Tom235
20-07-17, 23:30
Last saturday I was using a phone in bed until very late and I suddenly felt quite dizzy / lightheaded. I think this really scared me because almost without a break I've felt quite depressed almost and VERY anxious about every little thing that happens.
Since then i've kinda had a pressure feeling in my head, and I think I had a panic attack on Monday because I had a similar feeling to the Saturday night feeling and it just felt horrible. I felt hot, I was trembling, sweating, I just felt very scared and vunerable.
I keep getting feelings in my arms and on my left cheek especially and I keep thinking it's a stroke - yet it passes and nothing happens except I get very worried and I have come close a few times now to panic attacks. Same with my head whenever I get a headache.
I went to my GP on Tuesday and she checked my eyes + blood pressure, and did the "blow cheeks up" and smile tests and said I was probably having "stress migranes". I'm 17, and she said people my age don't have strokes etc. :noangel: She prescribed me with pain killers but I haven't used them (partly because my parents dont want me to take them, they have quite bad side effects). I also went to the opticians and they said my eyes were fine.
My symptoms are that I have a wierd pressure feeling in the front of my skull, near my forehead. My left cheek occasionally feels heavy, my lower left arm feels numb sometimes but passes, very rare but sometimes chest 'pains' and just a general lathargic, depressed feeling of anxiety constantly.
I fly to America on Saturday and it'll take 11 hours. I'm very scared that I'll have the sypmtoms and panic or feel very anxious. 11 hours of little movement, as well as little fluids, is making me very apprehensive. I was really looking forward to this holiday for months but because of this anxiety I have to say I'm dreading it.
I just hate this feeling. I want it to go away. I was hoping it would've gone by now.
Since then i've kinda had a pressure feeling in my head, and I think I had a panic attack on Monday because I had a similar feeling to the Saturday night feeling and it just felt horrible. I felt hot, I was trembling, sweating, I just felt very scared and vunerable.
I keep getting feelings in my arms and on my left cheek especially and I keep thinking it's a stroke - yet it passes and nothing happens except I get very worried and I have come close a few times now to panic attacks. Same with my head whenever I get a headache.
I went to my GP on Tuesday and she checked my eyes + blood pressure, and did the "blow cheeks up" and smile tests and said I was probably having "stress migranes". I'm 17, and she said people my age don't have strokes etc. :noangel: She prescribed me with pain killers but I haven't used them (partly because my parents dont want me to take them, they have quite bad side effects). I also went to the opticians and they said my eyes were fine.
My symptoms are that I have a wierd pressure feeling in the front of my skull, near my forehead. My left cheek occasionally feels heavy, my lower left arm feels numb sometimes but passes, very rare but sometimes chest 'pains' and just a general lathargic, depressed feeling of anxiety constantly.
I fly to America on Saturday and it'll take 11 hours. I'm very scared that I'll have the sypmtoms and panic or feel very anxious. 11 hours of little movement, as well as little fluids, is making me very apprehensive. I was really looking forward to this holiday for months but because of this anxiety I have to say I'm dreading it.
I just hate this feeling. I want it to go away. I was hoping it would've gone by now.