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[quote=Anonymous][quote] I am 61 and have had health anxiety in varying degrees since about 5th grade. Years of nearly having panic attacks waiting for mammogram and test results, etc. I don’t go from specialist to specialist looking for a diagnosis, but when I do have symptoms I Google and catastrophize, see a doctor and am anxious until the uncertainty is over. Rinse, repeat. It is miserable way to live as fellow ruminants will understand. I have tried practicing mindfulness, meditation, exercise and the lowest dose of Xanax at night; all of which help to varying degrees. I actually have some health issues like hypertension and substantial arthritis in hip which don’t worry me at all- it is the prospect of truly awful diseases which I perseverate about. Can anyone commiserate or give suggestions about what helped you?[/quote]
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