pigtailplaits
22-04-08, 19:20
Hello everyone,
i have never used a forum before but in my desperation for some help and understanding i have decided to join.
My name is Joanne, i am 23 years old.
9 weeks ago, i took myself to A&E and told them I thought I had a brain tumor. They did an MRI scan because i was in such a state. Since then my mind is working overtime and i think that every tiny ache and pain is the start of some malicious disease. I was kept in hospital for a week while they ruled out other illnesses i was complaining about and i am seeing a therapist. Some of my anxiety symptoms have passed such as the nausea but there is one symptom that will not go and it is really bothering me - can anyone else relate to this - its my eyes. My vision is not correct and this is what started my fear of a brain tumor. Every minute of every day my vision seems out of focus, its not quite double yet not quite single. its as if i cannot keep up with what i am looking at, looking at anything with vertical stripes makes my squint and i can not read a newspaper etc coz the words look like they are dancing around on the paper. This has been going on 9 weeks. Also, my periods stopped at xmas - is this another symptom of anxiety? Is it normal to suffer from anxiety even though you cant think of one thing in particular that you are anxious about?
Apologies for asking so many questions, but its something that is controlling my life and i cant seem to let go. I have a very supportive partner but he just tells me to go back to doctors all the time. I also have a one year old daughter. I never knew a mental disorder could be so physical. keen to speak to anyone with similar disorder x:)
i have never used a forum before but in my desperation for some help and understanding i have decided to join.
My name is Joanne, i am 23 years old.
9 weeks ago, i took myself to A&E and told them I thought I had a brain tumor. They did an MRI scan because i was in such a state. Since then my mind is working overtime and i think that every tiny ache and pain is the start of some malicious disease. I was kept in hospital for a week while they ruled out other illnesses i was complaining about and i am seeing a therapist. Some of my anxiety symptoms have passed such as the nausea but there is one symptom that will not go and it is really bothering me - can anyone else relate to this - its my eyes. My vision is not correct and this is what started my fear of a brain tumor. Every minute of every day my vision seems out of focus, its not quite double yet not quite single. its as if i cannot keep up with what i am looking at, looking at anything with vertical stripes makes my squint and i can not read a newspaper etc coz the words look like they are dancing around on the paper. This has been going on 9 weeks. Also, my periods stopped at xmas - is this another symptom of anxiety? Is it normal to suffer from anxiety even though you cant think of one thing in particular that you are anxious about?
Apologies for asking so many questions, but its something that is controlling my life and i cant seem to let go. I have a very supportive partner but he just tells me to go back to doctors all the time. I also have a one year old daughter. I never knew a mental disorder could be so physical. keen to speak to anyone with similar disorder x:)