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I can relate. I do feel for you because health anxiety can be very distressing. Mine was due to some actual health issues that snowballed into more. I was prescribed Klonopin too on a temporary basis, as needed. Fortunately, I haven’t needed it in several months. I never did start on Lexapro.
I began talk therapy and found it extremely helpful. I feel so much better. I learned to maintain an internal dialogue within myself that helps keep me away from the health anxiety. It’s one of the reasons I came to this site. It’s helped too.
I hope you can find some things that will help you.
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I’m looking into a few therapists now.
Medication alone is definitely not going to be enough.
There are times when I feel good for a long time and then BAM 💥 .
I’ll be honest I’ve never given therapy and honest chance and I feel like now is the time
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Another sufferer here..
Started in third grade when I threw up in school and then missed most of fourth grade because I was so afraid of getting sick.
Fast forward to 2020 and Covid fears and a cancer diagnosis... Any little ache or pain sends me running to Google,and I wake up every morning in fear.
I talk to a therapist and also have been prescribed meds but I'm afraid to take them...Possible a side effects scare me.