mannik111
14-03-13, 19:38
Hi good evening to everyone
My name is Nik and i live in the south of England
I am suffering with extreme anxiety/health anxiety. I also have OCD since childhood, checking doors and windows are locked, taps are off.
It all started 4 years ago on a night out with friends, i wasnt drinking
as i had my car with me.
during the evening i started to become very hot like i was having flushes
and generally unwell so i decided to leave, on my way back to the car
i had my first extremly scary dizzy spell, id never had any thing like this
and it really scared me.
From then on the dizzyness/ light headedness happend every day then i started getting twinges in my chest to go with it, iv never been so scared! as you do i googled these symptoms and got the usual heart attack/ brain tumour
info.
I visited the doctor who checked my ears for ballence etc and had an ecg
with came back normal.
being an idiot i started drinking to get me through.
its now been 4 years of misery!, headache dizzyness chest pain, pains in my arms/legs, hot flushes, nausia, palpitations, diarrhea, constant fear of heart attack, waking up in the middle of the night with a racing heart beat.
iv had so many blood test/ ecgs/ an echocardiogram, all these come back normal.
I hate getting up in the morning as i get all these thing on a daily basis.
as i said i also have OCD recently broke the back door from tugging the handle making sure the door is locked.
im at my wits end, i recently went to a new doctor who has put me on sertraline 50mg, but after 2 and a half weeks dont feel any better.
im sitting here worrying that i have got this right and put down all the info i need too.
looking forward to hme helpful comments.
many thanks
Nik
My name is Nik and i live in the south of England
I am suffering with extreme anxiety/health anxiety. I also have OCD since childhood, checking doors and windows are locked, taps are off.
It all started 4 years ago on a night out with friends, i wasnt drinking
as i had my car with me.
during the evening i started to become very hot like i was having flushes
and generally unwell so i decided to leave, on my way back to the car
i had my first extremly scary dizzy spell, id never had any thing like this
and it really scared me.
From then on the dizzyness/ light headedness happend every day then i started getting twinges in my chest to go with it, iv never been so scared! as you do i googled these symptoms and got the usual heart attack/ brain tumour
info.
I visited the doctor who checked my ears for ballence etc and had an ecg
with came back normal.
being an idiot i started drinking to get me through.
its now been 4 years of misery!, headache dizzyness chest pain, pains in my arms/legs, hot flushes, nausia, palpitations, diarrhea, constant fear of heart attack, waking up in the middle of the night with a racing heart beat.
iv had so many blood test/ ecgs/ an echocardiogram, all these come back normal.
I hate getting up in the morning as i get all these thing on a daily basis.
as i said i also have OCD recently broke the back door from tugging the handle making sure the door is locked.
im at my wits end, i recently went to a new doctor who has put me on sertraline 50mg, but after 2 and a half weeks dont feel any better.
im sitting here worrying that i have got this right and put down all the info i need too.
looking forward to hme helpful comments.
many thanks
Nik