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[Noel7]

IMO it's too bad doctors just dismiss these patients.  They must be unaware that it's a treatable anxiety disorder, and possibly anxiety medication could be of great help.

[Karnerblue]

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

[Noel7]

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@Karnerblue wrote:

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

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@Karnerblue

I'm sure it looks like that often, but they should have a psych work up.

[Karnerblue]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Karnerblue wrote:

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

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@Karnerblue

I'm sure it looks like that often, but they should have a psych work up.

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That's probably true.  Because if a physician does not suggest that then it gets brushed under the carpet and the problem escalates.  In the case I'm talking about, I worked with this woman for ten years watched her go from something as simple as she could not eat or drink anything with artificial sweeteners to migraines to acutally believing there was something in the air in the building we worked in for five years until one day she said there was some smell making it hard for her to breath and then it escalated into sending her into coughing fits and choking.  She would be out for weeks at a time.  They moved her from desk to desk, the company spent $4000 for an air quality testing which showed nothing.  They then decided to move her to the other building (we have two that house employees) which she originally worked in for the first seven years she was employed with no problem, and she wasn't in that building five minutes when she went into one of her coughing fits and had to leave.   

[scotnovel]

A former friend of mine is one.  She used to make fun of her MIL for being a hypochondriac and made hateful comments about the MIL because she felt the MIL  was that way because she was lazy and could take advantage of the FIL. 

Then my friend turned out to be the worst hypochondriac.  She claims she has about 15 different major illnesses and that she is in constant pain and is so ill that she can't go to the grocery store, fill the gas tank on her car (says she is too weak to turn the gas cap), cook, or even vacuum.  Her husband does all that now plus everything else.  She spends her time going from doctor to doctor, specialist to specialist, and pain clinics trying to convince them that her symptoms qualify her for yet another diagnosis.  One pain clinic black balled her so she can't go to any medical facility or clinic owned by that company.  

I stopped hanging out with her because the drama was just too much for me to deal with & I got tired of always being drafted into taking her to doctors and dentist visits (because she was afraid she was too weak to drive alone).  It was all about her all of the time.  She needs psychological help but won't admit it and her husband doesn't want to cross her so he just puts up with it.  

[colliegirls]

I avoid hypochondriacs like the plague!

[KALLIE]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Karnerblue wrote:

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

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@Karnerblue

I'm sure it looks like that often, but they should have a psych work up.

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Good to know and thanks for the info,  DR. NOEL.

[Noel7]

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@KALLIE wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Karnerblue wrote:

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

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@Karnerblue

I'm sure it looks like that often, but they should have a psych work up.

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Good to know and thanks for the info,  DR. NOEL.

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@KALLIE

You are welcome. I am sure many people here would be kind enough to help you learn

[KALLIE]

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@KALLIE wrote:

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@Noel7 wrote:

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@Karnerblue wrote:

@Noel7 and yet some people do it for nothing other than attention.

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@Karnerblue

I'm sure it looks like that often, but they should have a psych work up.

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Good to know and thanks for the info,  DR. NOEL.

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@KALLIE

You are welcome. I am sure many people here would be kind enough to help you learn

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YAWN.

[justmyopinion]

Hypochondria

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric Association, no longer includes hypochondriasis — also called hypochondria — as a diagnosis. Instead, people previously diagnosed with hypochondriasis may be classified as having one of these disorders:

• Illness anxiety disorder, especially if there are no physical symptoms or they're mild
• Somatic symptom disorder, especially if there are multiple or major physical symptoms