About a month ago I suffered from my first really bad anxiety attack. I've had mild anxiety in the past but never anything like this. It was triggered by aching in my leg at night. My mum died from a blood clot in her leg and so I guess my brain just said "you're about to die from a blood clot in your leg" and then the attack followed. I went to hospital thinking i was about to die and they informed me it was just an anxiety attack. Fast forward a week or two and i have a similar attack, this time with a slight headache and my brain immediately thinks "aneurysm". But I managed to calm myself down because this time I knew it was anxiety.

This past Monday I got my first migraine/episodic tension headache. I still have it. I think the worst part has been dealing with the anxiety of having the headache and wondering if something in my brain has malfunctioned and I'm about to die. I went to hospital last night (seeing as I couldn't get into my GP until next monday) and the doctor informed me it was a bad tension headache. That eases my anxiety a little but I'm still concerned.

Sleeping is really hard.

Has anyone else been pretty okay their whole life then suddenly hit with a semi truck full of anxiety??