Brief Answer:
Anxiety disorder cannot lead to schizophrenia

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend. Hypochondria, health anxiety, general anxiety, weird feelings, symptoms, thoughts, mild depression all are general symptoms of anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that includes different conditions. It is a mental health disorder characterised by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.
Examples of anxiety disorders include hypochondria, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Symptoms include stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry and restlessness. Weird symptoms including tingling sensations, mild out-of-orientation, feeling out of body etc are reported very often and all these symptoms are due to anxiety and its fight or flight reaction.

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are two mental illnesses associated with psychosis. The prevalence of anxiety disorder was significantly higher in schizophrenia but not vice versa. Although, some people with schizophrenia suffer anxiety, it is impossible for people with anxiety disorders to develop schizophrenia as a result of their anxiety disorder. Anxiety sufferers should be reassured that they cannot develop schizophrenia as part of their anxiety state, no matter how bad the anxiety becomes. The symptoms of schizophrenia and the deteriorating course can be linked to changes in brain structure and functioning, which are entirely different to those associated with anxiety.

So nothing to worry. But you need treatment for your hypochondria and general anxiety issues. Treatment that combines medicines and CBT produces good result. Take care

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Brief Answer:
Anxiety disorder cannot lead to schizophrenia

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend. Hypochondria, health anxiety, general anxiety, weird feelings, symptoms, thoughts, mild depression all are general symptoms of anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term that includes different conditions. It is a mental health disorder characterised by feelings of worry, anxiety or fear that are strong enough to interfere with one's daily activities.
Examples of anxiety disorders include hypochondria, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Symptoms include stress that's out of proportion to the impact of the event, inability to set aside a worry and restlessness. Weird symptoms including tingling sensations, mild out-of-orientation, feeling out of body etc are reported very often and all these symptoms are due to anxiety and its fight or flight reaction.

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are two mental illnesses associated with psychosis. The prevalence of anxiety disorder was significantly higher in schizophrenia but not vice versa. Although, some people with schizophrenia suffer anxiety, it is impossible for people with anxiety disorders to develop schizophrenia as a result of their anxiety disorder. Anxiety sufferers should be reassured that they cannot develop schizophrenia as part of their anxiety state, no matter how bad the anxiety becomes. The symptoms of schizophrenia and the deteriorating course can be linked to changes in brain structure and functioning, which are entirely different to those associated with anxiety.

So nothing to worry. But you need treatment for your hypochondria and general anxiety issues. Treatment that combines medicines and CBT produces good result. Take care

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Brief Answer:
Sleep disturbances are not a concern

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend.

Yes. schizophrenia would be rare for someone of your age without any family history and childhood trauma.

Worries about having schizophrenia usually increase stress and thereby anxiety. Keep yourself reassured that for you, schizophrenia will not result due to anxiety problems. Lack of sleep will not cause psychoses but can lead to some delusions. But these delusions are due to lack of sleep, not psychosis or schizophrenia.

You are just 26. For you, sleep problems are not a big problem and such sleep problem is not because of any underlying physical conditions, diseases or drug abuse. So there is nothing to worry. Secondly, I do not think that you do not sleep at all. You do get sleep. But because of the hypochondriacal and negative thoughts, the sleep may be disturbed and you could feel inadequate. To overcome this issue, the best method is to exercise at least one hour per day and meditate 20 minutes twice a day. Exercise makes your body tired thereby it is forced to sleep. Meditation help you relax your body and mind and make sure that your body metabolism is perfect. In exercise, I suggest any outdoor games and for meditation I suggest Mindfullness.

You are generally hypochondriac. That is what you should concentrate on and get treatment. Cognitive Behavior Therapy is used widely and effectively for Hypochondria.

All the best. Take care

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Brief Answer:
Sleep disturbances are not a concern

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend.

Yes. schizophrenia would be rare for someone of your age without any family history and childhood trauma.

Worries about having schizophrenia usually increase stress and thereby anxiety. Keep yourself reassured that for you, schizophrenia will not result due to anxiety problems. Lack of sleep will not cause psychoses but can lead to some delusions. But these delusions are due to lack of sleep, not psychosis or schizophrenia.

You are just 26. For you, sleep problems are not a big problem and such sleep problem is not because of any underlying physical conditions, diseases or drug abuse. So there is nothing to worry. Secondly, I do not think that you do not sleep at all. You do get sleep. But because of the hypochondriacal and negative thoughts, the sleep may be disturbed and you could feel inadequate. To overcome this issue, the best method is to exercise at least one hour per day and meditate 20 minutes twice a day. Exercise makes your body tired thereby it is forced to sleep. Meditation help you relax your body and mind and make sure that your body metabolism is perfect. In exercise, I suggest any outdoor games and for meditation I suggest Mindfullness.

You are generally hypochondriac. That is what you should concentrate on and get treatment. Cognitive Behavior Therapy is used widely and effectively for Hypochondria.

All the best. Take care

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Brief Answer:
Stress management

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend.

First of all, you should not worry about those anxiety feelings because they are your body's fight or flight responses. Anxiety is part of your general defense mechanism and they cannot cause any health issues to your body or mind. anxiety problems may lead to mild depression but never to psychosis or schizophrenia. Hypochondria is a type of Anxiety disorder and should be treated as anxiety itself.

As I already told, anxiety is part of your body's natural defense mechanism. Anxiety tries to protect you when during a threat. Here, the threat is created by your own wild negative thinking and worries about anxiety. Stress lead to worries and negative thinking. Amygdala perceive worries and negative thinking as threat and releases hormones that lead to anxiety (fight or flight) symptoms. Anxiety or fight or flight symptoms are in no way dangerous.

Focus is to be given to stress management. I am not interested in avoiding stress, but stress management. The more you understand, accept and face stress, the more you will be able to manage it.

First step to anxiety management is Stress management. Exercise and meditation help for stress management. REst is CBT.

Take care

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Brief Answer:
Stress management

Detailed Answer:
Dear friend.

First of all, you should not worry about those anxiety feelings because they are your body's fight or flight responses. Anxiety is part of your general defense mechanism and they cannot cause any health issues to your body or mind. anxiety problems may lead to mild depression but never to psychosis or schizophrenia. Hypochondria is a type of Anxiety disorder and should be treated as anxiety itself.

As I already told, anxiety is part of your body's natural defense mechanism. Anxiety tries to protect you when during a threat. Here, the threat is created by your own wild negative thinking and worries about anxiety. Stress lead to worries and negative thinking. Amygdala perceive worries and negative thinking as threat and releases hormones that lead to anxiety (fight or flight) symptoms. Anxiety or fight or flight symptoms are in no way dangerous.

Focus is to be given to stress management. I am not interested in avoiding stress, but stress management. The more you understand, accept and face stress, the more you will be able to manage it.

First step to anxiety management is Stress management. Exercise and meditation help for stress management. REst is CBT.

Take care

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