I'm 15 and a hypochondriac?
Hi, My name is Jamiah and I believe I am a hypocondriac. I'm a 15 year old female in high school. Over the past 3 months I've "self diagnosed" myself with over 10 different conditions and diseases. I think the most simple headache is a result of a brain tumor. Or that simple dry eyes (which is normal for a kid like me who watches television and play onnmy ipod touch 24/7) I google my symptoms everyday. I visit and bookmark health related sites more than i check my email. Once I see a disease that my symptoms could possibly contribute to I get scared, depressed and out raged. I constantly think I'm going to die because of some crazy rare cancer. This started after I had a suspected panic attack at school. Ever since that day I've been obsessed with my health in an unhealthy way. But, I haven't actually been told by a doctor that I have hypochondria. Does it seem like I do? I just want my life back. I'm young and healthy! I want to lie my life without worrying that I have diabetes or multiple scelerois or that I'm going blind. I need help. I really need help. I just want to be happy again.
How do I deal with my hypochondriac boyfriend?
Being a hypochondriac is a very scary and real situation for him. Luckily it is in the same vein as psychosis ailments such as phobias, he absolutely must see a psychologist in order to get better otherwise it is going to ruin his life.
Brain tumor or hypochondriac?
I'm almost 16 and I, to, struggle with possible hypocondria. I did believe at one point that I did have a brain tumour but if you look up of how rare it is to get one especially at a young age, it almost makes you laugh thinking that you actually thought you had one. However, brain tumours are more then just headaches. They cause many other things. My mom's friend died from a brain tumour two years ago. Her mom died from it, too. So I believe brain tumours, such as any other health problem, is most likely past on by genetics. Honestly, it's most likely not a brain tumour. Infact, it's most likely not anything at all and if anything its just probably hormones or not eating right. I know as a hypocondriac that this isn't what you want to hear and if I wanted to tell you what you wanted to hear, I'd lie to you and tell you that you have only a month to live. Sorry if I couldn't help.
How to stop being a hypochondriac?
i used to have the same problem, except i was worried about EVERYTHING. i would sometimes get so anxious i would imagine symptoms and really believe that i was ill, when in reality i wasn't. one day i decided to cut the crap because i knew that i was better than the intrusive thoughts and letting them take control of me. every time i would feel the anxiety coming on i would literally get angry and start to swear to myself until the thoughts passed or i became distracted by something else. it may be different for you, but i found that finding a distraction was what made me beat it. sorry for the long answer! good luck to you.
Appendicitis or hypochondria?
I believe that I'm a hypochondriac and I tend to get worried over any symptom I start to feel. Over the past 2 weeks after googling, I believed that I had a brain tumor even though my only symptoms were a headache and nausea. Yesterday, I went to cheerleading and after tumbling my legs were pretty sore. In the afternoon my abs started to become sore along with my upper right side around my rib. I started googling and was up until 4:30 worrying about my symptoms. The soreness is still here today but it hasn't gotten any worse nor better. I'm fine while laying down and I'm continuously pressing down on the right side of my stomach to see if it hurts, which it doesn't. It only hurts when I sit up or turn my body. I don't have any other symptoms besides the soreness in my upper stomach and my thighs. What could this be...appendicitis, sore muscles, or just hypochondria??
My doctor might think I'm a hypochondriac :|?
You sound like someone who is concerned about their health. A floater + headaches is something that should be checked out. Worse case scenario could mean a brain tumor. I would try to treat it with Over the Counter Advil or Excedrin to see if that helps. You may also want to consider an allergy test to see if the headaches are caused by something you eat. Sorry, but I had to laugh at this... "Granite I always forget..." Granite is the stuff that tombstones and countertops are made of... You mean 'granted', lol.
I am a hypochondriac, whenever I feel I have a disease I start getting its symptoms. Is this normal?
Hypochondriasis is itself a disorder or disease, if you will.Everybody is somewhat suggestable at times. I went to medical school, I have friends who are nurses, we all had a half dozen cancers and endocrine disorders and brain tumors in training, but we got over then. It happens to most of us.However, if you are really susceptible to this you should see a psychiatrist or psychologist to be properly evaluated and treated with talk therapy or medication or both. There is help for this illness (if you indeed really have it: don’t diagnose yourself!) IF you can accept that you have this problem and deal with it.Remember the epitaph on the hypochondriac’s head stone:“I Told You I Was Sick!”
How do you differentiate between a hypochondriac and someone with actual health problems?
Actual health problems tend to be the same, or allied to a known chronic one, e.g. someone with a broken leg will have pain in that leg, not after some weeks a headache or toothache; someone with diabetes can develop a heart attack, connected problems.Most hypochondriacs, instead of being relieved, are not satisfied ever when their docs find them not to have any worthwhile medical condition, so come back with yet another complain, so first having a headache, when nothing is found coming back with a backache, then bellyaches, etc. etc., is goes on and on. The obvious risk being that when they really develop a disease the symptoms of this are drowned in the “noise” former time consuming consultations which never ever resulted in anything abnormal has induced, so a real diagnosis could be missed.
Brain tumor or hypochondria?
Hi everyone, this is my first post. I'm a 16 year old male, and I'm really worried (or obsessed) over having a brain tumor, so if anyone can enlighten me, please do. Alright, it started off 7 weeks ago. I had a bout of constipation, and I googled about it. Among everything, I read about how brain tumors can cause constipations, which sparked me off. After a day reading that article, I felt weakness in my arms, as if I done too much workout, and my arms turned jelly. I got really worried, and googled it again... And read everything about brain tumor. This problem passed, and I became much more focus on my constipation problem (I believed that I had colon cancer until a week ago). 3 weeks after, I began having headaches and felt dizzy. I had this weird feeling that I was out of touch of the world, as if there was fog in my head. It went on for a week or so, before it subsided. I must also say that I had a common cold during that period, probably causing those symptoms. Yet, I felt very very sure that I had a brain tumor. Soon after, I went back to thinking I had colon cancer. Now, 4 days ago, I begun having neck aches, which translated to mild earaches. I read about Craig Shergold, a kid who had brain cancer, and apparently, he had earaches as a symptom of brain tumor. My earaches got a bit worst, and I felt unexplained pressure in my ears. 2 days ago, I begun having headaches, though the pressure in my ears were gone. I can't really seem to put my finger on it, whether it is headache or earache, but whatever it is, it convinces me even further that I've got a brain tumor. So today, I've found a lump at the back of my head. It's at the base of the skull, and seemed weird... My question is, am I being stupid, or do i really have brain tumor?? Please help, please! Thanks in advance!