Has anyone ever recovered from health anxiety?

[geocentricme]

Because I can't live the rest of my life with such panic about it every day.
I've sought therapy but not started quite yet.
Been on SSRIs for years.

I'm just worried this is a chronic condition for life now. Please tell me if you've managed to get better from crippling health anxiety.

DOI I am medically trained which adds a whole second layer of hell

I don't know but I am certainly in remission from general anxiety. I think you definitely need the therapy. The SSRIs have an important job but they can't change your mindset, just give a better and calmer mental environment to work with.

How you think is key here. So therapy is the best way to change that.

I think I am in recovery, yes.

I put it down to starting a low dose of Mirtazapine, changing my diet to stop eating processed food, and starting intensive daily exercise.

I didn't do any of this to shift health anxiety, it was more because of it and worrying about covid side effects.

But this combination has meant I haven't suffered in the past year or more now. Not a single cancer scare or something ridiculous.

My partner had terrible health anxiety. He's worked really hard and been in recovery for a few years now. His health anxiety flares when he is worried about something else that he doesn't think is worthy of his worry. We now know that if he starts checking his pulse etc that we need to look at what else is going on for him and then address the real issue. He also had CBT for more general anxiety and uses propanol when needed although that's rare now.

I wish all the best in your recovery journey.

Not sure it ever really goes away but I’ve become much better at managing it, and not listening to its nonsense.