Hypochondria

I decided to talk about something that I don't normally talk about with people, but I decided...why the hell not, because I always want someone to talk to about this, and I just...have like 2-3 people that I typically ever do, both because I don't want to seem crazy/annoying, nor do I want to give realism to my fears.

Alright, moving on now, hence the thread, I do believe I am a hypochondriac.

The funny thing about saying that, is that often times I spend my time thinking whether or not I can self-diagnose myself as that, and thinking about the implications of being that...and so on, yet another condition to have myself be.

But yeah, I am this, and it is the truth. The problem with me is, I'm always getting aches and pains, or I will get a little bought of diarrhea, and I get frequent heartburn...and suddenly I am marking myself down as having mestatic cancer. I have a cyst on my testicle, immediately jumped to testicular cancer, and one on the back of neck, immediately jumped to lymphoma. In all fairness it was a dermatologist that said that lump on the back of my neck was a small cyst....same with another patch of lumps, and no ultrasound was done there...so of course, I worry, HE WAS WRONG, AND I WILL DIE FOR HIS ERROR!!

But yeah...constant heartburn, occasional inconsistent BMs, headaches, cysts. All which I have constantly identified as "Likely cancer". I thought I would just share that facet of me...I like to be a calm funny person, but I truly am often up late at night googling diseases and symptoms, or laying awake feeling rib pain, or back pain, and thinking "that's it...that's the disease spreading."

Any other hypochondriacs? Any other medical stories? Any thoughts comments?...feel free. Felt really nice to type that out, haha.

I'm probably the complete opposite. I don't take my body seriously pretty much ever. If I have a headache, I pound a glass of water and lay down for ten minutes. If I have a strange pain, I totally ignore it. One of my knee-caps is kinda strangely shaped, and I'm just kinda like, "Meh, hasn't done anything to me yet." I had foot problems for far too long before I said anything, and this last one definitely takes the cake:

I had a "inguinal hernia" for years before I ever said anything. I was just like, "Meh, I'm sure it's not causing any problems..." Then it did, LOL. Now I am only 99.8% organic.

See I do both things.

I will have a small pain and convince myself that it's the worst thing possible, but that I have to ignore it because I'm being silly and it will go away on it's own. Then when it still feels like that after a few weeks I go to the doctors. And I'll be like "WHAT DOES AIDS FEEL LIKE?????????????" and then my doctor smacks me and tells me that I'm fine.

Also, I went with AIDS because Deet had the cancer market cornered and I didn't want to bite his flavor.

My sister is the same way sometimes. She'll feel a bump at a lymph node and freak out about it. I kind of roll my eyes and tell her to get it checked out if she's really worried. Seriously it is good to see a doctor for testicle bumps and whatnot, but in my experience it's usually not as bad as it seems.

Headaches suck js

I suffer from chronic headaches/migraines whatever you want to call them

I can't tell you how many times in the last 14 years Boyd has said to me, "whats wrong" and I say "I dont feel good".... Im constantlly getting lectured about being "more specific". Its always little things... My ankle hurts, my back hurts, my head hurts, Im achey, I hurt my arm..... etc... It seems like something happens every day. Today i woke up and my back hurts, then I banged my hand on the corner of the kitchen sink... its purple..as I type this. Yeah, its nothing serious... but, every day its something. For the last three days my ankle has hurt, it hurts when I walk, with each step. Then there is the funny thing that is happening with my jaw.... its been fucked up since last august. My jaw pops... every time I open my mouth. To chew, to eat, to yawn, to talk.... etc. One of these days I tease my mom that Im just going to wake up and my jaw wont open. She is always telling me not to say that, that it's scary. Well, she isnt the one that has to deal with popping jaw syndrome every day. .... I dont think about diseases or anything like that... just every day, something hurts. It's been this way for so long Im not sure what its supposed to feel like when you "feel good". Oh, and I take Nyquil every night before I go to bed because its the only thing that helps me sleep. Without it, I wake up with terrible allergies and I toss and turn all night.

You can believe me or not, I dont really give a shit.

Lol why wouldn't we believe you?!

That really sucks.

For me, it's really weird. When I actually do have something, I don't bother getting it checked out until it gets out of hand. I had H1N1 for 3 weeks before going to the doctor. I had numb/cold/blue legs for long periods my whole life, before I went to the doctor. I skipped my friggin' period for 14 months before going to the doctor.

Yet, I'll have the smallest problem, and go running to the doctor the next day. You have no idea how many times I've been offered a pregnancy test while at the doctor's. I'll just go and be like "I HAVE A BELLY ACHE!" And after I tell them 10 times that I'm not pregnant, they tell me that I'm fine.

Jess wrote:

You have no idea how many times I've been offered a pregnancy test while at the doctor's. I'll just go and be like "I HAVE A BELLY ACHE!" And after I tell them 10 times that I'm not pregnant, they tell me that I'm fine.

The running joke at the wellness center at my college was that the nurses always assumed girls were pregnant.

Female student: I have a headache.
Nurse: Preggers

Ok, the nurse never said preggers, but you get the point.

HAHAHA, OMG, THAT'S THE RUNNING JOKE WITH MY ROOMMATES BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED! I told them I had a headache, and they said I was pregnant.

On our fridge, we have our apartment rules. One of them is "Any and all symptoms will be immediately blamed on pregnancy"

LOL I'm so happy that other people share in this hilarious experience. Nurses be dumb sometimes.

We always joke about how the ONLY thing the nurses in the Health Services Center at my school are qualified to diagnose is STDs and pregnancies. Every room has a bed with stirrups. If you have neither of those things, their minds are BLOWN.

Exactly!

Dogdude84 wrote:

Jess wrote:

You have no idea how many times I've been offered a pregnancy test while at the doctor's. I'll just go and be like "I HAVE A BELLY ACHE!" And after I tell them 10 times that I'm not pregnant, they tell me that I'm fine.

The running joke at the wellness center at my college was that the nurses always assumed girls were pregnant.

Female student: I have a headache.
Nurse: Preggers

Ok, the nurse never said preggers, but you get the point.

Ditto

LOL apparently it has swept the nation!! Maybe it's some inside joke among nurses to fuck with students.

Orr maybe they're just all fucking stupid!

Our health center just dishes out drugs like a dark alleyway.

Most of them you don't need and probably won't ever take...

When I was in college literally the only thing the health center would do was give you sudafed. Like that was the big joke. "I have a fever" "Here's your sudafed!" "I think I'm HIV+." "Take this sudafed!"

I'm starting to think I might need a therapist. I like...just am staying up all night lately thinking about suddenly being struck down with illness, death, and the same occuring to my family and friends...

That's just...I mean, in some ways something you can't not think about...I mean...inevitableness of things, and the truth that bad things like that happen, but at the same time....I shouldn't be thinking about it every night, for little to no reason.

I'm strange. Sorry for the oddness.