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[Chrissy5758]

Hi everyone, I am a new member I am happy to be part of this forum. I have gad especially health anxiety. Right now I am taking celexa 20 mg for 9 days. My side effects are feeling hungry, heartburn, some shaking chest tightness. For a few days now I feel some tingling on my thumb on my left hand. Since then I am very scared about carpal tunnel surgery that I have to take sooner or later. All day and night I feel very scare about the surgery. I am afraid of pain. So I just imagining the needle and pain with it.i have not even taken the nerve test yet. Not even call the surgeon yet. I can not get it out of my head. This fear really driving me crazy. How do I get rid of this fear. Thank you for listening and any advice is welcomed.

[fixmybrokenmind]

Hello Chrissy, welcome to the forum :).

I also deal with GAD and health anxiety. The only way I ever get over health anxiety is to speaking to a health professional.

If you are scared of a needle due to the pain, there are creams that can numb your skin to the point you won't even feel the needle.

If you are looking for more responses I recommended writing a thread in the general forum!