Hi all.
(This post is also in "teenagers", have moved it here for more SN geared advice).
As the title says, I think my DD16 has health anxiety.
She is AUDHD, so this could factor in in so many ways.
Over the past 3 years, she has "had"; bipolar, anemia, arthritis, hearing issues, fainting and dizziness, POTS, and various lower level ailments. When I explain to her that some of the symptoms she experiences are linked to anxiety and her ND, she gets angry and accuses me of not believing or supporting her.
She has been to camhs twice and refused support both times, but they confirmed they do not believe she is bipolar based on her explanations of her symptoms (she was really pissed off about that).
She went to the drs a while ago and explained various symptoms to them and they took bloods to check for anything untoward and told her if nothing shows its likely a MH issue causing her symptoms. Results came back clear and she was unhappy about that.
She's now told me because she skin picks and bites her nails she's thinking it may be ocd... I'm not convinced. She also had told me she can't hear out of one ear and rhe other is not great, but it comes and goes and isn't all the time. She's made an appt foe the ocd thing off her own back but when I suggested she'll have to do the same for her hearing she scowled and was like "yeah maybe".
She's in private therapy as I couldn't do nothing at all cos there's clearly something going on but I'm dammed if I do or don't cos I acknowledge what she's said and say if she's concerned see the Dr because I can't enable it but I can't reason with her either.
Not sure what I wanted out of this post, hopefully someone with some experience similar.
Thank you