Help a Hypochondriac

[Count of Cutesy]

I have been having these aches and pains a lot lately, as well as stuff like loss of breath (Or at least the illusion of) fast heart beating, a weak feeling in my body, and just this morning I felt pain in the lower region of my tummy, and I'm worried it's because I got diabetes from this ridiculously sweet chocolate cake. But as usual, my parents keep telling me that there is NOTHING wrong with me, and that I just worry too much. This all started one day when I cooked a pancake wrong and then I remembered an episode of Hells Kitchen where a guy prepares a dish that could potentially KILL someone, and thought I would die from the pancake. And that was about a year ago, but after a month or so, my Hypochondria went away. ...But came back after some side effects from some medication I was taking(Risperidone). And now I can't stop worrying about everything that happens to me. My parents tell me to stop worrying, but it's a task easier said than done for me.

I'm not sure how exactly anyone here can help, but I just wanted to ask here for some pointers on how to cope with Hypochondria.

[Ares the Ram]

What I would suggest is to look at the problem scientifically. For example: Youre afraid of dying, why? from eating a pancake, why? because you remember seeing on a tv show that it could kill someone. Does this tv show have any sources that it can cite? or is he just trying to make the chef feel bad? When we look at our problems slowly and easily, it often helps us to get past them.

[Aoren Deringer]

As an addition to what Macid stated (and I do trust his advice quite completely)
Some medications can cause paranoia, pehaps you should look at that. Unfortunatly, in my dealings with hypochondria, I have usually seen that most sufferers dislike the idea of (Or rather, find it rediculous) hypochondria. Which means that if you are lucid enough to feel this way, the medication is not to blame. So it doesent fit, there.

[Count of Cutesy]

No matter how many times I try to convince myself I'm fine, I can't seem to shake my Hypochondria.