Health concern ocd

I genuinely think I contracted food poisoning . I had barely eaten throughout day until I got home from work . Had a sandwich and fries. I felt so stuffed afterwards , that I started to feel shortness of breath and nauseous. I felt better a little agyer but still felt full, I then stupidly continued to ate despite that. I had a pint of ice cream I had been saving since I got home. My main symptoms I’ve noticed have been Alor of dehydration, nauseo, and shortness of breath. Drinking water isn’t helping . I’m scared I’ll die in my sleep. I don’t wanna have to ruminate and get anxiety and possibly have to ask parents to rush me to hospital .

Username: Brian :)Brian :)

Date posted: 2y ago

I’m feeling better physically and mentally

Username: EggynogEggynog

Date posted: 2y ago

That’s great!! :D

Username: Brian :)Brian :)

Date posted: 2y ago

I think I was just full maybe and bloated.

Username: EggynogEggynog

Date posted: 2y ago

Hi! This sounds a little similar to my OCD, the fear of being sick actually starts to make me feel symptoms of sickness. How are your symptoms now? If there are no physical signs of food poisoning, it could be a form of OCD presenting itself with physical symptoms. Either way, I know how completely terrifying it is. I’m out right now exposing myself and it’s so scary. Just know that you’re not alone!! Lots of people in this community care and have similar struggles!

Username: peachykeenkat peachykeenkat

Date posted: 2y ago

I'm so sorry your going through this. I agree with Eggynog on this! If there aren't symptoms it could be OCD trying to present itself. I have that a lot whenever my OCD gets severe. and if you eat to fast or sometimes even eat to much our stomach can give us the feeling that we think we need to throw up or just don't feel good! i struggle with health OCD and whenever I feel a problem I either check with someone if i really feel sick or check my temperature or i'll just sit through it sometimes because it's hard to defer when it's ocd and not for me, i'll sit through it and if it doesn't let up and or worsen within an hour then I know that I should definitely advocate or talk to someone about how i'm feeling!

Username: j

Date posted: 3y ago

I have pretty bad contamination ocd. It makes it hard for me to eat enough or drink enough because of my compulsions. It’s getting pretty serious because I hardly drink enough water now. Yesterday I drank maybe two bottles of water and stopped drinking around 2 pm. It’s 10:30 am here and I’ve drank 3 glasses of water finally but that’s only because I started feeling dizzy and light headed. The room was tilting and now I feel pretty sick to my stomach because I know I’ve got to be logically dehydrated. But ocd is up to it’s tricks making me think it’s worse than what it is that maybe I’m really sick, or drugged or poisoned etc. I’ve never really had this happen before. I know logically I have to be dehydrated and this cannot continue. It scares me because I’m not even meaning for it to get this far. It’s just really hard fighting off ocd. I don’t know what to do and I can’t drive myself to therapy now because of the dizziness/lightheadedness. What’s the quickest way to get back to normal?

Username: megan.101

Date posted: 1y ago

Health OCD

I may sound crazy but on Saturday I choked on a bit of my drink and then my anxiety began Sunday night. I’ve had this unrealistic fear that I have some type of pneumonia and the liquid went into my lungs. I woke up at 3:30AM on Monday morning with a huge panic attack and then was anxious the entire day with chest pain. I’m still worried about it today but don’t wanna succumb to going to urgent care - is this a crazy thing to do just to calm me down? ugh!

Username: humano

Date posted: 1y ago

I'm having a panic attack - please calm me

I think I have somatic ocd I'm not sure but it's 1:27 and I can't go to a doctor or make an appointment. I'm getting scared of choking. I forgot a week ago how to swallow and lost the instinct. I barely eat in the day, but I try to eat normal food as an exposure. I know I won't choke but my body doesn't. I had a panick attack after eating like 7 spoons of rice and meat. It was all good until I started feeling again my throat very thick and like if there's a grain of rice. It really annoys me and my breathing is accelerated, I started feeling derealization. I need someone to calm me down. I won't go to work tomorrow, I'm so sleepy but feel like I won't breathe because of my panick attack. I'm alone right now

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