Glitterbug
22-04-10, 18:31
Hi Everyone,
I am 30 weeks pregnant with my second child and am having bad health anxiety.
I suffered post natel depresson and anxiety after my first child and was convinced that I had a heart problem. I had all the checks, ecg etc and everything came back fine. i was put on prozac and had been doing well for about the last 8 months.
I became pregnant in october and decided to cut my meds down to one every other day and came of them completley just before 20 weeks. I had been doing fine, a few down days but no anxiety.
For about the last few weeks I have had what I can only decribe as weird vision in my right eye which gets worse at night, I can only liken it to slightly blurry.
A couple of weeks later and I have it in my head that i have a brain tumor as have been getting headaches too and feeling sick. Got worse over the easter weekend as was convinced that this was it.
I went to the doc on the tues who advised that she would not send me for scans as I am pregnant but cant rule out that its a brain tumor!!!!!!. But that I should not think about it as it probably is not.
I went to see another doc the following week and gave her the same symptoms, which now included a numbness in my left cheek that can work its way down to my chin or to my ear and above my left eye, which also keeps going funny. She checked my ears and eyes and said all is ok. I said to her about my fear of brain tumor and she stated that it was not that and that it was pregnancy with a bit of anxiety thrown it. That was on the monday last week and found myself back at the doc on the friday ( a 3rd one) as was really worried about the numbness and also a shooting pain in my nose, he advised that could not say what it was but thought that it was notting.
I cant get it out of my head that it is not a tumor. I cant sleep at night and the heart problems that I had left behind have returned.
I feel like I should try to believe what i am being told but have a fear that they are not listening to me due to being pregnant and having anxiety in the past.
My left side of my face is still numb, still getting the nose pains and a poping in my ear from time to time and can not see how it could still be like this after 2 weeks.
I am just not sure where to go now or what to do and Dr oogle has just made it worse. i feel like they are saying its in your head now get on with it.
Any advice would be greatfully recieved.
I am 30 weeks pregnant with my second child and am having bad health anxiety.
I suffered post natel depresson and anxiety after my first child and was convinced that I had a heart problem. I had all the checks, ecg etc and everything came back fine. i was put on prozac and had been doing well for about the last 8 months.
I became pregnant in october and decided to cut my meds down to one every other day and came of them completley just before 20 weeks. I had been doing fine, a few down days but no anxiety.
For about the last few weeks I have had what I can only decribe as weird vision in my right eye which gets worse at night, I can only liken it to slightly blurry.
A couple of weeks later and I have it in my head that i have a brain tumor as have been getting headaches too and feeling sick. Got worse over the easter weekend as was convinced that this was it.
I went to the doc on the tues who advised that she would not send me for scans as I am pregnant but cant rule out that its a brain tumor!!!!!!. But that I should not think about it as it probably is not.
I went to see another doc the following week and gave her the same symptoms, which now included a numbness in my left cheek that can work its way down to my chin or to my ear and above my left eye, which also keeps going funny. She checked my ears and eyes and said all is ok. I said to her about my fear of brain tumor and she stated that it was not that and that it was pregnancy with a bit of anxiety thrown it. That was on the monday last week and found myself back at the doc on the friday ( a 3rd one) as was really worried about the numbness and also a shooting pain in my nose, he advised that could not say what it was but thought that it was notting.
I cant get it out of my head that it is not a tumor. I cant sleep at night and the heart problems that I had left behind have returned.
I feel like I should try to believe what i am being told but have a fear that they are not listening to me due to being pregnant and having anxiety in the past.
My left side of my face is still numb, still getting the nose pains and a poping in my ear from time to time and can not see how it could still be like this after 2 weeks.
I am just not sure where to go now or what to do and Dr oogle has just made it worse. i feel like they are saying its in your head now get on with it.
Any advice would be greatfully recieved.