monkeybabe
26-03-09, 10:03
ok, this might be a bit of a long post, am new to this site, am desperate for some help, so will give brief outline of my history.
I have suffered from stomach pains, intermittently for a couple of months... then about a month ago, i had 3 or 4 'episodes'... where my stomach hurt really badly, i got hot all over, my head felt so strange, cant really describe it... i paced round the house, opening doors, windows, panicked that i was about to die! felt so awful.... anyway, happened one day, lasted for hours... i ended up going to emergency doctors, and was admitted to hospital. They thought i had an infection somewhere, so pumped me full of anti biotics on a drip for 3 days, then sent me home with few more days of anti biotics to take. While in hospital i had bloods taken regularly, only thing they showed up was sign of infection somewhere, but nothing too serious they said. I had chest xray too, that was clear, also had low abdominal ultra sound, which found a cyst on my ovary, again un related and nothing too serious they said.
So they sent me home, i felt tiny bit better while at hospital, but after coming home deteriorated day by day, had doctors out to visit 3 times, they gave me even more anti biotics, thought i might have sinus infection, because my head hurts so much!! and pressure feeling in my head. So i took those for a week, no change though. Have pains all over my body, muscle aches, shooting pains, can hardly sit down or stand up, i am shaking all over, trembling, sometimes gets worse but never actually goes all together. My eyes hurt like i havent slept for a month. Although i actually havent slept much at all, am lucky if i get 1 hours sleep a night. Also stopped eating, have lost extreme amount of weight.... 2 stone in 4 weeks. No appetite at all, just dont want to eat, have to force myself occasionally. My nose feels blocked at times.... but just kinda weird, my jaw hurts, my nose...i have popping sensations in my head, behind my nose... and i feel awful when that happens!! really dizzy. Am lightheaded and dizzy all the time anyway... feel so spaced out.
Last visit to the doctor was a week ago, he said he thinks i have a serious anxiety disorder and has put me on prozac. That was a week ago, and if anything i feel worse! panic symptoms all the time! i cant be left alone.. have become so totally dependent on my loved ones.
I know the root of this is....i dont believe him...i think i have serious illness... something badly wrong with me... and no matter what i do, i cant shake it. Is why i cant sleep... i'm too scared to fall asleep in case i dont wake up.
I guess i just need someone to tell me that all these feelings can be as a result of anxiety.... i am struggling so much to accept that this much physical pain and debilitation can be caused by anxiety!! someone please help me
I have suffered from stomach pains, intermittently for a couple of months... then about a month ago, i had 3 or 4 'episodes'... where my stomach hurt really badly, i got hot all over, my head felt so strange, cant really describe it... i paced round the house, opening doors, windows, panicked that i was about to die! felt so awful.... anyway, happened one day, lasted for hours... i ended up going to emergency doctors, and was admitted to hospital. They thought i had an infection somewhere, so pumped me full of anti biotics on a drip for 3 days, then sent me home with few more days of anti biotics to take. While in hospital i had bloods taken regularly, only thing they showed up was sign of infection somewhere, but nothing too serious they said. I had chest xray too, that was clear, also had low abdominal ultra sound, which found a cyst on my ovary, again un related and nothing too serious they said.
So they sent me home, i felt tiny bit better while at hospital, but after coming home deteriorated day by day, had doctors out to visit 3 times, they gave me even more anti biotics, thought i might have sinus infection, because my head hurts so much!! and pressure feeling in my head. So i took those for a week, no change though. Have pains all over my body, muscle aches, shooting pains, can hardly sit down or stand up, i am shaking all over, trembling, sometimes gets worse but never actually goes all together. My eyes hurt like i havent slept for a month. Although i actually havent slept much at all, am lucky if i get 1 hours sleep a night. Also stopped eating, have lost extreme amount of weight.... 2 stone in 4 weeks. No appetite at all, just dont want to eat, have to force myself occasionally. My nose feels blocked at times.... but just kinda weird, my jaw hurts, my nose...i have popping sensations in my head, behind my nose... and i feel awful when that happens!! really dizzy. Am lightheaded and dizzy all the time anyway... feel so spaced out.
Last visit to the doctor was a week ago, he said he thinks i have a serious anxiety disorder and has put me on prozac. That was a week ago, and if anything i feel worse! panic symptoms all the time! i cant be left alone.. have become so totally dependent on my loved ones.
I know the root of this is....i dont believe him...i think i have serious illness... something badly wrong with me... and no matter what i do, i cant shake it. Is why i cant sleep... i'm too scared to fall asleep in case i dont wake up.
I guess i just need someone to tell me that all these feelings can be as a result of anxiety.... i am struggling so much to accept that this much physical pain and debilitation can be caused by anxiety!! someone please help me