Overcome fear of blood test
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I have had a toothache/facepain for over two weeks, I know I need to go and see a dentist but I have a great fear of going because of cetain circumstances that happened while going to the dentist as a child. I have been taking advil for the pain and most times it is tolerable but now it seems to be getting worse as it is keeping me awake at night.
I was trying to get assurance on one symptoms, another symptoms I will pickup from the internet, like this cycle continuing, While browsing the anxiety I came across a word Variant Angina(which is without blockage, your arteries will go to temporary spasm/stop blood) I somehow manage to overcome this fear after lot of efforts but, one setback came, that, the way to diagnose is to hyperventilate the patient & do EKg. Since then i got more feared.
50 days after the encounter I paid $280 for a hiv RNA test. Then I took five oraquicks. Then got a blood antibody test at 88 days. Then at four months took another oraquick. All my results have been negative. But I still wasn't satisfied so I had the guy I had sex with take an oraquick infront of me. His test was negative four months post our sleeping together. But was I relieved... No... I went to the clinica at five months a had a rapid finger prick test. Result was negative.
I was trying to get assurance on one symptoms, another symptoms I will pickup from the internet, like this cycle continuing, While browsing the anxiety I came across a word Variant Angina(which is without blockage, your arteries will go to temporary spasm/stop blood) I somehow manage to overcome this fear after lot of efforts but, one setback came, that, the way to diagnose is to hyperventilate the patient & do EKg. Since then i got more feared.
He said no big deal and he would test me(blood)for all stds just in case. Negative for all stds. I was relieved for a while but I began reading online and decided to get tested again a few months later in case antibodies hadn't shown up or something....Again negative for everything. 3 or 4 months after the second test I was still feeling paranoid so my doctor agreed to test again(blood and urine)for all stds.
I'm sure I am being irrational here but have developed a fear of having this test done and not sure how to handle this. I have had this test a few times over the past 15 years but a little background on this new fear. Two years ago I had a heart cath done..(also a few in the past) and discovered an allergy to the dye which had never bothered me previously. First it was a rash over whole body...then it caused breathing difficulties....
The anxiety produced when confronted with height creates what is near panic. The fear only exhibits itself primarily on the ground and outside.. I do not have a fear of flying in a jet airplane or inside tall buildings. It has become a real problem for me to enjoy skiing. I'm ok as long as I don't have any major "drop offs" thus limiting the area's where I can ski. I've tried to overcome the fear with little success. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!
My son who is around 3.2 yrs has a constant fear of winds and rains .This fear comes from the fact that a couple of days back our window broke due to heavy rains and winds.And one of the glasses from the window fell on my wife's leg leaving a deep cut with blood oozing out. He was an audience to all these events and from that day on he has manifested the fear of winds.
Now with the slighest of winds he gets scared making him un easy and cranky.
worried about the attack, sometimes I thought of just hack care it, go enjoy myself and started to plan something but my fear or worried will just come naturally ,my head will start to be very tense as if my blood pressure is shooting high, like I'm going to get stroke? I don't know why, I kept telling myself it's ok just relax, but the horrid feeling make me stop my planning again, my children is sad that I always disappoint them. I'm very sad too.
Then I started to get really scared so I went to my doctor and explained my fears so he took my blood and asked me if I consent to be tested for hiv as well. I told him every test but hiv cuz I want to test for that alone, so after my cbc returned my doctor called me and told me that everything in my blood is normal and I had no STD's. He proceeded with it's time to get the other test over with now and I kept putting it off. Here I am in 2013 almost 2014 convinced I am hiv positive.
To overcome anxiety, one must understand the logic of why the brain is feeling threatened, it sends messages to the body saying its under threat. New pathways need to be created to overcome the old programming. So for example, if you panic over a fear of flying, you must start flying and let the brain realise that its all okay, and reprogram the thoughts.
However, the fear of dying can't really be practiced. Some buddhists meditate in a morgue as it is the closest we can get to dying.
I had a few tattoos in my 20s and this was my initial HIV fear several years ago when I was 30 after finding out a HIV test was standard in a checkup. Negative but wasn't convinced - wrong test, mixed up results, Dr tired of me so made up the result - you name it my horrible OCD has scared me with it. Several tests later I stopped.
I just found out that I'm pregnant with baby number three. I'm really nervous about the blood testing. No, I haven't been sleeping around with multiple men. I'm not on drugs. My health has been normal beside nausea and that could be due to morning sickness. I feel perfectly fine. That doesn't mean that I am. I'm hoping that I am fine. My worst fear is hearing bad news. I always had a big fear when it comes to blood testing.
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