Help with health anxiety

[sallyfresh]

Hi all, I work for a TV company called Fresh One Productions and we are currently making a documentary series about health anxiety/hypochondria.

We would like to reach out to people whose health anxiety is having a detrimental effect on their lives. With the help of medical professionals we hope to help people overcome their anxieties and get on the road to recovery.

ARE YOU A HYPOCHONDRIAC?

Do you visit the doctor on a regular basis?

Are you constantly worrying about your health to the point that it is affecting your day to day life?

Are you always looking up symptoms on the internet, trying to self-diagnose?

If this sounds like you or someone you know, get in touch with us today. We want to offer HELP.

Please email health@freshone.tv or call 020 3375 5196

Thank you.

[Pipkin]

Bump.

If you're interested, the link to the production company site is below as it sometimes helps to know the provenance of the company.

http://www.freshone.tv

Pip

[pulisa]

Bump.

If you're interested, the link to the production company site is below as it sometimes helps to know the provenance of the company.

http://www.freshone.tv

Pip

Looks like a Jessen-free zone so maybe an alternative slant to C4's much awaited House of Hypochondriacs?

[wubu]

Looks like a Jessen-free zone so maybe an alternative slant to C4's much awaited House of Hypochondriacs?

Any idea of when House of Hypochondriacs may air?

[pulisa]

I read that this was one of 3 hour long shows newly commissioned by Channel 4 but don't know when it will actually air. I think that Dr Jessen will be involved though...and also a team of medical "experts".

Can't wait..

[ricardo]

Obviously not aired yet but won't help our cause much if anything our GP's will keep putting most things down as anxiety, as they often do.


House of Hypochondriacs w/t ( 1×60’) -Of the annual £100billion spent on the NHS, an estimated £2billion is spent on hypochondriacs. Dr Christian Jessen will put two hypochondriacs to work in the NHS in the hope of transforming them into healthcare assets.The rise in hypochondria, or health anxiety as it is now medically known, is linked to the ease of access of ‘Dr Google’, leading people to self-diagnose and demand treatment and scans for an array of ailments they don’t actually have. Not only are their lives dominated by their anxiety but those of their families are sorely tested as well. The show will see the two hypochondriacs undergo exposure therapy as they face their fears working for the NHS. They will come face to face with a variety of situations, from GP surgeries to A+E and specialist hospital wards, the hypochondriacs will witness the pressure they put the NHS under with the aim of improving their condition.
Channel: Channel 4

Producer: Fresh One / Rubber Glove Productions (sounds ominous :winks: )
TX: TBC
Source: Channel 4 press release (http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/c4-commissions-3-new-programmes-looking-at-health-issues-in-the-uk)
- See more at: http://www.tvmole.com/2015/07/greenlit-house-of-hypochondriacs-channel-4/#sthash.OTDF4sFi.dpuf

[pulisa]

Well sleuthed, Ricardo! Rubber Glove Productions eh? Right up Jessen's er...street?:winks:

[MyNameIsTerry]

Argh God, just more trash TV then. Aside from guilt tripping people into seeing all the money they waste in the public sector, and let's remember how much of that is wasted by people who don't have a mental health problem, I wonder if anyone will actually look at why people are struggling like this...The NHS itself? Will anyone be talking about the failure to deliver adequate therapy within the IAPT framework? Or is it just more so called public awareness to make you feel bad?

Good spot on linking Fresh One to this, Ricardo.

Isn't it funny how the whole system is against these types of exposures? I wonder why? Two very carefully selected people?

[pulisa]

Oh yes...Guaranteed cures for them both (within the allotted hour) as per usual with all these "therapy" shows..

[Andromeda]

I actually got in touch with them to discuss my story further but I’m glad I game here to see this first.

Being a 'strain' on the NHS is not exactly how I see myself and if the strain on mental health within the NHS wasn't so prevalent then people would be getting the appropriate treatment instead of finding themselves in A&E or in front of a GP that doesn't understand.

There was a sign in my GP surgery last week saying that the previous month, there were 96 missed appointments...now tell me again who is a strain on my GP surgery?!

Why can't someone make an honest documentary to challenge the ignorance that surrounds anxiety instead of shaming people and making us look like scroungers who enjoy spending our lives being crippled by debilitating anxiety!

[pulisa]

I actually got in touch with them to discuss my story further but I’m glad I game here to see this first.

Being a 'strain' on the NHS is not exactly how I see myself and if the strain on mental health within the NHS wasn't so prevalent then people would be getting the appropriate treatment instead of finding themselves in A&E or in front of a GP that doesn't understand.

There was a sign in my GP surgery last week saying that the previous month, there were 96 missed appointments...now tell me again who is a strain on my GP surgery?!

Why can't someone make an honest documentary to challenge the ignorance that surrounds anxiety instead of shaming people and making us look like scroungers who enjoy spending our lives being crippled by debilitating anxiety!

Because that would be "boring" and C4 likes to make mental health issues entertaining

[ricardo]

I actually got in touch with them to discuss my story further but I’m glad I game here to see this first.

Being a 'strain' on the NHS is not exactly how I see myself and if the strain on mental health within the NHS wasn't so prevalent then people would be getting the appropriate treatment instead of finding themselves in A&E or in front of a GP that doesn't understand.

There was a sign in my GP surgery last week saying that the previous month, there were 96 missed appointments...now tell me again who is a strain on my GP surgery?!

Why can't someone make an honest documentary to challenge the ignorance that surrounds anxiety instead of shaming people and making us look like scroungers who enjoy spending our lives being crippled by debilitating anxiety!

Was there an implication that the 96 missed appointments were from patients with anxiety ?

61000 appointments are missed daily in the UK. I have mentioned before that many people have multiple problems or because of ther anxiety they are worried about the slighest thing , so how does a GP discuss all this in 10 minutes ?

GP' s generally don't understand anxiety issues that is really the crux of the problem, and chucking pills down people isn't always the answer.

NO doubt the NHS is stretched, especially evident in London and I would be in favour for charging a small fee say £5.00 or £10.00 for an appointment excluding the kids who are still at school and OAP's. We need more doctors but unfortunately despite what the PM says we can't flush them out of the air.
The NHS needs a complete overhaul, not an easy task.The average pay for a fully qualified GP is 120K per year.

[jimsmrs]

My H.A. was justified as I was diagnosed with Graves Disease (Thyroid Problem) and I was lucky enough here in Scotland to have fantastic GP who had worked in the Mental Health sector.Yes an honest documentary is needed, hosted by a celeb that is currently suffering or who has suffered from Anxiety/Depression, ie: Denise Welch or Stephen Fry, so they can argue 'our' Point.