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Can anxiety make you have symptoms that you don't have?
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Yes: Anxiety can cause symptoms of a physical disease without having a true physical cause.
Answered 8/3/2015
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Yes: If I understand you question it is more properly put that anxiety can make it seem that you have illnesses like heart attack for instance that you don't have. a doctor should be the one sorting out the symptoms however since it can be difficult
Answered 3/9/2016
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