AaroNautilus
18-08-18, 03:06
Greetings all, and welcome to my introduction.
My name is Aaron, and for about two months now I have had a variety of problems that sends me into a panic. Now, I understand that two months is not a long time by any standard, but for someone who was generally healthy it feels like forever.
So the history of this is that I used to be a HEAVY caffeine drinker. Like, almost 1 gram of caffeine a day kind of heavy. Each drink had roughly 350 grams of caffeine in it. But, silly ol' me decided to drink 4 of these bad boys in a day, which is where this rollercoaster of problems has started. I had what could be described as a "caffeine overdose", complete with sweats, pounding chest, shallow breathing, and all around panic that whole night. But after that I have all but sworn off the stuff, drinking the occasional tea+lemonade monster when I am feeling low on energy.
Ever since that day, I have had this pulsating feeling throughout my body, and I can ALMOST guarantee that it is my actual pulse, because when I check my wrist, the timing is almost the exact same. I have these moments where I start shaking really bad, which causes me to panic more. And I hurt across my upper back, shoulders, neck, biceps, and across my lower ribs from one side to the other. The most recent thing that has developed is that I have started to get headaches. Any and all of these things send me into a frenzy, and it has really started effecting things like work and my relationship.
I have had two EKGs, a holter monitor, upper endoscopy (I have something that is causing me to belch frequently), full abdominal ultrasound, and have gone to the doctors 16 times in the last 8-ish months, and everyone of those things have come up that there's nothing wrong with me. I have been put on metoprolol and an anxiety medication, both of which seem to not help what I have going on.
I am 23 years old, I know that I shouldn't feel like this, and I am scared that there is something wrong with me that just hasn't been found yet.
I just want to feel normal again.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day.
My name is Aaron, and for about two months now I have had a variety of problems that sends me into a panic. Now, I understand that two months is not a long time by any standard, but for someone who was generally healthy it feels like forever.
So the history of this is that I used to be a HEAVY caffeine drinker. Like, almost 1 gram of caffeine a day kind of heavy. Each drink had roughly 350 grams of caffeine in it. But, silly ol' me decided to drink 4 of these bad boys in a day, which is where this rollercoaster of problems has started. I had what could be described as a "caffeine overdose", complete with sweats, pounding chest, shallow breathing, and all around panic that whole night. But after that I have all but sworn off the stuff, drinking the occasional tea+lemonade monster when I am feeling low on energy.
Ever since that day, I have had this pulsating feeling throughout my body, and I can ALMOST guarantee that it is my actual pulse, because when I check my wrist, the timing is almost the exact same. I have these moments where I start shaking really bad, which causes me to panic more. And I hurt across my upper back, shoulders, neck, biceps, and across my lower ribs from one side to the other. The most recent thing that has developed is that I have started to get headaches. Any and all of these things send me into a frenzy, and it has really started effecting things like work and my relationship.
I have had two EKGs, a holter monitor, upper endoscopy (I have something that is causing me to belch frequently), full abdominal ultrasound, and have gone to the doctors 16 times in the last 8-ish months, and everyone of those things have come up that there's nothing wrong with me. I have been put on metoprolol and an anxiety medication, both of which seem to not help what I have going on.
I am 23 years old, I know that I shouldn't feel like this, and I am scared that there is something wrong with me that just hasn't been found yet.
I just want to feel normal again.
Thanks for reading, and have a great day.