Health Anxiety / Hypochondria

not at all jimmy its the mind working over time i've had this a lot recently myself drs just put it down to anxiety something tho triggers it off mine was concern because i had 1 thing after another in health issues my mind went thru a mental block

i was offered anxiety tablets /blockers to block the wave length of thoughts out but they made me feel worse & sedated

have u tried kalms you can get this in the local supermarket worlth giving these a shot to calm you do relax u & maybe relax your thoughts they are for stress & mild anxiety.

good luck

Hi jimmy, your not alone. I had a big panic attack 12 days ago due to a sprain in my diaphragm. Ive never suffered with anxiety or panic attacks before but it has sent me on a journey since. Ive lost my appetite and when i do eat something like a weetabix im full ive been prescribed medication because i was having indigestion. I keep thinking ive got something worse. My spit has been discoloured when has also sent me into overdrive although im told this can be due to strain as im also coughing and have had the discomfort in my abdomen prior to the medication given. Im worrying myself stupid. So your definitely not alone.

@diane73605 thank youuu! i wasnt really expecting any replies tbh. oh gosh i've never thought about taking kalms, i've seen it about but never considered it. will deffo look into it!

@natalie198238 oh man that is horrible, i know exactly what you mean honestly, its like an endless loop or panicking, trying to calm myself down, then panicking again. Like logically, i know im panicking over something that might not even be true but its just getting myself and my body to realise that too

You have to be more carefree when it comes to health. Even the person with perfect health will die one day. We will all die one day, but just do what you can to live as long as you can, once you realise you are doing everything right it should help ease the conscience.

Hi Jimmy

I had this for many years. I was in and out of ER with everything I could imagine (because that is what it is). A slight pain in my chest, heart attack! A small bump on my body, cancer! Can't think straight, Brain tumour! It was endless. Needless to say I had all the tests and they all came back negative. No cancer, strong healthy heart, no brain damage (although my wife would argue about that!) I was fit as a fiddle but thinking I was about to die from something all the time. This is very, very common with anxiety and many, many people experience it.

I was able to move on from this when I got closer to what the real problem was. It was not the fear of cancer that was the problem, it was the fear of fear!. People fear many different things and it's a mistake to focus on what it is that you are afraid of. What is actually happening is that you are feeling fear and you don't like that feeling! Your mind then searches around for something to be afraid of, and it can be anything at all but that is not the problem. The actual problem is that you are experiencing the feeling of fear and you are frightened of that feeling. It's the fear of fear, and the obsessing with it is what extends our suffering.

If we could just accept the feelings of fear (which is basically just nervous arousal), The tight clenched stomach, the sweating, the trembling, the fast breathing and heart rate (all of which are just symptoms of having adrenaline in your bloodstream), none of which will do you any harm at all but just feel very uncomfortable, then we wouldn't experience fear of our fear. It would just be an uncomfortable sensation and, because we weren't constantly worrying and obsessing over it, it would dissipate quite quickly. We maintain our anxiety by worrying about it and thinking that either we are going to die or go mad. If we weren't bothered by it and didn't give it much attention it would pass. We are convinced that there is something wrong with us when there isn't! There is nothing wrong with you. Even you anxiety is a natural system of your own body that is designed to protect you . The last thing it would do is harm you. It has just got stuck on overdrive because we keep obsessing about it and maintaining it by hating it and trying to fix it and make it go away. This approach works! I have tried making anxiety my friend and accepting it, not fighting it, and, after 30 horrible years wrestling with it, I have been anxiety free for the last year.

40 million people suffer from anxiety disorders in the US every day so you are very definitely not alone. Anxiety is one of the most common problems of our time. My doctor tells me that at least two- thirds of the people he sees every day have anxiety. You are not unusual or different in this. If you are walking down the street 1 in every 6 people you see are suffering from anxiety and feeling the same way as you are and are wondering whether they are going mad or about to die from something. They are not, and you are not. It's just anxiety. Nobody talks about it and it's not visible. Most people feel ashamed of their inability to control it so they try to hide it as much as possible which actually makes it worse because then you think that you've got something terrible and you're the only one. It isn't terrible, it's uncomfortable, and you are not the only one. Accept and befriend it as much as you are able. Try not to judge yourself for having it (it's not your fault) and be kind to yourself. Wishing you peace xxx

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hi Jimmy we could be twins except i am alot older than you. in the last 4 months i have believed i had 20 serious conditions and within a week or so i will have a symptom that i will link to a new one I am really struggling at the moment as i have a continuous itch all over my body its driving me mad Just remember there's lots of us in the same horrible place