Still learning since getting diagnosed but are there actual symptoms of health OCD or anxiety? What are a few that you can separate from actual situation will warrant a dr visit
Struggling with this thought myself tbh 😅, it can be so exhausting too cuz you never know what thought to take seriously enough to get it checked by a doctor
@nic0.xp Do you go thru any symptoms
@lotero I have health ocd ! I think what helped me figure it out was the constant checking/researching symptoms and looking for suspicious bumps to make sure it wasn’t cancer or some terrible illness. Noticed it a lot when I was a kid and it got worse over time cuz I was doing compulsions to help ease the anxiety but recently found that giving into compulsions make the thoughts feel a lot more real
@nic0.xp I’m in that same boat it all started in April I got diagnosed with anxiety with adjustment disorder and health ocd (he used a name ) is all new to me and it’s scares d shat out of me
A lot of my health anxiety/OCD symptoms overlapped with actual medical conditions so it’s definitely worth going to get checked out! I had no appetite because I was so upset and then lost a lot of weight; I wouldn’t sleep because I was anxious, then would be fatigued throughout the day; etc. Speaking about OCD compulsions specifically, checking behaviors are very common, whether that be googling symptoms, reading Reddit boards, physically checking your body, asking for reassurance from others. My health OCD spiral was one of the most severe of my life and I truly thought I was dying of terminal cancer because my physical symptoms were so awful. As scary as going to the doctor is, it will set your mind at ease! Wishing you well!❤️
@Brekgel I have done various exams already they all comeback pretty normal including my heart I just dot. Get it like right now I’m chilling relaxed all of sudden my hands feel tingling and warm my left arm seems weak and I’m anxious yet my nerve conduction exams blood work all that normal
@lotero Anxiety can definitely cause tingling and numbness! I go numb when I’m anxious, especially with my hands, arms, and feet. Our brains are very powerful and the more we think about something, the worse our physical symptoms feel sometimes!
@Brekgel Yeah but if I’m chilll calm relaxed how can I still get that idk this all new
@lotero Bodies are weird! My numbness sometimes comes in waves and a passing thought slightly related to my OCD would immediately cause numbness even if I wasn’t anxious at the particular moment. It could also be a pinched nerve—my leg and foot would go numb for months and it turns out it was a pinched nerve!
@Brekgel Yeah they’ve checked me for that aperatly no pinch nerve
It's extremely difficult to tell purely because the disease causes false physical sensations that accompany intrusions.
@Guest1488484 Yeah it sucks specially when I keep asking myself “ but my tests where clear” did they miss anything
@lotero You've had tests, they were clear. All you can do from this point forward is let the intrusions pass. You can do it.
@Guest1488484 Thanx I’m hoping to get better
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