ejstephens
01-17-2008, 07:12 AM
Hi,
A few weeks ago I had a scare. I was out at a bar and this guy was coughing all over the place and suddenly turned towards me and sneezed in my face. What scared me was that he apparently had a bloody nose as blood flew into my face and mouth. I've always been an anxious person -- especially in terms of my health. Within two days I started freaking out and every little thing would make me think I was sick. I went to a Dr. and they told me I didn't have anything to worry about but they still prescribed an antibiotic just in case. That seemed to just make me worse as I found that one of the side effects was anxiety. Since then I've been dealing with everyday symptoms of anxiety but I'm scared that they may be something else. I've dealt with heart palpitations almost every day, a lump in my throat (especially if I think about it), insomnia (sometimes I wake up with heart palpitations), and a feeling of dizziness most of the day (especially when I'm at work and can't concentrate). Then last night I was home and started having what felt like tension in the side of my neck/throat (that had been on and off) -- but the tension started moving into my left shoulder and top left of my back and neck. It almost felt like a pinched nerve. What's strange is that I had started to relax because I had gotten home for the day but suddenly this happened. I took Motrin and that helped some and I slept ok -- but as soon as I got up the same neck/back/shoulder pain was there and was a lot worse. I took Tylenol (all I had) and that helped as well.
Am I going crazy?
A few weeks ago I had a scare. I was out at a bar and this guy was coughing all over the place and suddenly turned towards me and sneezed in my face. What scared me was that he apparently had a bloody nose as blood flew into my face and mouth. I've always been an anxious person -- especially in terms of my health. Within two days I started freaking out and every little thing would make me think I was sick. I went to a Dr. and they told me I didn't have anything to worry about but they still prescribed an antibiotic just in case. That seemed to just make me worse as I found that one of the side effects was anxiety. Since then I've been dealing with everyday symptoms of anxiety but I'm scared that they may be something else. I've dealt with heart palpitations almost every day, a lump in my throat (especially if I think about it), insomnia (sometimes I wake up with heart palpitations), and a feeling of dizziness most of the day (especially when I'm at work and can't concentrate). Then last night I was home and started having what felt like tension in the side of my neck/throat (that had been on and off) -- but the tension started moving into my left shoulder and top left of my back and neck. It almost felt like a pinched nerve. What's strange is that I had started to relax because I had gotten home for the day but suddenly this happened. I took Motrin and that helped some and I slept ok -- but as soon as I got up the same neck/back/shoulder pain was there and was a lot worse. I took Tylenol (all I had) and that helped as well.
Am I going crazy?