not sure if this is all anxiety

I was wondering if anybody suffers with anxiety the way i do because at times i wonder if it is just anxiety.
I suffered from panic attacks in my teens and early 20s so i know what they feel like and im able to control them now although im always in fear of having a full blown one.
My anxiety seems to make me feel physically ill. I get all the normal symptoms of anxiety like stomach problems etc but there seems to be this fear inside me of life in general i suppose. Any  mild stress in my life seems to cause me to ache all over, feel so tired, and the feeling that im going to get a cold or something but nothing ever come of it.
I constantly feel off balance with neck pain and head pressure.
I am having counselling to help me come to terms with my childhood but i seem to be unable to do the things that i need to do to have a better life because of the way i feel all the time.
The problem is is that i dont feel as if im anxious, maybe ive felt this way for most of my life so its normal to me.
So to me i am relaxed but im probably not.
I often wonder if i am dealing with anxiety or not. I know if i have a drink all my problems go and i can feel ok sometimes when im engrossed in something.
Does anybody suffer with anxiety in this way, sometimes i wonder if it could be something else although my docs has done loads of tests. It get very frustrated with myself when i try and do all the right things to help myself but dont seem to be getting anywhere.

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I can totally relate to you! I don't feel anxious at all most of the time and my tight neck and back of the head pressure is always there... I don't get the stomac and lower body symptoms but its all about my neck and head... I feel dizzy everyday, the tighness of my neck is chronic for 5 months now and the suboccipital pressure is jus terrible everyday as soon as i wake up... ive done a ct-scan and MRI and i still have doubt it's all anxiety related since i think my symptoms are causing me anxiety since my anxiety started with my symptoms... Since then i'm having panic attack ( always related to my physical condition ) and since 5 months ive never been the same again... I'm only 22 years old and it's killing me right now... Ill have an MRI and some more bloodtest and then i will start working on the anxiety/depression issue even tho i feel im not anxious and i can relax and when im ultra relaxed my physical are there ( neck and head )... of course when im really anxious i will have more symptoms like tight chest and really dizzy and fear of stroke and passing out and u know... well what disturbs me the most is the tight neck and back of the head pressure ( btw it radiates to my scalp, forehead and bridge of the nose ) , its always here no matter how relaxed i am or when i sleep or what... so i still dont know if all i have is anxiety.. some people say yes but i will take every test possible my mind is free... so if you have insurance i sugest you pass a lot of test to rule out illness and then you will be able to work properly on you anxiety. And trust me chornic pain can lead to depression. Oh and me too when i drink and im gettin drunk my symptoms seems to go away but we are less sensitive when drunk... i can remember some serious falls that i could not feel anything... so we can rule out illness by the fact than when were drunk we have no symptoms... i guess.. well im in the same boat as i still dont know if its 100% anxiety even tho i know im suffering from nxiety due to my symptoms and even tho i know anxiety produces more and amplifies existing symptoms.

If you wanna talk send me an email i have lot of info on psychosomatic pain too,....