Brain tumour worries!!!!Help

First of hi to all and hope everyone is ok.
Im basically looking for some support on what to do next as my worries are ruining my life.
To give you guys a little insight ill start at the beginning(where most things start lol)
Im a 28y/o guy who is fit and used to love life up until 3 months ago.Stupidly ina moment of madness i took recreational drugs(speed/cocaine) which resulted in me being taken to hospital with chest pains and palpitations.I was kept in overnight and was released once all tests were shown to be ok(i had learned my lesson).The problems started when i was released from hospital about a week later when i couldnt get it out my mind i was having a heart attack.I went all light headed/dizzy/pain in chest and ended up in E/R again where they once again done tests and sent me on my way.
The hospital staff suggested i see my GP about anxiety who  put me on beta-blockers and basically said with the shock of the drug overuse i could have developed anxiety.I got over the heart attack effect although sometimes i still get the odd twinge i am reasured my heart is healthy.
Now the problems have really started as about 3 weeks again i started to get terrible trembling sensations while lying in my bed at night to which i went to my gp(different one) who has now put me on a light dose of anti-ds which she said are good for anxiety.Once away from the doctors(about 6 days ago) i started to get headaches whcih seem to be getting worse although i can go for few hours in the day without noticing the pain as it is rather mild.I am sick with worry that i have a tumour as headaches is something i have never really suffered with and i also get head pressure and tightness in neck muscles along with light headedness.In the past two days i have started to feel a little detached and i worry all day long(i must add that these headaches dont really cause me to loose sleep.
I had and eye exam the other day to see if i needed glasses but they were ok and the eye doc said my eyes were healthy enough.
Now i have an update appointent booked with my gp in 3 weeks but i dont know if i can wait that long as my headaches show no sign of stopping.
Basically i am looking for some advice on what to do next as i am seriously cracking up.
How long should i let the headaches go before i get worried,can you get headaches like mine everyday due to anxiety?
All help is great and hopefully i get this sorted.....I also had blood work done 2 weeks ago and all showed fine in that.
yours from rainy glasgow
james

[wcu1usc1]

would'nt worry about a brain tumor since they a very rare in young people....if your a re worried about that get a cat scan then you will know and then be able to move on....and you may have tenison headaches that are from anxiety

[cj29]

Health anxiety can really be a vicious cycle.  In my experience, confronting the issue, no matter how hard at the time is really the best way. Let's look at it at from a realistic viewpoint; you are young and fairly healthy according to your doctors.  Statistically, you probably have more of a chance of getting hit by a car, which probably isn't the greatest of examples, but statistically chances are enormously stacked in your favor that you are okay.
Have you talked any of this over with a therapist?  For me, this is one of the most important steps one can take in dealing with this.  Furthermore, anxiety can cause many physical symptoms of which you describe.  Keep us posted!

[BabaluandOtis2]

Hi,
I had many, many physical symptoms that I would have NEVER in a million years linked to anxiety. I thought it was all physical things wrong w/ me, bad back, getting sick all the time (never did before),muscle aches & pains, bad headaches etc.. I just let it go thinking these things as just physical and I was falling apart, until I had an all out panic attack that brought me to the ER. After being put on medication, and researching anxiety web sites, realizing so many others had the exact same symptoms, ALL my horrible  symptoms were gone....I was dumbfounded.

It basically all started and snowballed after I had a very BAD reaction to a medication I was on a couple of years ago, ended up in the ER w/ my electrolytes in the tank. ER doc telling me he didn't know if I would be walking out of there it was so low. After that I was a complete mess for awhile, afraid of even an aspirin, lost all faith in doctors. I WAS already having some anxiety due to family situations and life in general, but that was normal stress stuff i thought,  that incident sent it all skyrocketing. Before that happened i could handle anything. After, any little ache or pain, or if I took or ate something and I felt a bit funny or whatever....forget it..I was dying. It may not have even been associated with the med I took, food i ate... just some silly thing.....a cramp here, tingling there. whatever.

So basically  now your mind is on high alert sort of creating more anxiety. We all have some anxiety and stress in our lives but 1 small little thing at just the wrong time can send it into an anxiety that can't be just shaken off and handled by our own body like it used to be. And the more you think about what happened, those horrible feelings you had, your mind keeps recreating them and your body is more than happy to oblige and actually give you those symptoms.


Believe me, I too thought it was like a light switch, one day i was fine, the next a mess. But looking back over it, learning more about anxiety and all the symptoms, triggers, reasons.... it had been building for quite awhile and that 1 incident spun me 180 degrees from who I was. I had a couple of health scares in the past, but it was no big thing then. I got better, done.  When this one happened it couldn't have been worse timing.

Even if you never had any type anxiety before, where your own body can't handle it on it's own......One very bad health scare will bring on one of the worst type of anxieties you can get.
I'm still not 100% better, but the worst of it is mostly gone. I have my bad days, but now i know why and what is causing it, and what I have to do to overcome it. Just using meds isn't the only answer. You have to work on it. For me, it's a lot of family issues also added on.
And also, just because you're using a med doesn't mean it will always help on it's own. If you are constantly thinking and believing something is really wrong, you will continually bring about these symptoms, they will get worse and your mind isn't allowing you to believe this med can help.......and so it won't. Also, not every med works for everyone. Different types of anxiety, different types of meds to help. Finding the right one can be a challenge sometimes.
If you are having anxiety attacks so bad that they are debilitating and you can't function with basic daily things, you may need something more fast acting to get you through it at first until you understand better and realize why this has happened.
I am going to post a list of symptoms from am anxiety web site. this is the first site I went on after my panic attack, that the ER doc gave me info on. When I saw this list my jaw hit the floor.
it's quite long, so it won't fit into this post..... I'll just copy/paste it into the next one.
Hope you feel better soon ; )

[BabaluandOtis2]

These are the symptoms listed on that site.

Common anxiety symptoms include:

_B_O_D_Y_
Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles
Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin)
Blushing, flushed face, flushed skin, blushing, red face or skin
Body temperature increase or decrease, change in body temperature
Burning skin, itchy, “crawly,” prickly or other skin sensations, skin sensitivity, numbness on the skin
Choking
Chronic Fatigue
Clumsiness, feeling clumsy
Depersonalization
Disorientation
Dizziness
Dizzy
Electric shock feeling
Excess of energy, you feel you can’t relax
Falling sensation, feel like your are falling even though you aren't
Feel like you are going to pass out or faint
Feeling cold or chilled
Flu like symptoms, general malaise
Flushed face, red face, flushed skin
Heart palpitations, racing heart
Hyperactivity, excess energy, nervous energy
Increased or decreased sex drive
Infection - increased infections, persistent infection
Muscle twitching
Nausea
Nausea vomiting
Neck, back, shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
Night sweats, waking up in a sweat, profusely sweating at night
No energy, feeling lethargic, tired
Numbness
Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
Numbness and tingling, and other skin sensations on hands, feet, face, head, or any other places on the body
Persistent muscle tension, stiffness
Pulsing or throbbing muscles. Pulsing or throbbing sensation.
Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
Sexual Dysfunction, sexual uninterest
Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
Shooting pains in the face
Shooting pains in the scalp or head
Skipped heart beats
Sore or tight scalp or back of the neck
Startle easily
Sweating, uncontrollable profuse sweating
The floor feels like it is moving either down or up for no reason
Tightness in the ribs or rib cage area, may also feel like a tight band around the ribs or rib cage area.
Trembling or shaking
Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom (similar to urinary tract or prostate infection symptoms)
Warm spells
Weak - feel weak, weakness, low energy, light, soft, like you may faint
Weak legs, arms, or muscles
Weight loss, weight gain
_C_H_E_S_T_
Chest pain or discomfort
Concern about the heart
Feel like you have to force yourself to breath
Find it hard to breath, feeling smothered, shortness of breath
Frequent yawning to try and catch your breath
Heart Palpitations – beating hard or too fast, rapid heartbeat
Heart - Irregular heart rhythms, flutters or ‘skipped’ beats, tickle in the chest that makes you cough
Rib or rib cage tightness, pressure, or feeling like a tight band around the rib cage
Emotions (see mood)

_F_E_A_R_S_
A heightened fear of what people think of you
Afraid of being trapped in a place with no exits
Constant feeling of being overwhelmed.
Fear of being in public
Fear of dying
Fear of losing control
Fear of impending doom
Fear of making mistakes or making a fool of yourself to others
Fear of passing out
Fear that you are losing your mind
Fears about irrational things, objects, circumstances, or situations
Fears of going crazy, of dying, of impending doom, of normal things, unusual feelings and emotions, unusually frightening thoughts or feelings
Heightened self awareness, or self-consciousness
Need to find nearest washrooms before you can feel comfortable
Need to seat near exits

_H_E_A_D_
Burning, itchy, tight scalp
Dizziness
Dizzy
Dizziness or light-headedness
Frequent headaches, migraine headaches
Feeling like there is a tight band around your head, pressure, tightness
Head, neck or shoulder pain, tightness/stiffness
Giddiness
Numbness
Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
Shooting pains, stabbing pains, and odd pressures in the neck, head, or face
Shooting pains in the face
Shooting pains in the scalp or head
When you close your eyes you feel like are beginning to, or will, float upwards
Sore jaw that feels like a tooth ache
TMJ (Temporo-Mandibular Joint) - clenching of the jaw or grinding of the teeth

( I have to break it into 2 posts, LOL....it's still too long....)

[BabaluandOtis2]

Part 2 of the list.....LOL...

_H_E_A_R_I_N_G_
Frequent or intermittent reduced hearing or deafness in one or both ears
Low rumbling sounds
Ringing in the ears, noises in the ears, noises in the head

_M_I_N_D_
Afraid of everything
Altered state of reality, consciousness, or universe feeling
Deja Vu, a feeling like you've done or experienced something before
Depersonalization
Derealization
Desensitization
Difficulty thinking, speaking, forming thoughts, following conversations
Fear of going crazy
Fear of losing control
Fear of impending doom
Feelings of unreality
Frequent feeling of being overwhelmed, or that there is just too much to handle or do
Having difficulty concentrating
Nightmares, bad dreams
Obsession about sensations or getting better
Repetitive thinking or incessant ‘mind chatter’
Trapped in your mind feeling
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
You often feel you are carrying the world on your shoulders
Mood / Emotions
Always feeling angry and lack of patience
Depersonalization
Depression
Dramatic mood swings (emotional flipping)
Emotionally blunted, flat, or numb
Emotional "flipping" (dramatic mood swings)
Emotions feel wrong
Everything is scary, frightening
Feeling down in the dumps
Feeling like things are unreal or dreamlike
Frequently being on edge or 'grouchy'
Frequently feel like crying for no apparent reason
Have no feelings about things you used to
Not feeling like yourself, detached from loved ones, emotionally numb
Underlying anxiety, apprehension, or fear
You feel like you are under pressure all the time

_M_O_U_T_H _/_S_T_O_M_A_C_H
A ‘tinny’, ‘metallic’ or ‘ammonia’, or unusual smell or taste
Aerophagia (swallowing too much air, stomach distention, belching)
Choking
Constant craving for sugar or sweets
Constipation
Diarrhea
Difficulty swallowing
Difficulty talking, pronouncing certain letters or sounds, mouth feels like it isn't moving right, slurred speech
Dry mouth
Feeling like you can’t swallow properly or that something will get caught in your throat
Feeling like your tongue is swollen
Frequent upset stomach, bloating, gaseous
IBS
Lack of appetite or taste
Lump in the throat, tight throat, something stuck in your throat
Mouth muscles twitching/jumping
Nausea
Nausea vomiting
Nausea or abdominal stress
Numbness
Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
The thought of eating makes you nauseous
Tight throat, lump in throat
Tongue symptoms - Tingly, “stretched,” numb, frozen, itchy, “crawly,” burning, twitching, “jumpy,” aching, sore, or swollen tongue (when it isn’t).
Urgency to urinate, frequent urination, sudden urge to go to the washroom
Vomiting

_S_K_I_N_
Burning skin sensations, skin sensitivity
Numbness
Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
Skin problems, infections, rashes

_S_L_E_E_P_
Difficulty falling or staying asleep
Frequent bad, bizarre, or crazy dreams
Hearing sounds in your head that jolt you awake
Insomnia, or waking up ill in the middle of the night
Jolting awake
Waking up in a panic attack
You feel worse in the mornings
_S_I_G_H_T_
Distorted, foggy, or blurred vision
Dry, watery or itchy eyes
Eye tricks, seeing things our of the corner of your eye that isn’t there, stars, flashes
Eyes sensitive to light
Spots in the vision
Flashing lights when eyes are closed
Your depth perception feels wrong
_T_O_U_C_H_
Burning skin sensations, skin sensitivity
Feeling cold or chilled
Numbness
Numbness tingling, numbness and tingling
_P_A_I_N_
Tingling, pins and needles feelings
Other symptoms are described as:
Being like a hypochondriac, muscle twinges, worry all the time, tingles, gagging, tightness in the chest, tongue twitches, shaky, breath lump, heart beat problems, head tingles, itchy tingling in arms and legs, and so many more.

In addition to these symptoms, you may also find yourself worrying compulsively about:
• Having a heart attack
• Having a serious undetected illness
• Dying prematurely
• Going insane or losing your mind
• Harming yourself or someone you love uncontrollably
• Being embarrassed or making a fool out or yourself
• Losing control
• Fainting in public
• Not breathing properly
• Choking or suffocating
• Being alone

WHEW!.......and the site says that these aren't even every symptom!!  Oh what a lovely disorder this is........

[something]

HI, I do not think u have a brain tumour, but if u are worried go and do a CAT scan. When I am havving anxiety in every different illness first thing I do  I go and check if I am dreaming again or if it is true..It helps to get rid of anxiety when u are making sure u are ok. Strange that u took just once speed and it affected u so much. But to be honest speed damages ur brain so much it even can damage u for all ur life. Be carefull with this stuff.

[APE861]

i read all that every one writes and just sounds like me. we all go to the doctor for are symptoms and when the doctor say we are all ok and we dont have what every we went it for we still think something is wrong with us. how many doctors test and just them saying no your ok and then relizing it is just aniety. i'm always thinking i have ms. i dont know if taling and looking up stuff is helping. the doctors say quite looking stuff up no you dont have ms. but i still go home and think i do. my family says i worry to much and my husband say if it doent kill you stop thinking about it . like the tingling sensation on my stomach or feet. i know it sounds easy but like now i'm reading all of the forums and i can feel myself getting more stressed out then i think that its ok to talk about it . i dont think there is a right way or wrong way . its going to be 2 yrs in sept when all this started. but i know every day we will all get better in are own way. god bless