AllInMyHead
05-01-11, 15:56
Hi all,
Just found this group and wish I'd known about it years ago. I've had health anxiety issues on an off for years and years. I first remember being 8 and thinking I had heart disease after seeing a piece on Tomorrow's World about how eating salt could cause it.
Mostly it doesn't affect me at all, and I can sometimes go a couple of years without worrying at all, but then something will come up and I'll be so anxious I feel like I'm going crazy.
At the moment I'm wracked with anxiety about funny feelings in my arms and legs. It started with getting numb hands in the night, which my GP (who is really good) put down to carpal tunnel. He prescribed anti-inflammatories and everything was fine. Then I started to get a numb calf in the night as well.
So I googled it (yes, I know, I'm never going to make that mistake again). I also have very mild tinnitus and a few very minor balance problems that come and go, that I've put down to all the water that gets in my ears when I'm windsurfing. Anyway, 1 + 1 = 3 and what I have is MS. Then as soon as I made that link, I immediately 'developed' lots of other symptoms associated with MS, including the funny feelings in arms and legs
So back to the GP, who I was hoping was going to tell me to stop being crazy. He said he was concerned by the mix of symptoms, so he referred me to a neurologist. He gave me a thorough check-up. I told him about these funny feelings, and that they didn't come on until after googling. He said I was fine, and I was satisfied.
But the funny weird feelings in my right arm and leg didn't go away. I've had them for about 6-8 weeks now, and they wake me up in the night, so I don't think they're 'imagined'. Back to the GP, who sent me for an MRI scan on my brain. Not sure if he is concerned about the symptoms, or if is just humouring me. Anyway, that was about 3 weeks ago, results on Friday :scared15:
Sorry for the essay. If anyone is still reading, thanks, and nice to have found this group.
Just found this group and wish I'd known about it years ago. I've had health anxiety issues on an off for years and years. I first remember being 8 and thinking I had heart disease after seeing a piece on Tomorrow's World about how eating salt could cause it.
Mostly it doesn't affect me at all, and I can sometimes go a couple of years without worrying at all, but then something will come up and I'll be so anxious I feel like I'm going crazy.
At the moment I'm wracked with anxiety about funny feelings in my arms and legs. It started with getting numb hands in the night, which my GP (who is really good) put down to carpal tunnel. He prescribed anti-inflammatories and everything was fine. Then I started to get a numb calf in the night as well.
So I googled it (yes, I know, I'm never going to make that mistake again). I also have very mild tinnitus and a few very minor balance problems that come and go, that I've put down to all the water that gets in my ears when I'm windsurfing. Anyway, 1 + 1 = 3 and what I have is MS. Then as soon as I made that link, I immediately 'developed' lots of other symptoms associated with MS, including the funny feelings in arms and legs
So back to the GP, who I was hoping was going to tell me to stop being crazy. He said he was concerned by the mix of symptoms, so he referred me to a neurologist. He gave me a thorough check-up. I told him about these funny feelings, and that they didn't come on until after googling. He said I was fine, and I was satisfied.
But the funny weird feelings in my right arm and leg didn't go away. I've had them for about 6-8 weeks now, and they wake me up in the night, so I don't think they're 'imagined'. Back to the GP, who sent me for an MRI scan on my brain. Not sure if he is concerned about the symptoms, or if is just humouring me. Anyway, that was about 3 weeks ago, results on Friday :scared15:
Sorry for the essay. If anyone is still reading, thanks, and nice to have found this group.