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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 653227" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>CG, in my late twenties to early thirties I had IBS, as Susie says. Forgot about that. Stomach problems are very common in high strung people...the anxiety goes straight to the gut. I visited my gastro guy so often that when I finally quit going, the staff and himself probably threw a wild party, complete with booze and dancing. Along with the other fun things I was diagnosed with...mood disorder not otherwise specified, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, I had this phobia of being sick. Don't let it go on too long. I'm so sorry I bothered poor Dr. Feelgood so often.</p><p></p><p>Was your mom nervous about her health? I ask because when I was young, and felt ill my mother would overreact and I'd hear her crying on the phone to the doctor sometimes and it just amped up my fear. Yep, that didn't help.</p><p></p><p>Also my brother has Crohn's Disease and he was really, seriously sick as a kid and I was, as they call it, susceptible/vulnerable. A psychiatrist explained that if somebody had, say, Crohn's, I'd feel the same symptoms, as I believed them to be. I remember working at a hospital and going home and imagining that I had all the diseases as the people I admitted. They didn't have good help for phobias back then, but they do have them now.</p><p></p><p>Also check your medication. My medications literally wiped my hypochondria away. At one time, I think I would have had to have been restrained to have had surgery. A month ago, I had elective surgery and was not very nervous and am glad I had it done. I was not afraid of the biopsy results. I actually believed it was preventative and did not expect to be surprised with cancer.</p><p></p><p>CG, you're such a nice young woman. Don't suffer with this fear. Definitely go to your gastro man, but also alert your psychiatrist to this because it is a phobia that is treatable.</p><p></p><p>Big hugs. Good luck to you, but I don't think you'll need it...I think it will be minor...constipation is so commn for so many minor issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 653227, member: 1550"] CG, in my late twenties to early thirties I had IBS, as Susie says. Forgot about that. Stomach problems are very common in high strung people...the anxiety goes straight to the gut. I visited my gastro guy so often that when I finally quit going, the staff and himself probably threw a wild party, complete with booze and dancing. Along with the other fun things I was diagnosed with...mood disorder not otherwise specified, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder, I had this phobia of being sick. Don't let it go on too long. I'm so sorry I bothered poor Dr. Feelgood so often. Was your mom nervous about her health? I ask because when I was young, and felt ill my mother would overreact and I'd hear her crying on the phone to the doctor sometimes and it just amped up my fear. Yep, that didn't help. Also my brother has Crohn's Disease and he was really, seriously sick as a kid and I was, as they call it, susceptible/vulnerable. A psychiatrist explained that if somebody had, say, Crohn's, I'd feel the same symptoms, as I believed them to be. I remember working at a hospital and going home and imagining that I had all the diseases as the people I admitted. They didn't have good help for phobias back then, but they do have them now. Also check your medication. My medications literally wiped my hypochondria away. At one time, I think I would have had to have been restrained to have had surgery. A month ago, I had elective surgery and was not very nervous and am glad I had it done. I was not afraid of the biopsy results. I actually believed it was preventative and did not expect to be surprised with cancer. CG, you're such a nice young woman. Don't suffer with this fear. Definitely go to your gastro man, but also alert your psychiatrist to this because it is a phobia that is treatable. Big hugs. Good luck to you, but I don't think you'll need it...I think it will be minor...constipation is so commn for so many minor issues. [/QUOTE]
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