hear she wasnt concerned and left with no breathing problems and my leg not hurting terribly. fast forward to today and i'm back to panicking over it and it's now kind of a throb that can be felt in my left leg and my left thigh. my breathing is once again on and off poor and i really feel like i'm going crazy. i can't keep panicking over these things. i want to take my doctors word for it and have a peace of mind but i've read too much on the internet about doctors being wrong and people dying because of it. i'm so scared and i'm tired of living like this. does anyone have advice on how to come to terms with all of their symptoms instead of stressing over every single thing and assuming the worst? i want to enjoy life again...
rest assured you’ll be ok.
it’s a panic attack you will overcome it. remember it’s a vicious circle . you feeling it makes you panic
panic makes more anxiety back and forth
positive self talk works well words of kindness to your self ..
been there done that but now I have control over the anxiety and panic..
without meds
I I too have the same fear but I definitely have had it reassured by a few different doctors. I still got the pain every now and then and I go straight to freaking out about a DVTand I also do the same thing to where I think it moved to my lungs and then I start to worry about PE. may I ask what the doctors have tested you for because I know that you could still have something wrong with out physically seeing your leg swollen. I’m so bad that the doctors stop testing me now for it because I’ve gotten so many tests back saying that I’m fine but I still have the pain. I don’t know if you’re in the states or not but there’s actuallya website where you can actually buy test online and you don’t need a doctor’s approval. I have gotten of the d-dimer test done a couple of times on my own just for reassurance that nothing is wrong. if you score the lowest on their score I would look into getting a d-dimer done just to be on the safe side.
she didn’t do any tests, just examined my leg and listened to my symptoms. i want to go to urgent care for a d dimer test though
what’s this test you’re referring to?
it it is a d-dimer test and it can detect a blood clot anywhere in your body. It is very reliable but urgent care doesn’t carry the test so you would either need to ask your primary doctor for it or go to the emergency department and they can run one for you. or if you are able to purchase the test yourself online.
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