Having a hard time figuring out if my physical symptoms are because of my OCD & health anxiety or if there’s something truly wrong with me. Feeling weakness and weird sensations in my arm and leg on and off for a long time now … doctors don’t know what’s wrong :(
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@miisoa I’ve been to two different orthopedists, two neurologists, and a general practitioner as well as a holistic doctor. Not sure how many more doctors visits I can do without getting answers :/ I’m convinced they’re missing something but I am also constantly thinking about these sensations which makes them worse
If they have done cbc panels and looked at things and can't determine it could be your anxiety symptoms, they feel very much like being sick or unhealthy. I am hyper aware of my own body and it took me a long time to recognize that the physical symptoms are probably from the ocd/anxiety and cortisol overload more than illness or anatomical issues. You could start with a good diet, exercise and there are some really good you tube frequencies that help with cortisol. I have used them foe quite a while and it has helped get me to a place where I am ready to embrace the discomfort of erp and push harder in it that I would have before I started those things. Your ocd will never accept that something isn't physically wrong with you because it wants you to stay sick with it. My husband and son both have heart issues, so I get there is a time and a place for getting checked, but also, there is a time to sit with the perceived discomfort to see if the anxiety eases and you start to feel better without all the drs poking and prodding you. My ocd gives me a weak/empty feeling and I almost pass out, I have also feel vibrations and hear buzzing noises that others don't. When we are hyper aware and constantly looking, it feels very real and the anxiety builds and it feels worse and worse until we stand up to it and call ocd out.
tell me why… idk if this is just me but i’m so scared i have ovarian cancer, kidney stone, kidney failure, UTI, hernia, or something wrong that’s making my lower stomach to my inner thigh and pelvic area. i have an uncomfortable feeling. it was hurting more last night then it is today… everytime i pee it doesn’t hurt but i somewhat still get the uncomfortable feeling down there and feeling in stomach. i’ve been googling and idk what to do because i’m scared of the doctors and i haven’t had a physical like in 2 years and i’m like scared if i go to a physicial i will have something wrong with me like i have cancer or something that i don’t know about. something tells me the pain tho in general is something gastrointestinal related but idk if could mean i have pain down “there”…. i took a tylenol last night it helped a little but then it still kinda occurred and i took a tum and it’s still the same i think it’s still occurring since i’m so hyper focused about it. idk i’m just like ugh my OCD was doing so well i just can’t tell what it is or if something is wrong i’m just scared :( i hate when having certain pains i freak out.
(TW- Please don’t read if you have ocd relating to one off/random medical events) ^ ^ ^ ^ okay so this is something I’ve been confused about for YEARS and completely sped up my ocd symptoms, I had a one off seizure a few years ago, it wasn’t a major one but enough to have family take me to the hospital afterwards, I don’t remember anything whilst it was happening and I was unwell at the time too. I did all the tests and nothing came back, even tested for epilepsy but I don’t have that. No one has been able to give me a reason and that set off my ocd since mine is mostly based around things I cant see hurting me or others (contamination ocd) or me making the wrong decision (rOCD, real event etc etc) (no clue I had ocd at this point though, only got diagnosed last year) I know they can be stressed induced too but I remember not feeling that stressed that night and not much was going on… Is there anyone that’s experienced the same thing?? Could it be OCD related at all?
I had blood work done for a test I was having a couple weeks ago. The phlebotomist hit my vein weird, my arm bled a lot, but eventually stopped. My arm is still sore several days later. The following week I had my bronchoscopy. The nurse used the same arm that was already sore to put in the IV for the meds. My arm started hurting, swelling and burning. I told her it hurt really bad but she ignored me; then I was out. It’s been a week and my arm still hurts, and my veins are tight and hard. Couple that with the white stuff all over my face, that nobody from the care team bothered to wipe off- which I didn’t know about until my husband asked me what it was, I got harm from my OCD! At first I chalked it up to the white stuff on my face was bad bedside manners. Now, I keep thinking that my doctors and everyone associated with the clinics are trying to harm me. This morning I had an incident with the fryer oven while toasting my bagel. I asked my husband about it and he says he didn’t notice anything. I was down to the last few bites of my bagel, and suddenly started feeling loopy. I spit it out and threw the rest away. After sitting awhile thinking of the doctors and phlebotomist etc… it dawned on me that it was my OCD telling me people were trying to harm me. I don’t know how to get over the fact that my arm hurts really bad and my doctor completely ignores my health concerns. I’ve been nauseous for the past two weeks or so - there is definitely something wrong! I think when they find out that you have OCD and/or Anxiety, they treat you differently, as if you’re making up the symptoms. I most certainly haven’t felt heard! My husband always says, what’s wrong now? It’s such a horrible feeling to hear him say that. Is this what you call Harm? Or is it associated with Harm? I’m not sure if this is triggering or not. I hope not.
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