please say it's anxiety

[elees_31]

I have been worried sick for months now that I am pregnant.  I can't say that I have true pregnancy symptoms and when I do experience a symptom, I wonder if I'm not just creating that in my head.  I have suffered from anxiety for as long as I can remember but what I am experiencing now, it's differant and it's causing great concern.  Every morning my husband wakes me up when he leaves for work to tell me goodbye and then I fall back asleep for another 2 hours.  Lately, once he wakes me, I can't fall back asleep.  I start THINKING and then I start cramping and feeling nauseous and THEN my legs start "running" and I can't control them.  I can't sleep because my legs are moving and I can't stop them from moving.  The thought of someone holding my legs down to make them stop makes the movements even faster!  I have spent a small fortune in home pregnancy tests and think I'm becoming OCD as I must take one every couple of days to see that I am not pregnant, yet it only convinces me for less than 5 minutes and then I am online looking up every symptom I feel, or think I feel.  I'm so confused and it's ruining my life and relationships.  I don't want to get out of bed and face each day and talking to anyone about any of this makes me very upset and emotional.  I don't think people understand how real this all feels!

[suzi-q]

I am saying that you are experiencing anxiety/depression.  I am not a doctor, so this is not a firm diagnosis at all.  It can also be combined with an OCD.  You see, when people get an anxiety disorder, they usualy grasp onto an unreasonable illness or situation.  I thought I was dying from a brain tumor, then MS, then Lupus...etc...mine was always related to an illness.  Even once the doctor convinced me I wasn't dying, the feelings came back again.  My sister thought she was dying from a rash...yes a rash....that is how sinister and rediculous this disease is!  You can make anything manifest in your brain and truly have the symptoms...MY SUGGESTION?  get to a doctor for a complete physical (maybe you even have restless leg syndrome?).  then when everything is OK...get to a psychiatrist.  Your thought process is definitely unreasonable and phobic.  Best to you...As I have said, maybe not the same symptoms but we have all been there.

[alh17]

I think you have anxiety problems. I have actually had the same problems the last couple months. I have not taken a test every couple days but I have dwelled on it everyday. I have taken several pregnancy tests and all were negative. Please talk to your doctor about the situation. It has already helped me some to know that it is anxiety. Also don't look up your symptoms. I have tried to stop looking up my symptoms and it is helping me. I know it is hard but you have to try for your own sake. I hope you feel better soon. You are not alone.