Will I Ever Get Over This Obsession With My Heart And Health?

Question

Im sick of it.I read and read and read and have been to several doctors that tell me that they cannot find anything seriously wrong with me .They spent time checking me and making sure there was nothing wrong with me.I get up every morning with determination that im going to stop worrying.I am taking meds for this and also have a therapist.I read everything about stress and anxiety that I can online and also about heallth anxiety .I also get on the anxiety boards and chat with others and post.i am doing everything I an to make it go away but worry that it will never.Everyday is a serious of some new symptoms and worries.Is there a way that i can make it go away .Please only serious answers only .I dont need anymore mean answers.I need solutions .I am tring to help myself everyday but seems to only get worse.What can I do.please help?

I am a Katrina survivor.This happened to me after the fact.I dont know what happened .I used to be carefree and never worried and never stressed.SO its even more shocking to me to be this way .

Answer 1

Registered Nurse here; Hi Will, bless your heart you truly sound miserable. A veteran here on anxiety/panic attacks and worry. Some of us seem more pron than others to have this disorder, not sure what label to put on it. Sounds as if you may need a new psychiatrist, not saying anything wrong with the one you have, however if counseling, therapy isn't working, nor medication. Could be you would benefit from seeing a new doctor. Ask your cardiologist, who has assured you nothing is wrong with heart, ask he or she about a beta blocked for you and a mild tranquilizer. Just lay it on the line to them as you have here on Yahoo. A beta blocked such as Inderal, suppress your adrenaline glands slightly. This helps tremendously with your thought process. For one cannot think clearly and positively, if constantly scanning there body for abnormal symptoms. I know your having a hard time, I have been there. I'm not saying this is right for you, but here's what helped me more than anything. I forgot the therapy, the shrink, I went to my family doctor of many years and said look he's what is going on in my mind and body. He placed me on a anti-depressant, a beta blocker, and a mild tranquilizer to use when I need it, no it didn't cure me, but I feel at least 80% better. I pray this will work for you, run it by your doctor.
Thanks for the opportunity to address your question.

Answer 2

It sounds like hypochondria. You may want to seek the help of a qualified professional. It sounds like Hurricane Katrina left a devastating impact upon you. Trauma has affected you deeply. Yes, there is professional help out there. I don't think I would bother with online chat rooms because it most likely won't get to the root of your problem. It may make you feel like you are not alone, but is it really pointing you in the right direction, or is it just causing you to rehash your problems? I apologize if that sounds "biting" and rude, but it is not intended to be.

Another idea is to consider a spiritual path to help you. Do you have religious beliefs? I used to be extremely suicidal, having chemical imbalances that medication could not cure, until I gave my life to Jesus. That may not be something you want to hear or deal with at all, and that is understandable. I am not going to force that on you. But that is my experience. If spirituality is not an option for you, then please consider seeking a professional counselor. If you have health insurance, be sure to find out if your insurance plan will cover counseling sessions or not.

Answer 3

First off, stop beating yourself up.

STOP talking with people that are in the same frame of mind that you are. IF you run into one, try to steer them into things with more ups than downs.

Remember this OLD, OLD saying: MISERY LOVES COMPANY.

If you keep your life down in the "down" world than you will always be in the "down" world.

Think good things. STOP worrying about your health. Do ALL you can do EVERY day. Stay busy. Another OLD, OLD saying: An idle mind is the devil's workshop. Believe it.

ONLY you can change your downfalls and make them into upward bound. Just do it.

Stay busy, help other people, stay away from moaning, groaning, pity me conversations. Good luck. Pops

Answer 4

It sounds like your classic case of obsessive thinking. In all my years of being "mentally ill". The most important and the most true fact I have learned from someone who doesn't understand the disorder but understand the human mind far more than any pill or doctor can. He told me and I think this applies to you. That you will never be cured or truly resolve your problem if you think about it on the same level as you got into it. You need to rise above your thoughts and really find it in yourself to change. You're always going to be something if you can't change that aspect of your identity. For example, people who say I'm just a worrier. They may be a worrier but they are more of a worrier because they choose to identify with that aspect of themselves. You need to redefine yourself and let go of those worries because when you see most things in a different light, they aren't as bad as they seemed. It sounds a little weird but it's true. The simplest thing in fact, you just need to let it go, it'll be hard but you'll make it through it. Think weight loss where everyone tells you all you need to do is eat less and workout more... so simple but we can't do it because we choose to identify with being fat. I realized it applied to me because i held on to my illness for fear of losing the only thing i knew for sure about myself. For a second stop reading, and just talk. reading is obviously making it worse. my doctor says "worryings like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do but it gets you nowhere."

Answer 5

Sometimes things happen that we never learned about when we were younger, or that we never noticed when we were younger, and then we worry, especially if we tend to be kind of literal types anyway. I won't say "Don't worry" in a flippant way, but kindly. Don't worry.

Answer 6

YOU NEED THE THREE L'S
#1 LIVE GO DO IT JUST DO IT

#2 LOVE LOVE EVERY MINIUTE IF YOU WORRIE ABOUT THINGS YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOU ARE INVESTING IN FUTURE PROBLEMS......... THINK ABOUT IT

# 3 LET GO DONT DWELL ON THINGS OR PEOPLE YOU SPEND TIME WORRING ABOUT SOMEONE THINKS OR WHAT THEY FEEL F$CK IT IF YOU DONE THE RIGHT THING THEN F%CK IT LET THEM GO TROUGH WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO TROUGH BUY THEMSELVES AS FAR AS THE DOCTORS IN MY OPINION THEY DONT GET PAID WHEN YOU ARE WELL NOR CAN THEY SUCK YOU INSURANCE COMPANY DRY THREE L'S PEASE TO YOU MY BRO GO LIVE NA DMAY GOD CONTINUE TO SHOW FAVOR ON YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ..... PEASE OUT

Answer 7

You need to check out Phobia's

Answer 8

Did you parents or siblings die? Maybe you are suffering from hypochondriasis. Or anxiety, afraid of Death.