beth0277
22-12-11, 15:39
I'm a mess...I developed severe health anxiety during my pregnancy 2 years ago. It got blown out of proportion after I had my son and had some health problems. I was put on Zoloft 2 weeks after he was born and within 3 days couldn't feel my bladder at all. I had to be cath'd to pee and they were blaming my c-section, even though I had been peeing fine. I went off the Zoloft and within a few days my bladder felt normal. I went on a few other SSRI's and felt a lot better, but I was still getting asymptomatic UTI's all the time. (Didn't know I had them until I went to the dr for something else). I finally saw a Urologist in September and they said I was retaining a small amount of urine, which is what was causing my UTI's. I read that can be caused my SSRI's, so I went off Prozac and at the next 3 checks my urine retention was gone and I had no more UTI's.
Well, in the last few weeks my anxiety has come back full force. I was first convinced that I was in liver failure, then kidney problems, and now I am CONVINCED that I have MS. I feel like even though my last 3 bladder checks were normal, I still have the problem and it is all neurological. Also, in the last few weeks, I have had a lot of arm tingling (waking me up at night) and most recently an odd smell (something burning) and a super sensitivity to other smells.
My GP wasn't too concerned but said I can get an MRI if I want to. I am just nervous because I know that if you have migraines, which I do, the MRI's can come back as "suspicious" even if you don't have MS. I don't think I could physically or mentally handle going through a waiting period to see if anything changed in my MRI.
I don't know what to do. I am a mess. I feel like giving up.
---------- Post added at 10:39 ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 ----------
I should also add that I have had the little "glitter" flashes in my vision, along with my more "normal" anxiety symptoms, like panic attacks.
Well, in the last few weeks my anxiety has come back full force. I was first convinced that I was in liver failure, then kidney problems, and now I am CONVINCED that I have MS. I feel like even though my last 3 bladder checks were normal, I still have the problem and it is all neurological. Also, in the last few weeks, I have had a lot of arm tingling (waking me up at night) and most recently an odd smell (something burning) and a super sensitivity to other smells.
My GP wasn't too concerned but said I can get an MRI if I want to. I am just nervous because I know that if you have migraines, which I do, the MRI's can come back as "suspicious" even if you don't have MS. I don't think I could physically or mentally handle going through a waiting period to see if anything changed in my MRI.
I don't know what to do. I am a mess. I feel like giving up.
---------- Post added at 10:39 ---------- Previous post was at 09:26 ----------
I should also add that I have had the little "glitter" flashes in my vision, along with my more "normal" anxiety symptoms, like panic attacks.