Facing my Fear of ***

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I was talking to a few friends last night about my Health OCD and anxiety, but didn't mention my daily (for now over 2 years) fear of ***.With all of my BFS symptoms, etc. etc. and still trying to come to grips if that is what I actually have and not ***.And with the onset of new BFS every few months...and this new stuff with my tongue twitching and mouth symptoms, I'm back to freaking out on the daily.So, my question is this -- and it is due to something 2 of my friends said who have MA in Psychology. If I think I have *** everyday for 2 years, could this eventually turn into that? My friends think as much, and now I'M FREAKING OUT EVEN MORE. Spending the last 2 years everyday worried about *** is going to give me ***
 
No. As I understand it, ALS is not caused by anxiety. However I am starting to come to the conclusion that everyone on this board would benefit from some sort of anti-anxiety medication. Long-term. And that includes myself after reading that d*mn thread today. I'm sure a few here know which one I'm referring to.
 
That's a very irresponsible and patently untrue thing for your friends to say. No, if you think you have a disease every day for 2 years, you will not get the disease because of that. Of course, you could still get the disease (like anyone else), but it would have nothing to do with thinking about it.
 
Are you serious? Not but a few weeks ago you were wondering if a herbal pill gave you ALS and now you are asking this? You need to stop worrying about insane scenarios and get your anxiety under control. You have managed to think every irrelevant new symptom means ALS somehow and now your thoughts apparently cause ALS. I realize your friends put this in your head, but let's be real. You don't have it, and what you DO have can never turn into it. I know you can get past this, man. You are missing life.
 
so the other day you asked me who I was saying "seriously" too, Ryan. It was you. And now Johnny is asking if you are serious as well. If you took all your posts and put them in the lap of someone who could help you with your anxiety, that might be the best thing to do. Not sure you can wrestle this by yourself. Help is not a bad thing.
 
Johhny and Volfan,I agree and I do apologize for taking over the forum at times with questions that are much more rooted in ANXIETY than BFS.I know I need some kind of help and I'm looking into options. Again, I apologize. And I do vastly appreciate all of the support and knowledge this forum provides, although my anxiety my mask my gratefulness at times.-Ryan
 
Nope you can not. but you easily can have ulcer, neurodermatitis, IBS, some more convenient autoimmune dideases (like RA for example, however usually RA needs strong external kick, like heavy flu). Those diseases are known to be associated (even now with the knowledge of Helicobacter role in ulcer) with constant stress and fears. Those diseases (except RA for which now new mwdiactions are available and ulcer which could be significantly exterminated by strong antibiotics...) are extremely stubborn to medication and spoil the quality of life 100%. i've seen what is a life with IBS - 20 years of daily tortures...What you can have also is a psychogenic ataxia for example. There are quite known stories about people who simply couldnot walk having all reflexes in place - because they had strong stress. It happens not so often, but still happens to the people with labile CNS. those people usually benefit from psychiatric meds and speaking therapy.
 
Lastly,And I'm not sure if this is significant or changes my outlook....but when I look at my tongue lately, there is a new obvious divot on the front top left of my tongue, which wasn't there previously, and where I twitch and tingle a lot :(
 
TONGUE DIVOTS AND DENTS,Does anyone have an explanation as to why this is normal to BFS and not indicative of ***.I just did a firm examination of my tongue, and wow, I have the one dent right down the middle I've always known about, then a series of dents in the front left and right, especially when I stick my tongue out. I also have "dents" on the flat part of my tongue and divots where my tongue has been tingling :< NOOOOOOOOOOO :mad: :( :crying:
 
ClearShakes,Everyone has the groove down the middle. The "series" of dents are from your teeth, very common with anxious people. I have them as well. The dents that are on the fatty part of your tongue are also from your upper teeth. While sleeping you are probably pressing your tongue up against the roof of your mouth. I have those as well.-Matt
 
Thanks Matt,I hope that is the case and glad I'm not the only one! But, they look as if they aren't from my teeth. When I stick my tongue out and extend it, there is a series of lines, kind of like a map, but they are deep divots, that spread in different directions :confused: It is pretty unusual and scary. I'll take a picture when I get home from work tonight and post it here. Ahhh!
 
One more thing, In addition to all of this horrible tongue stuff, I did a lot of research on these boards today and found a post back in NOVEMBER of a member that was in fact diagnosed with ALS.Wow. I thought no one on this forum ever progressed to have ALS!?I'm officially having a panick attack right now. At work. I'm drenched in sweat........ :crying: -Ryan
 
BFS doesn't progress into ALS. BFS doesn't progress into anything, it just changes into different BFS.If someone here actually did have ALS, it is because they always had that.
 
Hi Ryan, check your liver :) often map tongue is a sign of liver problems (maybe you have wrong diet or the meds you take affect it). Neurological diseases hardly can make your tongue looking like a map. Liver and endocrine glands easliy can.As for having or not having ALS, we just do not know what MAY happen. We know that our typical picture and typical picture of ALS are different, and the fellow member who was diagnosed with MNd recently had alot of differences both from our typical conditions and from typical ALS.
 
Thanks Gracely,But, my one saving grace, always, was that no one with BFS -- on this forum -- had ever progressed to ALS.And now that I'm aware of such a thing.....I don't have my main crutch :crying:
 
I think I've reached a tipping point with all of this recent news.....I think I'm going to schedule another Neuro examine as well as finally get into to see a psych so can get put on more effective anxiety medication. I'm FREAKING OUT, like my initial freak-out back when this all started..... :mad:
 
If that's the only thing that you feel will provide you any relief, just go ahead and do it man. If you know in your heart of hearts that what we're saying on this forum is not calming you down, the worst thing you can do is to pretend that it is. The one piece of advice I can give you is to TRUST YOUR NEUROLOGIST AND PSYCHIATRIST, whatever they tell you. What I think is far more likely for you though, is that the neurologist and psychiatrist will tell you everything is fine, maybe prescribe some medication, and that will give you a few days or weeks of relief... and then you'll find some new symptom to agonize over. In that case you're beyond our help or a neurologist's help and may want to consider starting therapy. One of the key hallmarks of hypochondria is a refusal to accept doctors' reassurances that there is nothing wrong and a need to be constantly reassured that nothing is wrong.
 
I don't think ALS could be triggered psychologically (complex genetic/biological and environmental factors), but BFS surely can. I also have cholinergic urticaria which also falls within the psychosomatic conditions scope. But def. a good question because I have some health anxiety at times and I do wonder at times if our mind could create some self-fulling prophecy this way.
 
Thanks so much guys, I really can't overstate how vital this forum has been for me. I know I need tovisit a psych for anxiety.....I dont know how much relief a Neuro would give me, because again, last year I had a tongue EMG and it was clean, one would think I'd take that to the bank, right?! I liked that post about geographic tongue, thank you! Yet, of all my symptoms, this constant tongue buzz and occasional twitch is the worst and scares me like nothing before. And again, my thoughts go out to the member who came down with ALS, but that fact has shook me to the core. That one with BFS got ALS :/
 

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