Talk:Hypochondriasis

message: Poorly-cited statement about the prevalence of this mental illness prompted independent research.  What I found were a slew of studies that indicate the exact OPPOSITE of the contention in article.  Please cite verifiable and reliable sources for the following: 
Puri B. K, Laking P.J, Treasaden I.H, (2000) states that hypochondrisis can manifest at any age, but usually between the ages of 20 and 30 years, occurring marginally more in males in contrast to other somatoform disorders which are more common in women.
Kakarott (talk) 12:48, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prevalence 

message: I've just commented on the talk page about anxiety and its links with hypochondria.  Anxiety, although conscious-borne, has real physical symptoms including palpitations which in an anxious patient can cause an elevated phobia of those symptoms.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.172.221.47 (talk) 14:41, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anxiety 

message: I am unsure if I want to keep/put the tips section. I think it could be useful as several articles that i've read show how CBT uses some of the techniques i've mentioned there, and I have benefited from independantly doing those things (as a hypochondriac). Maybe merge it with treatment somehow? --Spindled 19:38, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tips 

message: lol its a form of ocd isnt it? well, it is for me, i have to look up and persuade myself i don't have any of these illnesses all the time, ive been getting really bad ocd the last few weeks, and constantly think im developing schizophrenia. Fortunately finally realising i have ocd (and not schizophrenia) has made it better coz i know what's causing it, but i can never be sure! 
but i'm sure there are some hypochondriacs out there who genuinely believe that they have all the illnesses they've thought they've had, and it's not ocd that causes it coz they genuinely believe that they have them ... i dunno
what about munchausens? does that have anything to do with hypochondria? ya'aseh shalom —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 134.225.239.62 (talk) 13:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ocd 

message: "The effects of hypochondria" section is quite questionable from a scientific point of view. There is no definite proof that hypochondria CAUSES depression or panic attacks (As rehearsed in college textbooks, correlation does not mean causation.) As far as other symptoms, they can be attributed to either anxiety, depression or both. For example, "fear of the impending doom" is one of symptoms of panic attacks. Decreased motivation, fatigue, or loss of interest in sex could be manifestations of depression.
Skrinsk nat 22:10, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Effects of Hypochondria

message: My main ocd is a fear of having or being just about to develop (and therefore having to stop myself developing and protect others from their harmful consequences) very serious mental illnesses, such as borderline, schizophrenia, alzheimers, manic depression, multiple personalities, autism etc. does anyone know how common this is in sufferers of ocd/hypochondria as opposed to physical illnesses, and whether there are statistics? user:XYaAsehShalomX
Autism can't be developed.  I have it, and I was BORN WITH IT.  It's not always low functioning, sometimes it's high functioning, and I have high functioning autism.
Educate yourself before you make such controversial statements.
user:pokefan098  —Preceding undated comment added 00:40, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  hypochondria and mental illness 

message: On May 4th, 216.146.48.14 inserted the following nonsensical sentence: 
:If one believes oneself to suffer from hypochondriasis, but one does not, then one does.
I am taking the liberty of removing this immediately. Neoprote 13:48, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spurious nonsense 

message: Some balance should be included in this article to note that doctors are not infallible, diagnoses are not always correct, and some types of illness are so poorly understood by the general practitioner of medicine, that the patient may need to seek many medical opinions and do much research on their own, to finally find a proper cure for whatever it is that ails them.
Some examples of problematic nonspecific diseases that are hard to diagnose and even harder to treat include Lupus Erythematosus, fibromyalgia, and  neuropathic pain. For people with these problems, dealing with doctors can be a frustrating experience because the patient doesn't have any idea what is wrong, while the infallible doctor meanwhile labels the person a hypochrondriac and an annoyance.
DMahalko 19:14, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha, ha, that should be in the article. Raquel Baranow (talk) 17:13, 24 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypochondria vs poorly understood illnesses 

message: It was found in a small english pasint seed.
I have no idea what it means. I suspect it is nonsense that should be removed, does it make any sense at all?--RLent 20:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What in the world does this mean? 

message: While using the Internet to do what this article says not to do (sorry), I came across this article and found this in the 'tips' section:
"Breaking one's habits of worrying one step at a time."
There's nothing specifically wrong with the statement except that it reads a little like something out of a self-help book, in that it's a little nebulous.  Positive, certainly, but nebulous.  The other tips are more specific and helpful. - Shrivenzale (talk) 03:45, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: One Step At A Time

message: The "Cultural References" section in this article was one of the most superfluous piles of tripe I've ever seen. I usually don't mind these things very much, but this one was particularly egregious; nearly every single one was merely "[X], a character from story [Y], is a hypochondriac." Granted, the Moliere story was mildly interesting, but not at all relevant. None of them add to the understanding of hypochondria - not that examples are necessary, since it is obviously such a commonly referenced condition (as evidenced by the ever so long list of appearances in popular culture.)
I decided to be bold (if you can even call it that; I'd say it's merely the appropriate course of action) and remove it. Smw543 (talk) 09:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural References 

message: I was just reading through this as part of another discussion, and after adding a Fact tag to one statement, I started looking at others and finding whole paragraphs or sections without any references.  For this reason, I'm adding a Refimprove tag to the article head. --Rob (talk) 08:06, 21 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Need sources 

message: I was about to revert the unexplained deletion of the "hyperchondria" paragraph, but in restoring it, I thought I should see if I could source it.  About the closest thing to a MEDRS I could find for this was Urban Dictionary...hardly a MEDRS-quality source, so I've left the deletion standing. --RobinHood70 (talk) 21:38, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperchondria 

message: This needs to be updated as "hypochondriasis" doesn't exist in the DSM-5. "Illness Anxiety Disorder" takes its place. 24.97.201.230 (talk) 02:06, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: It's mentioned in the 3rd paragraph. Raquel Baranow (talk) 02:25, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: In the DSM5 illness anxiety disorder is the new diagnosis for about 25% of previously diagnosed hypochondriasis and 75% of the rest are now classified as having "somatic symptom disorder".page 310. In the UK it is now classed as either Health anxiety or a Generalised anxiety disorder. --Iztwoz (talk) 15:19, 30 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  DSM 5 updates needed 

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