Migraine and health anxiety

[Fighting-Soul]

Hello everyone! Im new here, although I was a regular member about 5 years ago. Long story short, my anxiety is back! And this time it's coming with migraines that make me feel horrendous, therefore kickstarting my anxiety and panic! I feel something is really wrong with my head and it terrifies me

[Naturistdude]

Hello

Did you do anything in particular to stop your anxiety before?

[Fighting-Soul in reply to Naturistdude]

Hello!

I don't think it ever really stopped, i started medication and learned how to cope with it a little better. But i feel myself slipping again and all i feel is fear. Some days are good and some are bad, my doctor diagnosed me with migraine's but my mind wont stop telling me its more

[Naturistdude in reply to Fighting-Soul]

Will you have to go back to the start again and use medication and learn how to cope?

[Fighting-Soul in reply to Naturistdude]

I really don't want to 😔 I've managed to cope so well, but if medication can help me live life again without the constant fear, then yes

[Naturistdude in reply to Fighting-Soul]

Maybe it would be worth a go so that you can feel better again.

I hope you manage to work it all out.

[Fighting-Soul in reply to Naturistdude]

Thank you so much, and for taking the time to respond to me x

[Naturistdude in reply to Fighting-Soul]

You are always welcome...

[gajh]

Have you been to a neurologist? There might be something they could do to help with the migraines.

[Fighting-Soul in reply to gajh]

I haven't, il definitley speak to my doctor about that tho! I didn't know that was an option , thank you

[gajh in reply to Fighting-Soul]

I just went to a neurologist for double vision. He thinks it is caused by migraines even though I do not have a headache or any pain at all. He did a bunch of blood work to rule everything else out. He prescribed Magnesium 250 mg and Vitamin B 400 mg. Not saying that is what you should do. Just sharing what my Dr said to me. I have a follow up with him next week.

[Fighting-Soul in reply to gajh]

I really appreciate your response. I had an MRI scan and a CT scan back in 2019, both of which were clear, but my brother had an unexpected brain hemorrage a few years ago and that always plays in the back of my mind

[gajh in reply to Fighting-Soul]

I had an MRI and a CT scan that were clear and then got referred to the neurologist.

[dizzychar]

hi,it’s awful isn’t it, I’ve been the same had a really rough few weeks, can’t sleep hardly and when I do I’m waking up every hour, try not to worry too much easier said than done I no especially with what happened to your brother, is your gp going to do any further tests?

[Fighting-Soul in reply to dizzychar]

Hello! It is horrible! Ive woken up this morning really scared with a headache! Just the feelings of fear going through me. No there not

[jodary]

Hi, just wanted to say I really feel for you. It’s a horrible thing to deal with, I tend to be ok until I get a physical symptom and then it kicks off my anxiety because I’m convinced it’s something bad. Like you with your brother I had a similar experience when my dad had a bad back which we didn’t think was anything but a bad back and turned out to be cancer in his bones from undiagnosed prostate cancer. I think this is what triggered my health anxiety as there’s often a related experience in the past if you have therapy. It’s a vicious circle as the anxiety triggers the physical symptoms which then fuel the anxiety. I’ve had various medications and therapies and did find hypnotherapy helpful. I think we are a particular type of person unfortunately, my husband has never been anxious in his life and he’s had 2 heart attacks but is not anxious about his health at all . We are just built that way

[Fighting-Soul in reply to jodary]

Hi, thank you for your response & im very sorry to hear that about your dad! Im the same with you, it’s the physical symptoms that send my thoughts wild as i think in that moment that ‘this is it’. Ive been to the doctors and had tests etc but nothing seems to satisfy me. For a few years there it was ‘managale’ with just some bad days. But now its back and I've forgotten everything that helped last time. All i remembered was this group, All i feel is fear 😔 the headaches are like pressure headaches its horrible. Feels like my head is going to explode sometimes which automatically sends me to my brother and what happened to him, as he had no symptoms either he just woke up one morning paralysed down one side with a bleed on the brain

[jodary in reply to Fighting-Soul]

I am very familiar with those pressure headaches, ended up with a mri scan I got so worried about them. There’s a web site called anxiety centre and it helps me to go on there and read about all the physical symptoms you can get with anxiety. It’s like a kind of reassurance that it is anxiety. I also started getting ectopic heart beats and transferred my anxiety on to my heart. After numerous tests all was ok but I still get them and get anxious which makes them worse. I did find hypnotherapy helpful, it’s supposed to be able to change how you think but still when I get a physical symptom I start panicking. It’s in our makeup I think

[Goldfinger27]

Can you tell me if you can drink comfrey tea? I want it to help with pain and heal my joints and bones and I know this is excellent for it. I tried the cream but it is a dark bottle green and the mess it made was horrendous.

[Debee28]

Sorry to hear this. Just to note on migraines have u considered having your daith pierced? It's inside your ear and a pressure point. I was having 11 migraines a week, had my daiths pierced and they stopped.