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Going to the GP about my health anxiety - need reassurance that I am fit and healthy, that the stress is not killing me

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I have finally summoned the courage to visit the GP about long standing aches and pains (on and off for 10 years), bodily tension, that I believe is caused by my anxiety. I am thinking about pain all the time, and look out for it even when it isn't there. Minor aches are always magnified in my mind. Having a logical mind, though, I know that a medical will provide the reasurance that I need. If my vital functions are shown to be normal, and if my symptoms are simply caused by anxiety and panic, then CBT will be far more effective - because I will have proof that the stress has not damaged my body.

The thing is, I never visit my GP.The last time I visited was three years ago, whenI became convinced I had *** cancer. I was sent to the hospital for a scan, and there was nothing there. The GP himself told me I was fine, but he knew I wanted reassurance. I hate having hypochondria/health anxiety, and I fear death all the time. I am hoping that this GP visit will cure me of my health anxiety.

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  • Hope I have the same issue, high cognitive response with high emotional(low coping response). The GP says it is due to hard wiring of the my autism brain. All he says is take beta-blockers for the anxiety and an anti-depressant long-term. However if I speak to my head doctors they say always get phyisical pain checked out. CATCH 22. again

    For me,  I ideally need a doctor who is aware of the autism spectrum and understands my autistic anxiety and can reassure me as part of my condition requires. I am sorry, but in my autistic mind, if you have bowel pain you get a test, not a doctors ex-ray eyes test, hundreds of thousand die this way, but if I pop into a private clinic, the doctor says, "I can't tell what is wrong, until I do some test or examination" . SEE HOW THE NHS KILLS PEOPLE BY PROXY, I @!!!&8% hate this soddy country ! Everything just depends on economical access and were you live. THINK I'LL get a caravan in OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE, and to make matters worst the prince of greece gets a helicopter for a bladder infection and her surpremeness gets the shits and put in hospital for monitoring, I HATE THIS COUNTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH.., UNFAIR BRITAIN !  

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  • Hope I have the same issue, high cognitive response with high emotional(low coping response). The GP says it is due to hard wiring of the my autism brain. All he says is take beta-blockers for the anxiety and an anti-depressant long-term. However if I speak to my head doctors they say always get phyisical pain checked out. CATCH 22. again

    For me,  I ideally need a doctor who is aware of the autism spectrum and understands my autistic anxiety and can reassure me as part of my condition requires. I am sorry, but in my autistic mind, if you have bowel pain you get a test, not a doctors ex-ray eyes test, hundreds of thousand die this way, but if I pop into a private clinic, the doctor says, "I can't tell what is wrong, until I do some test or examination" . SEE HOW THE NHS KILLS PEOPLE BY PROXY, I @!!!&8% hate this soddy country ! Everything just depends on economical access and were you live. THINK I'LL get a caravan in OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE, and to make matters worst the prince of greece gets a helicopter for a bladder infection and her surpremeness gets the shits and put in hospital for monitoring, I HATE THIS COUNTRY !!!!!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH.., UNFAIR BRITAIN !  

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