Hello. I'm a 36 yo male and I've been suffering with health anxiety and panic attacks for ten years on and off. I thought I'd share some of the stuff I've learned over the years suffering with this BS. I'm currently in the middle of a flare up that's just getting better but it has manifested itself in daily panic attacks of varying severity always brought about by the idea that there's "something wrong" with my body and that I'm either going to die right now or be diagnosed with a terminal disease. OK - these things are possible - let's get that out of the way first of all. People are diagnosed with brain tumours and people suddenly die. But it is RARE; particularly for someone who is 26 and otherwise healthy. What you (and me) are experiencing is a physiological reaction to anxiety. It took me a while to realise but anxiety can build below conscious awareness until a threshold is reached and then, BAM! you're suddenly feeling "weird". Why do I feel weird? Something must be wrong! Your body floods with adrenaline (epinephrine if you're from the US) and your limbic system kicks in - it's the fight or flight response (yay!). Your muscles bunch, your pupils dilate (causing blurred vision) your blood pressure jumps through the roof, your heart rate doubles, your breathing rate increases (which by itself can cause all kinds of weird stuff to happen - tingling in face and extremities is certainly within the realms of possibility) and you feel you're going to pass out. This is all NORMAL. This is what your body is supposed to do in response to physical danger. The only problem you and I have is that there is no physical danger present. We have a defective BELIEF system - just as some people believe in elves and UFO's we believe that the signs of our fight or flight system kicking in are symptoms of an undiagnosed disease. This is what you (we) need to work on. If you can break down this belief, you'd be cured. Unfortunately, beliefs are very hard to shift even when presented with rational evidence to refute them. Think about how many people believe the Earth is flat or the moon landings didn't happen in spite of all the evidence. Hypochondria is a conspiracy theory in your own mind - we're believing our own mumbo jumbo. Sorry for the long reply but I hope this helps to open you up to the possibility that something other than a brain tumour might be going on; especially in the light of no medical evidence to back up the belief.

Great response captain freakout I think what you are saying makes a lot of sense now to be able to put it into practice ......
Lily it does sound like anxiety can be causing so many of your symptoms and as you get more anxious and are hyper aware of your symptoms more are bound to pop up
Captain freakout awesome name btw

Thank you! I have had bad anxiety forever. It's like I know most likely nothing is wrong, but it feels soo real at the time. I drive myself nuts.