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I am pretty sure my brother is a hypochondriac. Where he got it I don't know. I was wondering how a person like that is handled? I know he would never believe it is in his head. How do people realize they are hypochondriacs, and what treatment is done for this disorder?

As a bit of history, he is 18. He seemed to start doing this around 14-15. He is ALWAYS sick. Everytime I visit ...

Hi. I'm 15. I experianced my first Panic attack while i was doing something I wasn't supposed to do. Something illegal. Hope you know what I mean by that. Anyway. Since then anything I look at or read... immediately I thnk. Oh my gosh, that fits me perfect i have that. I must that must be whats wrong with me. It's kind of like I'm tryin to come up with an explanation that can be ...

I am so sick of being sick! I keep looking up stuff online when I shouldn't. I had such a great day. I thought that since I was having a good day I would have been able to find ONE thing online. Bad me. I should have known better. I either need to start relaxing and start living or place myself in a home. Of course I choose the first option. My shoulders hurt....

One thing I must say... STOP looking up symptoms in the internet. This is a really bad habit of mine considering I am a mother of three and I am a homemaker. I have the internet at my fingertips at all times. I can not stress it enough that Hypoch. do this. I need to take my own advise.

This is what I think I have:

Colon cancer
Melanoma
Lung cancer
Cancer of the spine ...

Hello, I'm a daughter of a hypchondriac mother. I realize that she can't help it but I am starting to become resentful of her because of what I have to listen to everyday. I've been encouraging and supporting her for years, what a failure I've been, it seems she was feeding off my sympathy. She is worse than ever going on excessively about various health complaints. Each time she goes to the DR she is ...

hey everyone. i'm new here. i am going to the doctor on monday, but i'm trying to figure out how to tell him i think im a hypochondriac.

so, here is my story. please let me know anything.

a little over a year ago in November of 2007, I had really bad anxiety. a could barely eat and all I wanted to do is sleep. i ended up getting over it and the summer was ...

Hello, I would like to thank anyone who reads this in advance as I am at a total loss of what to do.
My story is fairly long, so please be patient with me. I am 19 years old and since I was 13, I have been battling life with agoraphobia, intermittent explosive disorder, depression, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. I have been in and out of psychologist/social workers' offices since I was 2. When ...

I've managed to convince myself that I've got a brain tumor or some deadly brain disease. I'm getting headaches more frequently now, and I zone out all the time. I know it's probably nothing but I can't stop thinking about it, which makes me head hurt more.

Just felt good to get that out.

Hello to all, excited about joining. I can relate to some many of your stories, how you feel, what it does to you.
I'm a 45 yr old male in realatively good health - so they say (doctors). I'm about 155lbs soak & wet. I constantly think & worry about getting some debilitating illness (nothing specific) & that the doctors will misdiagnose me. I used to be on Paxil till last yr I tapered myself ...

Alright so i dont know if what has been going on with me is considered hypochondria but it sure sounds a lot like it and it would truly benefit me to get some feedback.

For five months i believed i had symtomps of AIDS, although i was at a very very low risk, i convinced myself it was true. After 5 months of depression and misery i gave in and got tested.
It came back ...