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severe health anxiety

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julia65539
julia65539

i have health anxiety and it,s ruining my life..Does any one have any proven  ideas on how to overcome this?

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  • jmcg2014
    jmcg2014 julia65539

    Posted

    You can't alone I'm afraid, therapy is the only way to find the root cause and help you overcome it ,meds can't do that for you
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      Thanks for your reply..do you suffer with health anxiety too by any chance?
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      I do yes, its an appalling thing to deal with it really is
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      yes it sure is..i,m fed up it all now..started taking citalapram and i feel sick now and got no appetite..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      Meds can't really help to be honest, health anxiety is part of anxiety in general,the bigger anxiety needs to be addressed first. Citalopram I tried years ago and found it absolutely terrible
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      What dosn,t help is ive now got a phobia of going to doctors or dentists or opticians etc for fear of bad news..
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      yes i realise..it,s a horrible situation..just wish there was some way out of it..ive got a counselling no from gp but i don,t have much faith in counselling..i went years ago and it didn,t help..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      Counselling is not the same as therapy,at least not in the UK. Proper therapy is needed, and not just CBT which is always offered first. Ask for a referral to physchotherapy
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      ok i will do thanks..how long have you suffered from this do you mind me asking?
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      Anxiety on and off about 20 years, health anxiety mostly this last year or so following a prolapsed disc. I'm 37
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      oh ok..do you mean you keep thinking its something terrible you have now?
  • jonathan17833
    jonathan17833 julia65539

    Posted

    Hi julia

    What is it thats concerning you about health anxiety, do you have physical symptoms at at all?

    • julia65539
      julia65539 jonathan17833

      Posted

      Hi ..ive gone from one worry to another..at the moment it,s my eyes.ive got floaters in my right eye and ive been to opticians (eventually plucked up the courage) and they said theres nothing wrong with my eyes..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      I get co stant eye floaters all the time, with anxiety in general we notice these more,the majority of people have these in abundance,but the brain tunes them out,with anxiety we notice them and become fixated on them,they are very normal but oh so annoying. With health anxiety in particular we go from one worry to the next,event if we do get reassurance then its never enough,so we carry on worrying,we even develop the physical symptoms of the thing we are worried about. The best advice until you can get some therapy for the root anxiety is to never ever Google symptoms, we all do it but its one of the worse things we can ever do
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      I google everything..every time i finish work i come home and google things...as for the eye floaters yes it is horrible..i can live with it but hope they don,t get worse or i go blind..that,s my worry as you can probably imagine..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      It's a common thing,everyone has them,as your anxiety is dealt with you'll notice them less like everyone who has them. Stop googling though,no good will come of it you'll only drive yourself crazy
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      At least you believe every one has them lol..i,m struggling to believe you if you know what i mean? And i will try to stop googling..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      Yea that's the nature of it,not matter what anyone tells us we don't believe it,there's no way to reason with it,once your anxiety is being dealt with it really will stop
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      Thanks for your advice ..it,s really nice to know others feel the same way because i must admit i feel i,m going mad at times..i have to go out now so talk soon hopefully...
    • julia65539
      julia65539 jmcg2014

      Posted

      Hi again..if you don,t mind me asking how many eye floaters do you have? and is it both eyes? mines mainly in the right eye but its quite a few...more like a web appearance..it,s really getting me down..
    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 julia65539

      Posted

      I get a lot,one one more than others.anxiety doesn't actually cause them ,it just makes us more aware of them, and once we notice them it seems impossible to ignore. I've had an optician give me the all.clear too,its just something that happens to everyone, but those without anxiety learn to ignore them very quickly
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