Google bucks u describe me, I actually am known for running away, out if my appts, I'm so anxious, can't breathe, feel ill die, I just up and bolt!?, Now they know me, they immediately take me into a clised, quiet room, so as to keep me there and keep me calm, so pls your probably not the CV worst about anxiousness, sympathize with you hon xx sherry

thankfully not fiagnosed with any cancers yet, but anxiety has me absolutely convinced that i have leukemia and that i am dying lol. incredibly frustrating as  i find a lot of the symptoms i experience with anxiety line up with symptoms of leukemia so it's like i'm living in constant fear of my own fear...... going back into lockdown so i doubt i'll be seeing any doctors about this soon and won't be able to talk to anyone until january. need to stop googling my symptoms !!!

I am 54 years old I also suffer with severe health anxiety and it is ruling my life I want to be happy but when I am happy I think something is wrong I have convinced my self I have cancer but all tests are negative can any one advise

Hello folks. I'm brand new to anything online other than shopping and researching (including my health worries) so nervous of posting but here goes. I feel the same. I have just admitted to my partner my own health anxieties. He knew anyway but I have told him in a bit of an argument the overwhelming panick I have when I find anything or any ache pain. I'm 48 so obviously started with a bit of stiffness and the like but any consistent pain for more than a day consumes my every waking thought so enjoying our rare time off work together is really effected. It's not just health I worry about but that of my children too. They are older, 19 and 22, but the worry is even more than when they were little. I am pretty good at hiding it from them as I don't want to effect them. I can pin point the day when my naturally worrying nature took a nose dive. I work for the Ambulance service  and had a teenager same age as my daughter at the time. She had stage 4 bone cancer and we took her on her final admission to hospital. Awful. Her mum was amazing. My partner does same job, so I do have a sounding board however,  I think I am going to refer myself through work for counselling. I am not happy to read many of you in a similar position but it does help to know I'm not on my own. I also talk too much so apologies for long post. X

Good to hear from you and welcome. Yes I do gets very anxious about my health. I am 54 and may be due to the menopause I am trying to stay positive 

I keep on thinking the same things, and I had have worries about having cancer myself, seeing as my dad had cancer in 2011, and I wake up every night crying my eyes out, because I know it's scaring me. And it still does, but what can I do to stop my self from thinking that having a medical health issue is going to scare me for life if I keep on encouraging fear? Or not having a healthy diet? 

Hi, I'm currently the same suffering with severe anxiety Googling every symptoms I had ultrasound which found six growths on liver praying it's not cancerous x

I'm so sorry Bethahite - hope they've managed to come back to you with some reassurance now.

I'm exactly the same re: the anxiety.  It started over 10 years ago when my Uncle died aged 59 of prostate cancer.  I routinely subjected myself to so many tests and to months of counselling.  I ended up taking Citalopram - which helps a little as it at least reduces the panicking.  I've now lost my mother to ovarian cancer this year.which has put me back to square one.  I'm now so terrified I can't function and it ruins my daily life.

The GP's are generally very sympathetic and helpful. They were impressed that I recognise I have the anxiety as apparently that's a good step in dealing with it.  But in the meantime I'm exhausted and really need to find a better way of dealing with it.  I have no advice - other than please speak to the GP about it - but wanted others to know that we aren't alone in this.  

Hi I am 16 and also have health anxiety but it feels nice to read these posts and know other people feel the same way! Right now I'm anxious because I've had a persistent headache (although fairly minor pain wise) for over a week now and it has just not gone away! Has anyone experienced anything similar/know what it could be?