Posted by LC on October 6, 1999, at 11:35:27
In reply to Re: NOT SO STRANGE QUESTION , posted by Susan on October 6, 1999, at 10:30:39
Thank you so much for responding...to answer your question, I am female, in my late 20s. I am in an acute depressive episode right now. My father is terminally ill, among other things, and I think I am feeling incredibly vulnerable these days. I have always been a bit of a hypochondriac; at times, when very depressed, I feel certain that I am dying of some sort of cancer. Sometimes it is MS I worry about (I work in the medical field, which exacerbates these fears). I am completely ashamed of these kinds of worries and feel like they are a form of self-torture. At times, they have an almost OCD quality to them. I was off meds for awhile and recently started Prozac again. These sensations I described started before I went back on medication, and they still come and go, but they seem to coincide with really bad anxiety (virtually every day) or anguish. I feel shredded with grief about my father. His is the only love I have never had to doubt.
poster:LC
thread:12640
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/19991016/msgs/12650.html