Anyone else get problems with hypochondria?

I wouldn't say hypochondria, but I have certainly worried about my health at times when I'd have different symptoms. I also experience panic attacks from time to time and it generally goes into full out panic whenever I begin focusing on the symptoms I'm experiencing. I started experiencing this regularly in my 20's and went to the emergency room quite often with palpitations. I thought I was having a heart attack or dying. I was just really stressed out and overwhelmed. I worked at a high stress job, had moved out on my own, had crap going on between my parents and me. Additionally, I wasn't sleeping, getting enough sunshine, or eating regularly enough. 

I have since worried a few times over various symptoms I've experienced. I've had to say to myself, ok, worrying about this without going to the doctor won't do me any good. I would usually worry about it on a weekend or after clinic hours. I would also say, I can't do anything about this right now so it's pointless to worry. 

I know the worry and fear you are experiencing is real and I'm sorry this is such a struggle for you now. If you go to the hospital and they run tests and you check out ok, at some point you're going to have to believe them. You have a family here and we care about you. I'll keep you in my prayers and I hope you can find peace and comfort in this. 

I've had that a few times, where I've gone up to the accident and emergency wing of my local hospital, for things like really anxiety-inducing heart palpitations, or even trivial matters.

But I know for the most part those heart palpitations are because of my anxiety and stress disorders, but when I'm in a panic I can't think, I only do the panic thinking.

I never really had many serious things if it all, aside from blacking out a few times from stress overload, but I was found to be completely fine and healthy, especially my cardio levels.


Like right now, I have very, very visible and bright blue veins in my arms, always there, I know it's because I do weights and have lost a lot of weight that my body hasn't properly adjusted yet, but still stupid things make me worry, I do hope I grow out of it, since it at times blows in to death anxiety and that shit, is just not fun

I think anxiety about death or dying is the root of what you're talking about and what I've personally dealt with. I definitely can relate with you there. I played sports when I was younger and had a teammate die over the summer. Prior to that I had been told that it was old people who died. So at age 11, I realized that young people also died and I became very afraid of death. It's something I've dealt with most of my life and only within the last few years have I been able to go any length of time without giving my mind over to worry about it. Even as a person who has religious faith, I've still struggled. I have learned to talk to myself rather than listen to myself--to take those thoughts, find the fallacies in them, and then tell myself what is true. It won't go away on its' own. It will take telling yourself the truth over and over again and even still--there will likely be times that your mind will go there. 

I'm thankful I've got a therapy session tomorrow, since that age old obsession I have with diabetes is coming back to bite me in the ass and make me overanalyse and begin to have panic attacks again.