JimT
11-07-11, 23:50
Hello, I'm Jim and I'm a 59 yr old male who is FREAKING OUT over my symptoms. I know that I am a hypochondriac, and that I have many anxiety problems, especially social anxiety, although I have never had an outright panic attack. I got a chuckle out of a post I read on this forum where someone said she had had 20 fatal diseases in the past 4 months. I can identify with that! :D
For the past month I've had severe vertigo, which I have never had before. I would be content to try and live with a diagnosis of ear infection or anxiety related vertigo, but for my other symptoms that have me worried -- worried to obsession. That's the problem, I can't stop thinking about it and worrying about it.
I have some symptoms for MS (multiple sclerosis). The most telling is that the slightest amount of heat makes my vertigo enormously worse. I can walk out to get in the car, a distance of no more than 30 feet, and in that short distance I get incredibly dizzy. I live in the southern US (in South Carolina) and it's 97 deg F today.
I went to the doctor when this first started a month ago and he ordered a CT scan with contrast of my head, which came back normal. I've since learned that a CT scan cannot detect MS, so it only gave me comfort that I don't have boulder sized tumors in my head. Then I went to a heart specialist who gave me a 24 hour monitor which turned out fine.
My next appt with the doctor is in two weeks. I had not mentioned the heat problem to him because I was not thinking this was significant, so it will be two weeks of horrid worry until I can even tell the doctor what I'm worried about.
Has anyone else had an anxiety problem which was worsened by heat? I've read where some are relaxed by heat, but I just get dizzy.
I'm so glad to find a place where others are bothered by their health symptoms and other anxiety issues. I hope I will be able to comfort others as well as get some relief from my own anxieties here.
For the past month I've had severe vertigo, which I have never had before. I would be content to try and live with a diagnosis of ear infection or anxiety related vertigo, but for my other symptoms that have me worried -- worried to obsession. That's the problem, I can't stop thinking about it and worrying about it.
I have some symptoms for MS (multiple sclerosis). The most telling is that the slightest amount of heat makes my vertigo enormously worse. I can walk out to get in the car, a distance of no more than 30 feet, and in that short distance I get incredibly dizzy. I live in the southern US (in South Carolina) and it's 97 deg F today.
I went to the doctor when this first started a month ago and he ordered a CT scan with contrast of my head, which came back normal. I've since learned that a CT scan cannot detect MS, so it only gave me comfort that I don't have boulder sized tumors in my head. Then I went to a heart specialist who gave me a 24 hour monitor which turned out fine.
My next appt with the doctor is in two weeks. I had not mentioned the heat problem to him because I was not thinking this was significant, so it will be two weeks of horrid worry until I can even tell the doctor what I'm worried about.
Has anyone else had an anxiety problem which was worsened by heat? I've read where some are relaxed by heat, but I just get dizzy.
I'm so glad to find a place where others are bothered by their health symptoms and other anxiety issues. I hope I will be able to comfort others as well as get some relief from my own anxieties here.