Is it just anxiety?

I have been feeling like I am losing my mind and my body is shutting down on me, I am just way stressed out and anxious lately. I have been extremely worried about HIV (common anxiety trigger it seems) from an incident a month ago that involved oral sex as well and a week later I developed oral candida (yeast overgrowth, white tongue) and read the net and saw all this stuff that pointed to hiv which turned out to be not really true, yet i freaked out and have been anxious and stressed every day for the last 3 weeks. I know i dont have HIV (tested) yet i still have this stupid candida on my tongue and for some reason it worries the life out of me, I hate anything abnormal with my body and get really worried easily about my health. I have had anxiety for about 8 years (I am 25 now) but i havent had a major attack like this in years and this time Im having a hard time handling it, I usually handle these pretty well. Oh plus I have a few family issues going on as well that really is not helping my stress levels. Soemtimes I just want to throw in the towel, its like i cant ever win and sometimes I just want to give up.

Here are some of my symptoms, what do you think?
-loss of appatite
-dark circles under eyes
-little bit of acne coming back(my skin has been pretty clear for a long time)
-constant fatigue even after plenty of sleep
-slight night sweat sometimes (not too bad, just my face sweats a little)
-waking up in the middle of the night and having a hard time getting back to sleep, plus having rapid heatbeat when i wake up.
- I feel kind of like a hangover in the morning
- generally feel weak and run down (had a hard time running yeaterday)
- tighness of chest.
-stomach gurgling, burping
- feeling spacey, I just feel disconnected sometimes.
- Strange vision

[worried826]

I think my main problem is that every little ailment that i ever get I blow out of proportion and think I have some terminal disease, I think this is somehow linked to my extreme fear of death.

[greenlydia]

ANXIETY. Can you say that? I knew you could!
All of your symptoms are pretty damn classic of anxiety. The only one I might pick out as odd would be the night sweats, but since your a 25 y/o MAN, I guess we'll rule out menopause for that one.
You say you are just way stressed out and anxious lately. Does this relate to your HIV scare? And the continuing candida infection? Your HIV test came back negative. You DON'T have it, OK? So let that one go. NOW! The candida I will assume is being addressed by your doctor, yes? Give it some time to clear up. It can be rather stubborn.
My very best advice? Make an appointment with your doctor as soon as possible, take your list of worries with you and address them one by one with him/her. I am almost positive that what you're gonna end up with is a DX of anxiety. A few sessions with a good therapist might be in order. Sounds to me like this anxiety has a very definate "start date," and with a little digging around on your part and the help of some qualified professioanls, you will soon have an "end date."
Don't spend another sweaty night counting your pimples!  See your doc.
Keep us posted, OK? And know that we're always here for you!
Peace
Greenlydia  

[worried826]

The sweat only happens some nights, mostly the nights when my anxiety is raging and I have a bad dream.

The doc did address the candida but i think he didnt give me the proper doseage of antibiotic so it didnt do anything. So now I am trying some other methods of curing it without antibiotics (threelac, oils to vaporize, diet changes since my diet is really bad)

[greenlydia]

Health phobias and an extreme fear of death are also classic hallmarks of anxiety.
If your candida is not getting better, you can try the herbs and tinctures and diet changes. They can, I understand, work. Perhaps I am "too" Western in my thinking..........perhaps working in a hospital does that to you, I dunno. But I would still suggest you get back with your doc and let him know that it's not getting better. You have enough on your plate right now, and while I applaude your efforts to eat better and perhaps get some more exercise, sometimes good old antibiotics are the best road to travel.
I hope you truly give some thought to therapy. Health phobias can turn into really ugly demons and the fear of death is in all of us. Learning to accept it is not easy. But at the tender age of 25, while it should cross your mind now and again, it should not dominate your thinking.
Keep posting, OK? We'll always be here.
Peace
Greenlydia  

[worried826]

Man this morning was bad, it was like as soon as i opened my eyes i was right into a anxiety attack. I was like freaking out for no reason.

[worried826]

Well im finally at work now after my episode this morning, I got here an hour and a half late because I couldnt even get out of bed because I have been so tired, good thing I can flex time here. I dont get why I get plenty of rest yet i still have a hard time getting out of bed. Its like I must be be worrying in my sleep too much too. I am really about to just go see the therapist because its getting ridiculous. Health anxiety sucks, its like even if I did have some weird ailment I should be able to still function somewhat normally and not be running myself into the ground with anxiety.

[worried826]

I feel slightly better now, I talked to my mom today and told her about my anxiety/stress problems, she tells me im like her dad, who is a nervous type person too. I think this excessive worry thing runs on my moms side of the family because I have it, she has it, and so does her dad. I told her I might be going to a therapist to get help and she did what i expected and told me that that might be bad because she doesnt like medication (I am the exact same way, I hate taking any meds, especially ones that play with your brain). Anyway i got to talk to her about everything for a little while and i actually feel somewhat better. Hopefully I can get over all of this soon so I can feel alive and healthy again.

[jay_hoo]

all the symptoms you put in the first paragraph are the same symptoms i have been having. i am still not to sure what is wrong with me. its hard to deal with stress and pain. to much going on in life. hope every thing goes well for you.