anbeq14
13-01-15, 02:51
I'm 27 and a mother of two. I've dealt with health anxiety since I was 10 and have a terrible fear of dying, becoming a mom has worsened that fear. December 2013 I went through a series of major anxiety attacks. Crazy heart palpitations, spikes in my Bp, and increased heart rate. I was put on Paxil but had crazy side effects and quit taking them. February 2014 I was doing my makeup & realized my upper right eyelid was twitching non stop (I could only occassionally feel it) this was non stop for two months. I went to the eye dr and age did a thorough exam. She said my eyes were a bit dry but other than that perfect eye health. I calmed down some. A month later I found out I was pregnant and shortly after I developed whooshing tinnitus in my left ear. My ears felt clogged and my left ear would pop often. I went to two different drs..one said sinus infection after only looking in my ear, have me meds and sent me home (they didn't work) the other dr said probably pregnancy related due to increased blood flow or possibly Eustachian tube dysfunction. About two weeks later the tinnitus went away for almost two months. When it came back it was louder than before and drove me crazy I started getting awful tension headaches everyday and had to pull my hair to get any relief from the pressure. I finally googled tinnitus causes (TERRIBLE IDEA) to find brain tumor articles. These articles also mentioned twitching. (Which I still had on and off still in the right eyelid) I freaked out. Within days I was seeing stars, feeling dizzy, and experiencing blurred vision. I noticed everything with my body that seemed slightly "off."
I had my baby girl November 18, 2014. In the hospital I got awful anxiety. I kept feeling dizzy and sick and I was extremely exhausted. I came home and my tinnitus was still full force with occassional twitching and tension headaches almost daily. One night after a miserable day with brain tumor HA I googled brain tumor symptoms in attempt to make myself feel better (so stupid). This only made everything worse. I called the next day and was referred to an ENT. On January 8 my tinnitus subsided and as of today has not returned but I still get tension headaches almost daily, zaps of pain in my scalp, weird cloudy vision in both eyes at random times. I do have a floater in my left eye that has been there since before I was pregnant and at night I see occassional flashes of light in the corner of my left eye. Most of my symptoms are left sided which scares me. The ENT gave me a hearing test which came back perfect and said if I had anything worrisome one ear would have hearing issues. I went back to the eye dr and that was perfect as well. Within the past week I feel the left side of my body is weak. My fingers on my left hand seem to not move correctly at times and my left leg feels weird. I'm so sick of feeling this way. I have knots all over my back from tension and my shoulders and neck hurts. I'm so worried I have a brain tumor or ms or something awful. I can't see a nuero without a referral due to my insurance and my dr will not refer me because he knows my past with HA. Anybody have these symptoms? Can anxiety cause left side symptoms only? Can my crazy mind create these symptoms? I have two kids to care for and I can't spend my days googling I'm going crazyyy!
I had my baby girl November 18, 2014. In the hospital I got awful anxiety. I kept feeling dizzy and sick and I was extremely exhausted. I came home and my tinnitus was still full force with occassional twitching and tension headaches almost daily. One night after a miserable day with brain tumor HA I googled brain tumor symptoms in attempt to make myself feel better (so stupid). This only made everything worse. I called the next day and was referred to an ENT. On January 8 my tinnitus subsided and as of today has not returned but I still get tension headaches almost daily, zaps of pain in my scalp, weird cloudy vision in both eyes at random times. I do have a floater in my left eye that has been there since before I was pregnant and at night I see occassional flashes of light in the corner of my left eye. Most of my symptoms are left sided which scares me. The ENT gave me a hearing test which came back perfect and said if I had anything worrisome one ear would have hearing issues. I went back to the eye dr and that was perfect as well. Within the past week I feel the left side of my body is weak. My fingers on my left hand seem to not move correctly at times and my left leg feels weird. I'm so sick of feeling this way. I have knots all over my back from tension and my shoulders and neck hurts. I'm so worried I have a brain tumor or ms or something awful. I can't see a nuero without a referral due to my insurance and my dr will not refer me because he knows my past with HA. Anybody have these symptoms? Can anxiety cause left side symptoms only? Can my crazy mind create these symptoms? I have two kids to care for and I can't spend my days googling I'm going crazyyy!