Andy699
20-06-13, 21:03
Hi everyone!
My name's Andy, I'm pretty new to the site but i've suffered from HA for about 2 years now. It tends to come in waves but lately i've been so worried that I'm going to get cancer :(
I turned 19 a fortnight ago and I wasn't really that anxious. Then I read a newspaper article saying that half of people in the UK will get cancer then... BOOM! The anxiety was back!
I keep researching cancer, especially rare types of cancer in teenagers. I get so scared, I keep looking at stats and trying to calculate my risk which is somthing stupid like 0.0006% but I just can't help thinking I have cancer.
This is the weird thing thoug.. I have NO symptoms whatsoever. No fever, weight loss, headaches, pains etc. NOTHING! So how can I stop worrying?
We all know how long the NHS can take with mental health appointments but I'm waiting to see a psychologist and I'm going to ask my GP for some kind of medication.
What medicine would you reccomend? I'm considering Citalopram.
Thanks guys! :)
My name's Andy, I'm pretty new to the site but i've suffered from HA for about 2 years now. It tends to come in waves but lately i've been so worried that I'm going to get cancer :(
I turned 19 a fortnight ago and I wasn't really that anxious. Then I read a newspaper article saying that half of people in the UK will get cancer then... BOOM! The anxiety was back!
I keep researching cancer, especially rare types of cancer in teenagers. I get so scared, I keep looking at stats and trying to calculate my risk which is somthing stupid like 0.0006% but I just can't help thinking I have cancer.
This is the weird thing thoug.. I have NO symptoms whatsoever. No fever, weight loss, headaches, pains etc. NOTHING! So how can I stop worrying?
We all know how long the NHS can take with mental health appointments but I'm waiting to see a psychologist and I'm going to ask my GP for some kind of medication.
What medicine would you reccomend? I'm considering Citalopram.
Thanks guys! :)