haley1214
20-07-16, 15:13
Hi there. I am new to this site but have been reading posts on here for the past couple of weeks for reassurance. I wanted to write my own post and hope to get comfort from others who are dealing with/have dealt with HA and its many crazy physical symptoms.
So I recently got engaged which was very exciting however, as an already anxious person, I had extreme anxiety/stress the day of the engagement and had taken adderall that morning which only made me more stressed. I also was in the process of getting over a sinus infection at that time. A couple days after the engagement I was extremely fatigued and realized I had a weird taste in my mouth that would come and go. I googled my symptoms and that's when the extremely bad anxiety began. I saw "brain tumor" and "MS" as possible reasons for altered taste. Since then I have been consumed with every little symptom ranging from perceived weakness on left side, taste issues, tingling, numbness on and off, headaches, ear fullness/ringing, vision issues, neck tension, stuffy nose, eye pressure and feeling "out of it." These symptoms have come and gone for two months now.
I have been to an ENT who diagnosed me with acute sinusitis following the sinus infection and prescribed prednisone. Had a terrible reaction from prednisone. I already had terrible anxiety from my symptoms and prednisone made me ten times worse. Still worrying, I went to my PCP and she prescribed antibiotics for a sinus infection. Had a CT scan of my sinuses and was normal. I had regular blood work done and all was normal. I decided to see a new internal medicine Doctor who has been great. He took thyroid, autoimmune and allergy tests. All were normal. He did a thorough neuro exam and said I have no reason to think I have a brain tumor and said MS would not present in this way. He chalked everything up to being anxiety/stress since my symptoms began coincidentally after the engagement and have gotten worse with worrying about symptoms and googling. He has started me on Zoloft which I started taking a week ago. He said it takes a couple weeks or so for it to be in my system.
I am still constantly worrying about every little twitch and twinge. I try to remind myself that it's symptoms of anxiety. I guess I'm just looking for reassurance. I had no idea how stress could create so many physical symptoms. I keep thinking that there's no way these symptoms are from stress and that something serious is going on. :shrug:
So I recently got engaged which was very exciting however, as an already anxious person, I had extreme anxiety/stress the day of the engagement and had taken adderall that morning which only made me more stressed. I also was in the process of getting over a sinus infection at that time. A couple days after the engagement I was extremely fatigued and realized I had a weird taste in my mouth that would come and go. I googled my symptoms and that's when the extremely bad anxiety began. I saw "brain tumor" and "MS" as possible reasons for altered taste. Since then I have been consumed with every little symptom ranging from perceived weakness on left side, taste issues, tingling, numbness on and off, headaches, ear fullness/ringing, vision issues, neck tension, stuffy nose, eye pressure and feeling "out of it." These symptoms have come and gone for two months now.
I have been to an ENT who diagnosed me with acute sinusitis following the sinus infection and prescribed prednisone. Had a terrible reaction from prednisone. I already had terrible anxiety from my symptoms and prednisone made me ten times worse. Still worrying, I went to my PCP and she prescribed antibiotics for a sinus infection. Had a CT scan of my sinuses and was normal. I had regular blood work done and all was normal. I decided to see a new internal medicine Doctor who has been great. He took thyroid, autoimmune and allergy tests. All were normal. He did a thorough neuro exam and said I have no reason to think I have a brain tumor and said MS would not present in this way. He chalked everything up to being anxiety/stress since my symptoms began coincidentally after the engagement and have gotten worse with worrying about symptoms and googling. He has started me on Zoloft which I started taking a week ago. He said it takes a couple weeks or so for it to be in my system.
I am still constantly worrying about every little twitch and twinge. I try to remind myself that it's symptoms of anxiety. I guess I'm just looking for reassurance. I had no idea how stress could create so many physical symptoms. I keep thinking that there's no way these symptoms are from stress and that something serious is going on. :shrug: