Major anxiety about gynecologist

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Registered: 04-03-2006
Major anxiety about gynecologist
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Wed, 06-21-2006 - 1:44pm

Hey everybody--

Thanks for reading this. ANY advice is appreciated, really! Tomorrow I'm seeing my gynecologist and am terrified. I'm in college and I just turned 21, and am a virgin by the way.

I've posted this on the gynecology board before, but they've referred me here because my anxiety is extremely severe. I've been diagnosed with GAD as well as some other issues, and take 30 mgs. Buspar a day. Anxiety is a huge issue for me everyday--I am anxious in school, in line, on the phone, etc. I don't have panic attacks, but anxiety has slowly began to take over my life. Throughout school I was terribly shy, but would have times when things were worse than others. Nowadays, it is severe.

Does anybody here have any ideas to help me get through tomorrow? I have tried this exam twice, females both times, nurses in the room, WHILE sedated with either Xanax or Valium. I'll be on Ativan this time. I really need to go through with this, but realistically I don't think I can.

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Sun, 06-25-2006 - 12:38pm
Please don't call yourself a baby. This is a problem in your chemical make-up, not in your character. I am still recovering from major surgery & am fearful of everything that was done to me. The nurses wouldn't allow me to call myself a baby. They held my hand & gave me lots of reassurance. I hope you find that here. Good luck & GBU! (((hugs))) jan




 

 


 



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Registered: 10-02-2004
Mon, 06-26-2006 - 2:23pm

Don't feel like a baby or inferior. My worries and fears make me feel that way too. I have always feared having cancer. I have no reason to think I have it and I have not lost anyone close to me that had it but I will take the smallest ache or pain and have myself thinking it is cancer. It is awful. Then I feel stupid for it. I have had people laugh at me before about it too. I also cannot stand total darkness. If I cannot see my hand in front of my face, I totally flip out. I mean really bad. I was in a cave once on a tour and also in a haunted house once where they put us in total darkness and I could not breathe and just totally lost control. It was horrible and I felt really stupid later. But, as that quote says - we all have our fears that are scary enough to us and they are no less scary just because someone else does not fear them too.

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