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I think there is some very good points here. Also, can i point out that it makes boring reading to read that a headache is "just one of those things" or a nose bleed can happen for no reason....
I also found that reading the Daily Mail made things 10 time worse, nearly every day they have some random factor that gives you cancer.
As a HA sufferer, i would love to hear about all the people who have back ache, leg ache, fatigue etc and are absolutely medically fine. Sadly it doesnt work like that :(
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HELLO EVERYONE MY NAME IS JANNI AND I AM A CYBERCHONDRIAC. I HAVE DESTROYED MYSELF THROUGH INDULGING IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH DR GOOGLE FOR TOO LONG AND ONLY THROUGH NOTICING OTHER PEOPLE STARTING TO GO THE SAME WAY I HERE STATE : I WILL NOT GOOGLE ONE GOOGLE IS TOO MANY. HERE IS TO A GOOGLE FREE DAY AND A GOOGLE FREE TOMORROW SORRY FOR THE CAPS LOL WHY COULDNT I HAVE FOUND THIS THREAD (BLIND PANIC) POSSIBLY GREAT POST LETS KEEP IT GOING :yesyes:
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This is how my panic attack started tonight. WebMD. I know I should not but I did. Why do I do this to myself? argh!
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I've managed to do mostly avoid Googling now, which I think has probably helped. The only time I tend to do it now is about information on medications (I used to work in a hospital pharmacy so know the pitfalls about reading up too much on side effects, as they have to report EVERYTHING which skews what you're reading), or if my GP says "you have x" (whatever "x" may be), go and look it up.
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Haha! This post has cheered me up!
I am a regular patient of Dr Google and really shouldn't be!
I get this urge to get immediate answers and always end up typing in my symptoms to google.
In the past 3 months I have convinced myself I have diabetes, MS, a brain tumor, a blood clot and that I was going to bleed to death.
This weeks diagnosis - Leukaemia.
I am going to try and stop googling everything - I truly believe its making me worse.
Problem is when you look up symptoms and you see some life threatening condition, the first thing you do is look for other symptoms of that condition. Then gradually believe you have them!
It always feels so real!!
Damn google!!! xxx
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oh i was googling all the time
i did stop for bit but since convincin myself it not anxiety at all it must be something else i went on google again
after reading this i will restraint my self from going on there
i have ad many things wrong webmd i have been on that and diagnose me there are loads
my gp said we have to remember if i was a dr i would know which sites is good but i can be reading anyone idea of what is happening
these things should be removed from net but course they wont and ppl with anxiety issues it does make worse
x
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I have had to go to the hospital in full blown panic attack that xanax won't touch thanks to you Dr. Google! In fact I gave you a couple hours of my life again today! Why do I do this to myself? I am going to go cold turkey from Dr. Google!
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I am surrounded by some really sick people, my boss, moy mother, my friends. Death seems too real and I am trying to pre-empt a nasty surprise by guessing that I have something wrong with me. Last few days I have been having panic attacks brought on by my thinking i have DVT in my legs, before that it wa breast Cancer before that a hear attack and now I think Ihave the onset of MS, there is no rationality to it I am driving myself mad. I am hoping CBT will help. on an NHS waiting list hoping Mr Cameron doesnt axe that as well. I am grateful for the good times, the genuine laughs and the snuggles with my man and the simple pleasures from picking some tomatoes in the garden to feeding the cat but then around the corner lurking is "you should worry about this NOW you're going to die" why do I do it? xx
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Dr Google is not good... I've woken up in the middle of the night and thanks to the Mobile Internet have found myself typing in "Key words" to find I should have been dead years ago!!
I also tell my doctor what DR GOOGLE has said... I reckon by the time i'm 40 if I carry on this way the NHS will be out of money due to me.
Is there any reason why though we all get SO many symptoms? Is it a reaction from our mind or just the stress we put on ourselves...I'm finding it very hard to deal with all the variety of symptoms!!
I am no longer going to google my symptoms!
:-) xxx
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You make a very good point concerning Dr. Google. I am to a victim of falling into Dr. Google's trap of mis-diagnosis.