“Can medication help with health anxiety?”
I experienced the loss of my mother in a long and gruesome battle to cancer. I have since then suffered severe health anxiety. Every other day it is something else...a headache is a tumor that sends me to the ER. A swollen lymph node makes me freak out. I now have a 2 year old son and am starting to freak out any time I see anything out of the normal. i feel unequipped to handle every day life, and this fear is robbing my joy. I have never taken any medication and don't want to be a zombie. Are there any medications that could help me from constantly going down the rabbit hole? I don't want to waste my whole life living in fear.
2 Answers
Psychotherapy can help the best. There is medication and everyone deals differently from medication. If you want medication you need to go see a nurse practitioner or psychiatrist. They will direct you on that.
Consider natural supplements like GABA. See the link to BrainMD - DR. Amen's site for natural supplements. Take his Brain Type assessment and explore his recommendations. See a psychologist to help you learn good tools, tactics, and techniques to reduce stress.
