How to deal with Hypochondria?
I’m a huge hypochondriac. As soon as I start exhibiting symptoms of something I assume the worst. I’ve been going to 1 million doctors and I’m not sure which things are real, which are made up by anxiety, and which are physical symptoms that being created or exacerbated by my constant state of anxiety.
In college, I was on Wellbutrin for depression. I decided to start seeing a psychiatrist again I get on it since it worked the first time. after a couple weeks I was spiraling, convinced every physical thing I was going through was the most serious possible disease. I was spending every single day pacing around, then waking up in the middle of the night to pace more for several hours.
I got off of it, And things have improved a lot. Slowly, I stopped waking up in the middle Of the night to pace. I’m still waking up, but I can get back to sleep pretty easily. I also started going to therapy and I’m working on things there. But yesterday things took a turn and I became suffocatingly anxious again and ended up Going to a superfluous doctor’s appointment somewhere an hour away in the middle of the workday. my job was fine with this, I had enough Time off in order to accommodate the appointment, but I’m at a point where my behavior clearly isn’t sustainable.
Does anyone have any tips for dealing with these thoughts?