smudger1986
21-11-18, 19:51
Hi
My name is David, 32 year old male.
My life has been plagued by Health Anxiety and I feel like it’s finally starting to get the better of me, not sure when it started but some of my family are hypochondriac’s and I had bacterial meningitis as a child which may have been a factor?
I’ve always hadn’t it under control up until a couple years ago, in 2015 I caught a really bad chest infection and pseudomonas in my sinuses which took months of anti-biotics and steroids to remove, my sinuses have never been the same since.
During this horrible period my swallowing became more difficult and I was diagnosed with slight esophageal motility disorder with no obvious cause, I have since learned to live with this and doesn’t really affect my quality of life, more of a nuisance if anything.
At the time I couldn’t accept this and I convinced myself I had a neurological condition, I’ve had every test possible including MRI, EMG and NCV tests and seen 3 different neurologists and everything has come back fine.
I was ok with this for a long time but unfortunately the dark cloud is back and I’m struggling to cope. I’m now fully convinced that I have MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) a horrible condition that petrifies me. I have new symptoms, which all correlate with the symptoms of this condition, the symptom that is troubling me most is frequent urination, I’ve had all the tests, urine sample, ultra-sound, blood-tests and again everything is fine, this is why I’ve convinced myself that it’s something more sinister, Everytime I drink I have to urinate, at least 10 tiles a day. The other worrisome symptoms I’ve been experiencing is having to take regular deep breaths and my heart beat seems to slow down(sometimes into the high 40s) when I lye/sit down, I don’t feel lightheaded but I do feel this sensation in my chest, I had a loop recorder fitted a few years back and so far nothing abnormal has been flagged up, although I have had a couple of near fainting episodes(reason I had the recorder fitted) and luckily I’ve had one of these episodes in this time and the doctor has diagnosed them these episodes as vasovagal syncope which he wasn’t too worried about, it’s very scary experience and my heart stopped for 3 seconds last time this happened.
Apologies for the long post but wanted to fully explain why I feel so down at the minute.
Please, any messages of reassurance will help me through this.
Many Thanks,
David
My name is David, 32 year old male.
My life has been plagued by Health Anxiety and I feel like it’s finally starting to get the better of me, not sure when it started but some of my family are hypochondriac’s and I had bacterial meningitis as a child which may have been a factor?
I’ve always hadn’t it under control up until a couple years ago, in 2015 I caught a really bad chest infection and pseudomonas in my sinuses which took months of anti-biotics and steroids to remove, my sinuses have never been the same since.
During this horrible period my swallowing became more difficult and I was diagnosed with slight esophageal motility disorder with no obvious cause, I have since learned to live with this and doesn’t really affect my quality of life, more of a nuisance if anything.
At the time I couldn’t accept this and I convinced myself I had a neurological condition, I’ve had every test possible including MRI, EMG and NCV tests and seen 3 different neurologists and everything has come back fine.
I was ok with this for a long time but unfortunately the dark cloud is back and I’m struggling to cope. I’m now fully convinced that I have MSA (Multiple System Atrophy) a horrible condition that petrifies me. I have new symptoms, which all correlate with the symptoms of this condition, the symptom that is troubling me most is frequent urination, I’ve had all the tests, urine sample, ultra-sound, blood-tests and again everything is fine, this is why I’ve convinced myself that it’s something more sinister, Everytime I drink I have to urinate, at least 10 tiles a day. The other worrisome symptoms I’ve been experiencing is having to take regular deep breaths and my heart beat seems to slow down(sometimes into the high 40s) when I lye/sit down, I don’t feel lightheaded but I do feel this sensation in my chest, I had a loop recorder fitted a few years back and so far nothing abnormal has been flagged up, although I have had a couple of near fainting episodes(reason I had the recorder fitted) and luckily I’ve had one of these episodes in this time and the doctor has diagnosed them these episodes as vasovagal syncope which he wasn’t too worried about, it’s very scary experience and my heart stopped for 3 seconds last time this happened.
Apologies for the long post but wanted to fully explain why I feel so down at the minute.
Please, any messages of reassurance will help me through this.
Many Thanks,
David