God, you people are so insensitive! The girlfriend obviously DOES have kuru, OCD, achalasia, melanoma, Crohn's disease, Budd-Chiari malformation, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, Boerhaave's syndrome, acoustic neuroma, cholecystitis, Cushing syndrome, supraventricular tachycardia, toxoplasmosis, and tribadism. I could be wrong on that last one.

hmmm I'm no doctor, but I think she may be wrong

Funny how Hypochondriac people never realise the one "disease" they really have. I know people like that, and it's really hard. If you don't care for her deeply, I suggest you dump her. If you're not a patient person you'll end up hating her and whenever she talks about diseases you'll be thinking "Oh my ******* god would you shut up you ******* nutjub". Not good for you or your girlfriend. If you have patience or if you love her, see her through this, but don't try alone. Do some research and convince her to see a therapist. Try to be supportive even though it's very hard not to get pissed off sometimes. Good luck.

Tell her you found a doctor that will treat the exact symptoms she has, then make an appointment with a psychotherapist.

either you can dump her and laugh at her for freaking out over the diseases she thinks you gave her or you can get her help. either way she is ****** up and needs to see a doctor for real. just not for what she thinks she does.

Lol...smdh

Administer the traditional treatment for hysteria in women... ***** induced spasmodic convulsions (that was actually the treatment back in the 20s).

RUN!!!!!!

what exactly iss hypocipndria and neurological ??

you guys are telling him to run that so mean she has a serious problem and needs someone to comfort her and if he really loves her he would be there for her

Hypochondriasis can also stem from undiagnosed depression or generalized anxiety disorder. Maybe it's time to ask her to see a therapist for evaluation. Also (1) DO NOT let her watch ANY episodes of House, M.D. (2) DO NOT let her research any imaginary symptoms on MedLine or other medical websites on the internet. She'll end up believing she has everything...i.e. the neurological symptoms.... Really, make her get evaluated at a clinic or by her general practitioner. She doesn't have to suffer, there are some lovely SSRIs out there that take about a month to work and her life will be much better. I am not sure if you can get these in Korea, but even Prozac can help after a while. Follow the doctor's orders exactly on the prescription, however, these drugs can start off hinky.

Have her look into getting EMDR. It's commonly used for post traumatic stress, but also works well for general anxiety if the client can recall a memory. Then, there's this whole process you can research yourself. I say this both because I'm studying psychology (undergraduate senior) and I've had a therapist do EMDR with me to resolve a trauma response (as a result, I had some symptoms of both agoraphobia - intense anxiety about leaving the house - and hypochondria - mostly because I had a lot of family die of various disease when I was fairly young). I'd definitely recommend trying that before going for the SSRIs. Medication works for some people, but there are side effects and the research that has been done on it before it was released to the public isn't as thorough as one would hope/expect. Furthermore, medications only deal with symptoms, and with hypochondria it's fairly likely that there was some trauma in the past that's making this woman fear for her life. I think it would be more beneficial for her to figure out and work with the causes for hypochondria (which is the symptom). Of course, it could be a chemical imbalance in the brain, but it's important to explore all the options before dumping more stuff into one's body. Hope that helps!