I have a migraine headache. I have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety. Is this a common symptom or could this be a head tumor. This often worries me. The doctor says I need to calm down. What can I take to ease the headache.

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• Is this normal for people with GAD?

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  by QuitaM on April 13th, 2008

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• Does this also cause tension

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  by QuitaM on June 25th, 2008

• yes, anxiety is stress, and stress is by definition tension...
  click on the link, and read all of the symptoms for yourself -
  http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety-symptoms.shtml

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

• Thanks alot. I feel jumpy alot. I hope this is normal.

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  by QuitaM on June 25th, 2008

• If you have generalized anxiety, it certainly is.

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

• I pray that this ends soon

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  by QuitaM on June 25th, 2008

• well, it takes a new mental outlook for anxiety to end.
  There are things you can do to reduce it, and get it under control a bit, such as drinking green tea which contains and amino acid called L-Theanine which is a natural anxiety reducer. http://web-us.com/l-theanine_anxiety_reducer.htm but until the cause of your anxiety is removed, it's rare for it to go away on it's own.
  Did something in particular bring it on...? There must be something you're aware of that is causing the constant gnawing concern... finances, being alone, some kind of sudden change in circumstances, all of these are cause for anxiety... it's good to remember that anxiety is caused by our imaginations, and when the imagination is brought under control, the anxiety will go away. Until then, you can only do things to reduce its symptoms and severity.

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

• Remember, Laughter is the best medicine.
  Do you remember Dr. Norman Cousins...? He was told he had a non-survivable illness and was hospitalized and in constant pain. He healed himself with laughter. Afterwards he wrote a few books. One of the books he wrote was "The Healing Heart, Antidotes to Panic and Helplessness". You may want to pick up a copy and see if there's anything you can benefit from in there. Remember, it's all how we look at things and interpret them, it's all in our imagination... Here's a link to the book on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Heart-Antidotes-Panic-Helplessness/dp/0393018164/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214454675&sr=8-1

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

• My grandmother raised me and passed away about two years ago now. When she passed I held my anger and sadness in and tryed to be tuff. I think I am paying for it now. I am also not getting the right finances that I need. I have been through two stressful jobs in the past six months. Could this be the problem? I also have two small children and a the medical condition TMJ..

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  by QuitaM on June 25th, 2008

• Losing someone who was so central in your life, was always there and available to talk and support you can certainly be very disorienting and destabilizing. Constant money concerns also strike the very core of our sense of well being. How can one feel safe when money being in short supply reminds them of how close to the edge they're living...? Providing for children and being concerned for their safety is certainly a factor, and the pain when TMJ flares up can certainly make dealing with even simple matters very difficult. All combined, it's not to hard to see why you're having the trying time you've been having. Do you have a future vision of yourself and your children with everything being resolved, an ideal image that you bring to mind from time to time, with everyone happy...? That's the first thing I would do, just get a feeling of everything being resolved and better in the future. The more you can bring it to mind, the better.

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

• My friend had TMJ for over 30 years. I've known him for 20 years now, and there were times he would be bedridden, as the pain was so bad. He finally took my advice about a year ago and went to a dentist about it. The dentist found what the problem was and did an operation in the office. He's been pain free ever since. There are solutions, you see... ;-)

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  by gmeades on June 25th, 2008

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• I get worried over the littlist things and I end up having panic attacks. Could this be a tumor?

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  by QuitaM on April 21st, 2008

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• The doctor doesn't seem to think that I have a tumor she thinks its just from my anxiety. The migraine just comes and goes. Do you know what I can take for this.

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  by QuitaM on April 13th, 2008