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Scary new symptoms of anxiety or something sinister? I really don't know what to think anymore.

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Hey,it seems like health anxiety is sparking up again, it just won't let me rest. So, my symptoms always make a nice unbreakable circle, first I'll have something with my stomach,then with my head,then with my neck or both and it  won't give me a break. 

Apart from my neck issues with the stabbing pains that last for seconds or the dull pain that does subside somedays and it's not as painful, I've been having head issues for almost a week. I've been through all head sensations, I had an awful migraine attack on Monday and since then I wake up everyday with dull pains above the eye (they change throughout the day, they can be anywhere on my head and sometimes they are triggered by sudden movement or me getting up too fast). Sometimes I get stabbing pains anywhere that last for seconds (these happen when I turn my neck too, sometimes). I've had extreme pressure on my head (forehead,temples,face behind nose and eyes), that comes and goes.

Sometimes I have a persisting pain on my temple (right or left). The pain isn't localised in a certain spot, it can be anywhere on my head. Also, I get stabbing pains behind my ears too. Furthermore, for the past 2 days , I feel my head reaally heavy, i feel light headed and my legs feel so heavy and weak like i can't even walk properly. Yesterday as I was walking , i felt them really weak while i was out and my head felt heavy and i was about to collapse , i was thinking an ambulance will come and get me, it was THAT intense that now I'm scared to even go out.

Furthermore, I don't seem to be getting the rest I should even though I sleep a lot but it's never enough,it's hard to get up from bed, I could be sleeping for the whole day (has been happening for the past 4 days).

I should note that I went on the gym on Tuesday and I really overdid it with myself, especially legs and since i started (3 weeks ago), I've been doing mostly leg exercises. Do you think that my legs feel heavy because of that? It really feels like it's something more,I never had that heavy legs feeling, I've had the light headedness and heavy head before but not that.

I was thinking about a sinus infection but could it cause the light headedness and heavy feelings and fatigue? I'm scared of a brain tumor, I'm scared that I'm just gonna collapse while out and have a seizure.

I went to an opthalmologist 2 weeks ago, he did a thorough examination with all kinds of machines in my eyes, he didn't seem concerned at all, no pressure in my eyes, perfect vision. I asked him if he could be able to see a tumor or an aneurysm and he said some kinds yeah, which made me feel better but I don't know since those new symptoms came up. They really turn towards a brain tumor. Or something really bad with my neck.

Is this normal? Anyone experienced it? I'm really fed up and desperate, don't know what to think anymore.

Thanks to anyone who will take the time to read this and reply. 

 

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  • Jaypineda88
    Jaypineda88 Needhelp_asap

    Posted

    I have those exact same symptoms except the neck ones..its crazy what anxiety does to a person..the dull aches are pretty much there all the time for me aswell...i wake up with eye pressure too...i was told that stress and anxiety can definitely cause this..so no worries unless your in severe pain..regardless tho if you wanna talk about our symptoms..im here..
    • Needhelp_asap
      Needhelp_asap Jaypineda88

      Posted

      It is crazy indeed but I feel like this is something more. I wasn't even anxious when they came up, yeah I have everyday stress about things, as every person does, but it seems like my mind is so sick that it instantly creates such symptoms. I'm just tired of feeling sick all the time, I want my life back. Since the walking issues, I'm more convinced of a brain tumor or something..Thank you, I appreciate it!

    • Jaypineda88
      Jaypineda88 Needhelp_asap

      Posted

      Yeah thats what im saying..my symptoms come and go even when im not anxious..like i said before..stress can also be the reason for these symptoms..try keeping yourself busy..clean..go for walks..try to distract yourself from everything negative that comes to mind..i believe that you will be fine..im going through alot of that too so i understand what it feels like to live this way..and yeaa no probleem !
  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 Needhelp_asap

    Posted

    I dont have any answers for you. Anxiety sucks and heightens everything and anything, but you have tried to comfort me so i just want to say i hope you feel better, and maybe some of it is a passing virus. I would say noway to a brain tumor.We all dont respond "normally" to illness or pain or anything chronic.its beyond unfair whether the world is fair or not its still unfair. Not everything is purely anxiety its a mix at times.maybe just taking the symptoms and blowing them up. Its no one fault this is a disorder.they do not even know its root cause or how to reset the lymbic system yet.  So anything will trigger it to heighten. After a few random anxiety attacks as well its draining on the body. A chemical response occurs with adrenaline and such so it is exhausting and weird symptoms do happen. 

    Hopefully one day, and one day soon someone, somewhere in a little lab will figure this all out. And at least relieve the 25% existing like this. Then we can all sort thru the ailment end of it. Its removing the fear that i believe they dont want to do completely because that would create a scary scenario of people who have no fear. 45 million people,existing with anxiety disorders is an awful lot of people.

    im older and i think because of the web and some advances in technology people think doctors are now geniuses, they aren't most medical break throughs never pan out. They are still human and dont have most answers. My own theory was the technology they can create can figure it out but not yet. Not yet in a lot of things. Neck down they have made a ton of,progress though. And sometimes maybe the money greed and strict rules block cures. They like them to go thru ten years of trials now before anything is released. And then still many dont always pan out. They are making few but a couole of new meds coming thru the trials to help one had magic mushroom ingredients in it based on getting thru the sub conscious to reprogram the lymbic system. It will be so interesting if i get to see the cure in my lifetime. I would have loved to know what this really was. And it will be "something" that caused all this and not just negative thinking. But I have no clue what. That last part was random sorry. 

     

    • Needhelp_asap
      Needhelp_asap lisalisa67

      Posted

      Have you ever felt like this with anxiety? I'm currently freaking out about adrenal insufficient or something..it just won't stop! This fatigue has been here for 2-3 days but yesterday I focused on it too much and it is becoming worse. I feel so sick and I hate it. This isn't fair. On any of us.

      Diseases are not fair, none of this is fair. We deserve to live a good life. I'd rather live for 30 or 40 years in pure health and enjoyment than this. I don't wanna find a meaning in all this, I don't wanna be mentally or in any way sick, I wanna be normal and everyone deserves that.

      I'm tired of trying to find reasons why things happen they way they do. I'd rather live a lot years before, where they were ignorant about such stuff, thus happier. I can find a million diseases online and it's making me miserable, this world is making me miserable. Nothing is pure anymore, everything happens in the name of money. Poisoned food so that more people can eat, poisoned air! Everything is poisoned including my mind.

      Doctors are only allowed to go up to a point. The government doesn't really want healthy people and this is awful. So many people are suffering and the idea makes me crazy. It's not like I'm not trying, I am. Symptoms will be here anyway but they make me even more sure that there's something wrong every time. I don't even feel like getting out of bed, it has become bad again.

      I feel so sick and I don't even know what's wrong with me. I've had that symptom before for 2 days or something but it feels different. I've been eating quite a lot but now nausea is back too so goodbye to food again.

      Idk what to think anymore. God already took my father, does he want to take me tooc? Go on but don't make me suffer like this. I'm not a bad person, I try to be good to people and everything, I try not to criticize, I try to be the best person I can and this is what I get.

      I'm sorry for the vent..needed to take it all out. Thanks for replying!

    • lisalisa67
      lisalisa67 Needhelp_asap

      Posted

      Your vent is ratiinale to me. It is extremly rationale and until one gets ill do they see all this. I too have been feeling ill but my daughter had the flu and im terrified..i have enough going on already and i had a vaccine as she did and the flu in december.

      i believe we all might be weaker to the additives and pesticides and such. Not foolish to think otherwise. It is survival of the fittest. Sounds awful to say but true. 

      Doctors are only only allowed to go to a point and the nerve of these insurance comoanies to make it so hard to get scans. And i mean even with ailments. And thats a fact not a guess i have been told straight up, idk where you live im in the usa where you pay a fortune and they are rude like that. They would bankruot you, send you homless and not bat an eye but surely in droves scream pro life crap. One need to be really pro people and help everyone and anyone in need and not throw AD to those they cant cure or fix. And again that is with ailments not some anxiety disorder cliche.so your rant is real. 

      This causes suffering. Sometimes i personally feel is worse then death. I shouldnt say that but its how i feel. This rant is in many forums. There are so many diagnosed weird ailments that cause maddening effects because they cant cure or fix. So all this technology hasnt done much but made us aware of what is with no fix or cure. Maybe ignorance is bliss. Stay away from dr. Google its a waste and i promise its wring a lot.

      There really is a strong change you have a virus. Thats the truth youll know within seven to ten days. We all forget we get normal stuff too.everything isnt anxiety. 

      You are not a bad person! I doubt anyone on here is.i know i am not. I dont really believe this is a punishment i have leaned towards the spiritual aspect as no real choice for solace. There so many theories maybe this is the adventure you chose. None of us will know until we are no longer walking this Earth. Which sucks because i would love to enjoy my life.as im sure you would as well. 

      Yes anxiety makes us so thin. It really does. 

      Im sorry about your Dad. My parents left my life when i was 23 so believe me i know the feeling. Nothing can be done in that area at all. 

      Dont hate on yourself, i get thats easy we arent at fault for this! Those who dont have it or ailments have no clue whatbthis feels like. Believe me if they did they would never be so cliche about it. Never! 

      And oddly it seems the people who are nasty, judgemental and heartless are doing quite well in life. Running the world if you will lol. Surely running the insurance companies. All these inventions where to help people. Funny eh?and yet they dont allow their use at the doctors discretion to help people. It a

      lbecame about the Almighty buck. Money. Disgusting and nonsense. It was all to make life easier and aid the sick and instead it is about money. They can take the money and shove it uo their greedy butts.i say that with kindness. Haha. The progress is useless if it isnt used.

      anyone with an anxiety disorder or ailments or both are way more awakened. They tend see  people for people for souls. Not to seperate or judge. Most get that. We are all Gods creatures everyone and all animals. Im not even strongly religous but in just saying and ee are all connected whether some dont understand or get that we are. The rest of the world needs to wake up. They are living very very differently then we all are and we the anxious are looked as weaker but we are not. The stregnth it takes to exist is intense at times. Im grateful for those days i feel good. And i try to be grateful everyday no matter what. There are days when this weird ear thing i have been dealing with acts uo and i wonder why Gods doesnt just take me and stop all this. I have asked.But its not for me know right now i guess. 

      None of this fair! It isnt. Saying that you have to go within you past the body, past the outside world and get in touch with yourself..your soul. And  learn to meditate to do that so you can calm yourself deeply from within. Its yhe onoy escape i have found. The only solace. Not in a pill, a dr, or a therpaist but within me. And doesnt always work obviously. But i do my best. When i dont have weird ailments acting up im actually okay. They trigger panic within me. At one time i did get panic attacks randomly with no ailments as well (ptsd) so i am familiar with all this. It wasnt a mental illness when i was younger they releabled it. It was an emotional thing/behavioral usually always connected to trauma or severe illness of some sort. Now it is in mental illness. We live a strange time where drs blame the patients for their illness a lot of time whether is be guised as anxiety, eating habits, movementt, smoking, anxiety, whatever..they love to blame. who the heck cares. Help. They need to love to help now. Or genetics they love that too or if your fat..etc..the goal is not to blame it is to help.

      Anyway maybe you have a virus going on. So for the next week allow that though be ause that will pass. Drink lots of water and such.

      you vent anytime you want too! Geez you are so bright. You will het the anxiety part of this managed at some point. You will. At some point your limbic system will realize and accept it. 

       

    • Needhelp_asap
      Needhelp_asap lisalisa67

      Posted

      No I doubt that I have a virus going on, I had one like 3-4 weeks ago, i got inhalers for it and it's gone.

      Well that's a huge discussion about the hypocricy going on in this world. I could be writing for hours, but then again, nothing's gonna change is it?

      This world needs more empathy. Just like old times.

      Now, there is just so much pain in this world, i see the news and it drives me crazy with what's happening everyday.

      Cruel people are all happy and healthy  and then there's us lol. Funny isn't it? 

      I am grateful everyday too, sometimes I get tired and question things though. I pray for peace of mind, for you, me and everyone suffering from this .

      I hope we can find the light at the end of the tunnel. 

  • borderriever
    borderriever Needhelp_asap

    Posted

    Anxiety causes so many problems that are mysteries and yours are the same, you have an Anxiety so you need to move on and consider the fact of your age and when young it is rare to have many of the cancers especially in the brain.

    I have headaches that last all day and never let up, in my case the bad head is caused by my Opiate type medications and NSID drugs not forgetting the two ADs I take, one of them for neve pain. I take further drugs as well so I take a good few different types of medications as well an that effects my head I suppose. So I live with it, and move on.

    Your problems are caused by Anxiety, only you have the means to control it, although life is not that simple. As you get older hopefully you will become more in control of your health fears and that is what your GP will be hoping for

    BOB

     

    • Needhelp_asap
      Needhelp_asap borderriever

      Posted

      I have tried to move on multiple times..I've done things for myself, I signed up on gym, I was feeling good, I was feeling stronger when suddenly 2 days ago sleep wasn't enough, I wanted more and more and when I was going out I was feeling light headed and weak and faint! I'm currently thinking about something with my adrenal glands, god forbid Addenson's disease..I was feeling so sick today i couldn't tell if it was anxiety or something else.

      Sometimes we need a rest from it. No one deserves this!

      I'm sorry for your conditions, I know they can be hard and they don't help anxiety. 

      There are times where I am in control, then when I'm feeling like that, I have 2nd thoughts. Thanks for replying!

    • borderriever
      borderriever Needhelp_asap

      Posted

      Hello

      I cannot see a iagnosis for Addensons, you need to be more positive and up beat with your health conditions, hopefuly this will help you control all this negativity you suffer with your Anxiety.

      Keep a hold

  • shawn62133
    shawn62133 Needhelp_asap

    Posted

    Man I feel all that stuff. It's very scary. I know how you feel

    What I have read on all that can be caused by anxiety disorder.

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