News of Somatoform Disorders

Hi all,

I am new here and joined tonight. Hope you are all well.

I am wandering if anyone here suffers with somatization/somatoform disoder? (Conversion disorder as well).

I have it myself and have never met anyone else with it. (I am diagnosed with somatization disorder).

To put you in the picture, I'm Becky, 30 and have been ill for 8 years with somatization/somatoform disorder.

I have been in a wheelchair until last year when ...

Hi all,

I am new here and joined tonight. Hope you are all well.

I am wandering if anyone here suffers with somatization/somatoform disoder?

I have it myself and have never met anyone else with it.

To put you in the picture, I'm Becky, 30 and have been ill for 8 years with somatization/somatoform disorder.

I have been in a wheelchair until last year when I started walking a bit with a walking stick and ...

My brother is with a woman who, in my opinion is a hypochondriac. It has put a major warp on our relationship. I used to think that she was alright, but then I realized that she has a few issues. Such as goiung to the doctor for trivial things, and at least once or twice a week. I'm no doctor, but I also feel like she might have Munchausen as well. Because when one of ...

I've been exhibiting some hypochondriac tendencies for only a few weeks now, but it's getting to be debilitating and I want to stop it before it gets worse. About a month ago I started worrying about all sorts of diseases and conditions--MS, heart attack, etc. But I was able to rule those out rationally and completely. As soon as I stop worrying about one thing, though, another one comes up. I've pretty much beaten back ...

I'm so fed up. I just feel desperate, i'm out of control.
I have extremely supportive family and friends but i feel like I can't cope with this Hypochondria anymore.

IN MY HEAD i am riddled with cancer (bowel, breast, skin, non hodgekins lymphoma, mouth, cevical) and god only knows what else. No amount of reassurance from other people can convince me that i'm fit and healthy and absolutely fine.
I can't sleep and when ...

I first heard about BDD when I was watching a talk show that featured a woman who was obssessed with plastic surgery. She insisted on getting numerous nose jobs, liposuction, lip enlargments etc all because she thought this look made her appear more beautiful. After hearing this woman's story I fear that I too have similar symptoms to this disorder.
I have been struggling with my body image in terms of weight for a few ...

Hi. I believe that my boyfriend has what you guys described, hypochondriasis. He is a wonderful guy, and laid-back in every way except his health. He is convinced that he has some undiagnosed major illness.
When we first met, it was his heart. I remember being in tears in the ER waiting room, because this young man that I had fallen for had a heart attack. I was so relieved when he came out alive! ...

I have lived with this for about 1 1/2 years, and I don't want to hear that we do this for any type of secondary gains. I have neurolgical symptoms that leave me housebound much of the time. I do have better days but there is no pattern. I also have Major Depression, Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder. The jerking and shaking symptoms send the anxiety sky high, and I feel suicidal a lot. I ...

hi, ive posted here b4. i dont have a username, but i go by fatryan. im bipolar I and in the process of finding the right meds. after trying basically every med, ive landed on geodon to control my manic episodes. it seems to work. ive been doing really bad lately with the depression side of my disorder and recently started taking wellbutrin xl again. ive noticed though, that every time i eat anything, i ...

Last year was my first year of College. It was very difficult, and I didn't perform up to my expectations. For almost 11 years, I have had feelings that I was ugly, high anxiety, felt worthless, and was very edgy. Over all, I wasn't enjoying life. Then recently, I slipped depper into depression. I felt psycotic, and didn't know what to do. What was wrong with me? How was I to tell my parents, would ...