Anxiousmess
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Hey guys
wanted to post my story, hopefully it’ll help someone else who’s reading. I know reading stories helped me a lot during this bout of anxiety.
i am 32 struggled with HA for all of my life and my episodes usually last 1-2 months and fixated on one critical illness. I’ve gone through lymphoma, melanoma,HIV, numerous cancers you name it.
my most recent was a headache that started two months ago and ( is still going). It initially started as a Left temple pain which sparked anxieties of GCA for a week, and transformed into fears of a pituitary tumour or GBM.My headaches became rather annoying, my GP is great and expedited an MRI. While I was waiting I’ve become very stimulus aware and developed all these things:
1) pins and needles legs bilaterally
2) light headed ness and x1 episode of vertigo
3) daily nausea ( this made me think of brain tumours strongly )
4) floaters and visual disturbances
I convinced myself I have a brain tumour and while waiting for results essentially halted my whole life. MRI came back clear today, and I wanted to share how impressed I am with my mind and it’s ability to manifest all these somatic symptoms.
Lessons is : don’t fret until you have a concrete reason to fret.
I still have a headache though lol
wanted to post my story, hopefully it’ll help someone else who’s reading. I know reading stories helped me a lot during this bout of anxiety.
i am 32 struggled with HA for all of my life and my episodes usually last 1-2 months and fixated on one critical illness. I’ve gone through lymphoma, melanoma,HIV, numerous cancers you name it.
my most recent was a headache that started two months ago and ( is still going). It initially started as a Left temple pain which sparked anxieties of GCA for a week, and transformed into fears of a pituitary tumour or GBM.My headaches became rather annoying, my GP is great and expedited an MRI. While I was waiting I’ve become very stimulus aware and developed all these things:
1) pins and needles legs bilaterally
2) light headed ness and x1 episode of vertigo
3) daily nausea ( this made me think of brain tumours strongly )
4) floaters and visual disturbances
I convinced myself I have a brain tumour and while waiting for results essentially halted my whole life. MRI came back clear today, and I wanted to share how impressed I am with my mind and it’s ability to manifest all these somatic symptoms.
Lessons is : don’t fret until you have a concrete reason to fret.
I still have a headache though lol