Jeanine25
07-09-10, 08:24
Hi everyone,
I'm Jeanine, I'm 25 and from the Midlands UK.
I have suffered with Health anxiety quite severely since I was about 13/14.
I have 2 children, 1 of 3 and another 7 weeks.
I have recently started experiencing tingling sensations in my left hand side.
It started as a weird feeling in my face and then it went to my hands and before I even had chance to think about it, it felt as though it was all over.
I've never been given medication for my anxiety as I refused & I also have never had any kind of councilling for the same reason as the medication.
Being a young mum I am terrified to admit I have a major problem going on, this is partly because I'm afraid of being looked upon as insane and not capable of being a mother to my children, so I ignore my problems and continue to worry all the more- the problem is I have now started developping scary symptoms.
Tingling sensations is by far the worst so far as It convinces me Im having either a stoke, heart attack or I have a brain tumor; the latest being I feel I have MS.
I have been to the drs with every form of cancer there is and during my pregnancy I was absolutely convinced i'd either die during childbirth or my baby would never be born.
These fears stil continue, today I have convinced myself I have a brain tumour because of the tingling and I think I have started to develop panick attacks.
A couple days ago I went all funny- it all started when I began getting upset because my eldest son wouldnt eat; I then started imagining what would happen if he continue to not eat and this is when I think a panick attak occurred.
I felt my heart racing, my chest tightening, I went all light headed and I got palpitations- I quickly had to lie down where I convinced myself I was going to die of a heart attack.
After this episode passed I looked online for heart attak symptoms and what do ya know, the "episode" came on again so I laid down and it went away- then I looked up panic attacks and got a 3rd episode, so I stopped lookin online.
I am so scared to go to the DRs incase they start testing me for things and find I have something seriously wrong with me
I have just changed drs so the new one wont know a thing about me and possibly assume I am crazy or something- my previous dr i had for 25 years was very supportive but I did not tell him about my tingling as it only occuured recently.
Im so worried im having a stroke or something, or i have ms or a tumor.
I cant sleep at night sometimes as I fear i'll not wake up.
My anxiety stems back from several losses due to cancer and my brother comitted suicide when i was 8 :(
Please give me some advice guys Im really worried.
Sorry to have rambled on. xxxx
ps: sorry for typos...
I'm Jeanine, I'm 25 and from the Midlands UK.
I have suffered with Health anxiety quite severely since I was about 13/14.
I have 2 children, 1 of 3 and another 7 weeks.
I have recently started experiencing tingling sensations in my left hand side.
It started as a weird feeling in my face and then it went to my hands and before I even had chance to think about it, it felt as though it was all over.
I've never been given medication for my anxiety as I refused & I also have never had any kind of councilling for the same reason as the medication.
Being a young mum I am terrified to admit I have a major problem going on, this is partly because I'm afraid of being looked upon as insane and not capable of being a mother to my children, so I ignore my problems and continue to worry all the more- the problem is I have now started developping scary symptoms.
Tingling sensations is by far the worst so far as It convinces me Im having either a stoke, heart attack or I have a brain tumor; the latest being I feel I have MS.
I have been to the drs with every form of cancer there is and during my pregnancy I was absolutely convinced i'd either die during childbirth or my baby would never be born.
These fears stil continue, today I have convinced myself I have a brain tumour because of the tingling and I think I have started to develop panick attacks.
A couple days ago I went all funny- it all started when I began getting upset because my eldest son wouldnt eat; I then started imagining what would happen if he continue to not eat and this is when I think a panick attak occurred.
I felt my heart racing, my chest tightening, I went all light headed and I got palpitations- I quickly had to lie down where I convinced myself I was going to die of a heart attack.
After this episode passed I looked online for heart attak symptoms and what do ya know, the "episode" came on again so I laid down and it went away- then I looked up panic attacks and got a 3rd episode, so I stopped lookin online.
I am so scared to go to the DRs incase they start testing me for things and find I have something seriously wrong with me
I have just changed drs so the new one wont know a thing about me and possibly assume I am crazy or something- my previous dr i had for 25 years was very supportive but I did not tell him about my tingling as it only occuured recently.
Im so worried im having a stroke or something, or i have ms or a tumor.
I cant sleep at night sometimes as I fear i'll not wake up.
My anxiety stems back from several losses due to cancer and my brother comitted suicide when i was 8 :(
Please give me some advice guys Im really worried.
Sorry to have rambled on. xxxx
ps: sorry for typos...