Polly_Princess
Active member
I'm starting to think that I may suffer Hypochondriasis. Everytime I get the slightest symptom of an illness, I blow it up out of proportion and consider it much more serious than it is.
I spent hours and hours and hours researching medical problems, convinced that I have them. If I have a headache, I become convinced it's a brain tumour. If I have a really happy day, I'm convinced I must be manic and have bipolar. If my period is one day late, I worry about early onset menopause and polycystic ovaries. e.t.c e.t.c.
I constantly blame doctors and my parents for not taking me seriously enough, but maybe I'm the one in the wrong? I've been to talked to at least four different GPs AND had a long, formal psychiatric assessment, spanning over the course of several sessions and the best the could come up with was a provisional diagnosis of Borderline Personality, with a GAF of 80 of a 100 (that's high!). Don't get me wrong, I have had some bad dysphoria (episodes aren't long enough to be classed as depression), but I really do think it's mostly hypochondria.
What am I supposed to do about this? Do I honestly go and say "Dr, dr, I think I have hypochondria?!"
I spent hours and hours and hours researching medical problems, convinced that I have them. If I have a headache, I become convinced it's a brain tumour. If I have a really happy day, I'm convinced I must be manic and have bipolar. If my period is one day late, I worry about early onset menopause and polycystic ovaries. e.t.c e.t.c.
I constantly blame doctors and my parents for not taking me seriously enough, but maybe I'm the one in the wrong? I've been to talked to at least four different GPs AND had a long, formal psychiatric assessment, spanning over the course of several sessions and the best the could come up with was a provisional diagnosis of Borderline Personality, with a GAF of 80 of a 100 (that's high!). Don't get me wrong, I have had some bad dysphoria (episodes aren't long enough to be classed as depression), but I really do think it's mostly hypochondria.
What am I supposed to do about this? Do I honestly go and say "Dr, dr, I think I have hypochondria?!"