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Posted 1/5/2007 2:59 PM (GMT 0)
i know i have anxiety problems i have ever since i was little.but my question is is there anyone else that suffers the fear that something is wrong with u?when i start getting problems with my anxiety i always think i have something bad wrong with me.i think i'm hypochondriac i think i spelled that right.and if so how do u deal with it?
Posted 1/5/2007 3:26 PM (GMT 0)
Anglfrmhvn,

I know there are many on the boards that have issues with that.  You are not alone and I am sure others will be by to share shortly...

Posted 1/5/2007 3:30 PM (GMT 0)

Hi!  I can relate to your feelings about "always having something wrong with me".  It is tough

MaryAnn

Posted 1/5/2007 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
yes it is tough what do u do to help deal with this issue?
Posted 1/5/2007 3:38 PM (GMT 0)
Hi, right now I am seeing a cognitive therapist. I seem to just go from one ailment to another, and it's ruining my quality of life. I've had enough of being scared. I really would like (through therapy), to find out why I'm like this. MA
Posted 1/5/2007 3:42 PM (GMT 0)
i actually do the same go through one ailment to another.i just wish it would stop.
Posted 1/5/2007 4:24 PM (GMT 0)
Are you always running to the doctors with your ailments?  Does everything have to be something deadly? 
Posted 1/5/2007 4:31 PM (GMT 0)
i dont always run to the dr. i just deal with it in my mind.and it seems like it's always deadly things i dont know why.i just wish i could stop thinking this way.
Posted 1/5/2007 4:34 PM (GMT 0)
It is very physically and emotionally draining. I understand the logic, I just can't understand why?
Posted 1/5/2007 4:45 PM (GMT 0)
yes it is very draining,and my mind just keeps racing with these thoughts i feel as if i'm going to go crazy at times.
Posted 1/5/2007 5:58 PM (GMT 0)
Do you get out at all? I know this is easier said than done - but, have you ever gone for a physical and forgot about it - even for a day? MA
Posted 1/5/2007 6:36 PM (GMT 0)
oh yeah i go to the dr,but i just cant stop having these thoughts
Posted 1/5/2007 6:40 PM (GMT 0)
i had this problem a while back , does any of your family suffer the same thing , my mum was allways saying there was something wrong with her , it rubbed off on us kids , this problem stoped for me when i met my husband , he always thinks positive , when ever he was sick i would see a diffrent reaction . it did help me alot , try not to think the worst , i no its horraible . i still suffer other anxiety problems , i am working on these things , the way forward is positave thinking , all we can do is keep going and talk about all are problems , my mum was diagnoised with breast cancer in 2006 , she is on the mend now , but it seems to have made her alot stronger . she tells me to tsop worriying now , thats the first life theratening illness shes ever had and shes 64 years old , she tells me now, worry when it happens . good luck xxxxxsam
Posted 1/5/2007 6:47 PM (GMT 0)
ALL THE TIME my husband now calls my fears obsessions of the month because it is always something new...I just fight through it and every now and then i get scared enough to get checked by the dr only to find nothing wrong..it helps temporarily but then it all starts over again...GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE
Posted 1/5/2007 6:58 PM (GMT 0)
my husband tells me i worry to much,if i tell him something is bothering me he'll say i guess u think u got cancer again.that is my biggest fear in life.and i have that problem too i got to the dr. and then everything is fine and i'm good for awhile then it something else that bothers me.i also noticed that i started being this way when i lost my grandpa back in 94.i was never a health freak and nothing ever bothered me except anxiety but the fear of something always wrong with me started in 94.
Posted 1/5/2007 7:05 PM (GMT 0)

Hi, My husband is always positive as well.  He underreacts - I overreact.  He has calmed me down lots.  I send myself into full-blown panic attacks.  I work in health care - it makes it worse.  I have easy access to docs.  Mine started happening around the time I was 16.  It is a fear driven dilema.  It's always living with the what  if's........

X

MA

Posted 1/5/2007 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
i'm glad i have found someone that can really relate to this,it is so stressful.thanks everyone for advise and info.
Posted 1/5/2007 7:27 PM (GMT 0)
You definately are not alone in any of this...mine started in around 94 as well when i moved out of my parents house and got my first apartment i was 21 and am now 32 still dealing with this crap...you would think that 11 years later it would get easier but it's not gotten much easier at least i am better able to understand it now though i don;t get quite as freaked out as i used to...lol we are an interesting bunch with great imaginations...thats for sure..
Posted 1/5/2007 7:34 PM (GMT 0)
that i will agree with totally we do have great imaginations.but i still get really freaked out i wish i could control it better.but if anyone would like to chat my aol sn is [email protected]'ll listen to anyone and try to help if i can.and again thank you all for listening to me.
Posted 1/5/2007 8:09 PM (GMT 0)
i so have this too, all the time.  sometimes my fear on one thing will calm down, only because i have a fear of something else.  i am very obsessive compulsive, and i can't stand it.  i worry all the time about what if i have this, or that...............  my boyfriend laughs at me, and makes jokes about the things i worry about, which i don't find funny, because the thoughts scare me so much.  Any little thing that i notice on my body, etc, or how i feel, i look up on the internet, which scares me even more, because it states 'that could be a sign of...........'  i have been like this for as long as i can remember, but especially the past year.  the past year has been so draining with all this garbage, i wish i could just stop worrying and carry on with my life.  it's so hard.  even if i go to the doctor's about something i think is wrong with me, i think that maybe the doctor doesn't know and i'ts serious even though they say it's nothing.  that's my ocd coming out when that happens though, and i try to tell myself that, but it doesn't work.
Posted 1/6/2007 1:01 AM (GMT 0)
yup i know what you all mean, sometimes i wonder if my symptoms are really anxiety or if im having other health problems. :[
Posted 1/6/2007 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
I think most A/P sufferers deal with health anxiety at one point if not often. Mine has gotten better thru therapy and medication. Still happens every so often, but not all the time. I found it helps to realize the wide array of physical symptoms A/P can cause (checking various on-line resources will provide a lengthy list!). When a symptom crops up, keep reminding yourself that its the A/P. It gets easier with time.

Karen
Posted 1/8/2007 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
Great advice. I envy people that are not like this. It is obsessive compulsive disorder. What else could it be. We just go from symtom to symtom. Is this any fun? No! We need to help each other calm down. Take Care,
MA
Posted 1/8/2007 3:07 PM (GMT 0)
yes i agree we need to help each other calm down.and no this isnt any fun at all to go from symptom to symptom,it's driving me insane.
Posted 1/8/2007 3:16 PM (GMT 0)
Any idease?
MA
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