hi i am an 18 year old female who suffers from health anxiety. i thought i have had bone cancer, labia cancer, brain tumor x2, als, luekemia, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, and more. lately im worried about a brain tumor again. i have pressure in the back right of my head, my ear feels full, i have tingling all over my body, i feel disoriented, dizzy at times, now i have twitching all over my body and more. both doctors told me it was my anxiety but i worried so badly that i hit myself in the head with a wine bottle so i coukd recieve a head ct. the ct came out clean but here i am still worrying. im about to lose my job i have called off so much. i stay home and cry because im convinced im dying and nothing will change that. i have kept a calendar and so far its been 15 days. my life is so shitty right now and i cant seem to get better. can anybody help me? give me advice? Or knowledge? Please.
Hi , if your CT scan came back clear then there is nothing there . No cancer !!! Anxiety in all of it torturous glory can make you believe anything ! Next appointment kindle request a full blown lab panel done ,including vitamin D. , then go from there . Meanwhile be glad there wasnt a tumor in any shape or form . Try your very best to keep your mind off of that thought , move forward , until all results are in
I know you dont believe it is not a disease or some illness. I went through this exact thing. had everything you have and more. the tingling and twitches had me convinced it was some neurological thing. I had an MRI and all sorts of tests. The thing is, it was anxiety. As crazy as it sounds your brain can make unhealthy associations between stress emotions and and actual danger and start sending out pain signals. I started to treat it like anxiety and begin to not believe it was dangerous and things started to go away.
However, I did not take the anxiety seriously enough and now a couple years later it is back and I am having panic attacks and slight agoraphobia. I am telling you this because I now know, it has been anxiety all along. Start trying to address your anxiety. Maybe see a therapist or look into some books on CBT or ACT therapies. start exercising. FACE YOUR FEARS. Maybe look into some supplements. Take it slow and be kind to yourself in the process. Treat yourself like you would treat someone you love.
it was witnout contrast tho, does this make a difference?
have you recently started an anti depressant they can come with a host of side affects?
here is something that helped me…
i too, just like you, thought ive had lots of different problems/illnesses…
so my question is? did you have any of the illnesses you were concerned about… bone cancer, labia cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer or luekemia?
im guessing the answer is no…
so… what you need to realise is… first, its unliekly you have all of these things right? which means you have been wrong on many occasions about having a major illness… so there is potential, in fact its very likely, that you are wrong again about having a brain tumour.
second… illnesses are actually rarer than you think. i know you hear and read about them all the time but out of all the people you know, how many, especially younger people, have you known thst have had a major illness… i bet not many or none…
finally… the fact that you thought you had these illnesses and didnt means you do have one problem… anxiety!..
here is my advice… get some help by talking about it with someone… dont completely ignore your physical symptoms, thats not possible and eill only make you more anxious… but instead… try to realise thst anxiety is actually a problem, call it an illness if you like, that is affecting you… reside yourself to treat this first and foremost before you worry about the other things
No difference both get the scan they need , the contrast often causes more harm to your stomach . Of course there are cases that need a cl oser look then a contrast scan is ordered . Your case ,uf one wasnt ordered one isnt needed . The doctor seen all he needed to to make his diagnosis !
If one wasnt ordered ** please excuse my typo
Please dont hit yourself in the head ,
Youre not dying but all this panic over it is causing you to have symptoms that are not real. Your body is creating them from the constant state of anxiety you are allowing yourself to live in by not believing your Drs and your perfect test results.
Hurting yourself to get a test is silly, and could cause damage that wasnt there in the 1st place.
You need help to lower your levels of stress and anxiety, once you get a grip of this you will start to feel better.
Something more to share. my therapist gave me a list to go through. Evidence: what evidence do you have for what you are worried about? Likelihood: How likely is it to happen? , worst case scenario: if it was to come true what would be the worst that would happen? and lastly, could you live with that? Most the time you dont make it past likelihood.