I suffer from panic disorder which I've treated with paroxetine 40mg for the last 16 years, and recently 1mg Xanax as needed. My panic attacks/general anxiety are inseparable from health anxiety, it's health stuff that always triggers it. I'm starting therapy tomorrow, or I guess the process of finding a therapist that I like. Whenever I have a bad bout of HA I like to come here because it helps me to know that there are other people who worry about the same things I do, for some reason.
What finally drove me to therapy is a really bad health scare; my father was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor a couple of months ago. It's already out and the treatment profile and prognosis are very positive; we have no reason to believe he won't live another 15 or 20 years or even more. But the stress of it all has really sapped my emotional wherewithal and I've really been struggling with general health anxiety for the last couple of months. Every headache is a brain tumor, every twinge of chest pain is a heart attack, every tender spot is a new and deadly incurable form of cancer. Y'all know how it is.
Anyway, I registered because in my own therapeutic browsing of the forums, I often see someone struggling with the same thing I have and wanted to help. Hopefully I'll be posting to help people way more than posting my own problems, and thanks to all the regulars who offer such great and comforting advice around here.
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