Originally Posted by
grubby 
Hey buddy. Word of advice: stay away from "Dr. Google" and "WebMD"..... you'll drive yourself
crazy thinking you're having a heart attack, have cancer, you about to die, etc. Seems EVERY little symptom you enter into Google comes back as "life threatening condition", "cancer", "heart attack", etc
I'm guilty of the "self diagnosis" thing myself, even went to a dermatologist one time cause i was super paranoid about a new skin mole that appeared suddenly. I spent days and days sulking with my anxiety/paranoia building. I did the same thing, went to "Dr. Google" and it only gave me
more anxiety, made me
more paranoid. "Dr. Google" just makes your anxiety worse if you are an highly anxiety-prone person (as i am). I made my appointment, got checked out, and it turned out to be nothing.... wasted like $100. And that's just one example.
When i was younger i actually went to an ER cause i genuinely thought i was having a heart attack, i was doing the same thing back then "Googling around".
You'd be surprised how many "dangerous" conditions simple anxiety can mimic, almost exactly. Always see an
actual doctor if something legit concerns you, stay away from "Dr. Google" it will just amplify your anxiety levels x10000.
Thanks for the advice Grubby, and I came to this eye opening conclusion on my run today. My lab results came back pretty good, 2 of the enzyme tests were slightly elevated, but only by 5 points each. The Dr. said that he wouldn't worry about it unless they were 2 or 3 times what mine were. Of course throughout the day, before my run, I kept looking into those and kept finding that some people can be in trouble even at those levels. But like I said on my run, I decided to try to stop worrying about it, stay the course, and when I go back for a re-test after 90 days, mostly to see if my BP goes down I will ask the questions and see where I am at. My BP was way higher than it should have been which was likely the combination of a ton of stress, not having drank in 40 hours, and just being anxious.
Thanks again.