Riggsy
06-01-12, 00:13
Hi All,
First time on the forum - and already feel slighty better after reading some posts here!
Quick background - I'm 25 male - generally quite happy, can get a bit anxious when it comes to certain situations - however health is a big one (also recently developed a fear of flying for no apparent reason - use to love it)
I have previously ha a HIV test all clear - was all down to me being overly anxious!
I know it terrible but I google everything that happens - usually though it gets better within days (cough = lung cancer - twitches = ALS) and without symptoms I am not health anxious at all (if that makes sense) however this time I've had the symptoms for 6 weeks plus - with no let up...
A very Strange headache was top right frontal to start with - very intermittent - and nowhere near painful enough to take meds so very mild.
3 weeks in I notice my nose was quite stuffy and the "headache" was switching sides everyday and also affected cheeks and eyes - so I googled - I got two options - sinusitis and brain tumor! Spend everyday convincing myself it's sinusitis - but always fall back to the tumor. I also have a bad back and neck (I think from poor posture)
The pain varys for instance today's was quite a good day - saw doctor yesterday - he says sinusitis prescribed antibiotocs - but I walk away wondering if I just described the symptoms I wanted - or I didn't describe them properly.
I'm in all sorts of worry - on top of this I am meant to be relocating to Sydney in 4 weeks... I try to convince myself some symptoms are anxiety related but then I think that I get the symptoms without even being anxious!! (can we be anxious without knowing about it?)
I know I've presented a lot of useless info here but really helps to share this info with people who understand how I feel!
Cheers!
L
First time on the forum - and already feel slighty better after reading some posts here!
Quick background - I'm 25 male - generally quite happy, can get a bit anxious when it comes to certain situations - however health is a big one (also recently developed a fear of flying for no apparent reason - use to love it)
I have previously ha a HIV test all clear - was all down to me being overly anxious!
I know it terrible but I google everything that happens - usually though it gets better within days (cough = lung cancer - twitches = ALS) and without symptoms I am not health anxious at all (if that makes sense) however this time I've had the symptoms for 6 weeks plus - with no let up...
A very Strange headache was top right frontal to start with - very intermittent - and nowhere near painful enough to take meds so very mild.
3 weeks in I notice my nose was quite stuffy and the "headache" was switching sides everyday and also affected cheeks and eyes - so I googled - I got two options - sinusitis and brain tumor! Spend everyday convincing myself it's sinusitis - but always fall back to the tumor. I also have a bad back and neck (I think from poor posture)
The pain varys for instance today's was quite a good day - saw doctor yesterday - he says sinusitis prescribed antibiotocs - but I walk away wondering if I just described the symptoms I wanted - or I didn't describe them properly.
I'm in all sorts of worry - on top of this I am meant to be relocating to Sydney in 4 weeks... I try to convince myself some symptoms are anxiety related but then I think that I get the symptoms without even being anxious!! (can we be anxious without knowing about it?)
I know I've presented a lot of useless info here but really helps to share this info with people who understand how I feel!
Cheers!
L