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Posted by MSEP on May 16, 2001, at 2:02:42
Hi There!!! Just wondering if any of you suffer from Hypochondria. The thing is I have had this problem for 16 years now. In my mind I've got sooo many diseases. At times it is so OVERWHELMING because everything looks unfavorable to me at the moment, and trying to recover from an episode is really a hard thing. Doctors prescribed me Xanax and Ativan and it has worked, but I refuse to depend on medication, so I took it for a couple of weeks or so. In "my mind" I have suffered from breast cancer,brain tumor, Guillen-Barre, MS, etc. It is really Painful. At the moment, I feel in my good days (Thanks God!) But always there is the worry that something really bad could happen to me. Any Comments??? THANKS!! Be Well! MSep
Posted by mila on May 16, 2001, at 9:16:15
In reply to Hypochondria, posted by MSEP on May 16, 2001, at 2:02:42
Hi there,
have you been diagnosed with hypochondria? It is often confused with clinical depression or anxiety disorder. It belongs to a totally different cluster of disorders: somatoform and dissociative ones, not mood disorders which also entail distortions in perception of Self.
Have you read Phantom Illness: Shattering the Myth of Hypochondria by Carla Cantor with Brian Fallon,M.D. ? If yes, do you recognize yourself in the picture it displays? Does your treatment match the one outlined in the book? From what you told here you are being treated from anxiety mostly. This might not be enough.
You might want to contact a specialist in somatic disorders.
I haven't suffered from hypochondria myself, but was plagued by the similar to your thoughts during the last 3-4 years of my depression. you are right, it is extremely painful experience to go through. now they are gone along with the depression.
good luck
mila
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