Actually ill or just going crazy?? Health anxiety

Yes absolutely anxiety can make you too sensitive to every sensation, leading to health anxiety. Therapy can help, meds won't - maybe a good idea to ask about therapy with your gp?

Its disappointing that your not getting support from your family. I lost my marriage because bascially my ex wife didnt care. Happy to just dig me. Thankful since we divorced my life has improved. There are some great self help books on amazon that you can get your hands on while waitinf got therapy.

Hey Nicola I've been going through the exact same as you always feel dizzy and not right and I have been diagnosed with anemia and anemia really does make you feel like that and takes months to get back on track, have you got blood tests taken? I'm only 17 years old I'm a severe hypachondriac and also have really bad anxiety, and the whole sore throat and wheezy chest is all to do with the constant worry, that's what anxiety does to you it can make you very very very sick so trust me it's highly unlikely that you are terminally ill or have cancer because I'm going through the exact same as you and i know how it feels, I have my good days and bad days but I'm starting to accept the fact that I am okay and it's all in my head😊 it really is scary what health anxiety can really do to you it can make you think you have all these illnesses and diseases when really your perfectly fine! I know it's horrible but please feel free to text me back😊xx

Wow.i came down with anxiety 2 years ago out of no where.i woke about 5 am thought I was having a heart attack.i finally calmed down about an hour later fell asleep for an hour but didn't feel right still like it traumatized me and all I could think was why did that happen to me .After a month of struggling and still not feeling right I went to the emergency room cause I was having pain on my left side running down my arm .they ran ekg on me and the whole time I was a nerve wreck.they admitted me and that made me even more anxious to where it caused me insomnia.the next day the a doc came in and said he was the cardiologist and I panicked instantly before he could even tell me any results .He says there's no evidence of a heart attack in your blood work .I want you in my office in corpus Christi Texas for a stress test.high anxiety again to where I didn't sleep with continued chest pain.the next day came did test then had to wait 2 weeks for results .Needless to say was a nerve wreck couldn't sleep .well results were normal .I follow up with my doc and tells me I had panic attack.he said ekg was abnormal but only cause my heart was racing when I went in .so he gives me a a blood pressure pill that made me feel worst.so I go back a month later after I went 7 nights and 7 days with insomnia so he gives me ambien and celexa which just made me worst.well I finally start feeling a little better on my own but still not feeling like myself lost my job cause of everything .so it was ugly and now I'm having high anxiety again after always feeling anxious for past 2 years but could cope and still sleep as long I slept I could deal with the anxiety but now I'm occasional insomnia and it's making me remember the nightmare 2 years ago .dizziness , nausea , headache all the time .and like you now I'm thinking must be brain tumor or cancer or cancer somewhere .so I know how you feel .it's easy for someone to say think positive and not negative when it's something that we can't control.we didn't ask to be attacked by anxiety it just happened .And unless someone has experienced they have no idea how miserable it is to constantly no feel at peace .it sux!

Don't think the worst until you know the answer. It could just be a simple infection causing the blood in the urine.  General health anxiety patients think this way so try to avoid it. Better to wait until you feel a bit better and deal with less diagnosis and more pragmatism.

Richard