I'm convinced myself I am seriously ill and I don't know what to do

i mean i cant really help you if youve convined yourself your seriously ill... the most i can suggest is sense you are seriously ill ( as you said) is to educate yourself on natural remedies such as cayanne pepper, garlic, magnesium, the importance of excerise,kefur, etc and after you incorpate all of them into your life, if you do indeed surcome to your illness atleast you will know in your heart you tried your best to prevent it.

I used to do this but I realize I have generalized anxiety disorder.  I could only focus on my physical symptoms and googled myself into a frenzy.  I now have to take meds (I'm 35) which have helped tremendously.  Even if I do feel off, I don't panic.

 

You condition sounds like anxiety, all I can suggest is your try and control your health fears.

Your Doctor and associated specialists will give you help and assistance to control your fears

BOB

Thank you all! I've been getting myself into such states about this. So it's helpful to see others are experiencing this aswell!

I'm the same way, it is a endless fear cycle the more we Google our symptoms, the worse it get's we're feeding more fears into our minds. There were few times I stopped Googling my symptoms a few momths ago for a few weeks, and I noticed I wasn't feeling as anxious, but as soon as I started to search agian, I started to scare myself.

I used Magnesium oil for over a month it did help with muscle twitches, I haven't used it for 4 months now, I still get muscle twitches, and the other symptoms you mention, plus more.

Sounds like you've got yourself a case of health anxiety. Best thing to do for yourself is to stop googling all your symptoms. If you have explained your symptoms to your doctor, and they have examined you and preformed the appropriate tests and determined that there isn't anything wrong, then it's time to shift your focus to dealing with your health anxiety. Again, I'm assuming that your doctor has done an appropriate examination, be that with blood work, an ENT visit to rule out inner ear problems, and a Neuro consult to rule out neurological problems. I went thru all the steps and still managed to be plagued by health anxiety afterwards. It's not easy. Your brain is now so tuned in to every little feeling in your body that it's going to focus on alllll the things it used to ignore and blow them way out of proportion. You've got to try to live your life as normal as possible. Don't let those feelings stop you from doing things. You need to retrain your brain. If you allow yourself to be scared all the time and it leads you to avoiding situations or activities or maybe just hide it in your room, then you are teaching your brain that there IS something to be afraid of, and your problems will persist. It is NOT an easy thing to do. It is a hard road. Use all the support you can get. Use this forum. Go to cognitive behavioral therapy. But you can get past it.

I know what you mean, when it started with me I never even once thought it could be anxiety. I'm 34 years old, and it hit me out of the blue about two years ago. Started getting panic attacks, which led to panic disorder, which turned into health anxiety. Before that, I had zero concerns about my health. None. Then it was all turned upside down. I could not stop looking up symptoms. It really got into my head. I'm much better these days, and almost completely back to "normal." If you have questions about symptoms, try to ask on here rather than Google. You get people with real experience. There really aren't many symptoms that anxiety CAN'T cause, short of losing a limb. If that happens, feel free to Google "arm fell off, is this normal?" Otherwise, try to stay off and focus on working on your anxiety

I'm the same now. Lay in bed hearts pounding and I'm taken my beta blockers aswell and just can't calm down. I get palpitations and all sorts ... feel like my hearts galloping all the time X.