Symptoms of somatic symptom disorder may be:  Specific sensations, such as pain or shortness of breath, or more general symptoms, such as fatigue or weakness Unrelated to any medical cause that can be identified, or related to a medical condition such as cancer or heart disease, but more significant than what's usually expected A single symptom, multiple symptoms or varying symptoms Mild, moderate or severe  Pain is the most common symptom, but whatever your symptoms, you have excessive thoughts, feelings or behaviors related to those symptoms, which cause significant problems, make it difficult to function and sometimes can be disabling. These thoughts, feelings and behaviors can include:  Constant worry about potential illness Viewing normal physical sensations as a sign of severe physical illness Fearing that symptoms are serious, even when there is no evidence Thinking that physical sensations are threatening or harmful Feeling that medical evaluation and treatment have not been adequate Fearing that physical activity may cause damage to your body Repeatedly checking your body for abnormalities Frequent health care visits that don't relieve your concerns or that make them worse Being unresponsive to medical treatment or unusually sensitive to medication side effects Having a more severe impairment than is usually expected from a medical condition  For somatic symptom disorder, more important than the specific physical symptoms you experience is the way you interpret and react to the symptoms and how they impact your daily life.
symptoms somatic symptom disorder may be:  specific sensations  pain shortness breath  general symptoms  fatigue weakness unrelated medical cause can identified  medical condition cancer heart disease  significant what's expected single symptom  multiple symptoms varying symptoms mild  moderate severe  pain common symptom  symptoms  excessive thoughts  feelings behaviors symptoms  cause significant problems  difficult function can disabling  thoughts  feelings behaviors can include:  constant worry potential illness viewing normal physical sensations sign severe physical illness fearing symptoms serious  evidence thinking physical sensations threatening harmful feeling medical evaluation treatment adequate fearing physical activity may cause damage body repeatedly checking body abnormalities frequent health care visits don't relieve concerns worse being unresponsive medical treatment unusually sensitive medication side effects severe impairment expected medical condition  somatic symptom disorder  important specific physical symptoms experience way interpret react symptoms impact daily life
somatic symptom disorder