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I have had a sore throat for nine days now.  I have been gargling with salt water and I do feel better when I take advil, but the sore throat is still there.  I went to a walk-in clinic today or um yesterday morning, and they gave me ointment for pink-eye, which I now have in one eye.  Then the doc ran a rapid strep test, after which it was negative, I didn't see the doc again.  My throat still really hurts. 

 

Here's the thing, I am leaving for a week on Friday to go on vacation with my sister, today's now Wednesday and I am SOOOOOO worried, anxious and even obsessively upset about the fact that I may need antibiotics and not get them before I go on vacation.  I have been waking up when the advil wears off at night with throat pain. 

 

My husband looked in my throat and saw white stuff in the back.  I have an old prescription for amoxicillin but it's not for the full week.  It's from some time where I had to switch or something after a day or two cause it wasn't the right one for the infection.

 

OMG, but this worry is causing me some sleeplessness.  I can't process between the actual amount of mindspace this deserves versus the crazy large amount my head is giving it. 

 

Also, I keep thinking about going back to the clinic, and what I would say, etc... and then I wonder if I'm being crazy and I shouldn't go back, and try and let my body fight this some more, and then I think I should, and I should tell them about my vacation, and at least let them know what I'm thinking.  Ugh, I just don't know.

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Health anxiety sucks...an unhealthy obsession with our body. I have it too now. Every heartbeat I feel, every weird spot. Even getting a sun burn that peeled triggered me into skin cancer fear. I know all too well, and feel your restlessness.

If I were you, I would go back to the doctor and have it checked out again. It might be viral and of course you might need to ride it out like a common cold, but it could need antibiotics.  Maybe the.doctor in the very least could reassure of this.

I hope that as time goes on my health no longer rules me. This is the hardest thing I have ever faced,, and the fear alone is overwhelming. My best to you my fellow BB.  Please keep us updated.

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Well I did go back to the Dr and she gave me penicillin and also reassured me that I didn't need it.  Well here I am on vacation and my throat still hurts.  I started taking the antibiotics on Thursday night, and now it's Saturday night.  Maybe they are not working but also I am thinking maybe it is some 5 month out symptoms from my last cut on Klonopin.

 

My jaw aches,  and I feel a lot of facial tension.  I am slightly congested, or only  like a few times each day I feel like I could blow my nose.  So it also could be post nasal drip causing the sore throat. 

 

I am feeling kind of crazy for thinking about this so much.  Taking advil does seem to help a little.  Also  I have a prescription muscle relaxer that I took last night and I think I'll be using it at least for the rest of vacation (6 more nights) cause all my everythings are so tense. 

 

Sometimes I feel like taking vacations are for some other kind of person and I should just stay home and play video games, read books, or watch tv.  Maybe have a slice of pie.  Too much excitement.  Lol. 

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We who are afflicted with Generalized Anxiety with the sub set Health Anxiety seem to reach for pills as a cure for everything....duration of sore throat is no indication of viral or strep and please be careful about resorting to muscle relaxants to get you through your vacation...prescribed or illicit doesn't matter...pills are our "go to" solution many times when in reality learning and incorporating new coping skills would serve us better in the long run.  Pills are what got us here on BB...just saying, I feel your distress because I have been there and done that but trying hard to stay away.

Best wishes....

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Choco is so right. I understand what is being said totally. I am doing my best to try to overcome a lot of it, hopefully without more meds. I just want to know and have an easy fix.i am trying this week to look at effective sources to help. Health anxiety led me here in the first place,being given Ativan for it.and insomnia.
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Hey I just wanted to update this.  I did take the penicillin and I did finally feel better, healthwise on the third day of taking it.  My vacation, however, was weird, because my head is weird, or I'm weird, or whatever.  But I do feel like I did need the penicillin and I was right to go back to the dr and demand it. 

 

That said, I was still anxious and feeling strange for my whole vacation and had a really hard time enjoying myself.  It was really hard to be both sick and anxious and almost impossible to figure out what was causing what.  I would recommend following your gut and one extra round of antibiotics isn't going to mean a whole lot in a lifetime, but if I had gone without them, I can only imagine how awful I would have felt, on top of, what I already was feeling. 

 

My faith in doctors is completely gone.  Seriously, I had a throat infection, why were they so reluctant to prescribe antibiotics.  It's so frustrating. 

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