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hypochondriac
I will start by saying that I am self diagnosed. as a child as young as 5 i remember staying up crying in bed because i thought I was dying and in the 80s when AIDs was becoming more known I was positive I had it (I was only 8).I am in my twenties now and I still go through periods of extreme paranoia and obsession with some life-threatening problem I believe I have. it most often starts out with something that actually is physically wrong but it escalates in my head a lot. (i.e cyst on my chest becomes cancer, chronic sore throat is throat cancer, heart palpitations is heart attack.) sometimes i get so paranoid that i convince myself i am going to die that night or by the time my son is five or whatever. Its ridiculous. the only things that can ease my mind is telling my boyfriend or bestfriend about whatever problems i have and then having them tell me they have had it or know that it is going to be okay. thing is, they are at the point they do not want to hear it anymore, and i don't blame them because oh man I am crazy. i love my life, i do not want to die, and i try every day to convince my brain that i am in good health and will live a long time. i need some advice on how to overcome this myself, because I cannot see a doctor for financial reasons (although i would love someone to talk to) and i am absoulutely against medication for any kind of mental disorder. (just for myself, i do not judge others), thanks
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I have the same problem!
Seriously, like I think I'll die cause my leg hair grows too fast!
So I get really worried and when I get overwelmed I start to cry.
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It sucks.
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You do not need medication!!!!! They do not fix the problem, they cover the symptoms with all kinds of side effects. I used to be a very severe hypocondriac for years. I would go to the hospital 3 days a week just to make sure I wasnt going to die. I came across something called Brain wave. It is simply a cd that you listen to with head phones on. They have one for any kind of ocd, add, depression, and much more. You listen to it for like an hour each day, and it has various different sounds on it. When you have a condition like this or depression, its because the nurons in your brain have disconnected from one lets say "happy" nuron, and has re attached to an "unhappy" one. This happens like with depression, if you are unhappy for a long period of time it will attach the the "unhappy" noron and cause depression. Brain wave coaches them back to the "happy" state. After I used it, it took 2 months before I could really feel the difference, and in 6 months I didnt have it anymore. Im 23 now and havent been a hypocondriac for 4 years. I dont believe in medicine unless I'm really dieing. They all seem to give you more problems than what you had to start with.
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It sounds to me like obsessive-compulsive disorder. Not everyone exhibits the classic signs of obsessing about germs. There is medicine to treat this. It is no different than if you were diagnosed with cancer. You would want to treat it with the best available treatments--you wouldn't refuse effective treatment just because of what other people would think of you. For example, you wouldn't refuse chemo just because your hair is going to fall out. Which is more important to you, your health or the dreaded stereotype of mental disorder?
Dr. Chad
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A good way to start, is knowing that death is not bad, it is not the end. When people that are really sick die, it is a relief for them because they are usually in pain. Death is not the end of life, it's the start of another on the other side. Many illnesses like cancer and aids, dont mean death anymore. There are many resources now and government aid you can get, especially if you have a child. Support groups are many times free, you just need to find them. I suggest working on a stress free life. Get some yoga and meditation videos. When you feel panic coming on, take some deep breaths in and out, while you count in your head to 60. Distracting your mind when you feel a panic attack coming on will help stop it. I can't think of anything else at this moment that could help you. I just urge you to get government aid since you have a child. You could get insurance coverage, and other help like free daycare and food assistance.
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