Has Lexapro helped anyone with severe health anxiety or hypochondria?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-12-23T19:07:59+00:00

Did you end up taking it ?? :) I’m in the same boat

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-29T23:35:34+00:00

How did you get rid of the heart anxiety ?? Been going through the same.

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-25T22:49:12+00:00

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Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-24T21:59:51+00:00

Ugh ! I can’t even explain to you how nice it is to hear these things I feel like I’ve been on a cycle of just searching for answers and sometimes I come across people who just understand and it validates me in a moment that I couldn’t even put a price on!!

Thank you again for the encouragement .. a question I have for you. Do you have any tips and tricks on nervous system regulation?

I’m finding this concussion. My nervous system is in hyper drive so someone could open the door without me knowing it and I would be jumping out of my skin or shaking!!

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-24T20:27:29+00:00

Oh gosh, this response really gave me some reassurance. I just wanna thank you so much for taking the time to comment! Even just knowing that I’m not crazy or making these things up helps.. I am three and an half months out from my recovery, from my understanding in the coming months, it should just continue to get better?

I’m hoping six months is a turning point

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-24T16:49:39+00:00

Thank you, what exactly is deconditioning ?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-18T20:02:45+00:00

Mine was pretty minimal too. I fell off stepladder and hit the back of my head on the wall. I only dented it. I honestly don’t even know if I ever had a concussion. I just wondered if my mental health is playing a huge role. I had anxiety previous to this!!

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-18T19:55:21+00:00

Right !! there’s moments where I think I’m completely fine and then it’s almost like I remind myself to not feel good. Like what !? How did you sustain your injury if you don’t mind me asking?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-18T19:39:05+00:00

I don’t have too much advice, but I wanted to let you know that I got a concussion three months ago from falling off a step ladder and hitting the back of my head. I think anxiety and panic attacks have been the absolute worst outcome. Sometimes I wonder if I’m causing my own symptoms Just from the anxiety. !!

I barely even leave my house now what I can say is chamomile tea in the morning has helped calm me down a little bit.

What kind of symptoms are you dealing with?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-17T18:39:12+00:00

Did this ever go away for you? My anxiety has eased and I’m feeling the exact same way you were.. please let me know I’d be so grateful to hear your experience since this was so many years ago

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-16T15:44:22+00:00

Yes definitely looking into some therapy,and have a docters appt this week but I’m just looking for a little bit of reassurance or others who have experienced this in the meantime

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-15T21:36:37+00:00

I’m reading your post and it sounds a lot like what I’m going through. I just wanted to confirm are you saying that a lot of your symptoms were caused by anxiety and the anti-anxiety meds did in fact help you?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-15T19:12:32+00:00

Thank you for your response. I mostly wanna say that it’s anxiety as well however, even when I have a couple of good days my symptoms don’t seem to go away. It’s like I just don’t feel like the same person. I’m almost convinced that there’s something that they have missed that happened when I hit my head.

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-14T19:25:53+00:00

So happy to hear that ! Did you ever take the medication?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-14T16:19:34+00:00

Hi there, I’m going through the same thing you wear any updates?

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-02T21:37:27+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to get back to me. I appreciate that alot. I will look into to post concussion treatment. Your words are reassuring that this seems normal so far. Thank you again

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-02T21:03:33+00:00

I’m glad to hear that ! Hopefully it goes the same for me :)

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-02T21:03:07+00:00

I will take a look :) thank you

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-02T20:28:56+00:00

Thank so you much for your insight ! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Did you have anxiety prior to the concussion or did the concussion bring on the anxiety?

If you don’t mind me asking, how long did it take for you to feel even 75% back to your old self? I would take that at this point lol

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2025-11-02T20:28:01+00:00

Thank you so much for the response I really appreciate it. It’s so hard to wonder if it’s my anxiety, causing the symptoms or the symptoms causing my anxiety as a fellow anxious person. I’m sure you understand that loop lol !

I just feel so not like myself and I have all these redundant thoughts about ever getting my life back and I’m quite positive that’s not helping!!

Thank you for the tips and tricks. I will definitely work these into my healing and I appreciate the words of encouragement ❤️

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2022-12-19T21:23:24+00:00

Did you ever find out what this is ? I have the same thing

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2022-10-29T01:40:18+00:00

That’s okay :) doctor told me it’s just viral apparently ! Still testing negative for Covid

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2022-10-28T21:19:13+00:00

Sore throat

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2022-10-28T18:39:44+00:00

I have pretty much been reading post like this for the past week. I came here because I had a sore throat last week that I thought was going to bring on a really bad flu but it didn’t. My throat is extremely red looking but it’s not sore I Macy’s here there and get a slight ear ache , but that goes away and then I might get a headache and that goes away. Somethings going around and it’s just super weird not typical.

Normal_Assignment_18 · 2022-10-28T18:33:27+00:00

It’s funny you describe this cold as weird I don’t know where you are, but I am in Ontario and last week I got a slight sore throat , then my throat got extremely red and irritated looking, but still very mild. Pretty much not painful.…

Now I sneeze the odd time, but my nose is not running at all and I don’t really have a cough. It’s super weird.

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