Really had enough today, been on buspirone now for nearly 4 weeks felt slightly better but still having melt downs, currently having a melt down today have had a twitch in my eye so have spent most of the day googling brain tumours , it's Saturday night and I just wanna feel normal trying to watch TV and have so many illness symptoms going through my head I see other people going out having fun and I just feel totally miserable , just want to feel normal again and stop worrying about being ill , it's taken over my life!!
Hi Natalie , listen I'm going through the same thing even after I had test done to prove I was healthy , I'm still convinced there is something wrong in my head and the anxiety is killing me, I'm on the Verge of breaking all the way down, anxiety is by far the worst mental illness know to man , I'm at the end of my ropes with this mess, and I just want my like back too !! TRUST ME !
Hi Natalie I have had health anxiety all my life and I can honestly say it's been a total waste of time! Quite literally!!! Get off google! That's the worst thing you can do! It will throw up illnesses you've never heard of! Never was a saying so true as "worry solves nothin" !!! Worrying about being ill will MAKE you ill. You know that so make your mind up to stop it! If you become ill you will deal with it because you have to but in the meantime give yourself a break! Please don't do as I have done!
So so true Elizabeth, a twitchy eye for instance is stress, nothing else. The symptoms of a brain tumour
Are so different. Please don't stress over your health. As Elizabeth said if people become ill they deal with it. I would stake my life on it that you are not I'll, just neurotic like me!!! Hehe. Best of luck xuxxx
Thank you all so much, sometimes a little reassurance from this site is great. I think the hardest thing is you know your being silly but you just can't stop yourself , to enjoy life again would be good !!
Xx thanks xx
Hi Caroline I need a pep talk!!! You up for it??? I know all the theory but I'm rubbish at the practise! I'm in a paddy at the moment because I'm losing weight! Brain tells me it's because I'm eating less because I'm in a paddy but I'm not getting through to me!,!!!
Yep I agree with you. I am an intelligent capable woman except in the one area of health anxiety where I'm an out and out nutter!! I think my hard wiring is wrong!
Are getting any counseling. It is a good place to start. A counselor may be able to give you the tools you need to self talk yourself out of your distructive thinking.
Yes I had my first session of CBT last week , so hopefully that will help.
worst symptom is the derealization ugh ;(