Hypochondriac stories - Hypochondria Message Board

mike_1984 · 09-11-2005, 05:54 PM

Anyone here a hypochondriac? Can you explain to me how you guys feel day to day? What kind of symptoms do you have? What "diseases" do you guys have? What are you doing about it to help yourselves? I need all the info I need cause I feel like my problem is getting worse. I'm a huge stress ball! Please help me with some of your stories so maybe I can relate. Thanks guys!

Verucah · 09-11-2005, 07:28 PM

Mike,
The hypochondria is all the symptoms of anxiety disorder. All of the symptoms we feel (chest pains, short of breath, dizzy, fast heart rate) are indicative of anxiety disorder. Not to mention the negative thoughts we have which is also a symptom of this disorder.

Trying reading Lucinda Bassett's book "Attacking Anxiety" and the "Panic Attack Workbook" by Dr. David Carbonell. They are both really helpful in understanding how hypochondria plays a role in this.

Good Luck!
Verucah

tnmomofive · 09-11-2005, 08:40 PM

The last poster is right.....
I feel physical symptoms from anxiety or stress and then my mind gets carried away and I diagnose myself with something,usualy something really bad.The anxiety sometimes causes me to stroll the internet for hours serching for what I could have wrong with me and I always think it is the worst thing I find.Then I may go to my doctor and push until he orders tests for me to rule out these "dieases" I believe to have.It is a really sad state to be in and just think one of these days it may really be a bad disease..I just wonder how in the world I would deal with something like that.

For now all I can say is thank God for anxiety meds they are the only thing keeping me from obsessing on my health and stopping alot of anxiety.

I think alot of times anxiety and hypocondria go hand and hand especialy for those of us that have loads and loads of physical symptoms that change and seem to come out of the blue.

eaap10 · 09-12-2005, 07:25 AM

Is it hypocandria when you have real symptoms ? Ever since my anxiety got worse i started suffering from chronic lower back and knee pain. I'm also always exhausted all the time, my stomach hasn't stopped grawling for years.. I really could go on and on... but my questions is... what does one do when everyday something new seems to appear..... any comments?

missy101 · 09-12-2005, 07:34 AM

Oh my symptoms are real. And I have weird ones!! Thing is I believe that because of my heightened sense of awareness and anxiety, I feel and notice things others really wouldnt. I worry about heart problems, blood clots, stroke, annuerysm, cancer...usually anything fatal. I have health anxiety, but also exsistential anxiety. I dont have a clear faith in an afterlife or religion. I think that plays a part in why I am so afraid to die. I also have a new baby and fear I will not be around to see her grow up.

I am in therapy and take medication. I journal and work on CBT exercises. The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is very helpful.