fourie
27-01-08, 10:14
ok, i'm not just worried now, i'm p****d off too. let me explain the whole story...
ok, so about 2 months ago, i started getting this really, really mild headache in the top right of my forehead. for about 3 weeks, i ignored it, it was so slight, most of the time unless i thought about it, it wasn't there. then i started asking my mum about it (i'm a 16 year old male) and she said "don't worry about it, it will go away" but it didn't, but it wasn't getting worse. so she suggested i drink more. i was convinced i had a brain tumor or something.
it's very hot here in australia (like close to 40 degrees centigrade) and at school, i don't drink or eat very much, i don't know why, it's just because i can't really be bothered and the thought of a dry sandwich at school is so unappealing.
anyway, so every day i woke up and first thing i did was have a full glass of juice in the mornings and drank lots during the day, and like magic, the headache disappeared the first day i started doing this.
after a week of no headaches, on the last day of school for the year, i felt a strange dizziness for about 10 minutes and slight nausea, but that went away. when i got home that day i felt dizzy/lightheaded and my mum suggested i was just tired/weak and i needed some food. the next day i still felt dizzy but i wasn't so worried about it.
for about a week, i was worried sick about it and it got really, really bad, my head just felt completely wobbly and i had to keep my head against a pillow/lie down to make myself feel decent. however, it got better and almost went away as i convinced myself i didn't have a brain tumor. since then (about a month) it's been up and down, sometimes it's barely noticable and other days it's pretty bad (but never as bad as it was in that first week). i went to have my eyes tested because in my right eye i have a slight astigmatism which means my right eye only has 99.75% vision (lol). she inspected both my eyes with every damn test and instrument and said my eyes were completely and exceptionally healthy.
i decided enough was enough and we went to the doctor. she couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and sent me to have a brain scan and a blood test. this scared the hell out of me. a brain scan? what's going on?
we didn't go for the brain scan but we did go for the blood test. a few weeks later (weeks of intense worry) and the doctor said i have an iron and folate and vitamin b12 deficiency. so the last 2 weeks or so, i've been trying to eat as many foods as i can from the list she gave me, foods that are high in folate/iron. i looked up both deficiency and they both say dizziness is a symptom, but i still feel dizzy.
the other thing is, if i'm tired and i look at a blank wall, i see really small spots on it, like ants or something but if i try to look at them they just go away, this started about 2 weeks ago.
goddamit, i'm so angry and annoyed and confused and scared and worried all at the same time, i feel like i'm losing my mind.
i don't have any other symptoms apart from the ones i described. no tingling limbs, i havn't passed out/had a seizure, my eyesight isn't blurry, nothing, just the dizziness and the spots in my vision. i suspect the spots are a symptom of my intense anxiety. i've never been more worried in my whole life before the last month. it's school holidays and all i do every day is play guitar and try to get my mind off this but i just can't.
i don't know if i should go for another eye check up because the optometrist said my eyes were absolutely perfect. everyone i talk to seems to say "you're fine, don't worry about it" but the dizziness is still here.
when i turn my head from side to side it's worse, but if i'm just standing/sitting somewhere my head will "wobble" a bit.
there were a few days about 3 weeks ago when i said to myself "snap out if it!" and it was about 90% gone, but i started obsessing and worrying over it and it's back.
it just seems to go on what my mental state is in, if i'm occupied (not just playing a game or something) and not worrying about it, IT'S NOT THERE. i'll be at work and then think "hey, i'm not dizzy" then it will just come back.
jesus christ, my life has turned upside down the last month or two and this is really pissing me off. school starts again in about a week so i'm desperately hoping it will take my mind off things. i've posted on numerous forums but to no avail.
sorry for the long post, but i really, really needed to get that off my chest.
any help is appreciated.
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ok, so about 2 months ago, i started getting this really, really mild headache in the top right of my forehead. for about 3 weeks, i ignored it, it was so slight, most of the time unless i thought about it, it wasn't there. then i started asking my mum about it (i'm a 16 year old male) and she said "don't worry about it, it will go away" but it didn't, but it wasn't getting worse. so she suggested i drink more. i was convinced i had a brain tumor or something.
it's very hot here in australia (like close to 40 degrees centigrade) and at school, i don't drink or eat very much, i don't know why, it's just because i can't really be bothered and the thought of a dry sandwich at school is so unappealing.
anyway, so every day i woke up and first thing i did was have a full glass of juice in the mornings and drank lots during the day, and like magic, the headache disappeared the first day i started doing this.
after a week of no headaches, on the last day of school for the year, i felt a strange dizziness for about 10 minutes and slight nausea, but that went away. when i got home that day i felt dizzy/lightheaded and my mum suggested i was just tired/weak and i needed some food. the next day i still felt dizzy but i wasn't so worried about it.
for about a week, i was worried sick about it and it got really, really bad, my head just felt completely wobbly and i had to keep my head against a pillow/lie down to make myself feel decent. however, it got better and almost went away as i convinced myself i didn't have a brain tumor. since then (about a month) it's been up and down, sometimes it's barely noticable and other days it's pretty bad (but never as bad as it was in that first week). i went to have my eyes tested because in my right eye i have a slight astigmatism which means my right eye only has 99.75% vision (lol). she inspected both my eyes with every damn test and instrument and said my eyes were completely and exceptionally healthy.
i decided enough was enough and we went to the doctor. she couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and sent me to have a brain scan and a blood test. this scared the hell out of me. a brain scan? what's going on?
we didn't go for the brain scan but we did go for the blood test. a few weeks later (weeks of intense worry) and the doctor said i have an iron and folate and vitamin b12 deficiency. so the last 2 weeks or so, i've been trying to eat as many foods as i can from the list she gave me, foods that are high in folate/iron. i looked up both deficiency and they both say dizziness is a symptom, but i still feel dizzy.
the other thing is, if i'm tired and i look at a blank wall, i see really small spots on it, like ants or something but if i try to look at them they just go away, this started about 2 weeks ago.
goddamit, i'm so angry and annoyed and confused and scared and worried all at the same time, i feel like i'm losing my mind.
i don't have any other symptoms apart from the ones i described. no tingling limbs, i havn't passed out/had a seizure, my eyesight isn't blurry, nothing, just the dizziness and the spots in my vision. i suspect the spots are a symptom of my intense anxiety. i've never been more worried in my whole life before the last month. it's school holidays and all i do every day is play guitar and try to get my mind off this but i just can't.
i don't know if i should go for another eye check up because the optometrist said my eyes were absolutely perfect. everyone i talk to seems to say "you're fine, don't worry about it" but the dizziness is still here.
when i turn my head from side to side it's worse, but if i'm just standing/sitting somewhere my head will "wobble" a bit.
there were a few days about 3 weeks ago when i said to myself "snap out if it!" and it was about 90% gone, but i started obsessing and worrying over it and it's back.
it just seems to go on what my mental state is in, if i'm occupied (not just playing a game or something) and not worrying about it, IT'S NOT THERE. i'll be at work and then think "hey, i'm not dizzy" then it will just come back.
jesus christ, my life has turned upside down the last month or two and this is really pissing me off. school starts again in about a week so i'm desperately hoping it will take my mind off things. i've posted on numerous forums but to no avail.
sorry for the long post, but i really, really needed to get that off my chest.
any help is appreciated.
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