I am a healthy 38 year old who the doctors think is suffering from anxiety. Although I have had two years of family trouble and am constantly worrying about finances and the stress of my job, I still think there is something medically wrong.
About a month ago, I awoke from sleep with a short sharp pain shooting through my head. Later that day, it felt like there was water in my ears. Several times I shook my head back and forth to see if it would go away (I got dizzy from doing so). The next day, I started feeling lightheaded and weak. I thought I may have cause some brain or spinal cord damage when I shook my head so many times.
A trip to outpatients revealed that anxiety was causing these symptoms. For the next several hours I searched the internet and convinced myself I had MS or some other neurological disorder - I really started to worry!!!
For the next week, the following symptoms persisted:
- Tight pressure in the back of my head and around my nose
- limbs feeling detached from my body
- Hot hands and cold feet
- tingling on the left side of my face, left arm/leg
- Slight feeling like water trickling down my leg
- Confusion
A trip to my family doctor only seemed to enfore the anxiety issue. I had an EKG, reflex tests, and xrays on my head and everything was o.k. After the pressure stopped in my head, I began to feel strange feelings in my left arm and leg. There is no weakness, just a weird feeling. The feeling of numbness around my left temple and slight tremors (shaking) in my arms and legs are really starting to worry me too. I have been on Paxil for the past four days. My doctor is getting me in to see a neurologist, but still figures it's severe anxiety. The symptoms are very persistent and have been around for about three weeks.
Is this really anxiety???? Is anyone else experiencing these long-lasting symptoms?
Thanks.
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