ElectricAlice
13-06-15, 22:31
My story is a very long one and I thank you firstly if you mange to get through it all.
Basically my health anxiety started when my mum passed away very suddenly. Since then I've feared probbaly up to 25 different illnesses.
My latest and recurring fear is a neurological desease.
I had a migraine with aura (where the whole left side of my body gets pins and needles) and thought I was having a stroke.
This was ruled out as my speech and everything was fine.
Since the migraine (about 3 years ago) I've experienced on and off weird symptoms.
Left side facial tingling
Left side face perceived drooping (when I look in the mirror it's fine)
Left side eye perceived drooping (again jut feels like it)
Left eye dryness and blurring sometimes
Lack of feeling in my left fingers
Feeling extremely detached from own body
Feeling like my hand doesn't belong to me
My left arm feels weaker
Feeling brain fog and difficultly concentrating.
Feeling like the left side of my body doesn't belong to me.
These symptoms always arise when I freak out about my health. But they last for months or weeks at a time and are always there even when I don't feel anxious on that day. Even on holiday lying on a beach :(
I've managed to get rid of them before and been symptomless for months and up to a year. But now they're back and is keep thinking it's just the 'desease' attacking my body more.
I've seen GPs - all say it's anxiety.
I've seen nuerologists - say it's a form of anxiety or my nervous system is mimicking the migraine.
I've had a brain MRI that came back ok.
Seen optitions who say my eyes are fine.
The fear is ruining my life.
I feel like I can't think straight and so awful.
It's hard not to google. Even typing in 'limbs feel like they don't belong to me' points to MS or something :(
The ridiculous thing is I'm currently sitting here with a broken leg. A very real problem and it's all this I'm scared about :( please help!
Basically my health anxiety started when my mum passed away very suddenly. Since then I've feared probbaly up to 25 different illnesses.
My latest and recurring fear is a neurological desease.
I had a migraine with aura (where the whole left side of my body gets pins and needles) and thought I was having a stroke.
This was ruled out as my speech and everything was fine.
Since the migraine (about 3 years ago) I've experienced on and off weird symptoms.
Left side facial tingling
Left side face perceived drooping (when I look in the mirror it's fine)
Left side eye perceived drooping (again jut feels like it)
Left eye dryness and blurring sometimes
Lack of feeling in my left fingers
Feeling extremely detached from own body
Feeling like my hand doesn't belong to me
My left arm feels weaker
Feeling brain fog and difficultly concentrating.
Feeling like the left side of my body doesn't belong to me.
These symptoms always arise when I freak out about my health. But they last for months or weeks at a time and are always there even when I don't feel anxious on that day. Even on holiday lying on a beach :(
I've managed to get rid of them before and been symptomless for months and up to a year. But now they're back and is keep thinking it's just the 'desease' attacking my body more.
I've seen GPs - all say it's anxiety.
I've seen nuerologists - say it's a form of anxiety or my nervous system is mimicking the migraine.
I've had a brain MRI that came back ok.
Seen optitions who say my eyes are fine.
The fear is ruining my life.
I feel like I can't think straight and so awful.
It's hard not to google. Even typing in 'limbs feel like they don't belong to me' points to MS or something :(
The ridiculous thing is I'm currently sitting here with a broken leg. A very real problem and it's all this I'm scared about :( please help!