Breezay
15-02-12, 22:01
I've been having physical symptoms for a while now, mostly they started after I was in a car accident in September. I've put most of them down to anxiety but the worst one, I just can't seem to shake the fear of it being something more serious.
I've been getting tired quite a lot and when I feel too tired, I get like a weird zap in my brain and a flutter in my chest. My anxiety is usually at it's worst during the evening.. Nights out are difficult for me because all I can think about is things that might go wrong with me.
That's really the main thing that's been bothering me.. The weird zaps in my brain. I don't know if people have experienced the side effects of Effexor? But it's kinda similar to those zaps, just milder. My brother has sleep deprived/stress induced epilepsy so I'm mostly worried about that! He was diagnosed 3 years ago.
My other symptoms come and go.. Like I'll use the wrong word quite often in a sentence. To begin with, I'd notice it, but now I don't. I do it so often that my Husband picks up on it. I often get pains down my left arm and aches in my legs (Major worries - heart attack and blood clots!). Occasionally I will get blurry vision or floaters in my eyesight.
I've tried to put all of these things to anxiety or normal aches/pains. But then I stupidly searched brain tumour symptoms and I have them all! Of course, even if I thought I had a brain tumour, I wouldn't see my GP about it.. I'm terrified of something serious being wrong with me. And surgery scares the pants off of me!
Could these things be down to anxiety? I wonder if it's just tiredness or dehydration sometimes too. I get headaches, really bad ones, if I've not drank enough water all day.
I've really rambled.. I'm sorry. Anyone who reads this and makes any sense out of it deserves a medal!
I've been getting tired quite a lot and when I feel too tired, I get like a weird zap in my brain and a flutter in my chest. My anxiety is usually at it's worst during the evening.. Nights out are difficult for me because all I can think about is things that might go wrong with me.
That's really the main thing that's been bothering me.. The weird zaps in my brain. I don't know if people have experienced the side effects of Effexor? But it's kinda similar to those zaps, just milder. My brother has sleep deprived/stress induced epilepsy so I'm mostly worried about that! He was diagnosed 3 years ago.
My other symptoms come and go.. Like I'll use the wrong word quite often in a sentence. To begin with, I'd notice it, but now I don't. I do it so often that my Husband picks up on it. I often get pains down my left arm and aches in my legs (Major worries - heart attack and blood clots!). Occasionally I will get blurry vision or floaters in my eyesight.
I've tried to put all of these things to anxiety or normal aches/pains. But then I stupidly searched brain tumour symptoms and I have them all! Of course, even if I thought I had a brain tumour, I wouldn't see my GP about it.. I'm terrified of something serious being wrong with me. And surgery scares the pants off of me!
Could these things be down to anxiety? I wonder if it's just tiredness or dehydration sometimes too. I get headaches, really bad ones, if I've not drank enough water all day.
I've really rambled.. I'm sorry. Anyone who reads this and makes any sense out of it deserves a medal!