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07-09-10, 15:43
Hi,
I have been diagnosed with GAD and had CBT about ten years ago. Up until recently I have really coped quite well. However, about 3 months ago, after a night of drinking far too much, I woke up the next day with the most severe headache I have ever had and felt completly disconnected from my self and felt numb in parts of my body. I was terrified and my first thougths were that did someone spike my drink, was there some damage to my brain? Since then I kept having this disconnected feeling and headaches, went to the GP and thought might be migranes but didn't have nausea and visual distubrances. I became convinved that there was something wrong with my head adn that was causing the feelings of depersonalisation and felt frustrated when people told me it was anxiety. I became hyervigilant for any signs of headaches and would wake up everyone mornign checking on my head. I also had this feeling that one side of my bdoy felt different to the other. I kept having what I recognise now were panic attacks, eg, feeling disconnected, like I couldn't feel my body, but was so sure that they were linked to the headaches that I couldn't work out what was going on. Sorry I;m ramberling.... anyway so eventually agreed to get GP to write me a referral for MRI, which I payed for privately. All came back on, but i still kept worrying when will i have the next headache etc and checking in on myself. I then started to worry that it was temporal lobe epilepsy and that the feels of dp were actually mini seizures. Anyway, since about 3 weeks ago it has been quite unberable, I am really struggerling to get through the day, I just feel terrified to be alive really. I feel like someone has stolen my personlaity and I don't know who I am anymore. I am contantly worrying about something, usually health related, to the point I am becomign scared to go out as fear will have a seizure, will have some severe migrane when out. I also feel constant feelings of dp/ dr. i just wondered if this may be linked to stopping the contraceptive pill, as came off it 6 weeks ago due to the headaches? I have just started escitalopram. Many thansk for any help offered.
I have been diagnosed with GAD and had CBT about ten years ago. Up until recently I have really coped quite well. However, about 3 months ago, after a night of drinking far too much, I woke up the next day with the most severe headache I have ever had and felt completly disconnected from my self and felt numb in parts of my body. I was terrified and my first thougths were that did someone spike my drink, was there some damage to my brain? Since then I kept having this disconnected feeling and headaches, went to the GP and thought might be migranes but didn't have nausea and visual distubrances. I became convinved that there was something wrong with my head adn that was causing the feelings of depersonalisation and felt frustrated when people told me it was anxiety. I became hyervigilant for any signs of headaches and would wake up everyone mornign checking on my head. I also had this feeling that one side of my bdoy felt different to the other. I kept having what I recognise now were panic attacks, eg, feeling disconnected, like I couldn't feel my body, but was so sure that they were linked to the headaches that I couldn't work out what was going on. Sorry I;m ramberling.... anyway so eventually agreed to get GP to write me a referral for MRI, which I payed for privately. All came back on, but i still kept worrying when will i have the next headache etc and checking in on myself. I then started to worry that it was temporal lobe epilepsy and that the feels of dp were actually mini seizures. Anyway, since about 3 weeks ago it has been quite unberable, I am really struggerling to get through the day, I just feel terrified to be alive really. I feel like someone has stolen my personlaity and I don't know who I am anymore. I am contantly worrying about something, usually health related, to the point I am becomign scared to go out as fear will have a seizure, will have some severe migrane when out. I also feel constant feelings of dp/ dr. i just wondered if this may be linked to stopping the contraceptive pill, as came off it 6 weeks ago due to the headaches? I have just started escitalopram. Many thansk for any help offered.