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[Healthanxietyhater]

Hi im a new user here, i have anxiety mostly due to my hypochondria. Is this the same reason as why everyone else is here? just wondering

[CarolineC57]

Hi Fiona - are you looking for an anxiety forum? This is the Pain Concern one and we all have long-lasting pain from various conditions - eg. fibromyalgia, rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis, chronic regional pain syndrome, etc, etc. It may be that you would find more people with similar issues to you on an anxiety forum here on Health Unlocked? Just type "anxiety" or "hypochondria" into the search box on the top right and see what comes up. But of course you're welcome here too. Do you have chronic long-term pain?

[Healthanxietyhater in reply to CarolineC57]

hi caroline thanks for replying. Sorry i might have got lost and ended up on here by accident my apologise I'm new here literally joined a few hours ago, but thank you for that thats very helpful!

[CarolineC57 in reply to Healthanxietyhater]

No problem. I notice there's a group on here called Anxiety Support. That might be your best bet to join. Health Unlocked has a whole host of different groups/forums all under the same roof, so to speak. So it's easy to get a bit lost here - lol! I hope you find the right group for you.

[AndrewT]

Dear Fiona, To answer your question, in a little more detail. This 'Forum' is really aimed at people with 'Long(er) Term' issues However, and I must stress this, please don't be entirely 'put off', by this. Everyone here is, to some extent anyway, anxious about their condition AND what the future holds. So you are not entirely 'in the wrong' place.

All that said, I do feel, that a 'Forum'/Self help Group, more akin, to your Troubles/Problems might, very well, serve you better. Please, please DON'T think that I (indeed any of us) are trying to push you away (or 'palm' you off). It's not anything of that sort, at all, I (all of us actually) just want the best, for you Fiona. I'm sorry, if all this, sounds rather condescending, it isn't meant that way.

Please DO, feel free, to contact us again, should you need to. I know that we all wish you well.

AndrewT

[Healthanxietyhater in reply to AndrewT]

ohh right i understand, I'm not sure how i got here in the first place haha but i wish everyone well.

My problem is mainly my anxiety and fear of death.

To answer your question i've always feared of death but after i had my first panic attack I've feared for death even more. i felt like it was my near death experience as when i had a panic attack i thought it was a heart attack (embarrassing i know!) ever since then i,ve been feeling anxious everyday because I'm scared i will have a panic attack. Im also very hypochondriac now due to this issue of me fearing to die which i feel very selfish for now because I'm sure other people in this group have an actual long term condition that actually have a reason to be anxious about. so yeah thats my story... although I have been searching around and have found groups that are for people with anxiety. thank you for being so kind

[AndrewT in reply to Healthanxietyhater]

Judging from the replies, that you have already received, Fiona you ARE in-or very close to- the right 'place', as you, originally said. Please do keep 'in touch', and let us know how you get on/progress. Sending you our very best wishes Fiona.

AndrewT

[johnsmith]

Anxiety can be due to a faulty breathing pattern. Which came first the anxiety or the hypochondria?

[Janieliza]

Hi Fiona, my apologies for the late reply. When I read about your fear of death/panic attack I felt I was reading about myself. Did you know that anxiety can show itself as physical symptoms sometimes?. AndrewT is absolutely correct, don't be put off by this. From what I understand you are getting physical issues due to anxiety and it's very real to you. I overcame my anxiety, don't get me wrong it took alot of hard work but.....I did it and let's hope through the support of ALL the wonderful ppl on this site, we can support you. Mine began after I had my youngest daughter who was born with 2 syndromes plus learning difficulties. I started having severe panic attacks at the thought of 'what If I wasn't here for her'. I have no support network and as a single mum it put a fear in me like nothing I've ever experienced before. I started getting severe back pain, then my tummy, then migraines. Infact I once got quite upset at a gp for calling me a hypercondriac when he'd actually written hypercondrium....cough😂. He kindly sat down tho and said to me as gently as he could that he thought my symptoms were down to anxiety. Things flooded out. Riiiiight he said. Now I can treat this....I don't warm to antidepressants, everyone is different. I changed through time my thought process. I'm overly happy to share these with you if you wish. This site alone has helped me so very much and I thank my lucky stars everyday I found it(yeah ok that's abit OTT) but I have got rls, and at a silly o clock in the early hours I know I can come on here and not feel alone. J x

[Healthanxietyhater in reply to Janieliza]

Hi janieliza thank you so much for your reply! I've always thought I was different to others because not a lot of people have a fear of death and whenever I talked about it people would often ask me ''well why would you even think about?'' i wish i could know the answer to that myself lol. Can i ask how long did it take for you to overcome your anxiety? it definitely is reassuring this is something people can overcome. Its just a bit upsetting to me because everytime I've spoken to my doctor he offers me antidepressants which wouldn't be the right thing for me because i know what I'm like as a person and i know for a fact once i start i won't be able to stop.. i would feel completely lost without the medication and wouldn't be able to cope even though its probably myself thats making the anxiety worse. i do though believe in self heal i,ve been reading a few books and just been doing simple things like paying more attention to myself making sure i get a bit of relaxation during the week. i feel like I've come a long way even though I do still have a very long way, i mean when i first started having my panic attacks and anxiety and completely not understanding it i kept calling emergency help because i thought something was seriously wrong with me, I've spent nights in the ER also. I still have the urge to do this now even.. i get a horrible feeling that ''this time might be different' but like i said its so nice you've overcome this, I would love to hear your experience. my outcome of my issues is not to overcome anxiety and depression its just accepting that it is ok to feel this way and not let it take over my life like it has done now i must say though i joined this website a few days ago and its the best thing i,ve ever done i feel more comfortable talking to people on here than my own doctor.. i mean how reassuring is it that we are all going through the same thing, same worries and same issues! once again thanks for your lovely reply hope you're well xx

[stokebones]

Perhaps an anxiety support forum would be better.

If you do have widespread general pain the fibromyalgia forum may be worth a visit.

I'm here because of a lower back problem showing on MRI - a few may be hypochondriac':a as you put it but few on this board -a lot on the fibromyalgia forum: