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[quote=Anonymous]I suffer from bouts of health anxiety, too, OP, and it's complicated because they're triggered by my two auto-immune diseases. To answer another PP, yes, patients who suffer from baseline anxiety can get irrationally panicky about their legitimate symptoms. It IS health anxiety, even though the underlying causes are real.

I tried different anxiety meds... and they gave me panic attacks! So my anxiety is unmedicated, but I've learned breathing techniques to stave off hyperventilation, I try to reduce the stressors in my life, and try to talk myself out of anxiety spirals when I notice concerning symptoms. It's hard: it requires a level of self-awareness that sometimes I cannot muster, because it's hard to sustain a high level of self-awareness round the clock, especially if I'm tired and already triggered by external stressors, like my kid being stuck in an airport abroad (happened last winter), or some other issue that's out of my control. I have the Calm app on my phone: she might find some features useful. I have used the DARE technique for panic.

So... therapy? I tried for a bit and it did help moderately. The key is finding someone whom the patient can have a rapport with.

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