jayja
01-05-2017, 05:00 AM
Hi.
So I am having quite a difficult time with my health anxiety at the moment. I am scared to death of developing a disorder of the brain, specifically dementia and CJD. I know dementia is extremely rare for someone my age and CJD is a very rare disorder altogether but I cannot shake my fears. I did make a thread explaining that my friend passed away which made my anxiety and OCD worse so I think my fears have stemmed from that event. However, I'm not as bothered about the impact these disorders would have on myself as they usually would but rather what the impact would be on my family, friends and my boyfriend. That horrifies me; the emotional torment of the people that love me. I've been put on 100mg of sertraline and it doesn't seem to help much. I keep making myself memorize recent events and names and I can remember them perfectly fine but I still dont get much reassurance. Does anyone have a similar experience?
Thanks, Sami.
So I am having quite a difficult time with my health anxiety at the moment. I am scared to death of developing a disorder of the brain, specifically dementia and CJD. I know dementia is extremely rare for someone my age and CJD is a very rare disorder altogether but I cannot shake my fears. I did make a thread explaining that my friend passed away which made my anxiety and OCD worse so I think my fears have stemmed from that event. However, I'm not as bothered about the impact these disorders would have on myself as they usually would but rather what the impact would be on my family, friends and my boyfriend. That horrifies me; the emotional torment of the people that love me. I've been put on 100mg of sertraline and it doesn't seem to help much. I keep making myself memorize recent events and names and I can remember them perfectly fine but I still dont get much reassurance. Does anyone have a similar experience?
Thanks, Sami.