I'm back..

Hi all,

I wish I wasn't posting this (not because I don't want to be here, but because I have been doing so well), for a month I was symptom free and happy. Now all of the sudden my restlessness has come back and the restless/tingly feeling in my forehead. My family says it's allergies, but I had it during Winter. It also came back a while ago, and then I upped my Zoloft and it went away for a month. I don't know what's going on, I'm so scared of a brain tumor. I don't know the symptoms because I try not to google, but I try to keep telling myself if it was terminal, then it wouldn't go away and it would just get worse.

I don't want to be like this, what could it be if not anxiety and not a brain tumor?

Hi

Welcome back to the forum but sorry to hear you have had a set back.

Sometimes when you increase your dosage of a medication you can get worse before you get better which sounds a strange thing to happen but it seems the norm. It sounds to me like you are having health anxiety so do your best to avoid goggling your symptoms as this will only make your anxiety a lot worse.

I would speak to your doctor about getting a referral for some talking therapy such as CBT or Mindfulness Meditation as these both work well. Have a look at our resources thread for some useful links to self help guides on the web.

You have got through this before so you need to tell yourself you can do it again.

Hibee

Hi H.B. and welcome back!

I am sorry you are having anxiety come back to bother you with the symptoms and subsequent worries!

Please know that fear of illness is so common due to our physical symptoms!

Almost every member's post here that I have read has an identical theme when it comes to health concerns due to how anxiety is making them feel physically...

....it is natural to jump to the conclusion that something must be wrong...

However, this is almost never the case!

Compare and contrast these facts:

Less than 1% of people will contract a brain tumor in their lifetime.

Pretty much all anxiety sufferers at some point fear for their physical health in some way, shape or form!

So, drawing from those stats...you can be pretty sure that you are dealing with health anxiety again, right?

Have you gone through the health anxiety material in our Resources yet? If not...check it out! It is great.:)

Keep posting...we understand and are here to cheer you on anytime friend!

S.C.