Hi Angel,
I suffer from health anxiety but I also have other organic causes for the anxiety/panic. Recently, I suggested to my doctor that I would like to have regular scheduled appointments with him to discuss anything of concern. My doctor thought it was a great idea. I hope this will enable me to build a trusting patient-doctor relationship . Health anxiety is really very troubling and the symptoms experienced are very real and not delusional - this is something whoever is treating us has to understand. We also have to convey to the doctor that when we come to them with a symptom we trust they use their expertise to warn us if our symptoms are serious. So my suggestion Angel is , find a doctor you can trust and be honest and talk to them about all your health concerns.
In the meantime don't be too hard on yourself, you just are having a bad day. I had a very bad day a couple of days back and then I read a post from Diva giving advice on some matter and it really helped me reading her advice. Thanks Diva and all you members who keep this support group so active and helpful.
Hope I have helped.
