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Took my blood pressure 2 days ago at doctor and it was high I just took it at the pharmacy and it was high again now I can’t stop thinking about it about it and how I m gonna die from this
Took my blood pressure 2 days ago at doctor and it was high I just took it at the pharmacy and it was high again now I can’t stop thinking about it about it and how I m gonna die from this
i know how scary this must feel. try to do things to distract yourself instead of constantly worrying about it
@Ksch24 Yes I m trying to is so hard
I have the same thing. When I took my blood pressure they said it was a little higher than usual but not enough for worry. I have a hard time changing my eating habits. I'm always worrying about my health
@BigGyro09 Yes mine never been this high doctor said no to worry but still do it was 135/80 usually mine is low and which concern me so much I always eat healthy as well now this just got me ruminating and obsessing over and over
Relax, you just need to follow up with your doctor.
@hanysm@gmail.com Yes but that also make me anxious going to the doctor then I won’t know if I really have high blood pressure or it just high cause the anxiety
@Monii Uncertainty is your true problem. Not high or low blood pressure. Listen, read this post I wrote before, maybe it would help. https://app.treatmyocd.com/community/posts/2030461
@hanysm@gmail.com Yes I don’t like uncertainty I will check thank you
Hi there, I’m sorry to hear that you’re struggling right now. I’ve had my fair share of health related OCD throughout my life. At one point, when I was going through EMT school, I was obsessed that something was wrong with my heart and I would obsessively take my pulse and blood pressure ALL the time. What you have to do is avoid taking your blood pressure, avoid seeking reassurance, and just let things be. I know it’s so hard but you can do it. I ended up going to the gym and working out even when my heart was freaking out and pushed through it. It took a while but eventually, I got over it all. Over course, first talk with your doctor and explain what you’re dealing with and your obsession over your blood pressure and see if there’s any concern. If they say there is none, then accept that. Go about your life and live and enjoy it. Best wishes, you got this.
@OCDNoThankYe Yes now my brain is just focusing on the high blood pressure the thoughts over and over I feel like I have to do something about it like I m responsible for my blood pressure and if I don’t and something bad happens it will be my fault all I been doing is crying just wishing my brain was no like this but that wish won’t come true I won’t take my blood pressure but what if is really high every day and something bad happen because I was no checking on it :( these are my thoughts I also been confessing to my bf about this and he’s exhausting of me confessing is sad I don’t want to affect no one with my issues that’s my goal next year to start going to the gym I will tell my doctor about it first time doctor took it couple days ago said no to worry about it and if anything just check it at the pharmacy here and there or on my next visit my issue is I want to take it every day in case it is high thank you so much for your advice
@Monii Hey, no worries at all. Sometimes checking can become a compulsion, so please just be aware of that
@OCDNoThankYe Yes I did that yesterday checked it 6 time today haven’t check at all but do get the urges but didn’t do it
@Monii I’m so proud of you!! Keep it up
@OCDNoThankYe Thank you is so hard though I feel like I m doing something wrong that I m no taking care of my health
@Monii But you are taking care of your health. Your mental health. Be proud!!
My thoughts are racing again. My psychiatrist thought it was a good idea to lower my Clonidine dose, I don’t know why she thought that. I feel like I’m going crazy. I can’t stop panicking or freaking out or anything. I can barely eat again :( it feels like my nightmare from a few months ago when I first got bad is happening all over again. I feel so scared. My brain won’t shut up or stop thinking about what to freak out about next. I feel like I’m on fire, my skin is hot to the touch when I spiral. I can’t stop spiraling
I went to internal medicine today, and i'm not perfectly healthy, My liver is a little bit fat, I have to lose weight so thats okay, also I have gallsand, which is not gallstone yet but it can become that if its not treated. Now im like these arent big problems but when i heard these I started to overthink and think about the worse that I will have gallstones cause the doctor said I have it cause it runs in my family(my mother/grandmother and uncle had it) and I just think that it wont go away, and even if i doesn I will be worried all year if it came back. Im just so afraid. Also they said I should go get a blood check, but I said i will hesitate now cause last time i almost fainted and felt horrible the whole day, and now i hear from people i know that they went and they felt sick and vomited there. But the overthinking comes from me thinking if these little symptoms I experienced which I thought its because of anxiety, was because of health issues then the other symptoms I experience sometimes (headache and lightheadedness) are there cause of another health issue, and im worrying about my health, im afraid of death, i keep imagining myself if they tell me that i have terminal illness or something really bad and i dont know how to handle it. Now i feel nausea and i would say its because of stress but i keep thinking that its because of the health issues I have...I don't know how to handle this fear, if you ask others or therapists, they will say "yeah everyone is afraid of death and suffering" or "Try to think about something else" and i wont pay for advices like this...
2 days ago I decided that I will do my bloodtest, last time i was in 2017 and for some reason when i stood up I started to feel dizzy and I couldnt see anything, I didnt fainted but i was close to it,the nurses quickly layed me down, and then i was fine, but the whole day my body was shaking. I was afraid of blood test, and i always avoided it, but my health anxiety got worse cause i was afraid everytime that i have cancer but i cant check it cause im afraid of bloodtests. This year i had to do other medical tests and now they asked me to do bloodtest too, and 2 days ago i said okay this week i will face this fear. And i felt excitet, motivated and happy that finally i will face my fear. I did not cared if i faint cause it might not happen but if does I can handle it, i will feel good after i wake up. But someone after some hours, the fears came up, and i wanted to face them (cause people say you need to challenge the thoughts) so i tried to challenge them and find ways that i will handle those scenarios, but after time i got stressed cause i didnt know how to respond. If i faint and then vomit and feel sick and vomit alot of times cause im also panicking to the point they have to take me to the hospital... this jist scared me. I dont know how to handle that panic. The body will react to the blooddrown so either way i will feel bad. And im afraid of it and I cant deal with that fear.I dont know what to do if i will feel sick the whole day, if i will vomit the whole day and faint because of stress. This might be catastrophising but now these thoughts comes up, if i imagine myself being there and getting my blood drawned, i imediatelly feel the panic and these scenarios come up and then i dont know what to do so i just panic... Last night i asked help from others and it helped that some said that its pretty rare that you will vomit after blooddrawn, people who do are sick already or they are really scared. And this made me feel good but then i read about it and i found out that its pretty common that people faint, or vomit or fo both after blooddrawn... and now im just thinking about not going... i cant deal with it cause idk what to do. Breathing techniques didnt worked for me, if im panicking and i try to relax by breathing, i get more stressed cause my brain knows i do it to calm down and the panic is a danger so i get more panic... idk what to do.
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