michellew
14-03-12, 19:15
Hello all, I've been reading through a few of the threads here and have found some of them quite helpful. I am a 20 y/o female suffering from a worsening anxiety disorder, mainly health anxiety. But what is worrying me the most is these horrible head pains.
I get them intermittently as stabs of pain, always in the same place at the back of head on the left. They feel as if my skull is being hammered from the inside. I first got them when I was straining on the toilet due to constipation and I was terrified I had damaged a blood vessel or something. I get them occasionally now and they scare me so much I can barely bring myself to leave the house. I have been to 3 doctors who all told me it was just my anxiety and muscle pain from tension in my jaw, neck and shoulders. My own GP tried to convince me that I don't have an aneurysm/brain tumor etc but I can't believe him. Recently when I lie down my brain feels like its vibrating and i can hear my pulse in my ears when i think about it. I'm so scared that any minute I'm just going to drop dead or something and I'm constantly anxious about getting the pains. I can't sleep and have been reduced to taking valium before bed.
My GP scheduled an MRI for me, although he says he is almost certain there is no organic cause for my symptoms. I just feel so scared, does anyone else get this, or have any idea what might be causing it?
I get them intermittently as stabs of pain, always in the same place at the back of head on the left. They feel as if my skull is being hammered from the inside. I first got them when I was straining on the toilet due to constipation and I was terrified I had damaged a blood vessel or something. I get them occasionally now and they scare me so much I can barely bring myself to leave the house. I have been to 3 doctors who all told me it was just my anxiety and muscle pain from tension in my jaw, neck and shoulders. My own GP tried to convince me that I don't have an aneurysm/brain tumor etc but I can't believe him. Recently when I lie down my brain feels like its vibrating and i can hear my pulse in my ears when i think about it. I'm so scared that any minute I'm just going to drop dead or something and I'm constantly anxious about getting the pains. I can't sleep and have been reduced to taking valium before bed.
My GP scheduled an MRI for me, although he says he is almost certain there is no organic cause for my symptoms. I just feel so scared, does anyone else get this, or have any idea what might be causing it?