New and have health anxiety

[Liza7795]

hi I am a 22 year old female and I have been experiencing health anxiety especially lately. I have diagnosed myself with ms and have had the symptoms manifest in my body. I have been struggling and have been very emotional over the past few weeks over it. I was wondering if anyone else struggled with this or had any suggestions for me, thank you

[Forestina]

I have been there myself with self-diagnosis and I am not sure it is a good idea. As you yourself say you have health anxiety which makes you, like me, prone to obsess over every symptom and checking on the internet. This really magnifies everything in a bad way.

I know how scary this is and going to a doctor can be even worse, but worst of all is not getting something checked if it is really bothering you as concerns will endlessly go round in your head, creating a vicious circle which will be hard to escape.

Good luck.

[Meganf6]

Hi Liza, I am 23 years old and what you are describing about yourself literally pulled the words out of my head. I also struggle with health anxiety and I over analyze any little symptom I have. I find myself on google trying to diagnose myself at least 10 times a day. I also just recently tried to convince myself that I had MS to explain my symptoms.