LouLou11
27-03-10, 21:05
Hi all and thanks for reading my post
I am a 28 year old female and have suffered from HA since about the age of 15 (although only really learned all about health anxiety in the last year or so and realised that is exactly what I suffer from).
Since that age I have been convinced I have been suffering from various forms of cancer, including ovarian, skin, lymphoma, brain.......
I have endured numerous tests over the years and each time something I'm convinced I have is ruled out by these tests, I feel better for a while and then new symptoms start occuring which convince me I have something else.
Things came to a head last summer and I was in a terrible state. I eventually pushed my consultant for a CT scan from my neck down and this showed nothing so for the first time in 12 years or so, I let myself believe there was nothing wrong with me and it was a great feeling. However in the last few months I have started getting eye pains and new floaters and flashes in my eyes and have now convinced myself I'm going blind. I keep telling myself it's just the anxiety like it has been before, but I can't get the bad thoughts out of my head.
I guess my question is just to see if others move on to new health worries once one thing is ruled out..............
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give x
I am a 28 year old female and have suffered from HA since about the age of 15 (although only really learned all about health anxiety in the last year or so and realised that is exactly what I suffer from).
Since that age I have been convinced I have been suffering from various forms of cancer, including ovarian, skin, lymphoma, brain.......
I have endured numerous tests over the years and each time something I'm convinced I have is ruled out by these tests, I feel better for a while and then new symptoms start occuring which convince me I have something else.
Things came to a head last summer and I was in a terrible state. I eventually pushed my consultant for a CT scan from my neck down and this showed nothing so for the first time in 12 years or so, I let myself believe there was nothing wrong with me and it was a great feeling. However in the last few months I have started getting eye pains and new floaters and flashes in my eyes and have now convinced myself I'm going blind. I keep telling myself it's just the anxiety like it has been before, but I can't get the bad thoughts out of my head.
I guess my question is just to see if others move on to new health worries once one thing is ruled out..............
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give x