Extreme anxiety about running out of money

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Is there an actual name for this? There has to be. Or is it just my own personal neurosis?

And before I start saying at least I don't live on the streets or live in some impoverished third world nation doesn't help. I know I have no reason for this anxiety but it's there and I'd do anything to never feel this way about money again.

So, from the very moment I moved out of the family home I've had a fear of running out of money and starving. I have more than I enough to buy the basic necessities but I need a certain amount to feel secure. Recently I had to pay an advance of 4 weeks rent (to my sister - it doesn't seem a very sensible thing to do anyway - and another person we lived with used to borrow my card to take out the money but I said I didn't want that to happen anymore - I suffered far too much anxiety over it) and because it's around Christmas shopping time and I want to go out a few times this week and I just impulsively spent about $90 on myself yesterday, I'm feeling less secure about my money situation. And soon I will inherit some money which to my anxious mind means there's just more money to lose.

I'm even gathering all the coins I can and putting them in the bank or hoarding notes and keeping them until I really need to use them.

I'm pretty sure I have bipolar and this seems to be the opposite of what people with bipolar have to deal with. I'm both an impulsive spender and paranoid about running out of money. It's not just a worry but I have physical symptoms of anxiety and it can eventually lead to all kinds of delusions. I've been hallucinating too and thinking of people as only needing me for my money. I don't even want to talk to people because I think they'll ask me to bail them out of another money situation.

if you got any money it should be invested in equipment for youtube videos.
camera + greenscreen
and modem + router + computer + universal power supply.

you need treatment for the hallucinations pronto. I know. I've been there. life is so much better when the only problems to deal with are the real ones.

So I can become an internet sensation and not have to ever worry about money again?

Thanks. I wonder what a gaping hole in my shower means? That I want to crawl in there and hide from people who ask me for money? Nothing at all?

Don't worry, I will tell my doctor about my high anxiety and even the gaping hole in my shower.

I almost forget what it's like to deal with a real problem.

If you are benefits, then you should be on £99.98 a week (ESA), possibly £300 a month (DLA -Middle Rate Care and Lowr RAte Care Allowaace)+(57 a week ESA + Severe Disability Enhancement). This would give you monthly income of approx. £870 (Not including Housing Benefit).

Problem is we don't use pounds in this country.

870 pounds to Australian dollars = $1565.71

Yeah...I'm not getting that much a month.

It doesn't matter what the amount is. What matters is how secure I feel.

I think this is so common it's not even considered a disorder.

It is not necessary to be spending heaps of money for a bipolar diagnosis. Spending sprees can be an indicator of a person's grandiosity, confidence and impulsivity. But there are other signs of these problems too.

Hooray for panic attacks! But I suppose having a panic attack, delusions and a seizure is what everyone goes through when they get worried about money.

I do spend my money impulsively, although I am capable of controlling it because all the anxiety I get.

I think spacemonkeypaal gets it. I'm not wealthy but I have been able to save up a lot of money. When all those funds start getting lower is when the panic starts.