ANY ONE HAVE HYPOCHONDRIA/ANXIETY OVER FEAR OF BRAIN TUMOR

[sdnj06]

hi guys i wrote above also but i am now asking or looking for another person who has anxiety or hypochondria over a brain tumor. i go to a phcyciatrist tomm but im trying to see what kind of fears others went through. and see if they were just like me swearing i had a brain tumor despite no real syptoms just my mind telling me...

any stories or thoughts are appreciated

thanks

[nate89]

yea man i am the same way i am constantly thinking i have a brain tumor in the back of my head. but i do have symptoms of it. like headaches and nausea, barometric pressure changes in ears. but if you dont have any symptoms of it then why worry? i have a couple of the symptoms thats why i worry about it but man if you dont have any symptoms of it than theres no reason to worry. just try and think positive thats what everybody tells me.

[GTO67]

Hey, let me tell you my story. (Sorry if my spelling is bad)

Im 17 years old and about 5 years ago i began expierenceing symptoms of deasieses that were physicly impossible for me to have. Heart symptoms, lukemia symptoms, tumor symptoms everything you can name ive worried over. Ive ben to doctors who think im crazy at this point.

Currently, i am in a huge anyuresm/tumor scare due to random little zap like pains in my head and these odd "wet" feelings that feels like theres water behind my skull. I can NEVER be happy, but sometimes i get little bouts of joy that seem to go as fast as they came where i say "Boy i feel like going a car ride!" then i tell myself "Nah forget it you're probably going to die soon anyway". Then i get depressed and get more pains. It seems to be a never ending cycle.

My point is this: Ive posted this and manny of my other symptoms on manny manny forums for anxiety  and there was a jaw dropping ammount of people who had the same things. The lists that you find on websites of so called "Symptoms" aren't even 5% of them that you may have. There is an overwhelming ammont of expierences/fears/pains that you can get from anxiety and depression. For a pretty good list go to "anxietycentre.com" and click their symptoms page.

I hoped this help, if you (Or anyone for that matter) needs to talk more, EMail me at ***@****

-Dave.

[suzi-q]

Oh YES, YES, YES!!!!  I definitely thought I had a brain tumor...I got a CAT scan which was clear...well, I wasn't satisfied...BEGGED for an MRI.....they finally approved me for it just to shut me up....That was clear also...so then I moved onto LUPUS, MS, HIV....ETC.  It was a vicious cycle....Anxiety will grab onto anything and make you crazy!  The sooner you accept it as anxiety, the sooner you will be able to put ;your fears to rest...best to you!!!

[howhardisthis]

Yes Yes I think i'm the biggest hypocondriac you will ever meet.  Every little pain I get I find myself on the google search engine looking it up.  But since I've read that if you have a brain tumour or anurisom you get headaches as a symptom which i dont get I have stopped worrying about that.  I hate the feeling of being dizzy, and passing out. But I no that im not going to pass out because if I havent passed out before why would I now.  I have just found out I have enemia due to lack of iron I got my period today and felt like I was going to go down in a heap.  1 glass of strong cordial and 3 red frogs has solved that problem.  Maybe us hypocondriacs just read to much about symptoms and things.  I know I need to stop doing it.  Try not to worry yourself, its all normall.

[fearfactor]

I'm a hypochondriac, too.  I used to fear cancer, brain tumors (I have had the MRI, too - clear), then moved on to fearing heart arrhythmias, MS, and now I am scared I'm going to have a heart attack.  This has been a life-long thing with me.

[zer01537]

Wow i guess i have the same problem about a brain tumor... I thought i was the only person alone whitch made things worse. But i havnt gone for a cat scan just yet. sorta nervice to go lol

[holliexox]

Hey, im 19 & im the biggest hypocrendtic ever. i always think im dying or i have something wrong. whenver i get a little pain i worry. so dont worry your DEF NOT ALONE!! and your NOT dying. dont worry : ) its just in your head.

[annabelly]

I completely relate to you all... yesterday I was at my yearly convinced I had ovarian cancer and got a clean bill of health.  But tonight I'm convinced I've got some sort of debilitating neurological disease.  It's a vicious cycle, isn't it guys?  I obsess about everything, but it used to be worse.  I would have panic attacks over stomach pain or a tooth ache, thinking it was a cancer or a heart attack.  I'm 28.. too young for this **** anyway!  And all the doctors I've seen think I'm nuts, not to mention my friends and family.  I feel like a joke.. people actually make fun of me.  

Anyway, I'm hoping with time this gets better.. and I think it will.  

[bxlxixsxsx]

YER LOADS my 13 yr old daughter is absolutly convinced she has a brain tumour ive had her to 5 doctors and 4 nurses she has been examined and has had a blood test but still she thinks she has a brain tumour just because she gets shooting pains in her head dailey.she gets so worried she doesnt eat which worries me and nearly makes herself sick she always has bad thoughts like she gets horrible images of a surgien drilling in her head then her getting chemo for a brain tumour. its so awful she cries alot and beggs me to take her to the doctors. at the moment she is seeing a phyciatrist for anxiety but she says its not anxiety and she has a brain tumour that the doctor hasnt noticed. she hates going to school now and complains of dizziness and faintness and shooting pains in her head everyday?

[brightasyellow]

I am 19 years old and when I was about 13, I used to get these shooting pains in my head which absolutely convinced me that I had a brain tumor. I used to cry about it everyday and beg my mother to take me to the doctors. Unfortunately for my mom, there was little she could do to comfort me and I know that bothered her a lot. The thing that probably helped me the most was completely getting my mind off of the topic all together (which was hard, trust me) but eventually when I started having fun, I completely forgot about the pains and the fear I had been feeling. It was a battle I fought for a long time, but eventually it stopped. My mother noticed that I always got the pains in my head when I was upset about something, such as my parents divorce or a bad day at school.  I was recently diagnosed with depression and hypochondria and am now getting treatment for it, something that I know I should have gotten help for a long time ago. I still get this horrible fear that I have a brain tumour or some other dehibilitating disease but it comforts me to know that I am not alone.

[crystalhanzelka]

I do not worry about brain tumors just about my heart.  And blood clots....
I also use a site that helps a lot...

www.anxietyzone.com

they have a special forum for "hypos" like me...

[MCR2008]

Yes! I worry all the time that I have something wrong with me, escpecially a brain tumor. I have weird symptoms. I get dizzy, lightheaded, forgetfulness, disorientation, headaches, blurry vision..you name it. I have told my doctor all this and he seems to think it's related to anxiety. I have not had an MRI or anything done because he doesn't feel that it is anything serious. I don't believe it's anxiety and I'm convinced there is something seriously wrong with me. I know anxiety can cause do alot of strange things but I think I would feel better knowing that I don't have a brain tumor or something else. I've also experienced the shooting pains in my head and also noticed that I got these when really stressed or tired. I also have muscle twitching, numbness, tingling in my hands and legs. I have a dr appt tomorrow and feel that he is going to tell me the same thing. Your not alone.

[laydeechaz]

Ohhh yesss i do! Today i woke up with a pain in the top of my head so i was worried! But i just kept saying to myself i'm fine, i was also worried before i went to bed last night cos i was thinking about things so i woke up with a headache anyway which made me feels worse. My doctor always tells me the majority of people who suffer from the physical symptoms of anxiety will at one point get the headaches and head sensations, theres a variety that you can experience, you just have to not think about it and tell yourself your fine.
My head sensations have calmed down because i've calmed down, i used to have a feeling like something was crawling under my head like in my skull, weird flutters, itchy scalp, pain in random places on my head, everything really.
It's horrible i know =/
x

[Abby78]

Yes Im Only 16 And Yet Convinced I Have A Brain Tumor , I Have No Symptoms Really Apart From Bad Memory Sometimes . Yet Im To Scared To Go To The Doctor Cause I Think I Have It And Will Die

[gizmoxx]

Me too! mines heart problems! i know there is nothing wrong with my heart as i have had tests, but im still convinced im ill! so, has any one ever got over these feelings? or will i have to live with them forever?

[dmrazb]

i am so glad to have found this website!

even as i type here, i am constantly obsessing over my health.  ever since i was fourteen or fifteen, when my sister's best friend was diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma.  i was convinced for six or seven months i had it -- i experienced pains in my neck and under my armpits, where i knew there were lymphnodes.  those went away after awhile because i eventually figured i'd have been having other symptoms.

also, i've always had irregular periods and when it came down to visiting the OB/GYN, for a few months beforehand i was convinced i had ovarian cancer.  results came back with a clean bill of health.  this put my worries to ease.

however, a few months ago my brother's best friend shot himself.  i was okay for a couple months but lately, i have been experiencing dizzy spells, which has me downright convinced i have a brain tumor.  i've also been dealing with an awful lot of anxiety -- to the point where i feel like my mind and body are completely disconnected.

i feel so alone!  i feel like, because i'm convinced i have a brain tumor, i've been experiencing these strange dizzy spells.  i don't have headaches, or nausea, or really any other symptoms but i still can't shake this feeling.  i've been doing some self-reflecting lately though and it seems i experience these "physical symptoms" right after something traumatic happens.  which gives me the idea that this all just the stress from what occurred manifesting itself as physical pain.  i've always been a "deal with your own problems" advocate so it's difficult admitting to my mother i need to see a therapist.  i don't want to feel this way anymore!  it's good to hear other people are enduring the same thing though.  so this gives me hope.

[rainbowcarnage]

I never had hypo problems until my mom died when I was 15. But ever since then...man, I must be driving my doctor insane. I hadn't seen him for a while, and then I had the flu and got over it. After that I had a migraine headache for the first time in my life (that lasted for like two weeks) and swore up and down I had a tumor. I still have these little twinges in my head and feel a little nauseous (especially on the bus/subway) but otherwise I feel okay. Back when it started up I had this weird feeling of not being connected to my body..I don't really know how to describe that.  I'm still buggin' especially when every time I turn on the TV somebody's talking about brain cancer. It's scaring the bejeebus outta me!
But I dunno, I guess it's vaugely comforting to know "hey other people who are freaking out like you are going through the exact same thing!"

[hektor2511]

hey people i just read all your things! i am one of you and i know all your symptoms! all of u that have written here have had a stressed situation and maybe that situation "have put" your life at risk ! lol! its not like that brothers! It has pass about one year that i had a cannabis cigarette and make me feel like i would be dead and i would go crazy! it was just a panic attac. but i did not believe that so i went to a hundred doctors with a lot of symptoms and they just wanted to make me to beleive that my health was perfect! but no... i was afraid having any tumor or being schizophrenic cause they were making me mad! browsing the net was my only illness lol! i read  a lot on net and i believed that i had a hundred illnesses and so i was in total panic! i could not focus my eyes and i focused in a littttttle thing and i was just continuing seeing there, i have (in this moment) dizziness, tinitus, headache and i have thought that these are the symptoms of a tumor! but i didnt no take any cat or mri! once i was browsing ans normaly the google lol! i just found a thoughts illness that was called HYPERCHONDRIASIS i do not know if u know this but i will explain in a few words! it just a worry about your health that makes u thnk that u have a serious illness and you would die but nooooooooo people! all u people that has these syptoms about 6 months and continue to worry do not panic cause it just that kind of hyperchondriasis ( damn it when it is born lol). and do u know what is the real risk of this hyperchondriasis? just your money goes away from you and u spend a lot in your docs and in those laboratory! i am from albania in southeast of europe and this has take a lot money from me and now i am happy in knowing that i have not to worry anymore! just life your life brothers! and smth else. whenever ur thoughs controls you u have to say with yourself or with loud just "stoppppppppppppppppp" that makes me feel good! so do not panic! b happy brothers and i think that u are happy that in this world there is someone that suffers from the same syptoms! i know that ... lol!

[pinksky00]

OH my, about 4 years ago i started feeling faint lightheaded, when my friends and i went for walks i would pass out and then get back up. i thought it was dehydration or because of the heat/sun . so i ignored it. a few months later i started getting hard to breath sometimes, people just thought it was nothing or a side affect of the pills i was taking. i would get dizzy spells and fainting became more frequent. i finally  went to the hospital but it was by myself  and the doctor was being sturn and rude to me so i just left when he said he wanted to give me a blood test. i was scared. i had my sister take time off work the next day to take me to the family doctor. he said he wanted me to wear a heart moniter and get some xrays of my chest after the weekend.
     durring the weekend i felt way worse and went to a diffrent doctori let them do some blood work. (i was the biggestHYPERCHONDRIact about needles i thought air would get in my blood, or my vein wouldnt heal and i would bleed to death in my sleep)
    i am so happy i got ti done though. and it didnt hurt, i just didnt like the idea. well i got pulled out of school and went to the doctors office for a serious meeting with the doctor. turns out my red blood cell count was 7.2 when its suppost to be 12-14 the doctor couldnt believe i was even walking w/o passing out. he wanted me to get emergency blood transfusions. it was so scarry. but because of my fear i refused treatment and decited to take serious iron pills istead.
     now i have tmj and i am convinced i have a brain toumor some days when its bad. i just need a reality check so i read some stories online and feel better. i still want an MRI or a CAT SCAN witch there suppost to do for TMJ anyway.
     I also get these shooting pains in my head just about everyday and have since i was about 12. i dont think it means anything  though. my husband says he has them to. i guess its normal.

[pinksky00]

My mom also has schizophrenia bad. so i try to keep in touch with reality so i dont end out loosing it. so i have to rember its TMJ not a brain toumer.

[consumed_by_fear]

Hello Everyone,

I'm new to this forum - found it in desperate search for anything to comfort myself. I read all the posts and cried, couldn't believe how many people suffer from the same madness as I. Has anyone ever found a way out of this?

I am a victim of extreme naivety and the double-life that my husband has led for several years. Unfortunately, I proved to be weaker than I knew. My trauma has had profound impact on the state of my mental health. It all began a few years back, when I passed out for no apparent reason. Then, it happenned over and over again. I've experienced all forms of panic, depression, psychosomatic disorders, sudden onsets of dark fear, comlete loss of self-confidence, ... you name it. I have learnt to live with suffering. Of course, there are days when I am ok. But on other days I get terrible migraines.

To cut a long story short, after the endless days, months, years of suffering alone and struggling to stay conscious at my job I was convinced I had brain tumor. Just like everyone else I've seen many doctors, went through all those nightmarish check-ups and mental self-flagellation. I didn't have tumor but was diagnosed with extreme anxiety. Boy, how angry I was when one doc after another told the same thing. Angry because what I felt was real: I was so convinced that I could lead myself to dizziness and physical pain. Then something good happenned in my life, and I met a person who made me very happy. I forgot all about tumor **** for several months - a personal record!

Unfortunately, my fears are back. I've had killer headaches for weeks.  Yesterday was the worst because I was taking money from the ATM and fet the world swing sidewards, I felt consumed by darkness and virtually pulled myself out of this by calling my own name out loud. Keeping myself in vertical position put lots of pressure on my heart, and I felt like burning from the inside. I barely made it home breathless and spent all afternoon crouched on the bed in despair. All night I saw dreams of death and destruction. I found this forum because I want to know what and how people do to pull themselves from this. Has anyone succeeded in learning to ignore their fears? How to start thinking positively? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[Ameliedriscoll]

I can't believe it. I guess what everyone's saying is somewhat comforting, but the fear is still there. I do get blurry vision. Headaches for two years. I hear that watery sensation in the back of my head, the stabbing quick pains in my head, and migraines. Everyone tells me i'm always sick, or i'm just always in a bad mood. Pessimistic. They tell me i WANT to be sick. I don't understand this at all. I don't want to be sick. It's the last thing i want to be. I'm so tired of dealing with these symptoms. I feel like it's all i think about now. It's consumed my every day life. Panic attacks. Fear. I'm only 15. I hope i find a way to deal with it. It just makes you feel so alone.

[br2509]

Oh yes i have felt like i have had brain tumor my head started hurting out of nowhere didn't know what was happening scared the **** out of me went to the ER well come to find out its because of anxiety its called a tension headache they ran a cat scan on me everything came back fine so that relieved me a little bit from worrying so much about me having a brain tumor.But if you have concerns then maybe you need to go see a Doc and get checked and make sure its not serious...

[MindPieces]

I couldn't help but laugh a bit while reading these responses, only because I've been going through the exact same thing, and if I don't laugh I'll probably cry. First I was convinced I had HIV, and freaked out to the point where I was convinced I was having AIDS symptoms. Everything came back clear. Then I was convinced I was having heart problems, but blood tests, a chest X-ray, EKGs and an echo have all come back normal.

NOW I'm getting headaches and a tingling in my right leg, and have moved on to thinking I have a tumor or am on the verge of a stroke. I'm now obsessed with getting a CT scan and MRI, but I'm honestly not even sure I need one. I think I'm going crazy!