Worried about possible brain aneurysm..

[Ruke343]

30, in good shape, I work out often, no high blood pressure, however, I was working out the other day really hard and thought I felt a very faint pop in my head while putting dumbbells away, maybe it was my neck, idk. Fast forward two days later and I have a dull headache. Im worried this is because I have some ridiculous aneurysm or something along those lines. My fear stems from my grandfather dying of one at 50 and also me being into working out, thinking this will cause one.
I know it sounds silly but it's so easy to believe. Ugh. I hate healthy anxiety

 

[Jennycard]

30, in good shape, I work out often, no high blood pressure, however, I was working out the other day really hard and thought I felt a very faint pop in my head while putting dumbbells away, maybe it was my neck, idk. Fast forward two days later and I have a dull headache. Im worried this is because I have some ridiculous aneurysm or something along those lines. My fear stems from my grandfather dying of one at 50 and also me being into working out, thinking this will cause one.
I know it sounds silly but it's so easy to believe. Ugh. I hate healthy anxiety

Ruke this is the SAME exact fear I’m struggling with right now (you can look at my past posts). You have no idea how good it is to meet someone with the same health anxiety issue as me. I’m 24. I get headaches every night and I start thinking an aneurysm is rupturing and I work myself into a panic attack. Be thankful you’re not as bad as me lol.

Also try to remember that aneurysms grow overtime, meaning- it usually takes a long time to rupture based on my research. You’re very young. In fact MOST aneurysms are stumbled upon by ACCIDENT while people are doing a routine CT scan/MRI for something else. And people that have aneurysms big enough before the point of rupturing usually have headaches so bad that they often have to leave work/school. It doesn’t sound like your headache is that severe.

I hope some of this gives you some reassurance. I’ve done tons of research on aneurysms since it’s a fear of mine too. And I’m here if you need to talk.


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[healthilyanxious]

I agree with jennycard.. ruptured aneurysms usually create like debilitating headaches.. ones that wake you up from sleeping in the middle of the night ect.. perhaps it might be worthwhile going to a physio to get the neck looked at..

ok.. this is EXACTLY what I have been stressing about this weekend. I'm 26, fairly good shape. It started on Monday this weird like occasional feeling sort of diagonal from the top of my ear. Like randomly for 20 seconds ill get a dull ache and it will go away. I noticed when I shook my hair out from wearing it up.. that triggers it.. (not like shaking my head ridiculously) and have an extremely tight shoulder on the same side.. fingers crossed that its related to that. I am still deciding if i should book in to see my GP tomorrow (monday or not)