health anxiety

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has anybody ever found a cure for health anxiety. it has plagued my life for 7 years and don't see an end to it. awful day today.
ps never been on mumsnet before. sorry if this is the wrong place to raise this.

Hi waswats , thank you my voice of reason ..im really struggling to keep control of it all at the moment ...i keep looking at it , looks like a nodule ...just letting it all run away with me , i have an appt tomorrow evening to get my breasts checked as one was hurting last week , that settled down , but thought id still go to get it checked so will get her to look at this to see what /if she can reasure me ... and DEF talk about medication... i need help i know

how are you ?

I'm good thanks. I swear to God I was the very very same as you. Checking things 50 plus times a day, in different lights from different angles etc etc. Listen to me when I tell you this. No one can reassure you because it will just hop onto a different body part, the worry I mean. Remember how you were about your tummy and I did warn you that this would continue ..... Look get the meds, I am a different person. The fact that I am anyones voice of reason when it comes to health speaks volumes. I was at the point that if an info leaflet came in the door about cancer I was convinced for weeks that I had whatever particular one it was. Then I would get told by the GP that I didn;t and I would be grand for a few days. Then it would start again.

There is hope I promise x

Hi everyone, been reading through this thread and crying as I can relate to everything.

I've got terrible health anxiety at the moment, all I can think about is what is hurting and the worst possible outcome.

For the last few months I've even convinced I've had lymphoma, I can actually feel my neck lymph glands swell everytime I think about it, although of course that is in my head. I've just been to the doctors and they have taken bloods to reassure me, because I woke up sweating through the night and I'm convinced it is something bad. He said he couldn't feel any glands at all, and I do have a slight temperature so it could just be a wee infection, but I'm terrified for the blood test results

I'm on 40mg of fluoxetine, which worlds intermittently, but just can't shake this feeling off this time

thanks waswats i know your making sense keep talking to me it helps me alot your positive attitude , i really need to get on these meds dont i ?

miniondave , sorry you to are feeling so low and have this health anxiety ,you are not alone i find it a comfort just knowing that x

Hi minionDave I went through that 3 years ago one day I noticed I could feel the lymph nodes in my neck bout 4 of then like peas I stated googling and one thing lead to another and I was conviced I had that went to the doctors and they did bloods was fine some people can just feel there's I was obsesst with it for months my anxity is now about skin cancer constant googling is terrifying me I'm conviced I have it some days then some days I'm fine so I just cling on to the good days and coming on here to read helps me out a lot x

know the feeling , hope your feeling a bit calmer now xx

Thanks guys, it is good to know I'm not alone. I feel like I'm alienating my family though, as this is all I can focus in so it is good to have an outlet in here.

Hope you are both feeling better

How is everyone today ?x

I'm going to the docs later this morning, have got horrendous anxiety at the moment.
The weird thing is at the top of my back when my clothes move it is irritating me so bad. It doesn't hurt at all but is driving me crazy.
My dp thinks I'm going mad.
What I said above does sound weird when reading it back but I've got so many horrible thoughts in my head.
I hope everyone here is feeling ok today.

hello Korma , hope goes well at the doctors later , it may just be a from clothes tag scratching you iv had that before on a vest top , where the bra line is , bothered me for ages then i realised i only got it when i wore this certain top ..

im ok so far keeping busy today so much to do as moving friday !!

i went to my doctors last night about my mouth thing she looked at it said she didnt think was sinister but shes not an expert ..so not sure it that was helpful or not ..
said my breasts were fine as i asked her to check them as had pain last week in one , and she also recommended i start my ADs ...
still debating when to start them ...before or after move ...concerned about side effects , need to be full on for this move ...

anyway hope everyone els is ok x

Ballofworry.

You have to start the ads. You are not able to be full on with the move with your state of mind like this. The sooner you start, the sooner you will get better. And I will help you every step of the way. Anyway some people don;t get side effects!

thank you waswats really kind of you x

Start the meds, there is no shame in it. The only side affect I had from starting fluoxetine was loss of appetite, which meant I lost about a half stone. Bonus really

I've phoned the doctors today looking for my blood test results, and been told to phone back after 2 as that's when they are due back and the doctor will have to look at them first as well. I am actually shitting it here clock watching!

hi minion , i know that feeling , if you can try talk with your GP so he or she can explain your results , i had results few months back and receptionist said you need to make an appointment , i asked her why and she said she couldnt say ..(i do understand that they cant give details as not medically trained and all that dont get me wrong ) but with someone with severe health anxiety like me that really sent me through the roof ...so i asked if my doctor could call me back to explain and she did and i felt alot calmer once explained to me .

hope you get results soon and all is well xx

Thanks for your kind message ballofworry, went to the doctors, he was new and very nice.
Checked my back, I was petrified, nothing wrong.
He said its most probably a symptom of anxiety and that I'd taken the first step just by going today and talking to him.

Feel a lot better just going there. He has given me 10 days worth of diazepam which I've had before, earlier in the year when I had my son's secondary school appeal which we lost:(
Looking back, it started then.
He wants to see me in ten days to discuss how I'm feeling and if i want to consider a low dose of meds longer term such as citalopram.
I hope everybody here is having a good day, the sun is shining here today and its lifted me a bit.
One day at a time x

Glad went well Korma , sounds like your doctor was very nice so thats good , i have been given Citalopram to to try .

hope your anxiety settles down a little now x

Waswats , i have the tablets now , 10mg citalopram but reading the leaflet has left me feeling unsure so many side effects and information to take on board im really anxious about taking them now ....specially before i move .... x

When is the move?

Friday/saturday ..

Ah ok I see. I thought it was another while. Well why not set a date for say ten days time or so and start them then.

yes that could be a plan , get moved and past my appointment tuesday ...
keeping busy helping me stop self checking ...out side corner mouth sore now as keep doing that ...just got to wait ...

How were your blood test results ball? I'm feeling a but better thanks to antibiotics that seem to be crying many of my aches and pains! Also back to work, which is good as I have less time to fret! And prod...

i havent had any recent blood tests haggis , but my last lot were ok thanks ,
glad the ABs are helping you and back to work to , and yes good distraction ..

Sorry-obviously got confused! Maybe my antibiotics aren't helping that much after all!!

no worries i have had bloods a few weeks ago so you wern't far off x