Health Anxiety due to not being able to see GP, anyone else?

Last year I was diagnosed with many Actinic Keratosis These were successfully treated with Eufidix and since then I have been  very careful to use a factor 50 sun cream wear a hat and keep away from the strong midday sun. I also see my dermatologist for yearly checks. My major problem is Health Anxiety which started when I realised that getting an appointment with my GP was nigh impossible and then became worse once the AC was diagnosed. Every time I find a blemish or a mark on my skin I imagine the worse and I want to run straight away to my dermatologist as it's still almost impossible to see my GP . Does anyone else suffer with this problem and if you do how do you deal with it as I feel such a failure and it is also a costly process as I am a private patient with my dermatologist. I also feel guilty that I am posting on here when so many of you lovely members are dealing with much worse diagnosis. Thank you if you have taken the time to read this x

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  • Hi 

    I suffer from extreme health anxiety, its debilitating. 

    I'm currently having counselling for it, and medication. 

    I know exactly how you feel. 

    Your not on your own with having this struggle x

  • You are so right it is very debilitating and I really need to find some help TBH it is only the skin issues that cause the anxiety but I need to get it under control Once I have seen a GP or my dermatologist and they reassure me I have nothing to worry about I am fine . I was out with my dogs the other day and bumped in to someone I hadn't seen for a good few years She had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphona I came straight home and googled it then spent days worrying that I might get it How absolutely mad is that 

  • Hi 

    it's NOT mad at all.. I am exactly the same, I Google alot.. I try so very hard not to. 

    I am being monitored.. And have a 6 month mrcp due in 2 months, I'm beside myself with worry.

    Waiting on results for something else right now too.

    And I'm worrying.

    I'm like you very much, I need reassurance 

  • TBH I am a pensioner and lived most of my life without bloody Google . Before Google I never worried about my health but then before Covid never had any problem seeing my GP . I would  disable Google Images if I could My GP told me to stay away from Google because whatever medical symptoms you enter it always ends up saying cancer but it is so hard not to reach for it . Sorry what is a mcrp and why does it worry you so much .X

  • MRCP is a much more detailed mri. 

    It worries me because it's to do with my pancreas. 

     

    I never googled either before all this.. 

     

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