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June 20, 2008
Scared
Hi i'm 24 y.o and i think i may have hypochondria. Since last yr i've been having extreme nausea and vomiting, which turned out i had reflux. Ever since then i can't help shake the feeling that there's more goin on in my body that i'm aware of. i constantly search the web about symptoms, even if its just a cough. I am a new nurse and reading those books and seeing patients don't help either. Recently i had severe muscle cramps, but doc says everything is fine. But no one has extreme legs cramps every day. She prolly thinks i'm crazy.It freaks me out and i'm scared there is something wrong with me. But as a nurse it seems like i'm overexaggerating these symptoms, i dunno what to do i'm conflicted. i had an endoscopy recently cuz i thought i had stomach cancer because i would vomit and there would be streaks of blood or i thought maybe really big ulcers. those tests were negative, again i'm relieved, but still scared. Everytime i cough, get a headache or ne thing i think i'm about to die. I hate feeling this way and can't tell my family because i feel ridiculous for feeling this way.
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