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health anxiety

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hopeliss · 14/10/2013 11:18

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.

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ballofworry · 10/09/2014 20:11

hows everyone ?x

ballofworry · 11/09/2014 16:30

feeling more anxious today ..tuesdays coming up ...want to look forward to moving but keeps coming over me .... Hmm

Stephray1985 · 12/09/2014 21:25

Can't stop looking up systems on the internet tonight anxity is pretty bad had a good few days I don't no why I can't just have normal thoughts !!! May have to go to the doctors soon what will they say to me will they put me on anyi depressants cause I'm not depressed I just have bad anxity ?

MrsRuffdiamond · 12/09/2014 23:00

I've been suffering from terrible anxiety about a set of symptoms I've had for many months, and which have been investigated before and put down to IBS. Recently went back to the Dr. about it, and he suggested an endoscopy, followed by another ultrasound scan (to reassure me), but he said he will do no more investigation after that, as bloods have consistently been negative. (Have now done a lot of research on false negatives!)

My new anxiety - the fact that I will now have been labelled 'over-anxious' or some such (which I'm perfectly willing to accept!), means that if I were to develop anything more sinister, it might not be taken seriously, but be put down to my anxiety.

fackinell · 13/09/2014 01:00

Mrs, I thought the same after 2 trips to A&E. I told the Dr that I was not a Münchausen case and that I knew my symptoms were real. I did turn out to have something wrong but luckily not serious. Was annoying to be fobbed off.

joeschmoesmum · 14/09/2014 18:23

I'm glad I found an active thread on HA, though have not managed to read it all, just the last few pages. I'm amazed at just how common it seems to be and how many of us (otherwise highly functioning adults) have it and suffer in silence.

Currently 20 weeks pregnant after several miscarriages and going crazy. Convincing myself I am going to lose my baby. I have a list as long as my arm about things I have been to/called my dr about during this pregnancy,but having a particularly bad time at the moment. I,m at the point where I wish I could just take something to make it through the rest of this pregnancy....
Not sure what I need, probably reassurance from anyone who had HA during pg and lived to tell the tale (hopefully with a healthy baby at the end...)

Thank you for reading!

Haggisfish · 15/09/2014 10:22

I did a bit, although ironically I felt super healthy and alive and like my body was doing exactly what it was designed to do when I was pregnant! I had two healthy babies and ended up bf for three and a half years. Bf was the best anti anxiety thing I have done-I loved it and ghe calm it gave me.

ballofworry · 23/09/2014 13:14

how is everyone doing ?

Haggisfish · 26/09/2014 00:23

I'm ok at the moment. How are you?!

Stephray1985 · 27/09/2014 18:32

Hi I've been put on citalopram any one have any info it's making me feel awful stopped taking it for a few days but feel like my anxiety is out of control last few days x

nikki1978 · 28/09/2014 21:28

Hi all,

I have been lurking on this thread. My HA (which I have had for 13 years now) is on the rampage right now! Just awful to be honest - worst it has been in years. I am constantly jumping from illness to illness dependant on the symptoms I experience that day. Currently I am worrying about pancreatic cancer as after a very bad week anxiety wise I have lost some weight without changing my diet. I may have eaten less when I was having panic attacks early in the week but I can't remember.

I tried Prozac last week and had a horrible reaction and came off. Now I feel there is little left to help me :(

I also have an appt with a gynae in 8 days for ovarian cysts that I have currently so that is an extra stress.

Just sick of it and feel I am wasting my life worrying.

ballofworry · 29/09/2014 08:22

Hi everyone ,
Nikki1978 , im similar to you , go from one health anxiety o another ...hope your feeling a bit calmer now ..

Im so anx at the moment , tearful constantly , i have a mole worry , im self checking it constantly , i had moles checked at clinic ( i do for reasurance every 6 months ) only 3 weeks ago all was fine ,but this one wasnt checked as not a brown one , its on my chest quite small , think been there poss for a time to be honest, but iv iv tuned in on it as i think i scratched it thinking as a spot ,,, its very faint in morning this is why iv not paid attention to it in past as then put clothes on and off i go , then once im up and about it becomes pinkish.peachy in colour and i cant stop checking for changes ..
my brain thinks its ok , then devil side says its not ...

this is going round in my head constantly ...

iv had a stressful time as just moved house , and just last week my dad fell down the stairs in hospital now will be for some time so very worried about him .

sorry big rant ...just feel very alone with all these feelings right now ..off to work but dont know how im going to cope today ..

thanks for listening , if anyone reads this x

sayerville · 18/10/2014 22:41

Reading these posts makes me realise that I have suffered in silence for years with this.
I go from one anxiety to the next, trouble is I have a fear of hospitals and procedures so this anxiety feeds the health one, in case I may have to go to hospital for something or other.
Awful isnt it?
Ballofworry I can relate to the mole checking I had this a while back, I have other issues at the moment though. At least I am not alone. If I'm worried about something and I google it I end up feeling light headed and panicky about it and have to stop reading, anyone else do this?

ballofworry · 26/10/2014 08:53

feeling bad today ...

how is everyone els doing ?x

ballofworry · 28/10/2014 13:18

how is everyone ?

im anx again waiting for referal for some CBT from doctors ....anyone tried this > i did some years ago helped a bit at the time but then i thought i was better so stopped ....

feeling anx about more health issues ...

lillylop · 31/10/2014 23:11

So glad I found this thread. Been feeling really panicky and anxious just lately didn't realise there were so many anxious people out there, you always think it's just u don't u? Well I do anyway. My anxiety is around mine and families health, part of it is totally rational as my daughter does have a serious condition but I have had these feelings for many years before she arrived. I am currently worried about lung cancer as I have back pain and some other pains which I seem to be able to relate to cancer. I'm not really sure if some r just in my. Mind or if theyre real. Feel in constant turmoil with myself over this, the mornings are worst, feel really bad. Don't know if linked to depression - have young baby, don't think I.feel depressed but do.keep crying, seems like it's almost a release of constant tension rather than sadness

WasWats · 09/11/2014 11:00

You need to go to your GP.

WasWats · 27/11/2014 14:24

How is everyone?

BallofWorry,. how have you settled into the house?

WasWats · 14/12/2014 11:26

So tis the season to be anxious. Hope all are okay.

chloejaynemummy · 21/12/2014 15:13

I'm bad today don't know why I thought I was doing ok but today I just don't want to do anything and just keeping thinking about things I just want to cry so much xx

Le1890 · 23/12/2014 13:35

Hi everyone

I've not been on in a while and have been feeling really good.

I have been in a wave of panic last night and today. I have read someone else who is going through lots of tests and it's similar sounding to something I had tested 4 years ago. Anyway her doctors kept testing and it's turned out to be cancer. With mine I had a couple of follow up scans and was told although they didn't know exactly what I had that they were certain it was benign. Now I'm worrying they were wrong. I can't stop thinking about it and worrying. I was so looking forward to Christmas this year and bang from out of no where I'm dragged back to the horrible cycle.

Sorry for moaning I just don't want to tell my dh as he has been so relieved to see me well these past 6 months.xx

JaneAHersey · 23/12/2014 15:15

I suffered from agoraphobia and had an awful fear of being ill and dying. The reason for this is that I was the sole carer for a very ill mother from the age of 6 and as a child worried constantly about her health and the possibility of her dying.

In adulthood these fears deepened especially when I had my son. I was in my early twenties and was petrified that I would die and leave him without a mother just as had happened to me.

I eventually spent time in a psychotherapeutic community when I was in my early thirties. I thought there was going to be some magic and profound cure but that was not the case. I had to learn to recognise old fears and not be afraid of them; meaning I was in control of my emotions and my emotions were no longer in control of me. I learned that I had to have interests to focus on which I did and the anxieties became less of a problem as I immersed myself in different interests.

I hope this is helpful.

WasWats · 10/01/2015 17:18

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Worrymummy123 · 12/01/2015 21:52

Hi

I hope you don't mind me joining you. I could cry reading all this. I can relate to every word. I feel so alone with this...

I'll try and keep with breif but I suffer from ha too :'-(.

I bought a groupn deal a few years back "check your moles" and it flagged up that one was 'suspicious' which literally had me going crazy. I went private had it removed and biopsied and it was fine.

Since then I have utterly convinced myself I have had bowel cancer (had a colonoscopy), a brain tumor (unequal pupils), cervical cancer (smear was ok), skull cancer (Is that even a thing), frequently worry about skin cancer and the fear of the moment (which I utterly believe) is breast cancer. I have a lump and pain and the gp thinks maybe a cyst but I'm living in fear of the big c and can't focus on anything else. I have an appointment this Thursday. I am checking myself continually....

Thank you for listening

MasqueradeWaltzer · 13/01/2015 19:39

Hello, can I join in? Although the thread seems a little slow at the moment. And hello to worrymummy, hope you're having a good day.

I'm having a rubbish one. I had a chest x-ray last week because I've had unexplained wheeziness for a few months, and now I'm constantly aware of tightness in my chest and pain around my ribs. It'll probably be nothing, or the onset of mild asthma, but I'm driving myself mad with it.

I've never had HA before but it struck me really suddenly around the end of last summer. At the time, I was waiting for blood test results for dd1 and was obviously very worried about that. They came back fine Smile - but ever since, I've been obsessed with health; my own and the dds'.

I wish I knew what to do about it.