Today, I went to get Covid test because I had chest pain and shortness of breath. Turns out, I just have depression and anxiety. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I found out that what I thought could be a life-threatening issue causing me chest pains was only because I over-obsessed about it. Now not only do I have social anxiety, but I get so anxious I can create fake illnesses. FML
Today, I finally went to the doctor's about my severe anxiety. I'm so used to putting on a happy performance around people that she didn't believe anything was wrong with me. FML
Today, I went to the doctor. I told her I felt down all the time. She asked me a few questions and she told me I was depressed. She suggested to go home and find the sources of my depression. When I told my parents, they started laughing and said "Yeah, right." I think I found my source. FML
Today, I just passed an important exam. Hours after I passed, I felt a tickle in my throat. I have COVID. I feel like shit. FML
Today, I went to urgent care with a sinus infection. I get them regularly, and just need a course of antibiotics to clear it up, but the doctor insisted I needed to take a COVID test. It came back with a false positive. Now I have to take a week off work, and I still don't have my antibiotics. FML
Today, I went to see a doctor because I have been feeling of pressure in my chest. After running numerous tests, I was told I was perfectly healthy and had nothing to worry about. I made it as far as the front door before I collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital. FML
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me. Then my COVID test came back as positive. FML
Today, I went to the local emergency room, upon recommendation of my psychiatrist, because I was depressed to the point of being suicidal. They sent me home because there were no beds available. FML
Today, I had depressive feelings, so I decided to write about it to find out what was bothering me, and let go of the negative thoughts. While doing so, I had a panic attack. FML
Today, I woke up at 5 a.m. because my throat was swelling up. I called 911 and they determined that I would live, so I took two Benadryl and slept all day. Then I went to urgent care for my scheduled appointment time and tested positive for Covid. FML
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Top comments
core01 30
Doctors routinely fail to diagnose women's valid medical conditions and complaints, and instead attribute all issues to emotional/mental issues. I'd get a second opinion on the shortness of breath.
Jonkbaby 23
Glad that you are looking out for your health. Take things day at a time <3
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core01 30
Doctors routinely fail to diagnose women's valid medical conditions and complaints, and instead attribute all issues to emotional/mental issues. I'd get a second opinion on the shortness of breath.
rotflqtms_ 21
The covid swabs can sometimes produce false negatives. Someone could test negative and really have covid.
MannyWasHere 12
There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Covid is untreatable at the moment, but depression is.
Jonkbaby 23
Glad that you are looking out for your health. Take things day at a time <3
madlime 3
I had chest pain and shortness of breath for over a year. The chest pain started and would last a couple hours but then got to a point where it would last 8 or more hours. This isn’t anxiety. I had a severely infects that gallbladder that was doing damage to my body and mental health for over a year that doctors just said was anxiety. Like SEVERAL doctors even when I told them it last for 8+ hours they said it was anxiety. So I’d get a second opinion or even a 3rd or 4th because like the top comment said they tend to misdiagnose women and chalk it up to emotions or weight!
spinspinsugar 12
at least you don't have covid? silver lining?
peterblack67 9
Are you actually complaining that you don't have covid?? Really???
dbpb10 7
No.. I’m not? Where the hell did that even come from 🤣 gtfo