maianixon
04-05-17, 10:12
So after 2 and a half weeks of doing better my health anxiety is insane again, I struggle to get up in the morning and do every day tasks. I literally feel frozen by panic the fear of a brain tumour and I feel like no one is even taking me seriously just saying all the symptoms are from anxiety. I have so much pressure in my head, I literally feel like my face is filled with pressure (and its not my sinuses) it's super tense, I have loud cracking in my ears every time I swallow, toothache and I just don't know how to cope anymore. This has been going on for 2 months now, it's worse one week and better another, but the last 10 days its just been bad, even though I'm working on my anxiety and getting therapy, trying to do mindfulness, going for a walk every day what not. Every one is telling me that all these symptoms could be due to TMJ, but I am pretty sure I don't grind my teeth at night anymore, I've been going to a physiotherapist to 'trigger point therapy' to help with my face muscle tension, but there is no improvement. I don't even know if these are brain tumour symptoms tbh because at least I haven't googled it yet but I am so terrified that they are I can't even think semi-rationally anymore. I keep being told by GPs I'm fine and it's just jaw tension, but they've not referred me to a neurologist or anything like that, so there's a constant voice in me saying "how can they know your brain is fine without checking it??"
I literally can't function anymore from the panic, the anxiety is making me full on depressed, I feel like my physical symptoms stay the same whatever I do, how do I cope with this? Could all this really be just anxiety? Cause I was feeling a bit better already for a couple of weeks but then the head pressure got worse again and it pulled me into panic again :/
---------- Post added at 09:12 ---------- Previous post was at 08:34 ----------
I've also been dizzy/lightheaded on and off which I KNOW is typical for anxiety and I started getting random (sometimes pulsing) pains behind/above my eyes
I literally can't function anymore from the panic, the anxiety is making me full on depressed, I feel like my physical symptoms stay the same whatever I do, how do I cope with this? Could all this really be just anxiety? Cause I was feeling a bit better already for a couple of weeks but then the head pressure got worse again and it pulled me into panic again :/
---------- Post added at 09:12 ---------- Previous post was at 08:34 ----------
I've also been dizzy/lightheaded on and off which I KNOW is typical for anxiety and I started getting random (sometimes pulsing) pains behind/above my eyes