High Anxiety!

[Carlos45]

Hello all,

I never have been affected by anxiety before, now at 40 (M), after having been stressed about a financial decision, started having fluctuating dizziness and later had a bout of flu like symptoms, checked online, all symptoms kept on leading -strongly- to HIV contraction, that marked the beginning of my high anxiety (fear, low appetite, sleeplessness, dizziness, sadness, weight loss, disinterest in pleasure….), HIV tests at 4 and 8 weeks (post possible exposure) returned negative, online expert assured me that this was conclusive and that I didn’t have HIV, this made me feel better for a short time (4D) until I fell back into the same fear of having contracted HIV, mainly because of the many online conflicting theories where my brain keep on convincing me that; WHAT IF!.
I take Imovane to sleep for few hours at night and sometimes half a Xanax to go back to sleep, I spend most of my days in my office researching online for risks and possibilities.

I’m tired and don’t know what to do, can someone help, please.

[Carlos45]

It is very comforting to know that someone cares, I hope both of you feel better very soon, I wish I could be of more help, i'm new to this.

Can it be cured?

Kind regards,

C.

[lisa983]

im sorry, i know how u feel, im 29 yrs old and my anxiety started out of no where when i was 19. and the first symtoms were thinking i was going to die, if i seen a bump i though i would die, i thought for sure i was going to have a heart attack  all the time when to every single doctor in my area. i thought i had throat cancer u name it i thought i had it. long story short sounds like u are going through what i did. ur brain is convincing u that u are sick but ur not. right now i take cymbolta and klonipin once a day and have not had no symtoms since, but all meds work differently, it just depends on what works for u, i would say find a doc that u can talk to, i wrote down everything i was going through, the symtoms i felt, and took that to my doc, thats when they finally got me straight. good luck. and u can ask me anything, i know how horrible it feels, and u are in my thoughts :-)  good luck

[crystalhanzelka]

The only advice I can offer you is to believe the doctors.  I have MAJOR heart health anxiety even though all tests have come back good.  I just cant find it in me to believe them.  But I know if I could I would be ok.  So please do not take the road so many of us Health Anxiety sufferers have.  Trust that you are HIV negative.