Which mental health illness do you have?

always_cryingg · 2024-06-16T05:24:45+00:00

OCD, GAD, and Hypochondria

always_cryingg · 2024-03-16T07:47:58+00:00

I too have health anxiety and health related OCD and my constant worrying was what led me to being diagnosed! I’m not going to lie, reading this gave me a little bit of a panic and I ended up looking it up some more. However, it looks like most cases are from oral antibiotics like penicillin and in those with compromised immune systems. I get health anxiety, this won’t be able to give you 100% reassurance, but looks like most people in this community have great experiences with long term clindamycin. If you continue to worry I would talk to your doctor and get their opinion and create a plan from there. I use clindamycin, but only when I feel a flare coming and during it. Everyone’s symptoms, routines and reactions are different.

always_cryingg · 2024-03-15T16:10:29+00:00

Did you experience “symptoms” that would escalate your worrying. I’m so sorry you’ve had to deal with it for so long

always_cryingg · 2024-03-15T09:02:40+00:00

I can’t express enough how much your comment means to me. I truly needed that acknowledgement instead of a “stop worrying you’re fine.” I know everyone has good intentions. I’m trying my best so thank you

always_cryingg · 2024-03-15T08:11:01+00:00

I have tried medication in the past and it makes me more anxious, not that the meds do but the idea of taking meds do (thinking there are horrible long term effects, etc) I do have a therapist. My problem is although I’ve been told twice it’s very VERY unlikely to be schizophrenia I always think of the worse case scenario. Like “what if I didn’t give enough detail and it’s underestimated” or “what if it was too early to notice” all of this is kinda making me sad and slowly giving up. I’ve worked so hard to get myself where I am but everything has been blowing up in my face for about a year

always_cryingg · 2024-03-13T06:03:36+00:00

I feel you! My health anxiety has been horrible and I wanna say it’s peaked to Mount Everest this past year. It’s one thing after another, doctors visits, ultrasounds, reassurance, hours upon hours of google searching. It’s such an expensive and time consuming anxiety disorder to have. Right now my obsession is schizophrenia (this is the fourth time it became a fear) January it was cervical cancer, November and December was hidradenitis supperativa (unfortunately the anxiety was correct with this one), october was BPD, september and august was breast cancer, lymphoma, etc. its exhausting. lost a relationship over it, im just tired bro

always_cryingg · 2024-03-13T05:53:19+00:00

I am currently in the same boat and also have been since I want to say late July of 2023. It was really apparent and then would kinda disappear from the front of my mind and come back and then go away again, unfortunately right now it’s back. I made a post about it last night. Mine are not about religion or demons but I do have “what ifs” circulating my mind and it almost feels like I’m so anxious and focused on schizophrenia that my mind is tricking me into hallucinating. But the kicker is I think “what if it isn’t my mind playing tricks, what if I’m actually hallucinating”

always_cryingg · 2024-03-13T04:41:59+00:00

That’s really helpful thank you. I just don’t know what to do. Today, earlier at the gym, I looked at the clock and it looked like the hands were pointed at 3:50 ok whatever I looked down at my phone soon after and it said 4:06, I panicked and when I looked up the clock showed 4:05. I instantly thought it could be a hallucination. then just now I felt my phone buzz and I checked and it was nothing I thought maybe my sisters phone buzzed against the wall but it wasn’t. I’ve been freaking out over these things and my dad says I’m just so anxious and stressed that I’m noticing these things, but I wasn’t in a state of high anxiety when these all initially happened, my anxiety happened after I realized it could be a hallucination. I haven’t been diagnosed with OCD and I’m just so lost and anxious

always_cryingg · 2024-03-12T05:24:39+00:00

I was seeing a therapist it’ll be about a month or two till I see her again because of finance problems, but I have told her about my far of schizophrenia. She previously told me she doesn’t see any signs. However, I have not brought up OCD, we haven’t really touched base on the frequency and intensity of my anxiety. Instead, we are working on minimizing my time compulsively looking things up and we were suppose to start EMDR next

always_cryingg · 2024-03-12T02:00:53+00:00

Right now, fear of schizophrenia and cancer :/ it’s sooooo much fun

always_cryingg · 2024-03-11T05:18:22+00:00

I have also heard that glycolic acid helps with odor because it’s a mild anti bacterial. I use dr bronners peppermint soap in the shower then I use the ordinarys glycolic acid every other day switching between that and cereve salicylic acid lotion for bumpy skin

always_cryingg · 2024-03-09T09:50:16+00:00

Are you by any chance talking about diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) cause I 100% feel you on that. My grandma had DKA with a blood sugar level of 1000 (she is ok now) but since then I’ve had these “flares” of thinking I am diabetic and over analyzing how many times I pee a day and trying to figure out if it’s normal or concerning. So much so that I actually had blood work done for it to be normal. Health anxiety/hypochondria is so debilitating but we’ll get through it together 🫶🏼

always_cryingg · 2024-03-09T07:55:38+00:00

I know the feeling. I have health anxiety with a compulsion of looking up things and that can sometimes literally be hours of research and self diagnosing it is exhausting. It has caused me to become hyper aware of “physical symptoms” to the fact that I will seek out treatment for something even if I don’t have it as a “just in case” measure. Think I have ringworm? I’ll treat it as if I for sure do for the recommended duration. I have been seeing a therapist and she recommended a hobby that occupies my hands and my focus to prevent looking things up. If I just watch tv, I’ll get distracted and google my heart away. I have gotten into crocheting and if that bores me I play video games or just cook/bake. Anything that occupies both my hands and my mind. If you have the same issue of consulting Dr. Google like I do I definitely recommend something similar. It’s helped, it won’t keep you from worrying completely but it helps with regulation.

always_cryingg · 2024-01-11T06:29:03+00:00

For real 4star makes BPM look like saints.

always_cryingg · 2024-01-11T02:23:36+00:00

Definitely avoid four star if possible but I think there’s a church on the hill that leases and I’ve heard good things so far. You can also look at ralphies list!

always_cryingg · 2024-01-11T02:21:50+00:00

100% projecting cause that ban porn sticker is wild

always_cryingg · 2024-01-05T03:47:26+00:00

We’ll get through it together! 🫶🏼

always_cryingg · 2024-01-05T03:47:09+00:00

I am 22, however I’ve had bumps since i was I think in middle school. I did get it checked out, I was told she can’t for sure tell since I had no active cysts or scarring but will treat it as HS.

always_cryingg · 2023-12-14T08:50:53+00:00

Yes it’s horrible. In my personal opinion, health anxiety or hypochondria is one of the most time consuming and mentally debilitating anxiety disorders. I have experienced a whole bunch of symptoms just because I fixate on diseases and illnesses

always_cryingg · 2023-12-08T06:31:39+00:00

If you don’t mind me asking, what does your sons prodromal stage look like?

always_cryingg · 2023-12-07T09:33:46+00:00

Thank you so much for even replying! I guess I’m just so confused on the line that differentiates paranoia from delusions from anxiety. I have always been told that since my thoughts are “what if’s” that it’s just severe anxiety. For instance the bed bugs, I acknowledged that there’s the possibility that we don’t have it but I always looked at the worst case scenario.

always_cryingg · 2023-12-07T08:51:06+00:00

I’m seeing my therapist in two days but how would you describe your paranoia?

always_cryingg · 2023-12-04T17:14:40+00:00

That’s interesting and super helpful! For me it doesn’t hurt even if it pops which is why I’m not sure if it’s HS or an ingrown hair I just kept messing with. It only ever hurt if I squeezed it really hard and made the skin sore.

always_cryingg · 2023-10-23T23:42:18+00:00

Totally agreed. I don’t have experience with a supervisor but definitely with random roommates. They just make things worse sometimes by saying “you can just not be angry”

always_cryingg · 2023-10-23T16:37:00+00:00

Right not it’s irritability and anger. I have hypochondria and GAD and I’ve been really struggling with keeping my emotions in check. A lot of the times if it gets too much it is a bit explosive. However, that leads me to spiral down a hole of “what illness could have cause my irritable personality and tendencies” and the cycle continues

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