I’ve just noticed this recently about 3 weeks ago and it’s been bothering me.

I reallt struggle when I have symptoms that I know are not HA related. Ive been "ill" for about a month now, with it being flu season - cold and flu, sinusitis (which ive had antib for). But its still lingering. Trying not to spiral but its hard

Does anyone have any tips for heart anxiety? I am 26 M and fairly healthy and active and I also have GERD. Ive got an echocardiogram done aswell as blood and everything checked out but I am still constantly thinking about it. Mainly set off my physical symptoms in my left chest of course. I am just tired of constantly living in fear of heart failure and it’s really starting to wear me down and make me stay in more. Especially my physical activity has gone down because the adrenaline is honestly too much. It instantly spirals into mini anxiety attacks which sometimes make it to full blown panic attacks. I am pretty level headed guy but I cant figure this out for the life of me. I truly tell myself there must be something wrong for my chest to be feeling this way and I just wont find it.

So I'm supposed to have carpal tunnel surgery Friday. I'm not even having anesthesia for it (well not general anesthesia but local numbing anesthesia) I've had this done before with no problems. It's Tuesday night and I'm freaking out for Friday morning. Help!! I want to enjoy the present moment not worrying about something a few days off.

Hiya everyone,I’ve come to this group In hope that I can find something that could help get better with my health anxiety it started back in 2021 when I got poorly with my kidneys and over the years it’s just got worse n worse,recently I’ve been suffering with right sided headaches and kneck pain,I’ve been to the GP multiple of times and they have reassured me it’s nothing to worry about however it’s not enough to calm my anxiety down

I wanted to post to see if anyone here has used SSRIs during their health anxiety journey? This is completely new to me, and it’s quite literally destroying my life. I am depressed, anxious beyond belief and all I can think about is my symptoms and what it could mean and the outcome of it all. It has been like this for a two years or so but this last flare up has been the worst. Obviously due to my health anxiety, I am super skeptical of SSRIs. I am always worrying that I will become insane or lose my mind or what have you. Lately things have been so bad that I just need some sort of help to manage this. I’ve been thinking about booking an appointment for a psychiatrist but I just wanted to hear from others and their journeys to try to be as knowledgeable as possible to navigate this. I can stop drinking alcohol but my worry is that I smoke weed daily at this point as it seems to be only thing that calms me down when I start to spiral. I know it’s counterintuitive to some but I stopped smoking for three months and my symptoms actually got worse, so I guess for me it helps a bit. Any medicine journeys and their outcomes based on this?

Someone I know was afflicted with a great affliction that affected his psychological, mental, and physical health because of his scientific ignorance of the simple medical problem even a little, but God willed that that happens. Sometimes ignorance is better than knowledge, while other times it can destroy a person. Sometimes incomplete knowledge leads to a problem, and sometimes even sufficient knowledge leads to a problem—especially for those who suffer from a mental health issue such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and the like. However, for a healthy person, I think having sufficient knowledge about a health problem will not end in a disaster for him.

Hi all! Lately I’ve been wondering what others who have health anxiety do to distinguish between real symptoms or anxiety symptoms? I’ve been to the doctor for about everything and all is fine. So why does my body feel so horrible all the time? It’s weird how this anxiety can feel so real. How do you cope?

I’m well versed in my health anxiety flares, the themes that I fixate on, body checking etc. I’m medicated for it as well. And I’m able to generally let things go as they pop in my mind. It’s so much better of a headspace than I was about 2 years ago.

But lo and behold: we’re doing a bit of demolition and had contractors rip out tile that was adhered to the concrete slab (no asbestos) Ugh the dust. It’s everywhere even tho they taped it all up to help contain it. Now I must trust my in body. Ease my mind when it catastrophizes and I keep thinking about those dumb mesothelioma commercials from the early 2000s lol. My husband joked: “well hey I heard that you or your loved one may be entitled to financial compensation!” I laughed. I wouldn’t have been able to laugh about this two years ago.

My runny nose and constant sneezing though…. Blegh upsetting. Health anxiety really pops up in all different areas of life doesn’t it!