can anxiety really be this bad?

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Ok so here is my story and I hope someone out there can help. I am a 23 year old male who has always been perfectly healthy. About 10 weeks ago I suffered what doctors said was an anxiety attack. I felt like I was literally going to die and doctors just released me after I calmed down and my EKG came back OK and said everything was going to be alright so I believed them. For about 3 weeks after that I suffered from headaches, disorientation, dizziness and an awful pressure in my head and I could barely get out of bed. I thought for sure I had a brain tumor and started obsessing over it so I went to the hospital and got a CT scan which turned out negative. Then I developed an awful cough that also last around 3 weeks and was coughing up all sorts of nasty stuff to go along with a nasty lightheadedness which made me feel like I was always going to pass out. I thought I had lung cancer so I had a chest x-ray twice and once again the doctors said everything was normal. So as soon as the cough went away I started feeling nauseous every morning which caused me to throw up a couple times. I didnt eat hardly anything for 2 weeks and got awful stomach pains randomly throughout the day so I thought something was wrong with my stomach or colon or something so I went back to the doctor and they made me take a Barium swallowing test, which I still havent received the results from. But since I took the test the nausea and stomach pains have gone away, but the lightheadedness has come back. I feel off balance once in awhile, get ringing in the ears and once in awhile get a weird noise in my ear that sounRAB like water running through them. So once again I feel like something is wrong with my brain and I feel like I am doomed and my CT scan was messed up. I dont really know what to do anymore because this has affected my job and my relationships and no one has given me an answer that has satisfied me. Well that is my story and I hope someone out there can shed some light. Thanks. God Bless
 
yes, that sounRAB like anxiety when it's on overdrive. I have the same problems and the trigger for me is my health. i don't know why. i take valium when i get worked up like that. it would calm down the thoughts but other meRAB can be just as good for you. for me, the trick is to shut it down before it ballons into a trip to the ER, which I've also done. when all that passes i get really erabarassed that I let it carry me that far. I had few episodes like you're having at your age too, then it all went away but came back many years later. extra stress sometimes pushes me into this, other times it's hormones, i'm female and prone to depression and anxiety around my period. whatever the case, there's a trigger somewhere that you're setting off, then comes the circle of wild thoughts and fears that send you to the ER. You get temporary relief finding out you're not going to die. that buzz wears off and you're back in the cycle. try talking to another doc about antidepressants and anxiety meRAB. try the anxiety meRAB first, i prefer than than taking something that messes with mooRAB on that level.
 
Anxiety can manifest itself in limitless ways. When I was a kid, I had such bad anxiety that I had constant stomach pains. Because of the negative effect it had on my appetite, I started losing weight. Doctors did an upper-GI (the barium test), endoscopy, and colonoscopy on me to find out what was wrong. Finally the answer was "just" anxiety. I did go on medication then (have since gotten off of it) and it helped me tremendously.

I think the next doctor you go to should be a psychiatrist. You will be amazed at the power your own mind has over your physical body. Good luck.
 
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