Relapse of Health Anxiety - 4 years later

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I’ve been health anxiety free for a good 4 years and suddenly it seems to have came back worse than ever. Over recent months I’ve noticed issues with my stomach, I’ve been back and forth to doctors and hospitals but all blood tests etc return normal. However the nausea would continue daily.

Along with that, I’ve developed chronic back pain which I’ve been battling for 7 months. However lately it’s flared up badly making me think something serious is wrong. The pain & tension moves location.

I woke up with a night sweat and in extreme back pain, imaging the worst.

I then worried myself so much that my kidneys were falling, then everything spiralled.

The doctor started me on 50mg Setraline on Thursday again. Since that I’ve been vomiting, weak legs, aching legs, lost appetite, neck pain, leg pain, back pain, pins & needles. I’ve now convinced myself it’s a serious nerve issue. Some of these I’ve always dealt with.

I don’t know how to get past this. I’m still convinced it’s not health anxiety as I type

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i have daily nausea after every meal, there’s a lot wrong with me but nothing that i have should cause this, it once became so severe i vomited even after i took multiple infusions of “anti vomiting drugs”, i’m sure it’s mental as it appeared after a traumatic vomiting experience and when it got severe it was post op from a quite severe open heart op, you should try emdr terapy as it helped me get from 7 days of constant nausea and vomiting down to only after every meal, i also noticed that keeping a candy in my mouth and sucking on it really helped with my nausea short term. also i’ve had a lot of anxiety over the years from my heart issiues and i just recentely beat it by just learning to ignore it, the panic attacks still happen but i learnet to just sit there and wait for them to go away instead of panicking myself ,it’s really hard but worth it