tuesdayschild44
15-05-14, 16:43
I am going to the doctor today to talk about my insomnia and the restoril that he gave me to sleep. I am worried about being on a benzozidepiene for the last two months. I feel like they’re not working on some nights. Last night was one of them. But being that I have health anxiety, the thought of the doctor’s office scares me. Last time I was there he said I had weakness in my left arm and no reflex in my bicep on that arm. It scares me so much. It started feeling that way again on Tuesday, and that is when I called the doctor’s office to make today’s appointment. So, is it all in my head? The doctor has checked it the last two times I was in there and he said the second time it was weaker, how can he tell that? He had me squeeze his fingers push against him all that stuff. But now that I have to go back today, the last two days I am hyper focused on my left arm. There is tingling and it is shaky, well really my whole body is shaky.
He is sending me for the EMG to check my nerves because of that and the tingling that started in my left leg back in February ( I hurt my back ) he said that was a pinched nerve in my lower back. Could this be a pinched nerve in my neck? I have fears of MS and ALS. But the left arm and overall weakness didn’t start until my panic attack that ended me up in the Emergency room back in March. That is when I started taking Ativan that the doctor switched to Restoril, he switched because I wasn’t sleeping even on the Ativan, and now the Restoril seems to be okay most nights but I haven’t been able to sleep through the night since March.
God why does the left side of my neck tingle and down that arm? It shook both times I pushed against the doctor, what is it?
I keep telling myself that the all over muscle twitches and the tingling are a symptoms of anxiety, but the weakness? Could my mind be doing that? I like totally forgot about that until Tuesday and then bam, the thing feels weak, I am like doing things to test the strength, and I am not feeling like it is as strong??!!!
And also for the ladies, I didn’t have my monthly visitor last month and this month it is more and still spotting on day 6! Is that normal? Is that caused by the panic and anxiety????
Plus I still have the lower back ache every now and then, it’s hard for me to not think it’s not connected somehow, is this all real physical health problems? Or what? I have so many things going on right now! I don’t know what is a real issue and what is not! I am freaking out!
If anyone can help me please! I need words of encouragement now!
---------- Post added at 11:43 ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 ----------
This all started from taking a steroid for a possible slipped or bulged disc? no one is even looking at my back anymore, my health anxiety causing all of these symptoms, does anyone have anything to suggest or tell me??????
He is sending me for the EMG to check my nerves because of that and the tingling that started in my left leg back in February ( I hurt my back ) he said that was a pinched nerve in my lower back. Could this be a pinched nerve in my neck? I have fears of MS and ALS. But the left arm and overall weakness didn’t start until my panic attack that ended me up in the Emergency room back in March. That is when I started taking Ativan that the doctor switched to Restoril, he switched because I wasn’t sleeping even on the Ativan, and now the Restoril seems to be okay most nights but I haven’t been able to sleep through the night since March.
God why does the left side of my neck tingle and down that arm? It shook both times I pushed against the doctor, what is it?
I keep telling myself that the all over muscle twitches and the tingling are a symptoms of anxiety, but the weakness? Could my mind be doing that? I like totally forgot about that until Tuesday and then bam, the thing feels weak, I am like doing things to test the strength, and I am not feeling like it is as strong??!!!
And also for the ladies, I didn’t have my monthly visitor last month and this month it is more and still spotting on day 6! Is that normal? Is that caused by the panic and anxiety????
Plus I still have the lower back ache every now and then, it’s hard for me to not think it’s not connected somehow, is this all real physical health problems? Or what? I have so many things going on right now! I don’t know what is a real issue and what is not! I am freaking out!
If anyone can help me please! I need words of encouragement now!
---------- Post added at 11:43 ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 ----------
This all started from taking a steroid for a possible slipped or bulged disc? no one is even looking at my back anymore, my health anxiety causing all of these symptoms, does anyone have anything to suggest or tell me??????