question for those with health anxiety - Anxiety Message Board

debbie2862 · 01-30-2006, 05:13 PM

I have been having all kinds of pains and aches all over my body for a few weeks now. It all started when (I think) I pulled a chest muscle. Well, I assumed that the pains I was having were my heart but that all checked out OK. Since then, I've been having pains in all different areas. Today for example, all morning my left shoulder was killing me. Then that went away and now I have pain in my right side.

Has anyone ever experienced this 'roaming' symptom thing???? I swear I think I'm losing my mind or something is REALLY wrong that is affecting my whole body.

megustapunkrock · 01-30-2006, 07:13 PM

OMG, I feel exactly this way, one day it will be my arm or my neck then its my legs, some days it is my whole body but most of the time my head feels weird. I hope this helps. I aslways scare myself that i am dying.

bocana · 01-30-2006, 07:28 PM

This has been my life for the last few years. I used to have "inner mental" anxiety; now I have these physical weird aches and pains. I know that it is anxiety manifesting itself in new and different forms.

It seems once I solve one symptom, another comes to test me. It is hard to deal objectively with physical problems, because in the back of your mind, I think THIS IS IT!
I'm going to die of ... (whatever the symptom is)!

debbie2862 · 01-30-2006, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bocana

It seems once I solve one symptom, another comes to test me. It is hard to deal objectively with physical problems, because in the back of your mind, I think THIS IS IT!
I'm going to die of ... (whatever the symptom is)!

That is EXACTLY how it is with me. I see different doctors and its like I check off one thing and then something else pops up. Eventually, I guess I'll have nothing left to check. haha.