Re: Convinced it's a brain tumour, scared!
Just been reading your posts. Because I have a bad headache now so I did a search on the forum.
I've had anxiety for many years and health anxiety too, so I've experienced a large number of symptoms over the years.
Headaches is one if them. But here I am with a headache and I can't talk myself out of the "but what if it's something else" panic......
What really needs to be addressed is the anxiety. Nothing else. If the anxiety goes, the symptoms go along with it.
But if we have anxiety we get the symptoms, then we worry about those symptoms and that just causes them to worsen, or more symptoms appear.
I've had dizziness, off balance, floaty feelings too. They were all due to anxiety.
I know you feel you can't live with this any longer, and it has been a while. But the fact that you anticipate and dread the symptoms actually brings them on.
Reading your post above, you started to worry about MS and your headaches came back. Doesn't that tell you something?
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General Anxiety, Health Anxiety and Panic Disorder for over 25 years. South Africa