JonnyWoolven
11-01-12, 20:12
Yes, you probably looked at this title and thought 'not another one who thinks he has a brain tumor' but please take time to read my story :weep:
I have suffered from mild anxiety from a young age around 11-12, I live with my mum and 2 younger brothers so I have always felt responsible of being the man of the house, Around a year ago I overcame my constant worry about my family dying for example ringing my brothers friends when he was out or checking on my mum every 2 minutes if she was in bed with a migraine to see if she was still alive, I laugh at that now. In September 2011 I started college and loved it 2 and a half days a week, made new friends, it was fab! Then even better I got a part time job in a restaurant, on a great course at college and money in my bank, I was in dreamland! Then. In October I had my first ever panic attack, I blacked out for half a second, stood up and my heart was thumping at super speed, and thought I was having a heart attack as most people experience.
The night after the same happened again, so my dad took me to A&E to have an EKG/ECG and it came back fine. I was happy but the symptoms of constant worry didn't go away. The anxiety got worse and I went for a blood test and it came back fine too.
About a month later I noticed blurred vision when i woke up one morning and it scared me even more and symptom after symptom appeared blocked ears, forgetfulness, short term memory loss, this really scared me.
Around christmas time I was always exhausted, not participating in games, feeling depressed, felt unloving towards my family, the worst feeling ever.
On christmas day I started feeling a tingling on the right side of my face and head, I firstly thought brain tumor.
It came day after day after that, and then it started affecting my right arm and leg, feeling weak and then a numbness and temperature increase in the right side my face and right ear appeared and I also noticed that the vision disturbance was only in my right eye. And my brain really doesn't seem to be functioning properly. I feel very off balance when I stand up and feel like collapsing all the time. I get tingling on the right side of my head an awful lot which reminds me it's there when I try and distract myself along with all the other symptoms.
The symptoms are worst when I wake up then are unbearable in the evenings .
I have my CBT assessment tomorrow but it is really killing me, both the worry and the physical symptoms.
I'm in desperate need of help.
Would be so grateful, Jonny x :shrug:
I have suffered from mild anxiety from a young age around 11-12, I live with my mum and 2 younger brothers so I have always felt responsible of being the man of the house, Around a year ago I overcame my constant worry about my family dying for example ringing my brothers friends when he was out or checking on my mum every 2 minutes if she was in bed with a migraine to see if she was still alive, I laugh at that now. In September 2011 I started college and loved it 2 and a half days a week, made new friends, it was fab! Then even better I got a part time job in a restaurant, on a great course at college and money in my bank, I was in dreamland! Then. In October I had my first ever panic attack, I blacked out for half a second, stood up and my heart was thumping at super speed, and thought I was having a heart attack as most people experience.
The night after the same happened again, so my dad took me to A&E to have an EKG/ECG and it came back fine. I was happy but the symptoms of constant worry didn't go away. The anxiety got worse and I went for a blood test and it came back fine too.
About a month later I noticed blurred vision when i woke up one morning and it scared me even more and symptom after symptom appeared blocked ears, forgetfulness, short term memory loss, this really scared me.
Around christmas time I was always exhausted, not participating in games, feeling depressed, felt unloving towards my family, the worst feeling ever.
On christmas day I started feeling a tingling on the right side of my face and head, I firstly thought brain tumor.
It came day after day after that, and then it started affecting my right arm and leg, feeling weak and then a numbness and temperature increase in the right side my face and right ear appeared and I also noticed that the vision disturbance was only in my right eye. And my brain really doesn't seem to be functioning properly. I feel very off balance when I stand up and feel like collapsing all the time. I get tingling on the right side of my head an awful lot which reminds me it's there when I try and distract myself along with all the other symptoms.
The symptoms are worst when I wake up then are unbearable in the evenings .
I have my CBT assessment tomorrow but it is really killing me, both the worry and the physical symptoms.
I'm in desperate need of help.
Would be so grateful, Jonny x :shrug: