joannap
08-07-10, 17:21
i am sorry but i have to have a rant!
i have had anxiety - v bad at times for around 11 years. around 5 years ago i started to have a lot of jaw problems and was treated for tmj by my dentist. not long after that my eye on the side my jaw was bad would swell up and i would get what my gp thought were sinus symptoms. i have eventally been referred to e/n/t - i did say to my doctor that i think that tension in my jaw may be causing these symptoms and he laughed it off - no - its definitely sinus (although i had a ct scan several years ago and this was clear).
Anyway - saw consultant today - definitely not sinus in his opinion - is mid face myofascial pain - i mentioned my jaw and he did not say anything but have just looked the condition up at home and it is caused by stress/tension in muscles - WHAT IS WRONG with the medical profession that firstly the gp says it could be nothing to do with my jaw but is sinus - the consultant says not sinus and doesn't pass comment on my jaw problems being linked to it when all the evidence says otherwise! it also lists on my ssri leaflet that people can suffer jaw problems/sinus type pain etc!
I am so SICK of having to diagnose myself as i have done with all sorts of other pain too like the time i came off the pill and suffered terrible stomach pain - i said to the gp - is it because my ovaries aren't being surpressed anymore? ridiculous they said and gave me 3 lots of antibiotics for "infection" - went back on the pill and pain totally disappeared plus there are many other examples i can list!
The moral of this rant is to not put your health - physical and mental totally in the hands of doctors who may not know much more than you do! This is what i have discovered about doctors and anxiety
1) they spend the least amount of time in their training on mental health and unless they have read books like claire weekes or gone through it themselves - they have no idea that anxiety can be treated naturally without meds.
2) they tend to want to just give you medication and often say very unhelpful things like - you will probably need to take it for life.
3) when coming off antidepressants - they tell you to miss doses/take every other day - THIS IS THE WORST METHOD - all the websites dedictated to ssri withdrawl tell you otherwise.
I am now planning to come off my 10mg citalopram and seeing if am any worse without it - at the end of the day these are heavy duty medications that help anxiety to some degree but can and often do cause other problems which then naturally you get anxious about!
i have had anxiety - v bad at times for around 11 years. around 5 years ago i started to have a lot of jaw problems and was treated for tmj by my dentist. not long after that my eye on the side my jaw was bad would swell up and i would get what my gp thought were sinus symptoms. i have eventally been referred to e/n/t - i did say to my doctor that i think that tension in my jaw may be causing these symptoms and he laughed it off - no - its definitely sinus (although i had a ct scan several years ago and this was clear).
Anyway - saw consultant today - definitely not sinus in his opinion - is mid face myofascial pain - i mentioned my jaw and he did not say anything but have just looked the condition up at home and it is caused by stress/tension in muscles - WHAT IS WRONG with the medical profession that firstly the gp says it could be nothing to do with my jaw but is sinus - the consultant says not sinus and doesn't pass comment on my jaw problems being linked to it when all the evidence says otherwise! it also lists on my ssri leaflet that people can suffer jaw problems/sinus type pain etc!
I am so SICK of having to diagnose myself as i have done with all sorts of other pain too like the time i came off the pill and suffered terrible stomach pain - i said to the gp - is it because my ovaries aren't being surpressed anymore? ridiculous they said and gave me 3 lots of antibiotics for "infection" - went back on the pill and pain totally disappeared plus there are many other examples i can list!
The moral of this rant is to not put your health - physical and mental totally in the hands of doctors who may not know much more than you do! This is what i have discovered about doctors and anxiety
1) they spend the least amount of time in their training on mental health and unless they have read books like claire weekes or gone through it themselves - they have no idea that anxiety can be treated naturally without meds.
2) they tend to want to just give you medication and often say very unhelpful things like - you will probably need to take it for life.
3) when coming off antidepressants - they tell you to miss doses/take every other day - THIS IS THE WORST METHOD - all the websites dedictated to ssri withdrawl tell you otherwise.
I am now planning to come off my 10mg citalopram and seeing if am any worse without it - at the end of the day these are heavy duty medications that help anxiety to some degree but can and often do cause other problems which then naturally you get anxious about!