lucy devine
17-08-11, 03:36
Hey all...
so being the hypochondriac I am, I thought I would go for my results today and for them to send me home saying nothing was wrong with me and that the test results were fine....wrong!
I was told today that I have some inflamation problem in my nose causing my nose airways to be closed...which does explain the constant feeling of a blocked nose and inability to breathe through my nose. This apparently is having a knock on effect with my inner ear causing me to have dizziness and tinnitus. I've been put on meds and spray and told that if that doesn't solve the problem that I will have to have an operation.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since...I asked him can this nose issue cause breathing difficulties and he said yes as it prevents you from breathing from your nose. This REALLY scared me as I am very preoccupied with my breathing and always feel like I can't breathe and that I'm going to stop breathing.
This has now made me question whether my breathing difficulties (shallow breathing sometimes, having to take deep breathes, feeling like i'm not breathing properly etc) is caused by a physical illness rather than the anxiety i've been told it is for years. I was just almost accepting the breathing thing as anxiety and WHAM i'm back to square one :(
Can anyone offer me any advice? I'm worried now that I don't have anxiety and that it is all caused by a physical illness, which is scaring me very much.
Lucy
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so being the hypochondriac I am, I thought I would go for my results today and for them to send me home saying nothing was wrong with me and that the test results were fine....wrong!
I was told today that I have some inflamation problem in my nose causing my nose airways to be closed...which does explain the constant feeling of a blocked nose and inability to breathe through my nose. This apparently is having a knock on effect with my inner ear causing me to have dizziness and tinnitus. I've been put on meds and spray and told that if that doesn't solve the problem that I will have to have an operation.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since...I asked him can this nose issue cause breathing difficulties and he said yes as it prevents you from breathing from your nose. This REALLY scared me as I am very preoccupied with my breathing and always feel like I can't breathe and that I'm going to stop breathing.
This has now made me question whether my breathing difficulties (shallow breathing sometimes, having to take deep breathes, feeling like i'm not breathing properly etc) is caused by a physical illness rather than the anxiety i've been told it is for years. I was just almost accepting the breathing thing as anxiety and WHAM i'm back to square one :(
Can anyone offer me any advice? I'm worried now that I don't have anxiety and that it is all caused by a physical illness, which is scaring me very much.
Lucy
xxxx