I panic all day about dying...... - Panic Disorders Message Board

0603david · 09-12-2003, 12:54 PM

Does anyone else think they have a disease but they don't know what it is (Or if they even REALLY have a disease)? Every ping and pang in my body, I think I am dying. I do have deadly high cholestorol for being 27 years old. I'm sure it stems from that but I have a husband and a son now and the thought of leaving them makes me sick all day long. So sick I could vomit. I have been thinking of this scenario for a couple years now, everyday. How can I live life to the fullest if I am always thinking, "I won't live past 30". Any ideas?

Jennifer

tracey2775 · 09-12-2003, 03:20 PM

im the same as you in a way. the slightest pain and i think im on a death sentence. if i have a pain in my head i have a brain tumor. if i have a sore throat ive throat cancer and the list goes on. im terrifed of having cancer and dying.

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tracey

Daisy624 · 09-13-2003, 01:33 PM

I am the exact same way. Every little pain or weird feeling I have, I think I'm dying. I have a boyfriend which I'm one day going to marry and I too am so afraid of the thought of being without him or even my family. I am going througth Lucinda Bassett's program and it is really helping. Also, I keep my mind occupied so I don't think these thoughts. So far the thoughts have subsided and I'm not thinking about it 24/7.

Daisy

Garm · 09-14-2003, 04:00 AM

Yeah, i totally agree. I have Costochondritis, a condition in which the cartilage of the joints in which the ribs connect to the sternum becomes inflamed. I also have a massive area of what sometimes seems to be permanently pulled intercostal muscles. Since the cartilage swells up and pushes on bones, sometimes i get a shooting pain into my jaw or down my arm. This plays havoc on the panic, since the pain is generally right in the area of the heart and it allows the classic pain of a heart attack to be felt in the absence of an actually serious condition. So the cycle plays out. Pain, panic, stress, then that leads to more pain, and so on and so forth.

zekat · 09-14-2003, 10:56 AM

0603david
Have you had your thyroid checked? High cholesterol can be linked to an underactive thyroid (not to mention, depression, anxiety, mood swings and a whole assortment of other physical symptoms).