Junot
03-08-14, 13:46
Hello everyone,
Since I began exercising on a daily basis and dieting a month ago, I started to have some very annoying "tics". These include:
- Dry cough (most of the time I do it consciously, but sometimes I feel a slight tickling in my throat that urges me to cough);
- Sniffing;
- Forcing expiration though my mouth from the deep of my trachea.
All of these events produce sounds that are annoying to me and to those around me.
I manage to control myself when I'm outdoors, but as soon as I notice that no one is around me I can't hold myself back from forcing cough, sniffing and expiration, as outlined above. At home, I do it several times per hour. When I do it, I feel strangely relieved.
Now, why did I use inverted commas around the word tics? Because that's what my GP says it is. According to him, these tics are due to my anxiety. Well, that might be eventually true, but HOW WOULD HE KNOW IT FOR SURE when he didn't even bothered himself to examine my throat, auscultate my heart and lungs, perform a chest percussion and order a chest x-ray? He simply doesn't know, he just believes these are tics because he does know that I - supposedly - suffer from anxiety and panic disorder!
Well, I'm afraid these aren't simply tics caused by emotional stress. Actually, given the fact that I'm taking a beta-blocker, I'm afraid that it might be causing a very slight heart failure and pulmonary edema in me - hence these symptoms (mistaken for "tics"). And in case these are tics, how do I suppress them?
Do you think I should see another doctor (I don't hold my GP in high regard, actually I can't stand him :mad:), to get this straight? I'm worried over this.
I'm guessing that someday when I might be really in need of urgent medical care they will just tell me to calm down because it's all anxiety and panic and it won't kill me... Then I die. :lac:
Since I began exercising on a daily basis and dieting a month ago, I started to have some very annoying "tics". These include:
- Dry cough (most of the time I do it consciously, but sometimes I feel a slight tickling in my throat that urges me to cough);
- Sniffing;
- Forcing expiration though my mouth from the deep of my trachea.
All of these events produce sounds that are annoying to me and to those around me.
I manage to control myself when I'm outdoors, but as soon as I notice that no one is around me I can't hold myself back from forcing cough, sniffing and expiration, as outlined above. At home, I do it several times per hour. When I do it, I feel strangely relieved.
Now, why did I use inverted commas around the word tics? Because that's what my GP says it is. According to him, these tics are due to my anxiety. Well, that might be eventually true, but HOW WOULD HE KNOW IT FOR SURE when he didn't even bothered himself to examine my throat, auscultate my heart and lungs, perform a chest percussion and order a chest x-ray? He simply doesn't know, he just believes these are tics because he does know that I - supposedly - suffer from anxiety and panic disorder!
Well, I'm afraid these aren't simply tics caused by emotional stress. Actually, given the fact that I'm taking a beta-blocker, I'm afraid that it might be causing a very slight heart failure and pulmonary edema in me - hence these symptoms (mistaken for "tics"). And in case these are tics, how do I suppress them?
Do you think I should see another doctor (I don't hold my GP in high regard, actually I can't stand him :mad:), to get this straight? I'm worried over this.
I'm guessing that someday when I might be really in need of urgent medical care they will just tell me to calm down because it's all anxiety and panic and it won't kill me... Then I die. :lac: