its me again. im having a really nad time at the moment to the point that i dont know how much longer i can go on. i have lost all control and can no longer recognise what is real and what is anxiety. ive diagnosed myself with so many different illnesses over the last few months and as soon as i et reassurance for one thing i get a whole new set of symptoms which start the vicious cycle of googling and self diagnosing again. my latest one is localised headache like shooting pain but not pain that makes me stop what im doing - just annoying, and a tingly numb feeling in temple and cheek. i also feel nauseous and have lightheadedness, because of this im now convinced i have a brain aneurysm or tumour and its causing me so much distress. has anybody who has got health anxiety got this. ive just been diagnosed with severe health anxiety (benchmark was 15 and i scored 51 on the test) as well as ptsd. could this be another set of anxiety symproms or something seeious this time and how on earth do you tell the difference. please any advice or help is needed as currently sat in bed drivng myself mad and on verge of a full panic
i can certainly relate. ive been where you are and it happens frequently. all i have to do is read something or hear of an illness and my body replicates the symptoms. its been happening for years. particulary happens when im stressed or tired and my mind takes over. do you take medication? i see a psych whos helped so much to manage my thoughts and have read some great books if youre interested. i constantly feel nauseous and lightheaded like im going to pass out. its awful but i know i need to calm my mind and start looking after myself
Hi
What you describe is exactly the same thing I am currently been going through for the last 4 week’s. It all started after a heavy night out drinking in town and the next day I felt rubbish and dizzy and where as must people would put it down to a hangover or the effects of booze, I convinced myself that I had kidney or liver failure as i never get hangovers. And then on the Monday it continued and my symptoms have got worse and basically that was 4 weeks ago now.
The main symptom is an awful feeling/sensation in my head, it’s so hard to describe but basically it’s not dizziness but maybe you could call it light headed and it feels like I have pressure moving around my head, especially near my eyes. It happens several times a day, sometimes for an hr, other times it feels like it’s nearly all day, when it happens I can’t concentrate or focus on things, I spend all day on a laptop at work and I find myself pressing the wrong keys sometimes.
Also it feels like everything around me is too ‘busy’ and unless it’s in my direct line of vision and close to me then I can’t concentrate or focus on it. A good example of this is driving, when it happens whilst I drive it feels like everything outside of the windscreen is just too much for me, I don’t know if it feels too bright or too much moment but I have to look at the centre of my steering wheel or something close to me in the car to feel okay.
For the first 2 weeks I was convinced I had liver or kidney issues but then this head sensation of pressure/light head - if you can even describe it as that - has got worse and now i think it could be a brain tumour and I am really scared.
I thought i had a brain tumour at the start of the year cos I had a twitching eye for months that won’t go away and my dr referred me to hospital to see a specialist who said he was confident I didn’t have a tumour but he never gave me a scan and now i am thinking he may have missed it. I also know it’s not my eyes cos I had an eye test in August and my vision was perfect.
I went to the Drs last week and he took my blood pressure which he said was fine and he sent me to have all my bloods done to test for everything. I go back tomorrow for the results but I am really scared. Will a blood test even show signs of a tumour? and say they come back fine, then what?? I know there’s something defiantly up because why else would I be getting this weird head feeling/sensation every day?!
It’s driving me crazy! I couple cope if it happened for like 5mins a day but this is nearly all day everyday.
The only time it seems to ease a little is weekends and if I am playing ps4 but even then I still get it but it may only be half the day rather then all day.
Has anyone any advice at all as I feel like I am going mad! I can’t even remember what it feels like to feel normal anymore.
My family and friends don’t understand as they think it’s just me be dramatic again but it’s not, there really is something strange and not right going on in my head 