Blood Pooling and Health Anxiety
How do you tell the difference between blood pooling and muscle pain?
My health anxiety likes to flare up from time to time, especially around seasonal changes, and especially since I got diagnosed.
One of the biggest reasons for my flares is my legs. I know I get blood pooling, but I don’t always get visible pooling - usually the veins in my feet become pronounced, but I don’t always experience color changes in my skin. So it becomes hard for me to tell if I’m actually experiencing blood pooling or if my muscles in my legs are just sore from doing the recumbent bike too much.
I have thigh and knee-high compression socks, as well as compression leggings, but they aren’t always effective, and oftentimes after I take them off in the evening, I get *supremely* itchy (last week to the point where I scratched my leg so hard I almost drew blood).
Any advice would be appreciated :)