headaches,anxiety and brain tumours

[riannon]

does anyone else have recurring pains through the body including headaches that you think are brain tumours?i worry my kids are gonna grow up without me as i think the worst with these headaches,but i have read that ongoing muscle tension is common and anxiety can give you lots of physical symptoms so why not head pains?i dont know please help!!!!!

[Jamamo300]

Hello!:) I have health anxiety and k have had pretty bad aniexty since the end of may. I recently started having like tension head aches pretty much all the time and I know that tension head aches are normal but it really scares me that I have them alot

[riannon]

thankyou ill keep in touch ,this is my 4th year of this and thats what keeps my going the fact that if i had a brain tumour id probably be dead now.but i used to get more of the chest pain and thought ihad heart problems,in fact i convinced myself i would have a heart attack but now i get more headaches and pains in the head ,neck and other places

[nozmeg]

hi there i suffer with health anxiety severe headache neck ache eye pain heaviness in arms n legs i think ive a brain aneursym tumor u name it ive got it if u think its there ull get the symtoms anxiety can cause awfull headaches belive me ,it is scary i know if u ever need some one to listen anytime im always willing to listen ive had this prblem for few yrs take care now

[scaredjo]

hiya i have been through the brain tumour stage too, i had the headaches even blurred vision, dizzyness in fact every single brain tumour symptom. anxiety can cause every symptom of every disease if you have convinced yourself you have it.
anxiety can cause bad headaches due to the tension in your muscles if your anxious your tense

[Shelley900]

Hi! Your symptoms sound exactly like mine - infact, it could have been me who's written it!! This sounds like Health anxiety, which is very common, so you are definitely not alone! My anxiety started with the tingling feeling in my face & head and so becasue I wasn't aware that anxiety/panic can cause these symptoms, it just made me so much worse and of course, I started thinking there was something seriously wrong with me!  So EVERY time I had any pains in my head, I immediately started to panic and even at work, I just wanted to cry as I knew I couldn't just go and lie down in my bed (where I seemed to feel safest).  With me, it actually got so bad that I refused to even go to the toilet at work, 'just incase' something happened to me when I was on my own.  I am gradually feeling better but still panic about my health etc... and as you say also, muscle tension is VERY common - I had shoulder & neck tension for months - which were also causing my headaches and if you have a look at the list of symptoms, then head pains is definitely included on there.  I honestly used to get these all the time and I promise, it is just the tension of feeling anxious that's causing them. If you ever want to chat, then feel free to PM me!  Hope this helps.  Shelley x