Hypochondria

Hi Blondey

Welcome to the forum I am glad you have found us you will get good support here. I suffer with health anxiety and it is hard to live with and can really take over your life, I have convinced myself over the years that I have various diseases usually with the help of Dr Google.

I try and avoid google these days and live in the moment rather than worry about my health it is still hard at time but I am getting through. Have you ever looked into doing CBT? (Cognitive behaviour Therapy) it works well with people who have high levels of anxiety.

Stay with us and keep posting we are here to help.

Hibee

I haven't much advice, but I'm here to tell you you're not alone. I have convinced myself that I had so many illness. I have done this since I can remember. Good news is I NEVER had anything I thought I had. Anxiety can make the symptoms so real, but it's just your nerves doing it. The cbt therapy would greatly benefit you. I still suffer from anxiety and panic. However, as far as health anxiety it's few and far between. Using the cbt techniques in combination with realizing not one time did I have an illness I was 100% sure I had come to be true it faded out. I hope you use the resources and find relief soon. I had gone 10 years with no insurance, and spent a lot of money trying to get diagnosed with something I convinced myself i had. When I finally got insurance and was checked out through and through and deemed healthy I couldn't believe how wrong I was. Anxiety made my symptoms so real, but it was just anxiety. That's it. Good Luck!!!