Posted by Miss Honeychurch on July 19, 2004, at 15:31:10
In reply to Fellow Hypochondriacs - HELP!, posted by captain on July 15, 2004, at 9:44:29
Wish I had seen this thread earlier, it is a topic near and dear to my heart.
Hypochondria was killing me. I had MS. Then I had Parkinson's. Then I had Lou Gehrig's Disease. I was surfing the net 6 hours a day looking up symptoms. When I found a new sytptom I didn't know about, I would develop it the next day. It was ruining my life and my relationship with my husband. I had every test under the sun and then I just had to accept it was all in my head.
Psychotherapy has been a Godsend. I cannot stress this enough. Now that I have gotten my anxiety and depression under control I haven't had an "episode" in over a year.
Please let us know how you're doing!
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