Lets make each other laugh with the crazy things we do

[jteach]

On a daily basis I take my temperature at least 3 times a day, on a day that I dont feel good it could go up to 100 times a day (no kidding)

Every night before I go to bed I use a small flashlight and shine it down my throat to make sure nothing is growing or abnormal or of any concern.

I can actually laugh at these things because I know how compulsive they are.

What are your weird quirks that go along with health anxiety, dont be shy 

[CoolCalmAndCollected]

One time I read about decreased bladder capacity being a symptom of something (I don't even remember what.)  I'm embarrassed to say that I measured urine in a graduated measuring cup, then looked up that capacity on the internet.

I have since thrown the cup away.

I was having zero problems with urinary symptoms.

          

[jteach]

One time I read about decreased bladder capacity being a symptom of something (I don't even remember what.)  I'm embarrassed to say that I measured urine in a graduated measuring cup, then looked up that capacity on the internet.

I have since thrown the cup away.

I was having zero problems with urinary symptoms.

          

HAHAHAHAH you just made me laugh out load, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a friend who drives to different CVS's to take her blood pressure on the machine they have there. The reason she goes to different ones is because people started noticing her in there all the time hahahahah

[michelle_rachael]

I didn't eat for a week because I was so scared of getting gastro. I figured if i didnt eat there would be nothing to throw up. Ridiculous.

[Breathless]

I am very aware or where all of the hospitals are in my local area and I often sit in my car at the ER parking lot if I am having anxiety symptoms. There have been times I have pulled into the ER parking lot, relaxed and meditated, and left feeling better knowing I could get to safety if needed.

[laa43]

oooo I have done that before too breathless. For some reason, knowing I am near a hospital when I was having  panic helped to calm me down. If I'm driving out of town by myself, I will catch myself noting the highway exit numbers of the nearest hospital in case on down the road if something happens.....I will know where to go....lol

[shrublet]

Oh my God, Cool, that's amazing. I think I read about someone on here examining bowel movements (with plastic gloves on)... and I'm sorry to say that I may or may not have bought a pack of plastic gloves just in case!  Oh Lord I can't believe I just admitted that to the internet.

I also know where all the hospitals are. I actually cheered to my fiance today because they're opening a new walk-in clinic close to our house. Now there are TWO of them only ten minutes away! Woohoo! I also have him check my pupils and eyelids every hour or so sometimes, and I'll shine a flashlight in my eyes.

I also stand on one foot and am the master of secretly checking my pulse. I've hopped up and down stairs on one foot.

I also will take the bus to different Shopper's Drug Marts to check my blood pressure if I am in the mood so that the people that work there don't think I'm crazy.

[Whiskas]

LOL 0213 Shrublet. I focus on one aspect or symptom, and magnify and distort the checking process. As I've posted elsewhere, it is currently a variation on attacking my feet to see what kind of a big toe reflex I get.

2 wks before before, it was checking for the electric shock feelings you get if you have spinal cord problems, when you bend your head forwards...I still have a stiff neck from that. My feet aren't very happy either.

 Oh, and the week before THAT it was touching my toes, 'cos I did have a funny feeling around my insteps when I did that, then it went away and I had to keep checking it was still gone. I think I pulled a tendon doing that. I touched my toes abot 600 times in the space of an evening...

(All the stuff I get obvious good results on I do once then give up AND FORGET ABOUT...what a numpty!)

[sixpack]

GOOD GRIEF YOU GUYS ARE NUTS  

Oh shrubby plastic gloves.  hmmmmm

ummmmm I'm keeping my   to myself.  

actually this a very nice thread it keeps us giggling AND remind us what our HA can get us doing.

eh maybe later I'll let you guys in on a few of my 

[breathefree]

I may not be able to top some of you (plastic gloves? really? ... I'm ashamed to say I've been close to doing the same -_-) but I do recall once freaking out as a teen and waking my parents because I couldn't find my own pulse Not only had I no idea how to take a pulse at the time, but I really think I would have noticed if my heart had inexplicably stopped beating. And yes, that is why I was checking, not to measure my heart rate. I have no idea what I was thinking

I also once called my mother to pick me up in the middle of school without telling my teachers because I had a stomach ache and was freaking out. This wouldn't have been so bad had it not been for the fact that when they noticed I was missing they had the whole school out searching for me...

Unfortunately, most of the stuff I get hung up on is pretty subjective, so I don't have many testing obsessions to recount. I will say one thing, however - since I found this site, every time I start having a panic attack I come here and I seem to calm down again. Just knowing there are others out there who understand what I'm going through has helped tremendously. Thanks guys :)

[MJF]

I have gone through every piece of research and victims' statements on vCJD that exists on the web. 

I have called the CDC and health department each 4 times in one day.  Then I made my husband call. 

I have called cracker barrel (cheese company) to ask about listeria and why my cheese seemed a bit off in color.

I have called Cento (canned beans company) to ask about botulism because I felt the beans looked a bit frothy in the can.

I have performed countless "tests" on myself, even though I had no idea how to do them, using my own daughter as a negative control. 

[Anxiously_Yours]

At the height of my heart worries...I would constantly take my BP and my pulse.  I would take my BP at least 15-20 times in the am b4 work.  Take it another 15 times when I got home from work while dinner was in the oven b4 my husband got home.  I would take it until I got readings that I liked.  lol  Mind you my BP has only been over 120/80 maybe 3 times.   The normal for me is 105 / 65.  I was also great a taking my pulse rates on the sly so no one would see me.

The funniest thing was one night I was home alone.  I was watching TV and pretty relaxed when I got a palp out of the blue.  Of course, I freaked out, grabbed my monitor and proceeded to take my BP all night long. I fell asleep while taking my BP.  The dang cuff was around my arm and the monitor in my lap.  Woke up at about 10:30 and thought wow, you are definitely a few sandwiches short of a picnic!   

[shrublet]

OMG you guys I didn't DO it!!! 

I mean, I may have examined "them"... in detail, quite close perhaps, but the gloves are just in case!

Haha Whiskas, I had a toe obsession for a while, too. I now am displeased to say that I know everything there is to know about Babinski's reflex (though still cannot elicit it, ha).

Ahahah MJF I had to laugh at "frothy beans!" And using your daughter as a control. Well it makes SENSE... they are generally prime test subjects.

[Anxiously_Yours]

Oh yeah,  I'm a frequent poop checker too!   I need to scope (not scoop  ) things out and make sure everything looks good.  lmao

[Katya]

I do those little neuro tests several times a day - check my reflexes, stand on one foot, close my eyes and touch my nose, wave my hand in front of my eyes etc. I've been trying all day to stand on one foot with my eyes closed and can't seem to do it, I have no idea what this means, I know that vision is a big part of the balance mechanisms we have set up, but surely I should be able to do this RIGHT? SO I keep trying and trying.  I also keep raising my arms slightly and watching my hands tremble, I mean I know trembling is natural in such a position, everyone has it, but I do it like, a million times a day, going OMG IS IT WORSE YET?? HOW ABOUT NOW FIVE MINUTES LATER??? 

My previous bout with HA I did check my pulse like, all the time, trying to do it secretly multiple times a day: in class, in restaurants, any free few minutes I had. I also would sneak and "steal" my dad's BP cuff and use it multiple times a day. Usually was pretty fine for someone with anxiety, the only time I got a scare was when I was sick with a bad flu, at total rest it said my HR was 140  Panicked and went to my doctor right away, it was nothing. Meh.

It does make me feel a little better to laugh at myself. (and all of you  j/k)

[lilypad300]

I do those little neuro tests several times a day - check my reflexes, stand on one foot, close my eyes and touch my nose, wave my hand in front of my eyes etc. I've been trying all day to stand on one foot with my eyes closed and can't seem to do it, I have no idea what this means, I know that vision is a big part of the balance mechanisms we have set up, but surely I should be able to do this RIGHT? SO I keep trying and trying.  I also keep raising my arms slightly and watching my hands tremble, I mean I know trembling is natural in such a position, everyone has it, but I do it like, a million times a day, going OMG IS IT WORSE YET?? HOW ABOUT NOW FIVE MINUTES LATER??? 


It does make me feel a little better to laugh at myself. (and all of you  j/k)

ohh, i do all of those things, i've actually improved my one-foot eyes closed standing time.  I check for babinski reflexes, walk heel toe, on my heels, jumping up steps all of them, marching in place with eyes closed, tightening jars and then opening them, prick my feet with pins to see if the sensation is different. . .