Becki
26-02-07, 10:31
Hi All,
I'm currently going through quite a bad phase at the moment, which has upset me as I thought I was slowly getting better.
I've been under quite a lot of stress at work recently and have started getting headaches, these headaches have been more or less constant now for about 4 weeks. At first I tried really hard not to think about them and tried to put them down to tension headaches. The stressful period at work has now passed but I still have these headaches!!! They feel like a pressure feeling all over my head but mostly on the top of my head. It kind of feels like I'm wearing a very tight swimming hat I also have a fullness feeling in my ears. The only time it seems to go away is when I exercise.
The longer they go on the more I worry about them being something more serious. I've now managed to convince myself that they are the result of a brain tumour. http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/images/icons/icon9.gif and have googled which has just added to the worry.
This brain tumour fear is a recurrent fear that I have, the last time this happened the fear consumed my whole life for about 7 months until my doctor finally convinced me it was just anxiety / tension. I'm now really worried that off down that path again and desperately want to stop it.
Just wanted to know if anyone else gets this and if you have any tips.
Thanks
Bx
I'm currently going through quite a bad phase at the moment, which has upset me as I thought I was slowly getting better.
I've been under quite a lot of stress at work recently and have started getting headaches, these headaches have been more or less constant now for about 4 weeks. At first I tried really hard not to think about them and tried to put them down to tension headaches. The stressful period at work has now passed but I still have these headaches!!! They feel like a pressure feeling all over my head but mostly on the top of my head. It kind of feels like I'm wearing a very tight swimming hat I also have a fullness feeling in my ears. The only time it seems to go away is when I exercise.
The longer they go on the more I worry about them being something more serious. I've now managed to convince myself that they are the result of a brain tumour. http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/images/icons/icon9.gif and have googled which has just added to the worry.
This brain tumour fear is a recurrent fear that I have, the last time this happened the fear consumed my whole life for about 7 months until my doctor finally convinced me it was just anxiety / tension. I'm now really worried that off down that path again and desperately want to stop it.
Just wanted to know if anyone else gets this and if you have any tips.
Thanks
Bx