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panicstations
05-16-2014, 05:33 PM
Hello,

I have never really spoke to anyone about the way I am!
My anxiety started out fairly young, started getting migraines from stress on my 13th birthday, and each year more and more things happen. I used to over think about arguments and worry about what people thought and about changes in my life. However I wish that was all I panic about these days lol.
I've always been a worrier, however recently it's taking over! At the current moment I'm worrying about health issues, obsessively!! It goes from one thing to another for example checking my breasts for lumps EVERYDAY, I check my moles, I do regular pregnancy tests... but not a normal amount i'm talking once a month!!
I've been the doctors about my breasts and been told there fine and anything I was noticing was hormonal.. yet I STILL worry about it. I just do not know what to do next I thought if i went to the doctors and got cleared of worry it would subside.. instead i'm not thinking I need to get another opinion. I even know this is all very ridiculous but i genuinely cannot get this ideas out of my head!
I used to talk to my boyfriend about all this stuff but he recently cheated on me, which I think has made my anxiety worse!!
There is SO much more to the stuff I worry about lol, but atm my health checks and obsession is really bad :(

Just really seeking any advice, or anyone who is similar so I don't feel as strange!! Most my friends laugh at me and call me a worry wort... but I'm getting to the point where it is not funny any more :(

Thanks :)

petrified
05-18-2014, 04:51 PM
Hi and welcome to the forum :-)

You are definitely not alone in your way of thinking. A lot of us fixate on a health issue here.

For me it was mostly blood poisoning I was at the docs or a and e almost weekly getting blood tests and I still wasn't convinced.

For me what helped was medication for my anxiety and CBT.

There is a thread on here called health anxiety exposed and it's a really great thread to read through and get advice.

Hannah