langlim
09-08-06, 18:40
hi all,
i am new to this website, and what a great thing it is, I have felt very alone thinking its "only me" suffering with this.
I think the main cause of my health anxiety was the death of my dad 6 years ago from cancer. I was 20 at the time. I have always been a bit of a worrier anyway and for the past few years tried to get on with my life and put negative thoughts to the back of my mind, I had always been a strong person.
In the past 2 years I have had so many knocks, which has now left me suffering with Health Anxiety and Panic attacks.
Every ache, pain I automatically assume I have cancer or heart disease or I'm going to die, I've been keeping a diary and looking over the past year I have had practically every disease going. If I was to get a headache I wouldn't just think its a headache, I would think the worst like its a brain tumour, or pain in my chest I think I've got heart disease, i sit on the internet looking up symptoms, after reading the symptoms I kinda think myself into having them more.
I have also now got a fear of medication, I'm too scared to take a paracetamol or anything like that, even to the point of not even being able to take a vitamin tablet, I think they are going to kill me.
I eat well, but am starting to worry about what i eat now and whether its certain foods triggering off my anxiety?
I was reffered by my doc last wk to a lady who assessed me she said she is going to put me forward for 2 sessions of Anxiety management and 4 sessions of councilling, she drew a kind of spider graph of how your mind works and how we can stop the negative thoughts etc, seeing it on paper kinda made sense. I just hope it works.
It would be good to hear from anyone else who suffers the same above. I hate feeling alone I don't know anyone who has had this,
Laura
i am new to this website, and what a great thing it is, I have felt very alone thinking its "only me" suffering with this.
I think the main cause of my health anxiety was the death of my dad 6 years ago from cancer. I was 20 at the time. I have always been a bit of a worrier anyway and for the past few years tried to get on with my life and put negative thoughts to the back of my mind, I had always been a strong person.
In the past 2 years I have had so many knocks, which has now left me suffering with Health Anxiety and Panic attacks.
Every ache, pain I automatically assume I have cancer or heart disease or I'm going to die, I've been keeping a diary and looking over the past year I have had practically every disease going. If I was to get a headache I wouldn't just think its a headache, I would think the worst like its a brain tumour, or pain in my chest I think I've got heart disease, i sit on the internet looking up symptoms, after reading the symptoms I kinda think myself into having them more.
I have also now got a fear of medication, I'm too scared to take a paracetamol or anything like that, even to the point of not even being able to take a vitamin tablet, I think they are going to kill me.
I eat well, but am starting to worry about what i eat now and whether its certain foods triggering off my anxiety?
I was reffered by my doc last wk to a lady who assessed me she said she is going to put me forward for 2 sessions of Anxiety management and 4 sessions of councilling, she drew a kind of spider graph of how your mind works and how we can stop the negative thoughts etc, seeing it on paper kinda made sense. I just hope it works.
It would be good to hear from anyone else who suffers the same above. I hate feeling alone I don't know anyone who has had this,
Laura