health anxiety

Ok so I’m having heart palpitations with shortness of breath again and chest pain. It had stopped for about a week after I made the post about 1 or 2 weeks ago because I wasn’t worried. Then today I was thinking about having it again and how I’d be super scared if it happened so it’s a few hours...

Can someone please help me? I can’t tell if I have a serious heart disease or if it’s my horrible health anxiety. Ok so all of this started about 2 yrs ago. One of my internet friends has a heart problem, and one the symptoms she experiences is her heart skipping beats all the time. So about a...

So on May 26th 2018, I was bit by a 1 year old Male German Shepherd on the foot and it hurt pretty bad. He punctured my foot in two spots. I washed it right away and went to hospital the next day. Doctor said it was infected and gave me antibiotics. After 7 days the swelling and redness went...

Hi, The last few weeks of my life have been hell. I’ve always been a worrier especially about my health but recently my anxiety has shot through the roof. Over the last 3 weeks I’ve been convinced I have MS, bowel cancer, a brain tumour, kidney cancer, stroke, amongst other things. Each time I...

I've had health anxiety for quite sometime now. I got really bad when I contracted the Flu Strain B this year and heard many people were dying from it while I was the sickest I had ever been. I'm 20 now and constantly see meningitis b vaccine commercial on TV, which is terrifying by the way. I...

I just found this forum and I am so glad. I have had anxiety issues my entire life but didn't realize it until adulthood. As a kid, I thought everyone worried the way I did. As of late my biggest issues have been with health anxiety. Dr. Google IS not my friend....

Hey everyone, this is my first time writing on a forum and I’m hoping to get a little bit of help! I suffer from severe emetophobia (the fear of vomiting) and because of that, hypochondria. A few months back I was hospitalized because of appendicitis. Because it was mild (I didn’t even throw up...

hi, this is my first time posting here and I'm really looking for support. I've had a enlarged tonsil on the right side for over a week now. There is no pain whatsoever and it is not responding to antibiotics. I feel I am being dismissed by doctors because I'm young but I really want to be...

Hi, my name is Tristin I’m an almost 22 year old male. Last year I was heavier at 205lbs and went to Cuba contracted travelers diarrhea and ended up becoming very sick from it for months. Losing 40 pounds from not being to sick to eat and to nervous because it wasn’t going to agree with me. I...

I’ve never posted on anything like this before so I don’t really know what to expect. I’ve suffered from health anxiety for as long as I can remember and just recently have been put on setraline to help. I’ve not really give them chance to work as it’s only been a work, has anyone got this...

my first year of college is coming to an end, and I am convinced my life is too. I used to never have so much anxiety about things before, even in the beginning of the school year and I'm not quite sure what has changed. I feel so anxious all the time to the point it has affected my breathing. I...

Hello everyone, I've been struggling with health anxiety for years but this is the first time I've ever actually joined a forum to talk about it. 2015 was a terrible year for me. I began experiencing some weird symptoms in early February 2015 but I ignored them and chocked them up to ovulation...

hi all, So yesterday I felt a sharp pain the left side of my chest. It felt like a knife. I immediately thought it was a heart attack. I’m 23 years old and eat very healthy and am not overweight. I know that having a heart attack is rare, especially at my age and with my lifestyle, but...

Hi everyone, I’m new to this site because I’ve found myself struggling more and more with this oftentimes debilitating and misunderstood disease called health anxiety. Forgive me if this post gets too long, I just need to get it off my chest. I’m pretty sure I’ve been dealing with health...

hi, I’m new here but thought this might help me a bit with my health anxiety. I’ve had anxiety my whole life and only recently did I start experiencing health anxiety. It has been so debilitating and time consuming and horrible and I’m trying my best to stay strong through it although I’ve...

Hello everyone, I have been battling with hypochondria since last summer when I was convinced I had a tumour in my stomach. I took various tests at the doctors and they were proved negative but since then I am in constant worries about my health. I just want to know I'm not in this alone. I...

Bit of a long post- but here we go! For the last month or so, my anxiety and panic attacks have become very severe. I've always had anxiety but it has never affected my life NEAR as much as it has now. Every day I'm struggling. I'm always worried that something bad is happening with my body...

Hello! I've never actually posted in a forum before so here we go- I was diagnosed with Health Anxiety about a year ago when I was put in the hospital 3 times for debilitating pain, and it went so far that I even had a colonoscopy. I am currently a senior at the University of Nebraska at Kearney...

Hey all, I'm a 19-year-old female who has been suffering from panic attacks and general anxiety since I was about 15 years old. When I was a freshman in high school, I had a night where I had way too much caffeine and sugar and had my first ever panic attack. I was shaking, dizzy, my heart was...

So I found this forum because I’m in a tough spot and need a logical answer but not too logical from someone who doesn’t understand anxiety if you know what I’m saying lol. So I’ll give a little bit of a back story on me. I’m 19, I’ve had a little bit of social anxiety my whole life but nothing...