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5 hours ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

This resonated with me a lot. I suffered from anxiety for the first time in 2020 after taking a couple of courses of antibiotics and getting an adverse reaction to them. It lasted about 3 months and as you said I wouldn't have wished it on anyone. I remember thinking that breaking a limb etc. would be vastly superior as it least you can see an end to it whereas there was no marker as to when, and if, I'd be okay again. My thoughts go to everyone who has this as a recurring symptom as it's a bastard of a condition.

 

I actually wrote and recorded a song about it when I was on the mend as it helped me to get some perspective on it. Don't know how it feels for others but this is how it made me feel.

 

 

I'd kept this aside to listen too. Its Dire Straits/Pink Floyd and wouldn't look out of place on an album by either. Superb. 

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7 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

I am an absolute mental wreck. My hypocondria is on an another level. After I get my second dose of vaccine, I'm calling my Doctor and might literally beg for a solution. Whether some pills or medical tests that can calm my mind a bit. I am losing it.

All the words of wisdom, calming words and usually things everyone can only give mean nothing to someone whose heads gone. All I can say is fight it like a fucker, put your favourite album on, your favourite film video game whatever to take your mind off things. We've had our run-in on the FF and I still think you're a fart for it but the world would be a worse off place if you weren't in it. Oh and think of all the boss things you've got to come. Dig in.

 

Good luck, it takes a man to admit when he's on his chin-strap. 

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47 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

I am an absolute mental wreck. My hypocondria is on an another level. After I get my second dose of vaccine, I'm calling my Doctor and might literally beg for a solution. Whether some pills or medical tests that can calm my mind a bit. I am losing it.

Sorry to hear you're feeling like that mate. 

 

The first thing to remember is that it will pass, you won't always feel like you're feeling right now.

 

The second thing to remember is that it isn't your fault that you're feeling this way. When I had really bad anxiety I actually felt really guilty for feeling that way, until it was explained to me that I had no more control over it than you do over getting something physical.

 

Definitely see the GP, you may need some medication to get you out of that initial 'shock' phase, then maybe think about getting some counseling. 

 

Remember though, you WILL be okay. 

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1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

I am an absolute mental wreck. My hypocondria is on an another level. After I get my second dose of vaccine, I'm calling my Doctor and might literally beg for a solution. Whether some pills or medical tests that can calm my mind a bit. I am losing it.

Come on here, let it out, call me a cunt if it helps, you can even call me a bad tory queg and I'll rep you for it. Walk on, walk through it.

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1 hour ago, 3 Stacks said:

I am an absolute mental wreck. My hypocondria is on an another level. After I get my second dose of vaccine, I'm calling my Doctor and might literally beg for a solution. Whether some pills or medical tests that can calm my mind a bit. I am losing it.

Really tough this mate. As others have said, try and find things that you feel help you (however small) and take each of these as baby steps towards recovery. It’s a horrible condition but there will be a turning point, hopefully it’ll be soon.

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I spent nearly a year thinking that every ache and pain was a blood clot or that I was going to suffer a heart attack. From my experience; I spoke to the GP, asked for scans, went for scans and gathered as much reassurance from medical professionals as I could/evidence. Which helped.

 

I also think experiencing those feelings and them passing without me dying/getting diagnosed with anything helped and provided a baseline should any anxieties crop up. The same aches/anxieties that would have stressed me out massively 6 months ago barely register now.

 

Anything acute, believe me you'll know about it.

 

As for cancer/other conditions the tests will reassure you.

 

Hope you find some peace and appropriate treatment as it's no fun living your life in fear.

 

 

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Feeling a bit better, not great. Started a new job in the public sector 5 weeks ago, shit money but Brilliant pension . plus back at the gym as well. 

 

As for doctors mine is shocking. Rang him for something to help as I felt shit , he tried get me off the tablets i was on

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Just now, littletedwest said:

Feeling a bit better, not great. Started a new job in the public sector 5 weeks ago, shit money but Brilliant pension . plus back at the gym as well. 

 

As for doctors mine is shocking. Rang him for something to help as I felt shit , he tried get me off the tablets i was on

The gym will help. If the tablets aren't helping then get off them pronto 

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Just now, littletedwest said:

Feeling a bit better, not great. Started a new job in the public sector 5 weeks ago, shit money but Brilliant pension . plus back at the gym as well. 

 

As for doctors mine is shocking. Rang him for something to help as I felt shit , he tried get me off the tablets i was on

A former gp of mine told me to go for a walk when I felt low. Belting, cheers mate. 

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12 minutes ago, Redder Lurtz said:

A former gp of mine told me to go for a walk when I felt low. Belting, cheers mate. 

One  GP actually said to me once, and this is an exact quote: "don't tell me about it, tell a counsellor about it."

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40 minutes ago, littletedwest said:

Feeling a bit better, not great. Started a new job in the public sector 5 weeks ago, shit money but Brilliant pension . plus back at the gym as well. 

 

As for doctors mine is shocking. Rang him for something to help as I felt shit , he tried get me off the tablets i was on

Repped for you feeling a bit better, not for your knobhead doctor.

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It's a tough one really, as GPs are the quintessential jack of all trades, master of none. Their job is increasingly leaning towards the care of a physically ageing population, so when it comes to an otherwise fit person's mental health they're just poking about in the dark.

 

If you're on tablets and you feel shit, they see their arse and assume it's a side effect, so look to correct course. If you're lucky, there's a decent specialist mental health service they can refer you to. 

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The problem is I have had swollen lymph nodes in multiple places in my body for about two years. This is a real symptom that requires actual evaluation. There are multiple medical studies which say, "yeah, swollen nodes in multiple places in the body should be throughly checked for signs of systemic illness" . And all I've gotten thus far is some felt by hand two years ago and a blood test last November, through a phone call, during which my Doctor was doing everything to not get me to come in person for a check up.

 

I'm no doubt a hypochodriac and blow health stuff out of proportion, and there are symptoms I can pretty clearly point to psychosomatic causes, but when you feel like there is also something actually real going on, it makes things almost unbearable.

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2 hours ago, Redder Lurtz said:

A former gp of mine told me to go for a walk when I felt low. Belting, cheers mate. 


I saw my regular GP a couple of weeks before I was diagnosed with MS and her advice to me was to take up jogging. Absolutely mental. It’s hard to take them seriously after something like that and I’m lucky that I’ve got specialists waiting on the end of the phone if I’ve got questions or anything. 
 

@3 Stacks You’re a cool dude. I genuinely hope you find some solution to your problems but I’d appreciate it if you keep playing your game on here in the meantime. It doesn’t go unnoticed. 

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8 minutes ago, 3 Stacks said:

The problem is I have had swollen lymph nodes in multiple places in my body for about two years. This is a real symptom that requires actual evaluation. There are multiple medical studies which say, "yeah, swollen nodes in multiple places in the body should be throughly checked for signs of systemic illness" . And all I've gotten thus far is some felt by hand two years ago and a blood test last November, through a phone call, during which my Doctor was doing everything to not get me to come in person for a check up.

 

I'm no doubt a hypochodriac and blow health stuff out of proportion, and there are symptoms I can pretty clearly point to psychosomatic causes, but when you feel like there is also something actually real going on, it makes things almost unbearable.

I don't know what Canadian healthcare is like but can't you call and ask for a chat with a GP and insist on being properly referred? 

 

Don't google asking what this lump is, go and see someone then insist and insist and so on. 

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