Anyone suffer with Heath Anxiety?

[Cattia]

Just wondering whether anyone else suffers with this? I have been overly anxious about my health on and off for as long as I can remember and at times this has turned into full blown anxiety / depression which I have needed treatment for. Right now I have a tingling nerve in my foot and I am obsessed that I might have MS. I can go for months and months feeling totally fine, then I can go from that to obsessing over one illness after the next. I can't tell you the number of illnesses that I have 'diagnosed' myself with over the years. I think it is somewhat worse now as I have LO to live for so the thought of something serious being wrong is even more terrifying. I often feel guilty having these concerns when I encounter people who really do have someting wrong with them and managing to stay positive. I was wondering whether anyone else has suffered with this?

 

[porkypig]

to some extent yes, im always worrying about my health, and like you its even more so since my lo was born. ive had vertigo for the past 10 months and going to see an ent specialist to get to the bottom of it and im winding myself up about it so much that im in tears almost everyday, have you been to the docs hun? it could be a touch of depression or pnd xxx

 

[sophxx]

me im terrible if i have a pain in my arm i think im having a heartattack if my leg hurts ive got a blood clot amd so on im worse now my babys here my anixety is alot worse! but i know how you feel! x

 

[Cattia]

Glad it is not just me but sorry for you ladies too! I will mention it to my doc porkypig, I have been on medication in the past for anxiety but I am not too keen to take it now as I am still BF and when I finish I am hoping to TTC again. Amazing how I can go from rational to obesessing overnight sometimes.

 

[nitu]

I am like that too and i worry about not just me but everyone else as well...drives me nuts. Every little things i worry its something big, is this hormonal? Glad to know i wasnt the only one.

 

[xoxsarahxox]

im the same my partner says im being silly most of the time but yeah, im the same as soph, pain in my arm heart attack..pain in leg blood clot, i convice myself that the few mols i have on my arm have only just appeared so i might have cancer, yet deep down i no im being silly

 

[lewiepud08]

me its flared up big time at the moment too i think its hormones after having my little man etc, it dosent take much to trigger it with me but ive not been this bad for a while i hate it its awful Cattia you sound just like me. I can also go for months without it bothering me at all, for example all through my preg with Fin i felt fine, but now its horrendous

 

[Cattia]

Lweipud, it's strange, my anxiety was the lowest it's been in ages when I was pg and even after the birth, but since LO was about 3months I would say it has been worse than usual. Maybe it is really connected to hormones? Mine is not good at all at the moment. Just trying to ride it out, but some days it's tough!

 

[sophxx]

mines awful to while i was pregnat it was fine hardly noticed it my lo is 5 months and its just awful to the point i just dont go out! i hate feeling my heart beat ( i know everyone can but i obsess over it) its awful xx

 

[babydevil1989]

me! i have had it for about 4 years it turned into depression which i was treated for i then fell pregnant and stopped taking anidepressants i have been fine for the last 8 months but now im constantly feeling ill! i swear there is something seriously wrong! i wish it would jus go away! there is a very good website nomorepanic.co.uk which has really helped me! xx