nathan1010
06-25-2012, 10:49 AM
Hi,
This is my first post on this site. I feel it will help me if i can write all this down, so if you do take take the time to read this then please do reply as i take great strength from other peoples advice.
Ill start off by telling you exactly how i feel... I HAVE A SERIOUS ILLNESS AND IM GOING TO DIE.
One Wednesday morning 8 weeks ago i woke up suddenly at 6am, i could hardly breathe, my heart was racing and my head felt like it was about to explode. These symptoms continued for a few hours so i went to the doctors. They thought it may be an upper respiritory tract infection, so a course of antibiotics and that was that. The tablets made me feel worse (so another visit to the doctors) and they thought it could be anxiety.
At around the same time as all this began my girlfriend fell pregnant. She had some cramping pains very early on (which they thought may be an ectopic pregnancy) but after an emergency scan everything was fine. I have also recently moved to a different area of the country (Birmingham -Durham) and have struggled to find a perm job. After taking all this into consideration the docs concluded it was def anxiety.
I had a panic attack 6 weeks ago ( iw ont go into the details because i think they are pretty uniform) as it had never happened to me before i thought i was having a heart attack and my girlfriend took me to A & E. They did an ECG which showed a slight jump on the results but they told me it was nothing to be concerned about and it was probably stress related.
Since then my symptoms have increased in number and in pain. My haedache hasnt left me and sometimes can get so bad i feel im about to keel over. I went through a stage of my vision jumping and blurring whilst finding it hard to concentrate on anything for more than 4/5 seconds. After going for a few drinks with a visiting friend (vodka/redbull) (which ive since found out is a big no no with anxiety) i had the worst day ever. My pupils dilated to different sizes for a few hours, my heart was going so fast and my head was going to explode.
Another visit to the doctors, i went through all my symptoms. By now i was having stabbing pains in my arms, hands and legs. It feels like i may fall over at any point. I seem to float around all alien like. Ive got lots of new moles all over my body. My arms and wrists appear to have thinned considerably. I also mentioned my pupil dilation and the severity of my headaches. Nausea was also becoming an issue. By this point id checked all the symptoms online and had convinced myself that i had a brain tumour or MS.
The doctors went through several general tests with me. I had blood tests taken which all came back fine. They tapped my legs and feet (fine), blood pressure was fine, they checked my eyes (appear fine). They prescribed me some beta blockers which made me feel worse so ive stopped taking them. Ive stopped doing any exercise and the idea scares me that i may have a heart attack/brain hemorrhage.
UPDATE: I am now getting a strange feeling in my stomach after eating, like there is a pulse there. I put my tv control on it and it actually bounces.
If you have managed to read all this then thank you. I really do not know what to do next? Should i demand an MRI? Does anybody else suffer with these symptoms? Should i be as concerned as i am?
So today is June 25th, i still have my headache, my symptoms are pretty much as they have been since this started.
Nathan
This is my first post on this site. I feel it will help me if i can write all this down, so if you do take take the time to read this then please do reply as i take great strength from other peoples advice.
Ill start off by telling you exactly how i feel... I HAVE A SERIOUS ILLNESS AND IM GOING TO DIE.
One Wednesday morning 8 weeks ago i woke up suddenly at 6am, i could hardly breathe, my heart was racing and my head felt like it was about to explode. These symptoms continued for a few hours so i went to the doctors. They thought it may be an upper respiritory tract infection, so a course of antibiotics and that was that. The tablets made me feel worse (so another visit to the doctors) and they thought it could be anxiety.
At around the same time as all this began my girlfriend fell pregnant. She had some cramping pains very early on (which they thought may be an ectopic pregnancy) but after an emergency scan everything was fine. I have also recently moved to a different area of the country (Birmingham -Durham) and have struggled to find a perm job. After taking all this into consideration the docs concluded it was def anxiety.
I had a panic attack 6 weeks ago ( iw ont go into the details because i think they are pretty uniform) as it had never happened to me before i thought i was having a heart attack and my girlfriend took me to A & E. They did an ECG which showed a slight jump on the results but they told me it was nothing to be concerned about and it was probably stress related.
Since then my symptoms have increased in number and in pain. My haedache hasnt left me and sometimes can get so bad i feel im about to keel over. I went through a stage of my vision jumping and blurring whilst finding it hard to concentrate on anything for more than 4/5 seconds. After going for a few drinks with a visiting friend (vodka/redbull) (which ive since found out is a big no no with anxiety) i had the worst day ever. My pupils dilated to different sizes for a few hours, my heart was going so fast and my head was going to explode.
Another visit to the doctors, i went through all my symptoms. By now i was having stabbing pains in my arms, hands and legs. It feels like i may fall over at any point. I seem to float around all alien like. Ive got lots of new moles all over my body. My arms and wrists appear to have thinned considerably. I also mentioned my pupil dilation and the severity of my headaches. Nausea was also becoming an issue. By this point id checked all the symptoms online and had convinced myself that i had a brain tumour or MS.
The doctors went through several general tests with me. I had blood tests taken which all came back fine. They tapped my legs and feet (fine), blood pressure was fine, they checked my eyes (appear fine). They prescribed me some beta blockers which made me feel worse so ive stopped taking them. Ive stopped doing any exercise and the idea scares me that i may have a heart attack/brain hemorrhage.
UPDATE: I am now getting a strange feeling in my stomach after eating, like there is a pulse there. I put my tv control on it and it actually bounces.
If you have managed to read all this then thank you. I really do not know what to do next? Should i demand an MRI? Does anybody else suffer with these symptoms? Should i be as concerned as i am?
So today is June 25th, i still have my headache, my symptoms are pretty much as they have been since this started.
Nathan