emilyjames
25-01-12, 11:52
Hi everyone,
I'm so glad I have found this site. Hearing that other people are going through similar issues is a real comfort.
I've been suffering with health anxiety for years. It started off with an obsession about HIV as I'd had a bad cold for a couple of weeks and Dr Google decided to show this disease as the top result..
I eventually got tested and it was negative so I thought that would be the end of it all. Sadly this wasn't the case and my unexplained symptoms (headaches, muscle twitching, right leg pain etc) continued leading me to look on Dr Google once more. This time MS came up.
My obsession comes and goes with this one. My family think I am nuts and my Mum has to constantly reassure me. She says it is all anxiety related and I have to stop it but I just can't :(
If I am busy or with friends, I can put it to the back of my mind for a while but it's always there.
This week I am back onto HIV because my glands have been hurting for a month and I've read this is a symptom of the disease. I went along to the clinic last night for a test so am waiting on the results.
I haven't had unprotected sex with anyone so I should know the result already but I've kissed a couple of guys and am worried he might have had a sore on his mouth or I might have had.
Would really appreciate some advice on how to get out of this vicious circle..
Reading this back, I sound like a complete idiot but I hope someone going through this understands what I mean!
Thanks
Emily
I'm so glad I have found this site. Hearing that other people are going through similar issues is a real comfort.
I've been suffering with health anxiety for years. It started off with an obsession about HIV as I'd had a bad cold for a couple of weeks and Dr Google decided to show this disease as the top result..
I eventually got tested and it was negative so I thought that would be the end of it all. Sadly this wasn't the case and my unexplained symptoms (headaches, muscle twitching, right leg pain etc) continued leading me to look on Dr Google once more. This time MS came up.
My obsession comes and goes with this one. My family think I am nuts and my Mum has to constantly reassure me. She says it is all anxiety related and I have to stop it but I just can't :(
If I am busy or with friends, I can put it to the back of my mind for a while but it's always there.
This week I am back onto HIV because my glands have been hurting for a month and I've read this is a symptom of the disease. I went along to the clinic last night for a test so am waiting on the results.
I haven't had unprotected sex with anyone so I should know the result already but I've kissed a couple of guys and am worried he might have had a sore on his mouth or I might have had.
Would really appreciate some advice on how to get out of this vicious circle..
Reading this back, I sound like a complete idiot but I hope someone going through this understands what I mean!
Thanks
Emily