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Headache, temple pressure, weird feeling in head, severe health anxiety!

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mero88355
mero88355

Hi. This is 34 yr old male, married, 2 kids. I have always been anxious about my health but last 7 months have been terrible. From upset stomach, to throat pain, to chest pain, left arm pain, feeling like heart attack, muscle twitching, fearing als, fast heart beat, fearing high blood pressure. Pain in leg, fearing blood clot. And now the most recent, i have pressure arround ears and in temples. Mainly it is on the right side but sometimes both sides. Along with it i get weird feeling in the head as if something is moving inside. Sometimes there is a sharp pain in the temples that comes and goes. These weird feelings in head and head and temple pressure get worse after walking or jogging.

I have had cbc, chest xray, ekg, stress test (ETT), Echo, Lipid Profile test, other blood tests, stomach CT scan, leg ultrasound to check for clots (dvt). All tests came clear.

Now i dont know what to do? Go for more tests like mri for headaches? Or convince myself it is just anxiety and nothing else? Please help and suggest.

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  • Tooterscooter
    Tooterscooter mero88355

    Posted

    It's definitely just anxiety but I don't know because I'm a hypochondriac and I think there is always something wrong, I'd say go if you have the money and it will ease your stress.

    • EF4468
      EF4468 Tooterscooter

      Posted

      I'm in the same boat. Any twitch or odd feeling in my body sends me into a panic, and a couple hours ago I woke up to a rapid heart rate and my stomach was rolling. Took me that long to calm down. How do I come with health anxiety?

    • mero88355
      mero88355 EF4468

      Posted

      Hi. Thankyou so much for your message. What are your symptoms? How long they have lasted? Can you share your story? smile
    • mero88355
      mero88355 Tooterscooter

      Posted

      Hi. Thankyou for your message. Could you share your symptoms. It is a sort of reassurance to know you are not alone here.
    • EF4468
      EF4468 mero88355

      Posted

      I've had a subtle tightness in my left chest area, aches in my left arm, and one instance of pain in said arm that lasted for hours. I feel cold and I sweat a lot, and this morning as I stated my heart was racing, I felt a split second squeezing sensation over my heart and my mind was racing. I went to the hospital and got tested for heart attack but the tests came back negative.

    • Tooterscooter
      Tooterscooter mero88355

      Posted

      Sometimes I get small pressure spots in different areas of my head and I am one hundred percent convinced it is a stroke and that sends me into a panic, sometimes I get really bad heart arrhythmia and that also messes me up because that can causes heart attack and strokes if it goes on to long, recently I have felt like I have Alzheimer's or dementia, I think I have been under so much anxiety and stress that I am losing my mind. Like you I have been to the doctors and ER countless times and they said it was nothing. If you want my honest opinion, get it under control before you get DP/DR disorder like me. ?Once you get that which is a direct result of a massive break down or anxiety it's almost never goes away and I'm not trying to scare you.

    • mero88355
      mero88355 Tooterscooter

      Posted

      I think i can relate to this "different pressure spots in different parts of head". I experience the same. Sometimes o feel pressure/pain behind my ears. Sometimes it is in my temples. Sometimes back of the head. Most of the time the pain is on right side of head. Sometimes its on left and sometimes both sides. The pressure points keep changing. Do you experience the same?

  • michael2507
    michael2507 mero88355

    Posted

    On the basis that you have seen a doctor and had all these texts I would say put your trust in them. Anxiety comes in many forms for many people. Just make sure you get exercise, even a walk can really help. It’s not something you can just “get over” . Just accept it for what it is. Try not to worry because that will just stress you even more. Good luck and I really hope you feel better soon. 
    • mero88355
      mero88355 michael2507

      Posted

      Hi Michael. Thank you so much for your message and concern. The problem with this new symptom (head pressure and weird feeling in head) is that it gets worse with exercise. The pattern so far has been that when a symptom appeared, and i feared a certain disease, i got tested for it and then when the report came clear, the symptoms gradually disappeared. I havent had any brain or head tests so far but this time i am trying to beat it on my own, without the tests. Because firstly i have had too many tests. Secondly i have spend too much money on my presumed illness sad
  • gary12925
    gary12925 mero88355

    Posted

    Hi there.....  I know how u r feeling I have 4 kids and worried every day is a ladder that never ends ... fear fear anything from lungs heart head legs every day ...  over the last 2 months it's been at its worst every min of every day .. I am not far of having no job and stepping away from my family as it not fare on them and put them though it ... the panic attacks ... being takin a & e end less ... x ray bloods ecg echo ....  screaming in the night I have never felt so alone ... I know most don't want hear this and very sorry but I don't have many people to talk to 

    • mero88355
      mero88355 gary12925

      Posted

      Hi Gary. Its sad to know about the pain you are going through. And I can imagine. I am going through the same. Lately this head pain and pressure around temples and ears. Its too much to handle. What symptoms you have been experiencing? I hav a loooonnnggg list of symptoms.
  • jen08875
    jen08875 mero88355

    Posted

    Hi i get this too, constantly! Is it better for you yet?

  • crystal24820
    crystal24820 mero88355

    Posted

    Hi mero im a 50 yr old woman i too suffer sever health anxiety every little pain i get i go into panic got all test done come back normal going in for a MRI soon to check my headaches ive been getting latley i feel like im gonna have a stroke or blood clot its a never ending cylcle im driving my family crazy from going to the hospital so many times thinking im dying from something but they send me home and say its just anxiety everything is normal . i feel like im going crazy or something i just want it to stop . i think you wont feel better until you get the test done like me lol god bless you and hope everything works out for you.

  • lyndsay38377
    lyndsay38377 mero88355

    Posted

    im having the same problem right now but i also feel as if my face is burnin too do you have that probelm also??

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