People are naturally curious.

If you are referring to looking up every disease in the book to see if you have any symptoms and then freaking out if you do, then yes. However, if you are referring to trying to gain more information about a challenge you do have, then that is a very good thing. Different therapies work for different people.

I agree. It's not a good thing to surf the internet to try and diagnose themselves if they have anxiety. It usually makes the anxiety worse.

vanillabean is totally correct! i had a panic attack one day sitting in front of my computer trying to find out what was wrong with me. We are curious, but looking too much will just make us think a million things are wrong with us.

I am constantly doing that. I dont know if that is good or bad. I suppose you would simply have to present your findings to your doctor.

a little knowledge is a bad thing... info over load is a bad thing...but, yes, we ALL do it...siickos ;)

I do this all the time!
I seem to read up on a symptom and then.....within days i have the illness ive studied,(well i convince myself i have)
Mind you a few times i have done this and diagnosed myself and it was correct to do so!
so it isnt all bad!

I have self diagnosed myself so many times...i'll be honest I'vve even wondered at times if i'm demon possesed or soemthing...I wish they had an exorcist for depression and enxiety!

I've surfed the internet and taking tests for social anxiety and for mental health in general. You could really scare yourself into thinking you have like every single disorder in the book though. I've heard that psychology students sometimes do that - they start to get nervous and overidentify themselves with all these symptoms when they're really just fine.

You could learn more about how to deal with your anxiety by surfing the internet. I guess the question is what do you plan to do with your diagnoses? Will it hellp you find a way to deal with the anxiety and feel better or will it just make you nervous that you might have disorders you don't really have?

A doctor or counselor would probably be able to help you more accurately than the internet too.

You should always seek professional medical attention however if you know what is wrong with you and you want a little more info for your own information thats ok i guess.
I would stress that many diseases may have similar symptoms and you could get yourself in a state over nothing.Also if you do read up on something you may not be prepared for what you read and that can be detramental.