sarah2216
08-05-13, 12:02
I have recently been diagnosed with anxiety and given Propanolol and anti-depressants (which I haven't started to take yet.) I am particularly worried that I have anxiety as a result of an illness rather than anxiety making me ill. This is because my mum suffers from POTS and is currently been investigated for MS and EDS (she has similar symptoms to me and on her MRI they spotted brain lesions.)
My doctor doesn't seem to take my fears seriously and keeps saying that my mum is a lot older than me etc and that her symptoms manifested at 40 (after pregnancy) whereas I am only in my early 20s.
My symptoms are:
Headaches, tinnitus, dulled hearing (my dentist thinks I have TMJ so may not be relevant)
Palpitations that are sometimes so bad they wake me up
Sensitive to temperature - particularly heat which makes me irritable
Light headedness and dizziness
Fatigue
Tender spots on my skin like there is bruising when there isn't
Weird skin sensations like an ice pack being applied
Painful knees and knuckles
Difficulty walking (feels like wearing a lead backpack)
Lack of sex drive
Nausea or feeling car sick
Vertigo - feeling like I am spinning or shaking
Floaters in vision or visual disturbance like something is in one of my eyes
Forgetfulness, confusion or slurring or using wrong words/pronouncing them wrong
There are others I am sure but I don't remember all of them off the top of my head:/ I have a lot of the psychological symptoms of anxiety too like not wanting to go out, I never enjoy anything, worrying or dwelling on stupid things etc
Is this all anxiety? If not do I need to change doctors?
Sorry for long post but thanks for reading,
Sarah.
My doctor doesn't seem to take my fears seriously and keeps saying that my mum is a lot older than me etc and that her symptoms manifested at 40 (after pregnancy) whereas I am only in my early 20s.
My symptoms are:
Headaches, tinnitus, dulled hearing (my dentist thinks I have TMJ so may not be relevant)
Palpitations that are sometimes so bad they wake me up
Sensitive to temperature - particularly heat which makes me irritable
Light headedness and dizziness
Fatigue
Tender spots on my skin like there is bruising when there isn't
Weird skin sensations like an ice pack being applied
Painful knees and knuckles
Difficulty walking (feels like wearing a lead backpack)
Lack of sex drive
Nausea or feeling car sick
Vertigo - feeling like I am spinning or shaking
Floaters in vision or visual disturbance like something is in one of my eyes
Forgetfulness, confusion or slurring or using wrong words/pronouncing them wrong
There are others I am sure but I don't remember all of them off the top of my head:/ I have a lot of the psychological symptoms of anxiety too like not wanting to go out, I never enjoy anything, worrying or dwelling on stupid things etc
Is this all anxiety? If not do I need to change doctors?
Sorry for long post but thanks for reading,
Sarah.