ballerina
08-03-14, 22:42
I went through a period were I never stopped posting on here, I was obsessed with my health, I thought I wasn't going to make it to the next day every day. Doctors and everyone around me tried to convince me I was a fit and healthy 19 year old girl but I couldn't see it at all.
I thought I had MS, having a heart attack, blood clots, meningitis, sepsis, cancer, everything you can name. I had loads of panic attacks over it, I didn't do any uni work cause I thought what's the point I'm going to die anyway. I could barely leave my house any more, I had panic attacks on buses and in town, my dance teacher had to take me to the walk in for a panic attack because she was worried.
I've struggled with generalised anxiety disorder my whole life, health anxiety came to me last october because I thought a cut I had was infected, I had a panic attack and went to A & E, the HA lasted all the way until February. But now I can say it's almost gone! I do still have some avoidant behaviours, like I won't use a tampon in case I get toxic shock or something. But compared to what I was, going to the doctors every few days, checking my body head to toe, panic attacks every day. I can't believe how far I've come, I thought the HA would never leave!
I believe the HA was like a branch of my GAD rather than a stand alone problem, I can't believe some of you have suffered from it for so much longer than 4 months. :(
Yay I'm so glad you can escape from health anxiety, I hope it never comes back!
I thought I had MS, having a heart attack, blood clots, meningitis, sepsis, cancer, everything you can name. I had loads of panic attacks over it, I didn't do any uni work cause I thought what's the point I'm going to die anyway. I could barely leave my house any more, I had panic attacks on buses and in town, my dance teacher had to take me to the walk in for a panic attack because she was worried.
I've struggled with generalised anxiety disorder my whole life, health anxiety came to me last october because I thought a cut I had was infected, I had a panic attack and went to A & E, the HA lasted all the way until February. But now I can say it's almost gone! I do still have some avoidant behaviours, like I won't use a tampon in case I get toxic shock or something. But compared to what I was, going to the doctors every few days, checking my body head to toe, panic attacks every day. I can't believe how far I've come, I thought the HA would never leave!
I believe the HA was like a branch of my GAD rather than a stand alone problem, I can't believe some of you have suffered from it for so much longer than 4 months. :(
Yay I'm so glad you can escape from health anxiety, I hope it never comes back!