Thread Topic: I have hypochondria
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notia
Joined: Aug 5, '09
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2009-08-05 05:17:36 |
| I am 41 years old. AT about 35 years old I started to have panic attacks related to fear of disease and dying. I have recently achieved my life long dream of becoming a mother. I have a wonderful and supportive husband. This is so debilitating. At times it takes over my life and I cannot stop my brain from ticking into overdrive. I want this to stop but do not want to become dependant on medication. Any clues on how I can tackle this in a drug free manner. It is making my life a misery and I dont want to be sending these negative vibes to my child or have it affect her well being and happiness. | |
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Unanswered Thread: What do i DO? posted by Visirium 29 seconds ago |
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keffylamaw
Joined: Aug 9, '09
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2009-08-09 15:39:12 |
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@schmeetwo : Go get tested. One reason you might be going out of your mind, is that you're probably denying the fact that you might have acquired HIV... Go get the test.. CONFIDENTIAL is an important matter, and no health care provider will divulge your results, without your consent. And no, HIV tests don't come in normal blood tests. You have to tell your diagnostician, or doctor, that you wish to have your blood tested for HIV. You will have a western blot test and an ELISA test... The sooner you get the result, the sooner you'll get a peace of mind... What's done is done.. Everyone has done some bad things in their lives.. We need to try and get over the guilt.. We have to move on.. |
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keffylamaw
Joined: Aug 9, '09
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2009-08-09 15:41:26 |
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@schmeetwo : Go get tested. One reason you might be going out of your mind, is that you're probably denying the fact that you might have acquired HIV... Go get the test.. CONFIDENTIAL is an important matter, and no health care provider will divulge your results, without your consent. And no, HIV tests don't come in normal blood tests. You have to tell your diagnostician, or doctor, that you wish to have your blood tested for HIV. You will have a western blot test and an ELISA test... The sooner you get the result, the sooner you'll get a peace of mind... What's done is done.. Everyone has done some bad things in their lives.. We need to try and get over the guilt.. We have to move on.. |
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momatzke08
Joined: Sep 8, '09
Status: New User |
2009-09-08 10:40:26 |
| hi, i am 19 years old. i do indeed suffer from hypochondria. my friends and family think i am crazy. they tell me to chill out and that i'm fine. but the truth is, am i really fine? how do they know and understand the amount of pressure I am under? sometimes i am even too scared to check out symptoms online because i'll be afraid I have all the symptoms. what can i do? why do i feel like this? what's wrong with me? i can't focus during class, i leave early, my friends are constantly telling me how annoying i am because i always change the subject on how a pain or bump is on my mind. :( Sorry to complain, but it's just how im feeling. | |
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chermaine
Joined: Sep 23, '09
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2009-09-23 21:01:13 |
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Hey Sammie , i have the same problem as yours as well ....My hypochondria come and go...sometimes i would just think too much and my stomach aches...and when i think about some particular illness , my body would responds to the symptoms , but im totally fine on other day...and i did not lose any weight or anything.... when i experience any pain in my body , i would also go to the internet and search for answers....usually it freaks me out because they always says that tiny things can be serious..... and in the same case as you , i also know too much about symptoms of any disease because i always google for stuffs like that..... i know i have to stop my habit...but it's just weird.....sometimes i can just forget about this problem...but maybe later or anytime , the prob will just come back and haunt me.... i understand your feelings and thoughts and glad that i'm not alone |
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ArX
Joined: Sep 19, '09
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2009-09-24 02:35:26 |
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I don't know if I have hypochondria but that Test result was High. I guess I do tend to check from internet what might be causing some symptoms I have had. (If that makes me hypochondriad then maybe I am) But I don't like to go to a doctor for any reason unless it feels absolutely necessary. Few physical problems that have caused some concern (maybe you have had something similar): 1. Somekind of balance disturbance. I know I am standing perfectly upright yet I feel like I am strongly leaning to one side. (make walking somewhat difficult as I feel I need to correct my position or I am going to trip.. but of course if I do try to "correct" my position it have no effect. Exept I may endup tripping to the other side as I wasn't really leaning at all in the first place...) I have no idea what that is... It have happend few times over the years. Usually lasting some minutes. half an hour at tops. 2. EXTREME Chest pain. It is hard to say where exactly the pain is... It feels in chest, back, left arm and neck. But I think it is mainly focused somewhere in upper left chest. Usually it starts when I wake up in morning and I try to get up (move). Almost all changes in upper body position hurt like hell... Including breathing, I can barely take in some 20% of lung capacity. Naturally... I have had some fears it is my heart, or maybe something in the lungs, like cancer or something but based on what I have found in the internet it is in fact just some pinched nerve. |
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love012
Joined: Dec 29, '09
Status: New User |
2009-12-29 01:50:51 |
| hey guys all ur stories sound like my story. and it truley is not fun to be a hypochondriac. I been this way for about a year now, i used to not really worry about my health, if i had a pain or anything id jus be like ehh and shrug it off my shoulder. But now im not like that anymore. It all started with my gardasil shot, i got that shot and for sum reason decided to look it up because it was new to me. So i was reading about it and all of A sudden i find and article about girls dying from gardasil, getting lou geriks disease and seizures!! so after a while i was getting body twiches looked it up and thought i was getting lou geriks.... so i looked it up and totally covinced my self i had it. Then i thought i have ovarian cancer. After that i thought i was bite by a black widow. Now i think i have a brain tumor! ugg. this is soooo stressful. anyways all this thinkin gave me severe anxiety and depression. I dont live my life like i used to (being happy_the thoughts of the other diseases are gone. now my mind is set on a brain tumor, i constantly have headaches and weird head pains. im getting a brain scan soon. But this is taking over my life!!!! | |
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ovafear
Joined: Nov 29, '09
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2010-01-18 01:13:02 |
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EVERYONE- You guys all sound in a round about way just like me. All of you have at least a piece I can nod my head too. Brain tumor you say? Ive had 50! Chest pains almost everyday for 2 years, light headed/dizzy/feeling sick lasted about a year- doesnt bother me too much anymore- unless an extreme anxiety attack heads up and kicks my butt. I get throbbing pains in my legs and arms or sharp shooting pains- just depending on what it feels like doing at the time. Im pretty sure I have OCD, I constantly think about dying and leaving my two beautiful sons and partner. Seeing myself spending the last of my time trying to be the best mother ever- who the hell does that?? No wonder I have a problem with anxiety, Im mad! I have noticed a common pattern trend with all of us- depression and anxiety. And if you dont have depression your most likely headed that way as it normally starts with anxiety or panic attacks. Thats how mine did. And it was the most logical thing the doctor told me.. well der of course!! But I took my meds and still believed she was SO wrong- it may be depression but you missed something lady! Call yourself a doctor? Well I have the internet at my house and it wreckons I have fourty types of cancer and heart problems all at once!! 'Googling' dont do it!! I think I have been like this for so long its almost 'normal' which is what scares me the most. But it is nice to know Im not the only person out there... Thanks for being mad with me guys and hope we all get over this one day :o) |
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