anxiety

[ashg777]

hello,

over the last 2 years i have had a serious problem with anxiety. it has gotten to the point where i lose sleep and cannot focus on daily activities. i even get to the point where i make myself sick because i stress myself out. i see a therapist once a week and it helps but i've regressed in my treatment. it initially started out because my ex told me he had HIV as a joke because he wanted to freak me out since he knows i'm a worrier. i found out later from his friends that he told me that as cruel joke just because he wanted to be mean to me. a month later i had a ful STD and HIV test-everything came back negative. 4 months later i got another complete test done-all negative... 3-4 months after that i got another one-all negative. i've good to my gyno numerous times since then out of paranoia-it's literally so many times i've lost track and she tells me everything looks fine and all my results looks fine. i can't help but to be paranoid. is there anything i can do to stop feeeling this way? i gave myself heart burn and an upset stomach tonight out of panic and it's almost 4 and i can't sleep because i'm so freakd out. i usually have to exhaust myself each night in order to fall asleep. i never use to be like this. what can i do?

P.S. i got a complete blood work and everything done from my family healthcare provider and he said i'm healthy as an ox.

[ashg777]

thanks,

i've done everything that i can as far as getting tested and even though everything came back negative, not to mention my ex is completely free of STDs as well i still don't rationalize that with all that I've done i'm alright. I've used different techniqes to diminish my anxiety but it doesn't work, it's like a nightmare that plays over and over in my head. i'm going tto see a hypnotherapist in a week, does anybody know if hypnotherapy works?

[plomeli]

Wow sorry you are feeling this way but I understand because I've gone through the same thing. I even had to change psychiatrists because I felt like I wasnt going anywhere. Do whatever you have to do to help you change therapists, read books so you can help yourself. Anxiety is horrible my therapists said that the best way to describe it is to imagine yourself as a 3 year old child and then imagine you getting lost, so that description says it all. I dont believe you have anything wrong with you because you did what you had to do which is to get checked by a doctor, I hope you feel better.

[alejandro111]

I have a friend that anxiety was because he tought he had HIV he is almost cured he said he is using a program called the linden method