Always-Worried
15-02-15, 15:32
My latest obsession is thinking I might have a brain tumour.
About three times in recent months I felt *really* lightheaded (not spinny, more like a head rush I guess).
This last few weeks my health anxiety has stepped up a notch (again) and I keep feeling intermittently "not quite right" in my head - kind of like a wave of light headedness. But then I obsess about the feeling and it becomes a kind of background vaguely woozy feeling.
Of course I Googled (why do we do it to ourselves?!!) and that made me obsess more.
Is it possible my anxiety is the cause? It's definitely worse when I remember to think about it than when I'm distracted.
I've never had a classic panic attack though, so it's not that. Heart rate/breathing are normal.
I'm seeing my new GP on Tuesday so will mention to here but how do *they* know without sending you for scans?!!
All this worry us just exhausting....
Thanks for reading....
About three times in recent months I felt *really* lightheaded (not spinny, more like a head rush I guess).
This last few weeks my health anxiety has stepped up a notch (again) and I keep feeling intermittently "not quite right" in my head - kind of like a wave of light headedness. But then I obsess about the feeling and it becomes a kind of background vaguely woozy feeling.
Of course I Googled (why do we do it to ourselves?!!) and that made me obsess more.
Is it possible my anxiety is the cause? It's definitely worse when I remember to think about it than when I'm distracted.
I've never had a classic panic attack though, so it's not that. Heart rate/breathing are normal.
I'm seeing my new GP on Tuesday so will mention to here but how do *they* know without sending you for scans?!!
All this worry us just exhausting....
Thanks for reading....