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jojomadi2011
jojomadi2011

Hi this is my first post and first time on here. Last week I was sure I had lymphoma as lump on my neck which doc said was a cyst and nothing to worry about! This week I feel I'm having a brain tumour and going to die soon and leave my 3 year old daughter and this terrifies me especially as I'm a single parent! I constant feel something is wrong with me. Was at doc today and he said not worried about a brain tumour but I am and still think I have. He said its anxiety and prescribed citalopran! I'm scared to take these and so scared o have a brain tumour it's ruining my life.

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  • jojomadi2011
    jojomadi2011

    Posted

    Also should of said my symptoms are like head pressure, eye floaters some blurry vision and was taken propranolol but stopped as feared this was what was making me feel ill
  • lynne82155
    lynne82155 jojomadi2011

    Posted

    If you have had a full medical and everything is ok then this is most likely anxiety and therapy will help you learn to cope with it.

    The medication is a personal choose you have to decide if you want to try and control the anxiety/panic or you want to tackle it alone

    Stay Strongbiggrin

  • jmcg2014
    jmcg2014 jojomadi2011

    Posted

    The actual health worries are not important in a way, health anxiety generally will make us think we have anything and everything,if you stop thinking you have one thing, another will appear. Therapy tends to work better for health anxiety rather than meds, so if your not comfortable taking meds, ask your dr for a referral to Psychotherapy and take it from there
  • diane524
    diane524 jojomadi2011

    Posted

    I am taking Citalopram and am doing much better than I was 2 weeks ago. The mind us powerful and can really mess with you. I also take a small amount of Ativan a day and that is a help getting used to the Citalopram.
  • jojomadi2011
    jojomadi2011

    Posted

    Thanks guys 😊I just feel fed up feeling like this. Dizzy constant and head feels so much pressure! I don't think this can all be from anxiety! I feel like I'm ruining time with my daughter and instead always worry I'm leaving her and going to die! I feel all the symptoms of a brain tumour and Google always says that what it is so don't know why doctor was so easy to brush that off 😒😒
    • diane524
      diane524 jojomadi2011

      Posted

      I would stay away from Google as much as possible. It will increase your anxiety in most cases.
    • anxietysite123
      anxietysite123 jojomadi2011

      Posted

      I'm a girl. And i googled my symptoms one time and it said testicular cancer, which shows how unreliable Google is. Don't even bother going on there, look on here first. You'll find tons of people with the same issues. I get dizzy from my anxiety all of the time. Its your nerves messing with you. Just relax. I have health anxiety related to my heart and two little ones at home. I'm also on citalopram.
    • diane524
      diane524 anxietysite123

      Posted

      How well is Citalopram working for you? I have only been on it 2 weeks.
    • anxietysite123
      anxietysite123 diane524

      Posted

      I'm getting off of it. I feel better than I did as far as the major panic attacks. But not a big difference. Whenever I up it to 20, I get sick. Gonna be weaned off of them and then try natural remedies
  • jojomadi2011
    jojomadi2011

    Posted

    Ye I just always feel the urge to google everything! I've not started to feel the smallest muscle spasms and I feel so much worse again 😞
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