stop being a hypochondriac

Oh my god… this is on my mind a lot as I constantly think I’ve got something seriously wrong with me. Last winter, I was obsessed with Lymphoma. Now I can’t stop thinking about skin cancer, and I’ve made an appointment with a dermatologist when I really can’t afford it because I’m FREAKING OUT over an odd mole which is probably nothing but I cant help worrying it’s something sinister. I need to stop doing this to myself, but I don’t know how!I’m so terrified of dying, especially of dying young…

During the summer I seem to REALLY freak out. For example last year by August I thought I had MS, “A Long Term Heart Attack”, a Brain tumor, and blood clots. I’m tired of freaking out over nothing.

The internet makes me more of a hypochondriac as I tend to focus on the worst symptoms of things…nowadays I’m trying not to check the Internet for medical factsas much, and try to rely on what my Doctor is telling me instead.

ive always been a very healthy person.

a couple of months ago i got a stomachache, still not sure of what it was. i was sick for 2 weeks, tryin to eat better not couldnt, i got an anti nausea med and prescription [metoclopram] that cost me callin 911. my back msucles tightened and it caused my neck to bend back and that prevented me from breathin. i could only take short breaths through my mouth. i had diarrhea from only eatin bland foods and lots of water and lots of G2 cause it helped with hydration and electrolites. i now still have a lot of gas [a lot of burpin after meals and when hungry] left from the 2 weeks i was sick.

im desperately waitin for my dads insurance to activate my account so ican go see a gastroenterologist.

i sometimes cant help but break down and cry, fearin the unknown.

the only thing thats helped my little anxienty attacks have been sudoku, it keeps me focused long enough to try to forget about whats happennin to me.

it started 3 years ago when after lunch, i felt my heart’s pounding terribly and i couldn’t breath. after that, i went to numerous doctrs, be it a cardiologists where all my tests were all normal, i had made my annual physical exam 3 times a year! all were normal. Since my ECG, 2D Echo and Stress Test found nothing in my heart, they recommend me to a Gastro. True enough, i Have a GERD which causes this things im feeling. But im under medication now but i couldnt still help thinking that i have deadly disease. Im always dizzy now, I’ve been checking my bp 3x a day,Im feeling week though i know im ok, i cant help when pannick attack is there. What am i gonna do? my doctor gave me lexotan and recommended a psychiatrist for me. Im so sad, i have a wonderful family who always understands. i have a good life…why am i feeling this way???pls help!

Hi, were do i start. I remember from being a very young age terrified of the thought of dying. Id hide under a table thinking my heart had stopped, crying myself to sleep at the thought of leaving the ones i loved. Its always ruled my life, im now 27 & a mother of 3 in a steady loving relationship & still worry none stop of having a terminall illness, infact id say as the years have went on im getting worse.
I go through bouts of diffrent illnesses, i remember when i had a throat infection & my throat was so painfully sore that i had a tiny bit of blood in some phlem i brought up & i remember running in shear panic to my mothers house screaming im ill, luckly my mother calmed me down but the fear was unreal from then on i became obbsessed & found myself getting up throught the night checking my throat & phlem to see if there was blood in it, it sounds crazy but it totally took over my life.
I eventually broke out of the throat cancer, then developed headache. I never actually sufferd headaches before untill i had my first child, they knocked me for six i felt off balance & so worried i had a brain tumour it once again become a obbsession & i just couldnt shift them. I eventually went to the doctors & they told me it was just tension headaces so i kind of calmed down abit & they dyed off. That was 5 year ago & i still get them on and off, they make me feel so ill, tired, spaced out some times dizzy & off balanced making me have the odd panic attack, i went to the doctors almost every other day seeing different doctors that in the end they refured me to a shrink, he was pretty good but i still wasnt convinced that it was just anxiety and deppression i was suffering, they wouldnt even let me have a cat scan which i feel would have made me more sure of what was wrong with me.
Anyway to this day im still feeling & checking my body for lumps checking moles it just never ends, i even wake up in the morning just waiting for a headache it makes me so sad & annoyed as much as i like to go to the doctors for help it terrifys me at what they could find, i wish there was a cure for this horrible illness in its self as its so emotionally draining.

I recently got a cold and when I went to the doctor, he caught me off-guard and gave me a blood test. I tend to put off blood tests because I hate getting them and waiting for the results makes me such a nervous wreck…

But my bloodwork results came in today and everything is fine! Now I’m hoping that the good news will give me peace of mind for a while. It really is exhausting worrying about every ache and pain. It sucks.

It seems to progressively get worse. I take the smallest things and blow them way out of proportion. I keep thinking that I’m dying from some really rare form of cancer and that thought eats away at me until I want to cry from the fear of the unknown.

It’s so emotionally exhausting to live like this.

I’m 26 years old been dealing with being a hypochondriac since I was 18. it got bad a few years back where I would freak out in stores and hated to be alone cause I was afraid I was going to have a brain aneurysm or a heart attack those are the two that I start to panic about the most any slight pain or headache I start to scare myself and then my mind starts to take over and I make it worse. I have a husband and I know this is becoming a problem between me and him cause I’m always talking about what I could have or making him take me to the hospital to get checked out all I know is I used to have a fun and happy life I so desperately want that back without this plaguing on my mind…PLEASE SOMEONE HELP

Being a hypochondriac really sucks. Every small bodily function or lack thereof equals certain severe illness and possibly death GASP! which is a TOTAl load and I’m going to lick this!