AnnaDavies
09-30-2014, 06:52 AM
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Hello, my name is Annalise and I am suffering from Healh Anxiety and Depression since two months ago.
I'm finding it so hard and the symptoms I have terrify me. I am 18 years old.
It all started when I thought I'd had a prolapse and surgery terrifies me. It turned out I hadnt but all the same that was my first ever panic attack. I have had a mole/skin tag under my arm for years and I googled what it could be and before I knew it I was convinced I had melanoma. This turned into a panic attack and even after doctors reassuring me I was convinced they had got it wrong. Since then it has been downhill. I had a massive panic attack two weeks ago and it was awful. I got an electric shock feeling in my head and went dizzy, sick, as though my body was full of air and no bones and couldn't breathe. This was due to worrying again I had melanoma but in a split second due to the head shock I got I was convinced I didnt have melanoma anymore and that I had a brain tumour.
Since then i have had the following -
- Dizziness
- Feeling Sick (minimal)
- Tension Headache (as though my head is to heavy for my shoulders/tight band around the back of my head)
- Head Jolts/Involuntary Movements/Head Zaps/Rushes/Shakiness (these scare me the most) as though someone punches my brain or like it tenses for a second in a particular place. This makes me lightheaded for a second and then a massive panic feeling in my stomach. The doctors say this isn't a brain tumour as I would have vision problems, one side of body not functioning, collapsing, vomiting..... Although I have reassurance I'm still scared that it's something more so any help of you guys on this particular symptom would be greatly received as I worry so much about this. These symptoms don't seem to be apparent if I'm out and doing something enjoyable, they are mostly apparent at night when I'm bored. I focus on my head the most as I know someone who had a brain tumour so I think I bring this symptom on myself a lot of the time through overthinking as it isn't so apparent through the day if I'm doing something. My mental health nurse also said it is nothing to worry about but it scares me so much.
- Breathlessness
- Bad Butterflies in my stomach
- Always convinced I have an illness
- Horrible feeling as though I've just tripped over the pavement (that horrible feeling in your stomach)
- Fidgeting (I do this to try and stop the head feeling although I know this is psychological and not helping me.
So sorry for the long post, this is all new to me and so scary. I just want to be normal again. I would love some reassurance. I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago. I had none of this until I thought I had melanoma, I now Google nothing. I have joined this group as I can see a lot of people have the same symptoms as me.
Hello, my name is Annalise and I am suffering from Healh Anxiety and Depression since two months ago.
I'm finding it so hard and the symptoms I have terrify me. I am 18 years old.
It all started when I thought I'd had a prolapse and surgery terrifies me. It turned out I hadnt but all the same that was my first ever panic attack. I have had a mole/skin tag under my arm for years and I googled what it could be and before I knew it I was convinced I had melanoma. This turned into a panic attack and even after doctors reassuring me I was convinced they had got it wrong. Since then it has been downhill. I had a massive panic attack two weeks ago and it was awful. I got an electric shock feeling in my head and went dizzy, sick, as though my body was full of air and no bones and couldn't breathe. This was due to worrying again I had melanoma but in a split second due to the head shock I got I was convinced I didnt have melanoma anymore and that I had a brain tumour.
Since then i have had the following -
- Dizziness
- Feeling Sick (minimal)
- Tension Headache (as though my head is to heavy for my shoulders/tight band around the back of my head)
- Head Jolts/Involuntary Movements/Head Zaps/Rushes/Shakiness (these scare me the most) as though someone punches my brain or like it tenses for a second in a particular place. This makes me lightheaded for a second and then a massive panic feeling in my stomach. The doctors say this isn't a brain tumour as I would have vision problems, one side of body not functioning, collapsing, vomiting..... Although I have reassurance I'm still scared that it's something more so any help of you guys on this particular symptom would be greatly received as I worry so much about this. These symptoms don't seem to be apparent if I'm out and doing something enjoyable, they are mostly apparent at night when I'm bored. I focus on my head the most as I know someone who had a brain tumour so I think I bring this symptom on myself a lot of the time through overthinking as it isn't so apparent through the day if I'm doing something. My mental health nurse also said it is nothing to worry about but it scares me so much.
- Breathlessness
- Bad Butterflies in my stomach
- Always convinced I have an illness
- Horrible feeling as though I've just tripped over the pavement (that horrible feeling in your stomach)
- Fidgeting (I do this to try and stop the head feeling although I know this is psychological and not helping me.
So sorry for the long post, this is all new to me and so scary. I just want to be normal again. I would love some reassurance. I was diagnosed a couple of weeks ago. I had none of this until I thought I had melanoma, I now Google nothing. I have joined this group as I can see a lot of people have the same symptoms as me.