hi guys has any one on here got health anxiety

[gasman]

[Hidden]

Yes i have it and hate it

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Yes yuck terrible

[F_Shadow1]

yeah so do i

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Has anyone got over it

[gasman]

hi guys

thanks for ur replys iv been for loads of treatments cbt etc etc i have found you have to learn to live with it and try to relax not easy though

[Hidden in reply to gasman]

Do you have more good days than bad

[gasman]

hi sharonlou

yes i have more good days than bad . good job has i have my own business to run

[Hidden in reply to gasman]

Well its nice to hear gives me hope x

[Bramwell]

I've had health anxiety off and on all my adult life.

It can disappear for years then come back even worse with me.

I had councilling in 1995 which may have worked as it did go, but it's been coming on strong since 2008.

[lozenge]

I do - I also run my own business and at times feel like it rules my life, then I go through better patches - it sneaks up on you, I am waiting for more CBT as it helped me before and have started taking some natural fish oil tablets called stabilium which help keep me on an even keel and somehow I am able to rationalise a bit more. Don't think it will ever go away but I try and make the most of the good days now!!!

[Hidden in reply to lozenge]

Hi do the fish oils work and are you on any other medication x

[lozenge in reply to Hidden]

I am not on any other medication and am really trying not to take anything else unless a last resort. I steer clear of caffeine which makes a big difference and I take the Stabilium tablets twice a day which although are expensive don't give me any nasty side effects and they do just make me feel more balanced - I find myself humming to myself and just feeling less stressed and more in control - they don't get rid of the anxiety, they just seem to help me stay in control!!

[Hidden in reply to lozenge]

Might have to get some Im not on any meds but think i need something i take omega fish oils

[lozenge in reply to Hidden]

You can get a small pack to start with and try it out, it has worked for me!

[Hidden in reply to lozenge]

Will have a go will try anything that helps

[Hidden]

I think my anxiety is mainly health anxiety, as i have unresolved health issues at the moment,i thought id accepted it,and kept telling myself there was nothing to worry about and the gp and specialists will get it all in order and under control. Recently through this major bout of aniexty &depressive state 2 gps at my surgery have really let me down and made me worse not better,so now i have lost my faith and cannot seem to tell myself theres nothing to worry about anymore.

[Bramwell]

I run my own business too and I think the stress of that translates into health anxiety for me.

Although when it first reared its ugly head I was in employment but a very bad, demanding job and terrible working conditions, which my councilor thought was a big step which pushed me over into HA. Then my father died in a long drawn out illness which really set me off.

A classic pattern if you read the blurb on HA.

[gasman in reply to Bramwell]

hi branwell

i do think you are right runing your own business brings great stress

[Pickle165]

HI yes i have it and have done now for about seven years, i have found it has improved since stopping investigating illness symptoms on the net and health books. x

[gasman]

hi sam i agree it best not to investigating ill ness on line

[hedgecrone]

Yes - I do. However, it's not obvious every day. I find that I get a symptom that worries me, then I look on the internet and scare myself silly with self-diagnosing. Have two investigations currently - one gynae, one to do with probable hiatus hernia which I keep thinking is cancer (an endoscopy will diagnose what it is, but I find the waiting time too much at times).

I go through phases of extreme worrying about my health, but I'm still overweight (very) and struggling to lose weight. Convinced I'm destined for an early grave because of it.

I don't know how to cope with it really. I try distraction, meditation, whatever I can....but find I really need proof that I'm not suffering from anything dire, and that takes time. Am concerned I'm going to piss the GPs off if I go too much!

[Pipbuble]

That is what your Gp is for, talk too them let them no how you feel. God I end up in tears every time I go.

[Hidden]

Im always at the doctors and he gets the tissues out for me as soon as I go in.It is what the are their for just wish I could convince myself in my mind that I am ok when he tells me that.Im ok for a few weeks then start to worry again its a vicious cycle but hoping this is what the CBT is going to help me with x