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Quinnbeth

494d

Does anyone have any advice on figuring out if you have just regular anxiety or hypochondria? I get very stressed and anxious about my health, if I get the smallest pain or ache or discomfort I run straight to google which inevitably makes things worse. My doctors and my counsellor haven’t said that I do or don’t have hypochondria, they just treat it as GAD. I just want to know what’s wrong with me at this point 😅

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    • FS_cookielove

      481d

      @Quinnbeth on how to get a referral

    • FS_cookielove

      482d

      oh wow that's super expensive. Maybe there's an online option for a primary?

      • Quinnbeth

        481d

        @FS_cookielove I’m not sure but there aren’t many registered professionals online anyway. I did a six week online CBT course where I had video call sessions with a therapist but it didn’t work for me :/

        • FS_cookielove

          481d

          @Quinnbeth on how to get a referral

        • FS_cookielove

          481d

          @Quinnbeth I mean online doctors to write a referral. Maybe the neurologist have ideas on how to get a regression

    • hall2cn09

      490d

      It's okay. I'm the same way. Any pain or ache or anything my anxiety shoots up because I fear the worst. I'm going with "health anxiety" because it's all worry over health

    • ME0W

      494d

      Health Anxiety is a scary thing to deal with. You may want to look into finding a psychologist before you see a therapist. They can help you manage the anxiety chemically first then you can move on to conquering it at its source. Talking to people about your worries and experiences are definitely a way to help. This won't stop you from googling or worrying all the time, but it can minimize it a bit.

      • Quinnbeth

        491d

        @ME0W thank you 🥹 I think I’ll definitely look into psychologists and neurologists. For now I mostly talk to my family about it but they’re getting sick of hearing it all of the time

    • FS_cookielove

      494d

      Online quizzes, searching anxiety vs hypochondriac, or seeing a therapist

      • Quinnbeth

        494d

        @FS_cookielove I’ve seen three therapists so far - none of them really knew which direction to go in. The first tried CBT which didn’t really work for me, the second tried to find a root cause (we worked together for over a year and couldn’t find anything substantial), and the third tried methods of acceptance and creating an anxiety tool kit. The latter works but doesn’t really help in the long run.

        • FS_cookielove

          493d

          @Quinnbeth have you tried a neurologist?

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