Hi, my name is Mike and the past four months have been some of the hardest of my life. In Septemeber, I "thought" that I had a panic attack, occurring out of the blue. I didn't get any physical symptoms during the attack, but my mind was just racing and going crazy. I went to see a therapist and he told it was a panic attack. So ever since then, I have been getting worried over lots of things, and the therapist has told me this is anxiety. However, I never get any physical symptoms from anxiety(all i get usually is a headache, feeling my throat will close, or some minor chest pains). This has led me to beleive that I have schizophrenia. I think this because I have experienced a lot of derealization everyday, and my mind is just foggy. I also have lost interest in things I used to like, and I don't really care to do anything. Just recently I have been worried that there is a tumor in my head because of a bump on the back of my skull. My memory has recently gone to shti, and while in class I can barely focus on anything at all.

I have been on web sites reading about schizophrenia, and I don't know if I just make myself think I have all the symptoms or I actually have them. Could all of this really be anxiety, or is there really a problem? I keep thinking I have schizophrenia and it scares me.