Does anyone else know how this feels? Symptoms described...

[SKBragg]

I have so many issues right now and it scares me so bad. I feel uneasy when I lay down and my muscles have little spasms sometimes but only when I'm laying down. I run my hand through my hair and can get 2-4 strands almost every time and when I brush, blow dry, or straighten it about 30-70 strands fall out and it scares me. I've had constant stress, anxiety, and depression for about 4 months now, going on 5 and it's driving me crazy. I don't know if this is all anxiety or something else. I'm actually to the point where I'm scared of my iPhone because it's got a broken screen and I have convinced myself that I'm being exposed to something dangerous to my health. I can never get my mind off all my fears of dying and it is scaring me senseless. I went to the hospital when this all started and they ran a bunch of blood tests and a couple other basic things and said that it was anxiety. Doctor prescribed me to some medication but I am too afraid to take it. I have trouble focusing sometimes, migraines come and go, my wisdom teeth are coming in, and everything seems so overwhelming. If anyone knows what all this feels like please post and talk to me, I feel like if I know I'm not the only one I can start to feel better, but I need support and help. I am 19 years old and a male. Please talk to me..

[SKBragg]

Thanks so much, I will try to get into therapy. I do usually try to find things to do but I'm currently unemployed and not in school so I have a LOT of down time and it really ***** :(

[MrGreen]

Health anxiety. A common form of anxiety. Were people feel like they have every illness under the sun. Or can get every illness. Even tropical ones that wouldn't exist in their own country. It can be frightening. To imagine you might get this or that. You look for things. Things that are not there. Every twinge or tweek has to be something bad. This is a common sort of post we read on the forum. It can go from mild to extreme. As for the answer to it? Theraphy does help if they teach you the right things. The mood brings on a thought. The thought brings on a reaction. The reaction brings on the symptoms. Thus they all have a knock on effect on each other. To keep a journal of all four would be a good start. To show yourself how you are making things happen. Just by having a thought. Or a reaction to a thought. You can learn from it. See areas that need working on. The whole idea would be to try and change the thought or the reaction. Other than that I would say, just try and fill up your day. The more silent time you have the more time the mind has to find things wrong. If you can give yourself a few things to do. Just to take your mind off of yourself. It all helps.