Hi, I posted this in the anxiety forum but thought it might be better suited to this forum.

I have Health Anxiety and have been on Lexapro for about a year which has been fantastic. Before this, my HA was extremely bad.

Recently I was chatting to a friend of a friend who is a CBT therapist and was telling her about my HA. She asked what treatment I'd had and I told her I hadn't had any, just my Lexapro which have been great.

She told me that I really should get it treated and it got me thinking. I guess I don't want to be on anti-depressants forever, but I don't want to face coming off them or getting Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, purely because I'm skeptical as to how effective it is in the long term.

Has anyone else received CBT for HA? Did it help? And do you think its necessary?

Thank you for any responses - and Merry Christmas!