AnxietyLauren
31-07-19, 11:33
Morning All
I'm back on this forum after a 5 year (ish) break. I used to have extreme health anxiety after my first born that spiralled out of control but I did manage to get better – hooray!:yahoo:
The past 6 or so months, I have had a variety of symptoms that are worsening. See list below:
Feeling my heartbeat in my right ear/hearing a whooshing noise.
Corner of my mouth and cheek keeps intermittently going numb.
Throat muscles closing up intermittently.
My blood pressure drops dramatically when I stand up (tested by Drs, and apparently really uncommon for my age – 27).
Fatgue – more than ever before.
Anyway, I was at the hospital last week as was referred by my dr for the low blood pressure etc and they basically said they are checking for an acoustic neuroma and sent me straight for an MRI of the brain and ear. My anxiety has been really good lately, until I had my scan and now the dreaded health anxiety has come back.
What if it is an actual massive tumour that is secondary cancer and spread and I have two months to live etc. Sending myself into a state of panic.:wacko:
Can anybody help reassure me/been through the same thing?
Thanks very much
Lauren x
I'm back on this forum after a 5 year (ish) break. I used to have extreme health anxiety after my first born that spiralled out of control but I did manage to get better – hooray!:yahoo:
The past 6 or so months, I have had a variety of symptoms that are worsening. See list below:
Feeling my heartbeat in my right ear/hearing a whooshing noise.
Corner of my mouth and cheek keeps intermittently going numb.
Throat muscles closing up intermittently.
My blood pressure drops dramatically when I stand up (tested by Drs, and apparently really uncommon for my age – 27).
Fatgue – more than ever before.
Anyway, I was at the hospital last week as was referred by my dr for the low blood pressure etc and they basically said they are checking for an acoustic neuroma and sent me straight for an MRI of the brain and ear. My anxiety has been really good lately, until I had my scan and now the dreaded health anxiety has come back.
What if it is an actual massive tumour that is secondary cancer and spread and I have two months to live etc. Sending myself into a state of panic.:wacko:
Can anybody help reassure me/been through the same thing?
Thanks very much
Lauren x