Jbgood
01-06-06, 06:21
I write this message in a perfectly calm state. No anxiety at all, and I have you guys to thank for that.
I found this site at the end of last week whilst going though one of the worst bouts of anxiety I have had in the 14 years i have suffered health anxiety, and it is through reading your posts and realising that i am not alone in my condition, that i decided to get off my arse and do something about it.
In a previous post I told you that on saturday I was put on medication. Well i can tell you now that it has worked. It's wonderful, and i now realise that even during the times when I was not anxious, i actually was.
I feel great. I have a long way to go yet, I'm more than aware that it is the drugs that are my crutch at the moment, but i am now so determined to rid myself of health anxiety once an for all.
To compliment my medication i have had my doctor set up several sessions of counsilling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
My heart goes out to each and every one of you who is going through this at the moment, but PLEASE realise that it is the Health anxiety that needs treating, and not the physical symptoms.
I went (I say went because I am determined to put it behind me now) through health anxiety for 14 years and it was 14 years wasted. those of you in your teeens or early 20's, please dont make my mistake and just live with it. Get help now, help is available.
My doctor said something to me today. He said that some things are out of our control. Bad things happen to everyone from time to time and we all, without exception, die in the end. You only get one life and if you spend all of it worrying about what bad things might happen and when we are going to die, we leave ourself no time to lbe happy.
Now i'm going to get some sleep and then wake up feeling good, no only because i am not anxious anymore, but because i am proud of myself for doing something about my Illness.
I found this site at the end of last week whilst going though one of the worst bouts of anxiety I have had in the 14 years i have suffered health anxiety, and it is through reading your posts and realising that i am not alone in my condition, that i decided to get off my arse and do something about it.
In a previous post I told you that on saturday I was put on medication. Well i can tell you now that it has worked. It's wonderful, and i now realise that even during the times when I was not anxious, i actually was.
I feel great. I have a long way to go yet, I'm more than aware that it is the drugs that are my crutch at the moment, but i am now so determined to rid myself of health anxiety once an for all.
To compliment my medication i have had my doctor set up several sessions of counsilling and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
My heart goes out to each and every one of you who is going through this at the moment, but PLEASE realise that it is the Health anxiety that needs treating, and not the physical symptoms.
I went (I say went because I am determined to put it behind me now) through health anxiety for 14 years and it was 14 years wasted. those of you in your teeens or early 20's, please dont make my mistake and just live with it. Get help now, help is available.
My doctor said something to me today. He said that some things are out of our control. Bad things happen to everyone from time to time and we all, without exception, die in the end. You only get one life and if you spend all of it worrying about what bad things might happen and when we are going to die, we leave ourself no time to lbe happy.
Now i'm going to get some sleep and then wake up feeling good, no only because i am not anxious anymore, but because i am proud of myself for doing something about my Illness.