Health Medical anxiety

[Trabaho]

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[Mike]

Yeah I've taken poor care of myself for years and now that I'm entering middle age my body is falling apart. I've always had an addictive personality and it's probably gonna kill me soon. Managed to stop drinking but I can't stop smoking weed or binging on junk food to deal with the constant depression and anxiety. At least not for very long. Been having digestive issues for years now, have lots of nagging little injuries from doing physical work for years. Something bad is probably coming in the next few years, I can feel it.

 

[Grassshoppa]

Yeah I've taken poor care of myself for years and now that I'm entering middle age my body is falling apart. I've always had an addictive personality and it's probably gonna kill me soon. Managed to stop drinking but I can't stop smoking weed or binging on junk food to deal with the constant depression and anxiety. At least not for very long. Been having digestive issues for years now, have lots of nagging little injuries from doing physical work for years. Something bad is probably coming in the next few years, I can feel it.

Unfortunately sugar is just as addicting as cocaine.

 

[Trabaho]

Unfortunately sugar is just as addicting as cocaine.

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It might reward you but definitely isn't as toxic and bad for you. This brain scan shows just something like a reward. Nothing else. Sugar can have negative effects. It's still food. And you don't gotta binge on it.

 

[Jesus X]

Unfortunately sugar is just as addicting as cocaine.

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I would say sugar and caffeine are more addictive than cocaine as I easily quit cocaine but still consume sugar and coffee.

 

[gspieler]

Yeah I've taken poor care of myself for years and now that I'm entering middle age my body is falling apart. I've always had an addictive personality and it's probably gonna kill me soon. Managed to stop drinking but I can't stop smoking weed or binging on junk food to deal with the constant depression and anxiety. At least not for very long. Been having digestive issues for years now, have lots of nagging little injuries from doing physical work for years. Something bad is probably coming in the next few years, I can feel it.

Hope 2026 is kind to you, Mike.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

Yeah I've taken poor care of myself for years and now that I'm entering middle age my body is falling apart. I've always had an addictive personality and it's probably gonna kill me soon. Managed to stop drinking but I can't stop smoking weed or binging on junk food to deal with the constant depression and anxiety. At least not for very long. Been having digestive issues for years now, have lots of nagging little injuries from doing physical work for years. Something bad is probably coming in the next few years, I can feel it.

I feel you.

The things going on in my body right now aren't terrible, but I'm worried that they'll quickly escalate into something severe.

With me, I took a break from the gym because I had to do a quick move to a nothing street and I ballooned up to my weight in a short space of time, then went up another stone during another break.

I've taken too many breaks off, but to be honest, I think my attempts to get back into shape hurt me the most. I've a dodgy left big toe because I used to run the river before gym sessions, I developed sciatica because I went too heavy on the leg press, even my heart may even be because I used to go so intense that I'd collapse in the gym, then go to work dizzy and have spells of shutting down throughout the rest of the day. My lungs? Maybe working behind her engines that had just been running minutes prior may not have helped...

Our environment can really define us sometimes. I hope you can break out of it someday Mike.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

I woke up at 3am last night mildly short of breath and so hot that I felt like I had slept on a radiator.

This morning? I had a twitch in the center of my chest and I'm currently twitching above my right knee.

I'd like to see a GP today, but I don't want to call off work. I'd like an ultrasound on my leg and my lungs, ideally. I'm hoping that these twitches and the shortness of breath goes away in a few days though.

 

[William Huggins]

I woke up at 3am last night mildly short of breath and so hot that I felt like I had slept on a radiator.

This morning? I had a twitch in the center of my chest and I'm currently twitching above my right knee.

I'd like to see a GP today, but I don't want to call off work. I'd like an ultrasound on my leg and my lungs, ideally. I'm hoping that these twitches and the shortness of breath goes away in a few days though.

This twitching might just be caused by anxiety......

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

This twitching might just be caused by anxiety......

Or the gym, at least I hope.

It is odd though, to be twitching in places where I don't flex by myself. I'm just hoping it's not caused by another clot...

The one clot I did have, completely incapacitated me for a week. I am hoping that it's just in my head, but if it keeps on until my first day off, I may head back to the GP and see if I can get a ultrasound on my lungs...

 

[William Huggins]

Or the gym, at least I hope.

It is odd though, to be twitching in places where I don't flex by myself. I'm just hoping it's not caused by another clot...

The one clot I did have, completely incapacitated me for a week. I am hoping that it's just in my head, but if it keeps on until my first day off, I may head back to the GP and see if I can get a ultrasound on my lungs...

Glad to hear you're back at the gym

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

Glad to hear you're back at the gym

Cheers.

I just need to make it a consistent thing. My problem is that I start strong, but I leave too many days between workouts.

I think my missus is finally getting it though. She saw the skin damage to my left leg and foot when I was doing the "Against the Wall" exercise last night. No idea what she was looking at prior though. It's been a year since we went to the Isle of Wight...

 

[Gigacardio]

I had a bloodclot two years ago that left me unable to walk for seven days, kept me out of work for a month and has been an issue since.

Basically, the veins in my left leg were damaged and my fluids have had to find alternate pathways up and down my leg. They're not as good as before though. My leg swells and becomes red after periods standing and the top of my foot and ankle became full of fluid last year, for days. It eventually subsided, but it left a deep brown path on the top of my foot. I also have similar discoloration going up the back of my leg, just above my ankle. It's alarming, but others have had far, far worse. It can also be worse for me if I'm not careful.

I went to the GP for this. They said it's normal.

Ever since I moved into my new home, I've started to have trouble breathing at night. I was worried about Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure.

I went to the GP, who said it was probably allergies. I had an EEG done, who said that my resting heart rate was a bit low, but otherwise fine.

A few weeks back, I had a terrible nights sleep. I woke up at 3am and felt my heart racing, like something had frightened me. The last time it happened was the night after a COVID shot. The next day, my heart was still racing a bit and I felt...emotional...as I went to work, and worked throughout the day. At 18:09, during a job, I felt dizzy, slightly nauseous and like all of my energy had been drained from my body. I had mild pains in my chest too.

I told my supervisor, who told me to return back to the yard and had my allocator take me to the closest walk-in clinic. I was checked and given a letter to take to me to a further away clinic with A&E and other facilities. Missus complained that she'd have to wait for hours, so I opened the letter as she was driving, compared it all to a Google search, saw that no result was out of the ordinary and decided to try and sleep it off.

I saw the GP the next day. Vitals were fine, though she also documented that my resting heart rate was a little low. I balked at any further treatment. I don't want a pacemaker yet. I'm only 39. Plus I don't want the medical at my job to get in the way of my continued employment. I also don't want that sleep mask if I do have Apnea. They make a racket. Maybe I'll just focus more on losing weight?

I still have a few pains in my chest, but they're mild. I've been going to the gym too. I'm mostly still strong, but my chest makes really digging deep feel uneasy. I had a pain in the back of my thigh from driving an HGV and a pain in my calf that was also really mild, but it's gone. I took a Aspirin, then sat with my legs facing upwards against a wall for twenty minutes. I have twitches in both legs now, but I also did exercises, so...

I keep going to doctors and I keep getting the all clear. Truth be told, I really don't want anymore issues with this, but the slightest twitch or pain has me running to Google for a diagnosis. I've also been thinking about my own mortality. If I die, in my sleep please. I'm a coward, I don't want to see it coming. I just wish that I had lived better. I wish that I saw Japan and the rest of the world, loved and laughed more.

So my question is this. Does anyone on here have issues that have left them feeling anxious about their health? I am wondering how you cope with it.

I don't want to come across as the wishy-washy type that doesn't believe in modern medicine and all its achievements but it does have its limits and share of problems so do look into traditional Chinese medicine as well. Hundreds of millions of people can attest that it helps. Acupuncture for instance is accepted by mainstream medicine too even though the explanation for it is not scientific and we don't know how it works. You also hear good things about its dietary regimes and herbal treatments.
I've had health problems that modern medicine couldn't help too and I hadn't been a believer in alternative treatments beforehand. I still don't have an opinion on most of them but TCM seem to be the most effective.

 

[Mike]

I feel you.

The things going on in my body right now aren't terrible, but I'm worried that they'll quickly escalate into something severe.

With me, I took a break from the gym because I had to do a quick move to a nothing street and I ballooned up to my weight in a short space of time, then went up another stone during another break.

I've taken too many breaks off, but to be honest, I think my attempts to get back into shape hurt me the most. I've a dodgy left big toe because I used to run the river before gym sessions, I developed sciatica because I went too heavy on the leg press, even my heart may even be because I used to go so intense that I'd collapse in the gym, then go to work dizzy and have spells of shutting down throughout the rest of the day. My lungs? Maybe working behind her engines that had just been running minutes prior may not have helped...

Our environment can really define us sometimes. I hope you can break out of it someday Mike.

I've struggled since I was a kid with unhealthy ways of dealing with my emotions. As a kid it was binge eating which my mom had a problem with and sort of passed it on to me.

Then when my mental health problems started to kick in during my teens I picked up a lot more bad habits. My whole adult life it's been this roller coaster where if I'm trying to eat healthier then I'm drinking too much, if I quit drinking then I'm smoking too much

And the more stressed and unhappy I get the more I kind of narrow my life down to just what I have to do and I spend all the rest of my time feeding addictions. Last few years have been really, really bad on a personal level so I’ve struggled badly with keeping everything in check.

I finally managed to quit drinking a few months back but I'm still struggling with all other aspects. Out of work injured right now so I spend almost all my time in front of screens. Idk if you've ever tried an elliptical, but I found that a good way to get cardio without messing with my dodgy knees and back.

Running hurts after a few minutes but I could go for hours on the elliptical when I had one.

 

[BlankaPresident]

I'd like an ultrasound on my leg and my lungs, ideally.

I don't want to sound rude but getting random exams is the worst thing you can do.

I'm not sure how healthcare systems work in the US but you need a doctor who can conduct and follow up your case, getting a cardiological evaluation to discard heart conditions, and possibly mental health care. Anxiety disorders are no joke.