Running a low grade fever, lost a few pounds, worry is OUT OF CONTROL

[waterspirit]

As you can see from my previous posts, I have had thigh pain for a while.  I always jumped to the worst conclusions but now I keep panicking that they are coming true.  This is because I recently lost about 5 lbs.  Not a lot, I know, but I am 5'5" and it makes a big difference to me.  Now I am 110 lbs.  For maybe a week now I have been feeling chills, but I just recently have been checking my temperature and it has been 100.2 for two days now.  What is going on with me??? I am going to the doctor tomorrow, but I am panicking now.  I get so scared...

[waterspirit]

No doctor today, appointment changed, now I have to sit in worry longer with no professional explanation...

[SighNoMore]

When is your appointment? When I am highly anxious I drop tons of weight.

[waterspirit]

My appointment is for late next week.  I haven't lost a ton of weight, and I didn't want too, but when someone said it looked like I lost weight I freaked out and almost cried.  My fever isn't 100 anymore, but it is still around 99 degrees. 

Sometimes when I am not in my full blown anxiety mode I can somewhat rationalize that what I feel all stems from my anxiety, but like now I just feel so unsure and scared.  I had a phase where all I did was google, I am trying not to now but instead get a professional opinion and go on from there.

...it just seems like it never ends...

[SighNoMore]

Just remember that body temp fluctuates all day. It goes up and down which is normal. I am a small person and yes, 5lbs can seem like a lot, but what you have to remember is that it is only 5lbs. Try and keep your head up and don't Google!!!

Also remember it is normal to have a mild or even high temp with a cold or virus, even if you don't feel sick. I got in a horrible habit of taking my temp constantly. When I was anxious I would notice my temp being higher than usual.

[waterspirit]

Thank you for your kind response.  It really does help.  I think I am going to try meditating when I feel anxious from now on :)

[bertybotts]

You are a woman. Have you considered...
- why your temp is high? Are you ovulating, by any chance (ps, you don't know if you are ovulating - you'd have to have accurate temp + cervical mucus charts for a while to predict it)? Ovulation = higher temp
- you probably have no idea what your normal body temp is. Unless you are measuring it 100% accurately at the same time every day for consistent months, you don't have a perfect baseline to compare it to

Anxiety can make weight loss very rapid.
Just 2 vague, totally free-floating symptoms are nothing to worry about. Losing weight is normal, especially when you are anxious. Having a low grade temperature? So? Maybe you just have a minor infection like a cold, or you are ovulating, or whenever you take your temp you are at a peak in your circadian rhythm?

There's a million reasons for these symptoms, most of them all totally harmless.
Stop worrying, eat a nutritious diet, and do not take your temp anymore. Unless you have the flu, NO TEMPERATURE TAKING!!!

[mollyfin]

I went through a period where my temperature was regularly between 99-100 degrees (normal for me is 98.4, though it can be as low as 97.6 depending on the time of day).  My doctor's response?  "Stop taking your temperature." 

It's flu season; maybe you picked up a mild bug.  I can understand seeing a doctor - if it's a bacterial thing they can give you something for it and stop the suffering sooner - but I really don't think you need to panic just yet.

[waterspirit]

bertybotts:  Actually, when I had my high temperature, I think I actually was ovulating!  Right now it is about 11 days until my period and it was only a couple days ago when I took my temperature. 

Mollyfin: one of my main problems is constant symptom checking.  In fact that's where I find a lot of my new "symptoms". 

If it was just the weight loss and temperature, I wouldn't even think about going to the doctor, but the fact that my leg has hurt for a while + those two things is what bugs me.

In the back of my mind, I always think that everything is due to my anxiety, but then again, there is always that element of being unsure and scared.