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Anxiety and brain aneurysm fear!

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Gl1876
Gl1876

My whole life I have dealt with severe anxiety but over the past year it had escalated into health anxiety. I know that a lot of the things I feel are due to my anxiety but some of my symptoms are so bad that it’s hard to believe anxiety could be causing them. For the past couple of months I have dealt with awful headaches and and odd sensations in my head and brain fog/ de realization. I went to a neurologist who sent me for an mri which came back normal with just some wear and tear in my neck( do to extreme stress). I am now terrified that I have a brain aneurysm because I have all of the warning signs. I just got my mri done 4 months ago and I’m now scared that one could of developed over that period of time! I’m not sure if it’s even possible for one to develop that quickly but I thought I’d give it a shot to post on here to see if anyone has any insight on brain aneurysm and how they work to give me some peace of mind !!! 

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  • StevenRose
    StevenRose Gl1876

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    Hello there, sorry you are going through such an aweful time.  I dont have any experience of brain aneurysm, but what I do know is, as I am a first aider, if you had the same symptoms when you went for your MRI you can rest assured its not an aneurysm it would have definitely picked it up if it was also if you had a bleed on the brain your symptoms, over 4 months would have excalated so rapidly, well it would not have got to 2 months at all as you would have been taken to hospital for an operation.

    Anxiety and stress can cause many weird symptoms that plays tricks with your brain and you believe you believe you have something terrible going on.  If the symptoms dont subside I suggest you go back to your dr to review your medicines as they arent controling your symptoms.

    Good luck and try to keep calm, Take care and let us know how you get on

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