Anxiety/weight loss question

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Hi everyone! Let me first say that I am glad someone else is going through this too. I am a hypocondriac and stopped having panic attacks about 1 1/2 years ago after a health scare. I'm fine. But recently people started to tell me about their illnesses and back came the panic attacks. It's been nearly a 3 weeks since I'm back in hell. And last week I weighed myself and found that I had lost 5 lbs. in two weeks. I freaked out, and fell into a panic attack I thought for sure I was terminally ill. I'm VERY afraid to see a Dr. I've decided that I'm not going to wieght myself for fear of what I see. I too cannot eat when I fall into a panic attack. And it's odd becuase I can be starving one minute then when the panic attack hits, I can't eat. I'm doing the opposit though, I'm trying to eat fattening food, so I won't loose the weight. Everyone thinks I'm crazy and in fact tomorrow I have an appointment with a therapist.

I know a lot of you will say go see a Dr. for piece of mind, but I can't, I'm terrified for the moment. I'm just glad that it could be simply the anxiety.