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Health anxiety or anurisim. Please help

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shannon48514
shannon48514

Hi first time posting here but I have recently been terrifield that I am going to have an anurisim or am having one. I have a pressure headache and my ears feel strange. I'm having really bad sweats all day out of the blue, I have had blurry vision on and off and I feel nauseous content ly, but especially in the morning.. I've been to the ER twice now and the doctors a bunch of times in the past two weeks saying I feel unwell (I've recently moved so my doctor is new) I have had my bloods taken and checked and all is fine with them. I have also had maybe 3 or 4 ecgs done too and all was ok. But now my focus is on a brain tumor /anurisim. ... about 5 years ago while in work I felt a wave of dizzyness and my hearing went in and out. I felt so dizzy suddenly that I felt I was sinking into the floor. Since then I have been terrified I had a tumor. But I've been too afraid to mention it to my doctor. I tried once and they laughed and said you don't have a tumor. And didn't do a single check up or test. Anyway back to now... I can't sleep night in fear I won't wake up. I have a 3 year old daughter, and a partner who is at his wits end that I want to be well for but no matter how hard I try I can't help but tell him I feel awful. And I do. I've currently crazy pressure headaches like I said and I do have anxiety and depression. It's possible all of this is anxiety. But I'm not convinced. I've had anxiety 8 years or more and I am 23. If I go to a&e today I will have possibly waisted another nice day but I can't help myself. Would they do an mri? Or ct? Because that's what I've decided I need before I can enjoy life. .. my friends mother passed away from a brain anurisim about 4 years ago anurisim about 2 weeks ago my daughter had a fertable seziure in the car. It was a very very tramatic event for me and I screamed in the street like I never imagined I could. I don't know what was happening, I thought she was dying. Niw I'm convinced I caused myself an anurisim that day because of how insane my stress went. Someone please let me know what you think. As all I want to do is cry and lay in bed . I am ready for hospital or a mental ward but they are not for letting me. Ever since I have moved I have had head rushes and sweats... is any of this familiar with someone? Should I demand a ct? Also having a nagging pain in my right side of my neck and jaw that I accept is a (tension headache )

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  • connie00312
    connie00312 shannon48514

    Posted

    I seriously think that you should tell your doctor about EVERY SINGLE THING that you’ve mentioned here. Do NOT leave anything out.   Brain aneurysms can be similar to heart attacks. Just like a person may have no warning of an impending heart attack, there almost is never a warning that a brain aneurysm is about to rupture. Fortunately, through imaging screening techniques, individuals at high risk of harboring a brain aneurysm can be identified easily with non-invasive imaging tests.

    I hope all is well

  • RydiaMoone
    RydiaMoone shannon48514

    Posted

    Hi Shannon it does sound like anxiety to me and the more you stress the worse its going to get. I have suffered from anxiety for almost 40 years and its come and go and days have been bad and some not so bad. If you want peace of mind then yes I would be demanding an mri or at least a ct scan to rule out anything going on in your brain but I am pretty sure its not an aneurysm as you cant just get one from being stressed it has to already be there and if the dr is saying you dont have a tumour or an aneurysm then I would be very surprised if that is what it is. Anxiety is a very debilitating condition and can be relentless as I have many weird and strange feelings in my head and body all the time and i also suffer from depersonalisation and derealisation which in themselves can be very scary. Please go and have the scan and get some peace of mind and maybe go to another dr for another opinion as sometimes just doing that can ease some worry. I read that the most common cause of an aneurysm is smoking so if you smoke i would be quitting right now as every part of your body will thank you. I hope this helps you even a little bit. Take care.
    • shannon48514
      shannon48514 RydiaMoone

      Posted

      Thank you so much I've had a really horrible day full of rows with family over telling them I feel unwell, they have been no reassurance what so ever and judt seem to be going off at me. I'm never normally as bad as I feel now. But yes the fear of dropping is REAL right now. I've decided today I'm going to not be an annoyance and try to get through the day in my own scilence. It's so hard not to want to run to a&e right now. But I'm trying my best. I'm starting to feel like people don't want to give a s***t . What hdacoyy

    • RydiaMoone
      RydiaMoone shannon48514

      Posted

      I understand it's so hard when people don't understand what you are going through and feeling and it's even harder when it's your family. Unless they have or are suffering the same then they can't possibly know how you feel. I don't really have anyone to talk to about what I'm going through except my psychologist so most of the time I feel very alone and isolated which makes my anxiety worse at times as distraction is key to feeling somewhat normal if that's possible. If you ever need to talk I'm here ok so please feel free to message me any time.

  • shannon48514
    shannon48514

    Posted

    Update : went to the out of hours gp this morning over the same thing and they done a quick test to check my balance and cordanation was in tact and said they didn't belive I was having any bleed in the brain or anything like that and also said if I had a tumor in the back of my head for 5 years I would be a lot worse now than I am.. I said ehh no I've read wemon who have had them longer with no symptoms at all but he said he had no reas on to worry... and suggested o went and saw an optision. . . (They can see a lot more than we think) he gave me a nasal spray for my headache. And ibroufen and just made sure to repeat to me that he was just the gp out of hours and people only should go there if there's a life threatening illness... I said isn't a passible anurisim serious? He said he didn't think I had that so I said ok and left with my nasal spray script and no ct rolleyes told him I felt like I was going to pass out. But he didn't seem to be convinced. Think with these dumb hospitals you need to be on deaths door before they care to act... he also said "I could do a eye examination on you now, but then if have to black out the room and what not so I'm not going to" .... 😤😤 I'm at a loss on what the heck to do mehh

    • connie00312
      connie00312 shannon48514

      Posted

      Wow, he wasn’t very helpful and didn’t seem to care at all. I’m sorry that you have to deal with such people, and I hope that you can find someone who will do their job and help you. The best of luck to you. 
    • shannon48514
      shannon48514 connie00312

      Posted

      It seems no doctors are listening to me. I wake in sweats and panic, have had vomiting and diareah and all I get is nasal spray. I told him I needed something to help me sleep tonight as I don't sleep either and he said he dosent pecribe sleeping pills... I told him well the last out of hours doctor I had did and he said I mean we can precribe one or two but I'm reluctant to pecribed you any ... so I'll be up all night again tonight so it seems. sad

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