Hypochondria Support Group

Hypochondria refers to excessive worry about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one's body. Many individuals with hypochondriasis express doubt and disbelief in the doctors' diagnosis.

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Hypochondriac for years

Wyntonkellypianoman
Wyntonkellypianoman

This fear of ill health has been with me since childhood.  Now after going to 2 Dr visits regarding sleep apnea, I still obsess that I must have it.  I had a surgery for it about 9 years ago. What bothers me in this hypochrondriasis, that these thoughts plague my brain all the time.  Well, not all the time but sometimes. I can check it out with a sleep test in the future but for now, I don't have the main symptoms. I do wake up with shortness of breath at times but no gagging like I did before. And I don't feel tired all day like I used to. Who knows..  I need to let go and let G-d today.  I can't control health, which is the most uncontrollable thing. One day at a time.

Kiasaur
Kiasaur
I deal with the same shortness of breath, it's usually anxiety or heartburn related, but sometimes it's worse than others.

I hope you find your solution.
Wyntonkellypianoman
Wyntonkellypianoman
Thanks for your reply. It is good to know I am not alone with this. I take it one day at a time with this hypochrondriasis.
blizzard2014
blizzard2014
I am a hypochondriac too, but I do have real medical issues. I have mild sleep apnea on one test and moderate on another, with most of my apneas occurring during REM sleep. I get very little REM sleep. I am untreated as I have severe anxiety attacks when wearing the face mask. I just gave up on treatment. I have an enlarged right heart possible caused from the Apnea and I know it's going to kill me eventually. You can be a hypochondriac and actually have real medical issues. Without a sleep test, you will never know for sure. Also, you would need an accurate sleep test. I did not sleep well for all of my tests, so I might have a more sever case than what was seen.

There are so many disorders that can happen to the body. I was feeling unwell for months from standing up. So much so that it was disabling to me and it was causing me to get all of these medical scans that were not needed. I even thought I was having blood clots again. As it turns out, I have extremely high blood pressure when I stand up, but normal when sitting. I bought a bunch of medical devices and started testing myself. I actually have this issue and it is documented by an ER doc. 116/76 BP when sitting in the hospital bed for three straight hours. Then my BP shot up to 170/120 within seconds of standing up and stayed high until I sat back down.

Please don't think you have all of these weird diseases. But you can have something. I have health fear overdrive now with actual issues and trying to make them bigger than what they are. So I myself need to stop hyper-focusing on all of this stuff. Sometimes google can do more harm than good. I hope you can at least get another sleep study as Apnea can cause a lot of issues.