Brain cancer fear

I have terrible anxiety and hypochondria, recently ive had hiv phase, leukemia phase (these two have been thoroughly ruled out) and an osteosarcoma phasd because of a stiffness in my knee, well ive recently began smoking ********* along with my anxiety meds not simultaneously but in the same day, well I get numb faceand right hand this has been hsppening for a few days now and it happened when I smoked more  than ive ever smoked this last weekend and caused me to freak out, so maybe its related to that I have had headaches that lasted weeks at a time but they were not very painful and I suffer from chronic stuffiness due to my sinus and allergies. Ive also noticed this mostly we ll only happens when I'm playing video games which I play quite often it could also be just anxiety but idk all I know is im very afraid and I will be going back to the dr in a few months which is my next appointment so yea and.recently I've also developed a bad habit of staying up all night in fear of not waking up for school on time.

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Post Edited By Moderator (Scaredy Cat) : 10/30/2014 9:22:16 AM (GMT-6)

Thank you. And I live with my grandmother since my parents divorced but they are very supportive

Hi JN and welcome!

I am sorry that you are currently dealing with these fears about your health. :( I know how miserable and scared this can make you feel!

I agree with the above advice...you should talk to someone to help you deal with these thoughts and feelings. A counselor or therapist could help you to learn the skills to manage your fears.

It also sounds as if you have been doing some on-line research of illness and disease? We call that "Doctor Google" here (lol) and it is definitely not a good visit to make!! It will only increase your anxiety about your symptoms.

Working on getting more sleep, cutting out the recreational smoke and talking to someone about getting into therapy should all be priority for you and good goals to shoot for.

In the meantime...here are some great self-help links for you to check out for health anxiety management. Instead of looking up symptoms on-line...put your time and energy to good use and go through these modules and exerices to relieve your fears.

Health Anxiety - A Self Help Guide:

 

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hypochondria/pages/introduction.aspx

Helping health Anxiety

 

http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_id=53

Health Anxiety- The Super Scanner

http://www.get.gg/docs/SuperScanner.pdf

 

It takes some time and effort...but will be well worth it!!

Keep posting with us for support! We understand and care. ;)

Scaredy Cat