I'm exactly the same of u it's obsessive n I can't escape it no matter how I try :(

I have been the same way since I can remember. It may have started when I was younger, my mother took me to the doctor for everything. I'm 29 now and I feel like it has gotten much worse. It's to the point where I can't focus on anything else without thoughts of what I have wrong with me....once I get over one thing, another comes in my mind. It's at least nice to know I'm not alone in this struggle.

yeah it really sucks! although its nice to know there are others like me, i'm sorry you experience this too. it really is miserable!

I took a long time debating myself over a method of determining a possible symptom from a "symptom". Over time, I've either read or concocted several factors to consider when chalking something up to "all in my head". Pain, discomfort, sensations, etc. have to be the most troubling for me. I personally like to falsely identify cancer. The source of my "pain" is the source of the "cancer". Three questions to ask yourself here... has the weird feeling been around for a significant period of time (at least a week +), do I feel it at night/when waking up, do I notice it when I'm distracted by having fun/enjoying myself. It's feasible to use this same line of questioning to assess almost any "symptom" we might report. A double or triple no means there is nothing wrong. I started taking an SSRI (citalopram) a month ago, and it seriously reduces miniscule yet bothersome aches/pains/sensations that would've previously alarmed me. With lowered anxiety and not so many "symptoms" to google, I'm generally mellowed and digestive issues brought on by anxiety subside as well. Previous posts by other members of our group address this issue if you wanna' look back a bit for more ideas :). I hope this helps. Take care.

This past year has been really bad for me... I know exactly how you feel! I've always had health anxiety to an extent, but was usually ok after having something checked out and I believed what the doctor was saying to me. Now I find myself doubting the doctors. This time last year, I had a mole removed that started growing on my chest while I was pregnant in 2010 and it came back abnormal... that triggered my out of control spiral. Then I started having a weird burnt tongue feeling and went to the doctor and because I had recently became a vegetarian, he sent me for blood work-up, which happened to be the day after the peak of a cold. Well my white and red blood cell counts came back really low. I was then sent a week later to get it re-checked and for an entire week, I was convinced I had leukemia. My new blood work came back very good. I then started having a pain in my left side and my poo was yellow (there was a stomach virus going around in my family at the time) and I went to the ER for it... convinced it was pancreatic cancer. I was sent to a GI and he did an upper endoscopy due to my GERD and occasional stomach burning... it came back fine. Never had the pancreas checked. I am tired a lot and I do bruise easy so the whole leukemia fear has stuck around. I have always had episodes of full body pain or pain jumping all over the place making me think something bad is wrong with me. My doctor did all kinds of test to rule out bad stuff and finally said he believes the pains are fibromyalgia. I then started having tingling and a wrestless leg syndrome in my arms and legs all the time. I was sent to a neurologist who did a ton of blood work and an MRI of my head and cervical spine... everything came back fine. I then realized the that my stools were narrow all the time and looked it up and found that is a sign of colon cancer... plus there was an indent down the side of the stool a lot of the time, which is another sign. I scheduled an appointment with my GI, but int he meantime started having rectal pressure and pelvic pain and my husband insisted I go to the ER.. from there they admitted me and did a colonoscopy, which came back normal. They said they think all of it is a combo of my interstitial cystitis, fibro and ibs (just the spasming colon portion). Now I'm back to the leukemia fear since I have bruises and I'm tired a lot. My blood work from being in the hospital a month ago also showed my WBC to be 4.7, which is in the low normal range, which freaks me out. I would want it around 6, but the doctors say it's absolutely fine, blood counts fluctuate and are influenced by things like eating, mood... etc. and I went in the hospital early in the morning, hadn't eaten and had been beyond stressed with my anxiety of colon cancer. I wanted more reassurance about the number, so I went to my GP and he went over all the blood work that was done in the hospital with me and said it is all normal. I told him I'm tired all the time and he said that the blood work looked good so the only other thing he would want to check is thyroid, but that came back normal last time it was done. So there you have it... my past year of health anxiety. I am still battling it and would love to find a way of dealing with it and getting rid of it because this level anxiety is completely unhealthy. I too feel like I'm losing reality and wonder when I should go to the doctor and when I shouldn't. I have 4 kids (ages 2, 7, 9, and 16) and I need to obtain good mental health for them as well... they can really tell when my anxiety is high, which I'm sure causes them stress too. Oh and my poor husband is so supportive, but I'm sure thinks I'm nuts.

I always feel like i'm having a heart attack. I feel for you. This is no way to live. Why can't we be "normal"?

Hey, I'm new to this site and I just came across your worry and I am the EXACT same way. I can't shake the feeling that I have something wrong with my brain. I am so afraid that I'm gonna have a seizure all the sudden. And i'm afraid the seizure is going to stem from a brain tumor or something. I just went to the doctor last week for a physical and they did a complete blood count and everything and everything came back fine. He said he doesn't think I have a brain tumor or any sort of brain disease. I'm still not convinced and now it's affecting my sleep. I sleep for maybe 2 or 3 hours and then I wake up and cannot get myself relaxed enough to fall back asleep. I get weird thoughts that do not make sense and they scare me. My mom says it's because my brain is so beyond overloaded and it's worn out. My main fear is the whole brain tumor/seizure thing and I can't seem to shake it. I'm always off balance/wishy washy feeling, twitchy, shaky, feel like i'm just gonna start convulsing at any minute. I have been told by many health professionals that I have anxiety/hypochondria for years now, but the symptoms seem to be getting worse and stronger so I'm afraid that now it really is something real. Ugh. Help

I feel for you all and can relate. Mine started a couple years ago with a trip to the er after not feeling right. My pulse and bp where rally high, and I felt like I was having a stroke or heart attack. They did tests and everything came back fine. After that I obsessed about any feeling/symptom I had. My dr put me on Xanax which helps but I don't want to rely on this for the rest of my life. I've been to so many different drs and have literally been checked from my head down to my feet and nothing is wrong, but I still get symtpoms and can't shake the feeling something is wrong with me and there missing it. It's hard to believe that anxiety can be so strong and make you feel like such shit, but when I start not feeling good and take my Xanax the symptoms usually go away. I don't understand how one day I'm normal and then all nod sudden I'm a hypochondriac. When will it go away

My heart goes out to you....I'm the same way, with normal blood tests and everything. Every day, it's a new symptom. Every day, I can't tell if its psychological and pathological. I'm an EMT, and I work on an ambulance. This is psychologically good and bad for me. I want to get over this. I want to know that I'm going to be okay. I watched a man die last night. It makes things harder.

Heya. I'm new here and I happened across this topic. I feel the exact same way. I've had Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Hypochondriasis for the last 7 years. I've thought of everything from liver problems, to brain tumors, and stomach cancer, etc. It's driving me insane to feel the worry almost all the time. It's especially aggravating when I get sick, because then I worry more. There was once a time when I was so afraid of sleep apnea, that I'd stop breathing, that I couldn't sleep. I'd go to lay down and my heart would start racing in anxiety and fear.
My current fixation is that my heart will suddenly stop. It's scary, even though my doctors have told me I'm healthy. Could stand to lose a little bit of weight, but otherwise, healthy. It's still a bit better these days than it used to be, but that doesn't make it any better. I'd just like to be able to live my life without the fear of having this condition, or that condition.

Hi, I went to the hospital and the urgent care this week. Pain in abdomen- well, the hospital treated me like garbage, so bad that my BP went up to 172/112...went to the urgent care where I am treated human and it went down to 134/80
I am trying a neuropath who has an MD in July and I am going to just try to eat well....exercise til then
The reason the way that I am the way that I am is that my family members died young of disease...
I do not drink nor smoke...but let me tell you....it is always there...right there..
There are always symptoms and they exist...
I am like you- always scouting a new place...let me tell you something..
I like my job- work with kids
I love my home and traveling and hobbies and my dogs
I feel like I am fighting to stay with them, in this life...my better half will be ok financially, but I want to do more for the house, etc...just got all of these goals
I want to see Paris again...to go an another cruise in Europe...
I love life- but this body, no matter how well i feed it or exercise it...just is garbage...
I don't sleep well at all anymore...so i know where you are