Comments on: My hypochondria is keeping me awake http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/ by Dave Walker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-177111 Karin Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:15:25 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-177111 If not maybe you will just have to recreate Greenbelt in everyday life!! Somehow. If not maybe you will just have to recreate Greenbelt in everyday life!! Somehow.

]]> By: Gman http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-177098 Gman Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:12:44 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-177098 Dave, I found your site because I'm also having tingling hands, feet, lightheadedness, etc. My anxiety level has been very high. I've been running and exercising every day but I still can't fend off the panic, although I talked to a doctor friend of mine who convinced me it wasn't diabetes, MS, or the like. I felt better for a few days, but then I ask myself why do I get that sharp pain in my fingers? Are my wrists numb or is it the normal back of the wrist sensation? I have become hyperaware about symptoms. I hope you are feeling better. Gman Dave, I found your site because I’m also having tingling hands, feet, lightheadedness, etc. My anxiety level has been very high. I’ve been running and exercising every day but I still can’t fend off the panic, although I talked to a doctor friend of mine who convinced me it wasn’t diabetes, MS, or the like. I felt better for a few days, but then I ask myself why do I get that sharp pain in my fingers?
Are my wrists numb or is it the normal back of the wrist sensation? I have become hyperaware about symptoms. I hope you are feeling better. Gman

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-176644 Dave Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:13:01 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-176644 Karin - Thanks for asking. Well, in the short term yes. But you know what it is like with all the hype at these healing crusades. If I am still healed in a weeks time then I will declare greenbelt the tonic for all ills. Karin – Thanks for asking. Well, in the short term yes. But you know what it is like with all the hype at these healing crusades. If I am still healed in a weeks time then I will declare greenbelt the tonic for all ills.

]]> By: Karin http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-176641 Karin Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:07:16 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-176641 Were you cured while at Greenbelt, Dave? Were you cured while at Greenbelt, Dave?

]]> By: themethatisme http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-172632 themethatisme Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:18:33 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-172632 <i>“I TOLD you I was sick.” </i> This is on the headstone of Spike Milligan. “I TOLD you I was sick.”
This is on the headstone of Spike Milligan.

]]> By: Jaded for Jesus http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-171759 Jaded for Jesus Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:11:12 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-171759 My! You have an energetic thread going here! Hope all out there feeling stressed feel much better soon. Don't forget that caffeine can make things worse; I reluctantly switched to decaff coffee (mid-morning work ritual is to put the cafetiere on) a while back and must confess that it helps mightily. But my latest surprise cure-all is... body-boarding off the ample coastlines of our West Country; it's 100% distracting and ridiculous, childish fun. I think a lot of us have forgotten how to play, and this is a big problem. Discuss! My! You have an energetic thread going here! Hope all out there feeling stressed feel much better soon. Don’t forget that caffeine can make things worse; I reluctantly switched to decaff coffee (mid-morning work ritual is to put the cafetiere on) a while back and must confess that it helps mightily. But my latest surprise cure-all is… body-boarding off the ample coastlines of our West Country; it’s 100% distracting and ridiculous, childish fun. I think a lot of us have forgotten how to play, and this is a big problem. Discuss!

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-171325 Dave Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:15:36 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-171325 Thanks Jane and Not so mad Scientist. Thanks Jane and Not so mad Scientist.

]]> By: (not so) Mad Scientist http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-171285 (not so) Mad Scientist Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:30:06 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-171285 Don't rule out biochemical (possibly genetic) issues. I had very similar symptoms, with a family history of depression. I'm now on an extremely low dose of Effexor XR (37.5 mg four times a week), and the tingling and anxiety has disappeared, with no apparent side effects. Don’t rule out biochemical (possibly genetic) issues. I had very similar symptoms, with a family history of depression. I’m now on an extremely low dose of Effexor XR (37.5 mg four times a week), and the tingling and anxiety has disappeared, with no apparent side effects.

]]> By: Jane R http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-171173 Jane R Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:49:28 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-171173 Dave, we are all terribly fond of you, and I think many of us have had our share of woes in the illness and anxiety department. When I fell into a major depression 13 years ago I didn't even know I was depressed for a long while because I had an agitated depression accompanied, or heralded, by massive anxiety attacks which the silly doctors didn't recognize, so I had a series of cardiac tests (at least I found out my heart was fine) and finally when the depression itself got even worse, figured out what was going on after having the survival sense to take myself to a shrink. I can't begin to diagnose at a distance, but what I can tell you is you are no hypochondriac. Get all the help you can, medical and psychological and spiritual, until you figure out what you need, and yes of course exercise and fresh air and meeting deadlines help. As a fellow writer (well, you're a drawing writer, but same stuff really) I can tell you that the anxiety always goes way up when I am on deadline even now that I am well -- so the combo of having some sort of ailment (made worse by the anxiety of not knowing what it is) AND having deadlines AND the isolation of creativity can really be quite debilitating. Prayers for you, brother, and remember cats are good therapists. Dave, we are all terribly fond of you, and I think many of us have had our share of woes in the illness and anxiety department. When I fell into a major depression 13 years ago I didn’t even know I was depressed for a long while because I had an agitated depression accompanied, or heralded, by massive anxiety attacks which the silly doctors didn’t recognize, so I had a series of cardiac tests (at least I found out my heart was fine) and finally when the depression itself got even worse, figured out what was going on after having the survival sense to take myself to a shrink. I can’t begin to diagnose at a distance, but what I can tell you is you are no hypochondriac. Get all the help you can, medical and psychological and spiritual, until you figure out what you need, and yes of course exercise and fresh air and meeting deadlines help. As a fellow writer (well, you’re a drawing writer, but same stuff really) I can tell you that the anxiety always goes way up when I am on deadline even now that I am well — so the combo of having some sort of ailment (made worse by the anxiety of not knowing what it is) AND having deadlines AND the isolation of creativity can really be quite debilitating.

Prayers for you, brother, and remember cats are good therapists.

]]> By: Dave http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-171057 Dave Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:55:49 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/08/16/my-hypochondria-is-keeping-me-awake/#comment-171057 Just to say again - thanks for all the replies to this post. I had not really expected such a thing. Just to say again – thanks for all the replies to this post. I had not really expected such a thing.

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