Originally Posted by
darthvader
Thanks for your response Kopesy. I really appreciate it.
I'm sorry to hear you are going through something similar... its a horrible thing because its impossible to reason with yourself when you are experiencing very real and physical symptoms.
If these symptoms weren't here, I wouldn't be concerned about it. The difficulty for me is knowing how much of my symptoms are anxiety related and how much are symptoms that are a result of some sort of health issue - be it a minor issue or something more serious.
I guess the brain tumor side of things is less of a concern to me right now - as I haven't been experiencing bad headaches... just frequent tension headaches (probably due to stress). I also had blood tests done recently...and whilst I know cancer doesnt show in blood tests, often there are markers or issues within your blood work that require further investigation if there is something there.
My bloods were all fine. The thing I'm really freaking out about is the idea of dementia or possibly MS. My mum died of MS recently after a battle with it over 2 decades.
I think what happens is - we experience some physical issues associated with a problem and then the health anxiety kicks in and magnifies that problem 1000x
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what did your symptoms turn out to be?