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Hello Everyone.

This site and all of the support you given to each other, has been amazingly reassuring to me other the last few weeks. I am suffering from Anxiety and Depression.

I was wondering if there are any other Health Anxiety suffers here (Especially Dental Health) that can offer me any advice on overcoming this problem. I have been taking Citalopram for two and a half weeks and i start CBT next week.

Thank you in advance.

Love and best wishes.

Cuddlybarb.X

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Bramwell

I've suffered heath anxiety off and on for over 20 years now.

Just this week I was off-on-one concerning my mouth - next week it could be my eyes, stomach or who-knows what!

I had councilling in 1995 and it did seem to work, but sadly the HE came back.

The only advice I can offer (which I don't follow myself) is never Google a symptom as the results it throws up will ultimately terrify you as I know from long long experience.

in reply to Bramwell

Hi. Bramwell. I am going to do a blog on 'Suggestion' which can be a real nightmare to us who suffer. We are very vulnerable that way. My advice is, as you say; keep off the symptom checker and keep off the scales. Love. jonathan.

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ellabella

I have had that and it's extremely common. The Dentistry thing I mean! I have the most brilliant dentist who specialises in nervous patients. NHS as well. Ask if anyone practices this in your area. You are not alone with that one xxxxxx

in reply to ellabella

Thank you for your advice. I do constantly look on the net for advice and it usually sends me into a worse state of anxiety. I will try and stop myself from doing it in the future. Hopefully my CBT will help.

Lots of love

Cuddlybarb

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Hi. Cuddlybarb. In the book "Three men in a boat" a man went to his doctor with a variety of complaints. The doctor examined him and gave him a prescription without comment. He took it the pharmacist. The pharmacist said, "I am sorry sir, but I cannot fill this. It says, in Latin. 'Stop worrying yourself about things that you do not understand and get on with your life'". Not easy! Love. jonathan.

Hi Jonathan.

If only we could all stop worrying!

Take care.

Cuddlybarb

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TeamDB

It's sure a tough old condition. The symptoms of Anxiety often get mistaken for something more sinister, dizziness and confusion as a serious neurological condition, palpitations that are utterly harmless as your heart stopping and a headache as a stroke are all things people with health anxiety and/or a panic disorder commonly report thinking or feeling at some point.

It's treatable with support from GP and a range of other therapies. The key is to minimise the number of times and length of time you feel this way and to get you back on a level your comfortable with.

I wish you all the best as I too suffer the same issue and it can flash up out of no where, sometimes even the moment I wake in the morning or night and trap me in a loop of extreme anxious thought that spirals into panic attacks. These can leave me feeling confused and wiped out so I empathise totally with how challenging a condition Health Anxiety can be at times.

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