Hello I'm a 23 year old male fully healthy don't smoke and only drink ocasionally, it all started when I had a severe panic attack and told myself I had a tumor in my brain, I went online to check the symptoms and noticed one that said I would forget my memory. I told myself I had the tumor and that I would forget my memory so I went to the doctors and got a Ct scan and everything came out normal. But I didn't feel no relief at all, then after going to back online to check more diseases that would make you feel like your going to forget your memory and forget how to do things and dementia came up so I told myself I had that. For the last 4 months I've been telling myself I have dementia even tho my memory and short term memory is good, I go back and forth checking the symptoms to make sure I don't have any but I have none, but I just can't stop thinking that I have dementia. I wake up everyday with this thought and I try no to think about it but it's always their, my neck and head hurt everyday and take tynenol but doesn't seem to help, I'm really sorry and scared. What are the chances that I really have dementia? Thanks for reading and answering
Hi Jose,
You don't have dementia. A CT scan would be able to detect any abnormalities in your brain. I know how scared you must feel- please breath. What you are describing sounds like an anxiety disorder. Sometimes we get focused on one thing and then our minds snowball, and it keeps coming down!
I once convinced myself I had colon cancer, and I'm only 23. So please breath. You're OK. I highly recommend seeing a therapist or a psychiatrist. Both can help with the anxiety. Please know you'll be ok... your mind will find something else to worry about!!
-Brianna
Thank you for taking your time and replying Brianna. Does anxiety really make you feel this way? I just get scared due that I'm too young to get something like that, but in my head it keeps telling me that I do have it, but I will go see a therapist and I hope that works, I just want my happy life back. Once again thank you
Hi jose,
Yes, unfortunately anxiety can make you feel so many things. But the good news is it's treatable!!! Much rather anxiety than a brain tumor, am I right? LOL but yeah honestly you're young and the chances of you having anything seriously wrong with your health is so small. Try to enjoy life. <3
Really it does? What kind of things does anxiety make you feel? And what's your own experience with anxiety? And what do you do to beat this? Lol yes any day anxiety over a brain tumor, and yes that's what I'm going to do enjoy life!! Thank you again for being their
Hi Jose!
Anxiety makes me feel a lot of different things. I recently started a blog if you're interested in taking a look at that. I've only posted a few times so it's not well established! But most of the time, like you, I'll get fixated on a thought that will snowball into a bunch of other thoughts that will eventually cause uneasiness and most often panic. I've had my fair share of panic attacks and all sorts of anxiety issues.
How to I deal with it? Well recently I, like you.. find comfort in these forums. It helps you feel less alone. Also another great forum is. It has depression in the title but it has a ton of information on anxiety!! I also recently started taking an antidepressant. It's too soon to tell if this will help with my anxiety but I think it will. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Hang in there!
-Brianna
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