Anyone else dealing with anxiety/OCD?

[Strovbe]

Hey guys, haven't posted in a long ass time due to a lot of stuff that's gone down recently. Well, 2014 has sucked ass. I've lost a friend and 3 family members. This has led to some pretty crazy stuff brewing up in my head. I just recently moved to Detroit so I'm stuck inside nearly all the time with no one to talk to. Over the past few months since I moved I've been EXTREMELY worried about my health. I've thought I had lymphoma, leukemia, throat cancer, HIV, you name it. I started weighing myself nearly every day in November and kept spitting into the sink to make sure I wasn't spitting up blood. I went to the doctor recently because of the Leukemia fear (the most recent health fear I had) only to be told that my blood tests were fine and that I was healthy, otherthan a sinus infection which is the cause of my throat problems. Anxiety loving sucks and I just figured I'd share all this stuff on here cause i got nowhere else to go right now.

So, anyone else dealing with anxiety or any other mental disorders?

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[Strovbe]

Oh,

TL;DR anxiety blows monkey richard

[McJob]

I missed you Strovbe. Nice to know you're still among the living :)

I know that feel on the sinus stuff. Haven't seen a shrink yet so I'm going to assume I'm in "alright" condition for now.

Now's probably a good time to do up a bucket list and work at it. I doubt you're going to leave us this early, but you might as well make up for a stuffty year by doing some of the things you've always wanted to do.

[ThatRandomGuy]

ADHD and ISP. Isolated sleep paralysis and attention deficient hyperactivity disorder.

[Blockaium]

i have ocd
not exactly where i have to have something one way but my "obsessions" are where i have to roll my eyes constantly or rotate my cursor counter clockwise before i complete an action, even in public. its embarrassing. and if i dont follow along to the compulsions i will get really uncomfortable and fidgety.

[Strovbe]

Good to see you too, man. And I'll work on it for sure. Funny you mentioned that actually. When the Leukemia fear kicked in I actually accepted the fact that I was probably going to die, so I thought about all the stuff I was gonna do before I went. It's such a weird feeling, you know? Accepting death. But even when I did I found extreme relief when I was told that I was healthy.

[Strovbe]

God damnit I'm on an old-ass LG phone so I can't edit replies nor reply to original posts. I have ADHD as well though, guess it's a hugeee contributing factor to adult-onset OCD and anxiety.

[McJob]

It's such a weird feeling, you know? Accepting death.

You'll excuse me if I don't even want to consider it right now :/ I might be around death a lot, but that doesn't mean I want to join all the corpses at my Dad's work.

How'd the friend happen? Death or just separation?

[Strovbe]

She overdosed on a mix of heroin and a prsescription pill in February. She was never really much of a drug person, either. Her boyfriend got her to try it.

[McJob]

She overdosed on a mix of heroin and a prsescription pill in February. She was never really much of a drug person, either. Her boyfriend got her to try it.

Jesus Christ. Outside of the grief, he get any punishment for that?

[Strovbe]

Nothing. Other than most people wanting to beat the everliving stuff out of him, he wasn't charged or even held responsible by police as far as I know.

[McJob]

I'm not so sure he could have been charged, unfortunately. Hopefully that starfish will get his soon enough.

Out of curiosity, how's your sleep? I imagine that's probably being affected by all the stuff going on.

[Strovbe]

I've been sleeping a lot more lately, nearly 10-11 hours a night, and I've also been going to sleep around 6AM. No bueno.

Not only has it affected my sleep, it's also affected my appetite. I can hardly stomach a meal when I'm having a panic attack or even afterwards. This has in turn contributed to my cancer fears. I haven't lost much weight, thankfully, though.

[Oasis]

Dealing with social anxiety, but nothing this serious. Sorry Strovbe, honestly hope you find someone in your life to help. :/

[McJob]

I'm going to guessing you're seeing at least one therapist/psychiatrist regularly? If so, they treating you alright? I've heard stories of both good and bad ones.