Lee269
16-04-12, 17:19
Hi
I found this site when googling for symptoms... :blush:
I have not been diagnosed with anxiety but I definitely suffer with it and have had a few sessions of CBT which I found positive.
I have GAD and Health Anxiety (latter is worse).
Over the last 6 months I have self diagnosed myself with: throat cancer, heart problems / attacks, stomach and bowel cancer and blood clots in the leg... but the major issue has been "the heart".
Anyhow, the CBT treatment has been useful and over the last few days I felt a lot better (stopped carrying asprin in my wallet!! etc) and I thought I was doing well...
Then, today; all of a sudden I had a new sensation. Pressure / movement feelings on the top of my head while working at my desk and this prompted (for the first time) thoughts of brain tumours etc.
It wasnt a "headache"and I've had headaches before (tension ones too) which never troubled me, but this was just an odd sensation and I rationalised it "must be bad".
That was 3 hours ago. I've been in the fog of anxiety since but still have yet to collapse of "the tumour" and am fighting hard to control my thoughts.
I'm hoping this is a (new) anxiety symptom and I am trying to rationalise as such but I keep coming back to the thought of "tumour" because it is such an odd sensation...
Having found this site, I really do see what my therapist has told me - I am not alone!
I found this site when googling for symptoms... :blush:
I have not been diagnosed with anxiety but I definitely suffer with it and have had a few sessions of CBT which I found positive.
I have GAD and Health Anxiety (latter is worse).
Over the last 6 months I have self diagnosed myself with: throat cancer, heart problems / attacks, stomach and bowel cancer and blood clots in the leg... but the major issue has been "the heart".
Anyhow, the CBT treatment has been useful and over the last few days I felt a lot better (stopped carrying asprin in my wallet!! etc) and I thought I was doing well...
Then, today; all of a sudden I had a new sensation. Pressure / movement feelings on the top of my head while working at my desk and this prompted (for the first time) thoughts of brain tumours etc.
It wasnt a "headache"and I've had headaches before (tension ones too) which never troubled me, but this was just an odd sensation and I rationalised it "must be bad".
That was 3 hours ago. I've been in the fog of anxiety since but still have yet to collapse of "the tumour" and am fighting hard to control my thoughts.
I'm hoping this is a (new) anxiety symptom and I am trying to rationalise as such but I keep coming back to the thought of "tumour" because it is such an odd sensation...
Having found this site, I really do see what my therapist has told me - I am not alone!