ccc28
16-12-08, 11:17
New member here.
I’m really only on here as I would like to ask about a symptom I’ve not experienced (or maybe I have) but it’s never felt so scary….
I’ll give you some background on me. I’m 28 and work in an office, I’m quite happy with my work and personal life to a point. I’ve always been a bit of a worrier if I’m honest but never really accepted that or realised that until a few years ago. Thinking back to my childhood I over worried about a lot of things but I think that was probably because I had a drunken step-dad that made my life a misery!
More recently, say the last 3 years I’ve developed a bad health anxiety. I KNOW the trigger point for all this happening was a few weeks after I moved into my new flat nearly 3 years ago. I was stripping paint with a strong paint stripper and gassed myself with it. I was close to passing out, couldn’t breath and was very dizzy. This ended up with a trip to A&E where the done a blood test and kept my in for a few hours to check the gasses had well and truly left my body.
This is really when all my problems started big time. I started to worry about my breathing and was convinced I was going to die from my lungs or throat shutting up, it’s daft and I know this but I went back to A&E convinced I was losing my ability to breath. The breathing anxiety then triggered a tension headache that last 4 days on the bounce. Now I know a headache shouldn’t last 4 days so I started seeing the doctor on a regular basis about my headaches. I seen every doctor in the practice over the space of several months including a specialist and then finally sent for a CT scan.
During that time I also had the following fears and anxieties that I wrote down and produced to the doctor.
Headaches
Chest pains
Numbness in arms and hands
Dizzy spells for no reason
Sharp ‘ice pick’ pains in the head
Feeling of ‘losing it’
Fear or brain tumour
Fear of heart attack
Fear of a seizure
Fear of getting a form of cancer
Restlessness
Struggling to sleep
Avoidance behaviour (would avoid going out with friends)
Fear of not being in control (on a bus or train)
Neck and shoulder pains constantly with tension
When I had a cold I was convinced it was something more serious
Waking up in a cold sweat
Nightmares (never used to have them)
Lumpy throat like I’m struggling to swallow
Tight throat when in crowded place (football crowd or a meeting room)
I’m sure there are more that I’ve probably forgotten.
After my CT scan came back my headaches almost stopped within a few days. Finally I had proof that nothing was wrong with my head. I also split from my then girlfriend and that was another weight off my mind as I was unhappy at the time. From about this time last year I was living a normal life again. My avoidance behaviour had gone and I would do the things I would normally do and could spot when I suffered a mild bout of anxiety.
Over the last few months though it’s crept back into my life. I would get the tense muscles and head and the odd tight chest. I would also feel that tight throat in certain places but could deal with it and easily overcome the physical feelings until 2 weeks ago.
I went out to the shops and felt a bit tired nothing too bad as I had played football the night before. As I was standing in the queue I had 3 dizzy spells all come within a few minutes of each other. The only way to describe it would be a rush of blood to the head, like a big dose of adrenaline rushing up my body and into my head making me feel away with it and on the verge of fainting, the 3rd bout of this was very scary and my legs almost gave way, I had no energy my heart was thumping like I’d just sprinted 100m!!!
Can anyone relate to this?
I do remember feeling a wee bit dizzy before but never like this. I went to my doctor straight away and he done a quick check but sent me on my way again. I’ve also had my eyes retested and everything was ok too, I even paid extra to have photos taken of my eyes and the optician explained they were in perfect health and everything at the back of my eyes was normal.
I’m starting to think of bad things that it might be again, I’m considering going back to my doctor for another check as I’ve been getting sore heads again. A bit of tension and a migraine type sore head. My sleep is also starting to suffer again and I’m not sure if the lack of sleep with the worry is just making it worse.
I’m not feeling dizzy or tense all day which makes me think its all anxiety that’s causing this again. When at my desk at work my neck feels floppy and there is a constant pressure across my temple. Its not too bad when I’m sitting down but worse when I’m on my feet like in a queue for something.
I played football at the weekend and I was fine during the game, not dizzy spells but back to work on the Monday and having lunch with my boss and the meeting that followed I started to feel really dizzy again. I do also have dizzy spells even when I'm in the comfort of my own home but I'm thinking its more me thinking about being ill????
Am I just over worrying about things???
Any feed back or similar experiences would be helpful.
Thanks.
I’m really only on here as I would like to ask about a symptom I’ve not experienced (or maybe I have) but it’s never felt so scary….
I’ll give you some background on me. I’m 28 and work in an office, I’m quite happy with my work and personal life to a point. I’ve always been a bit of a worrier if I’m honest but never really accepted that or realised that until a few years ago. Thinking back to my childhood I over worried about a lot of things but I think that was probably because I had a drunken step-dad that made my life a misery!
More recently, say the last 3 years I’ve developed a bad health anxiety. I KNOW the trigger point for all this happening was a few weeks after I moved into my new flat nearly 3 years ago. I was stripping paint with a strong paint stripper and gassed myself with it. I was close to passing out, couldn’t breath and was very dizzy. This ended up with a trip to A&E where the done a blood test and kept my in for a few hours to check the gasses had well and truly left my body.
This is really when all my problems started big time. I started to worry about my breathing and was convinced I was going to die from my lungs or throat shutting up, it’s daft and I know this but I went back to A&E convinced I was losing my ability to breath. The breathing anxiety then triggered a tension headache that last 4 days on the bounce. Now I know a headache shouldn’t last 4 days so I started seeing the doctor on a regular basis about my headaches. I seen every doctor in the practice over the space of several months including a specialist and then finally sent for a CT scan.
During that time I also had the following fears and anxieties that I wrote down and produced to the doctor.
Headaches
Chest pains
Numbness in arms and hands
Dizzy spells for no reason
Sharp ‘ice pick’ pains in the head
Feeling of ‘losing it’
Fear or brain tumour
Fear of heart attack
Fear of a seizure
Fear of getting a form of cancer
Restlessness
Struggling to sleep
Avoidance behaviour (would avoid going out with friends)
Fear of not being in control (on a bus or train)
Neck and shoulder pains constantly with tension
When I had a cold I was convinced it was something more serious
Waking up in a cold sweat
Nightmares (never used to have them)
Lumpy throat like I’m struggling to swallow
Tight throat when in crowded place (football crowd or a meeting room)
I’m sure there are more that I’ve probably forgotten.
After my CT scan came back my headaches almost stopped within a few days. Finally I had proof that nothing was wrong with my head. I also split from my then girlfriend and that was another weight off my mind as I was unhappy at the time. From about this time last year I was living a normal life again. My avoidance behaviour had gone and I would do the things I would normally do and could spot when I suffered a mild bout of anxiety.
Over the last few months though it’s crept back into my life. I would get the tense muscles and head and the odd tight chest. I would also feel that tight throat in certain places but could deal with it and easily overcome the physical feelings until 2 weeks ago.
I went out to the shops and felt a bit tired nothing too bad as I had played football the night before. As I was standing in the queue I had 3 dizzy spells all come within a few minutes of each other. The only way to describe it would be a rush of blood to the head, like a big dose of adrenaline rushing up my body and into my head making me feel away with it and on the verge of fainting, the 3rd bout of this was very scary and my legs almost gave way, I had no energy my heart was thumping like I’d just sprinted 100m!!!
Can anyone relate to this?
I do remember feeling a wee bit dizzy before but never like this. I went to my doctor straight away and he done a quick check but sent me on my way again. I’ve also had my eyes retested and everything was ok too, I even paid extra to have photos taken of my eyes and the optician explained they were in perfect health and everything at the back of my eyes was normal.
I’m starting to think of bad things that it might be again, I’m considering going back to my doctor for another check as I’ve been getting sore heads again. A bit of tension and a migraine type sore head. My sleep is also starting to suffer again and I’m not sure if the lack of sleep with the worry is just making it worse.
I’m not feeling dizzy or tense all day which makes me think its all anxiety that’s causing this again. When at my desk at work my neck feels floppy and there is a constant pressure across my temple. Its not too bad when I’m sitting down but worse when I’m on my feet like in a queue for something.
I played football at the weekend and I was fine during the game, not dizzy spells but back to work on the Monday and having lunch with my boss and the meeting that followed I started to feel really dizzy again. I do also have dizzy spells even when I'm in the comfort of my own home but I'm thinking its more me thinking about being ill????
Am I just over worrying about things???
Any feed back or similar experiences would be helpful.
Thanks.