anxiety or mental disease Posted: 06-13-08 20:43pm
ive been to the er like 6 times in the
last three months for all the same
thing... but it always changes... i went
to a concert.... and at the concert my
vision felt fuzzier than usual ... but i
brushed that off and went drinking with my
friends... the next day i had a hang
over... and i was sitting around and it
pretty much wore off... when i walked into
my buddys bathroom to get a drink... i
looked around the room and said... "gee
everything looks weird" and then i started
shaking and panicing... i thought i was
dying from some disease... i told myself
it would all be better in the morning but
it didnt... its been months now and i have
gone through everydisease imaginable...
everytime i find out that nothing is wrong
with me i dont beleive it... and i find a
nother disease with similar symptoms...
and go to the er expecting thats the
news... i just cant stop thinking about
all these horrible diseases i might
have... i get shaky and im not sure if i
even have symptoms or if my mind is just
making me feel like i have them... i
thought i had a tumor.... but they did a
ct scan and said i had none... but
everyday i wake up and for like ten
minutes i feel like myself... then i start
panicing again... crying... thinking that
im dying from some horrible disease....
even tho they told me i have no tumor... i
cant bring myself to beleive them.... ive
felt like the room was spinning ... with
vision problems... and thats pretty much
it... along with tons of panic and
irrateability.... i dont know whats wrong
with me... and im very sick of it... i
just want to be me again... ive had stuff
like this happen to me in the past... like
for about a year... i couldnt stop
repeating the words "god and jesus are
cool" in my head with fear of going to
hell... and for another year when i was
about 16 i couldnt stop thinking i was
going to die or the world was going to
end... eventuallly they both passed but
the constant thinking and never ending
thoughts in my head make me feel like im
going crazy.....
this time i thought ive had:
stroke
braintumor
diabetes
cataracts
retinal detachmant
hppd
claustiatoma (had one as a child)
cancer
and more i dont even want to think about
now....
please help...
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Deep Green
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 5
Posted: 06-13-08 21:58pm
Did you happen to go through some
traumatic event recently?
If you haven't dealt with it, it might
cause these fears to surface the way you
described them.
I hope you will soon be yourself again. If
you have fears, it helps if you talk about
them, whatever it is, it doesn't look so
terrible once you verbalize it.
If nothing works, did you consider
counseling? They might have some
techniques to help you deal with this (
most of us here are amateurs) that wish
you well:) I wouldn't waste more time, ask
for professional help if you don't get
better. Everybody has fears and anxiety
but if it interfears with your life in
this way, then you should get help and be
happy again:)
Hang in there and all the best!
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eeyore46
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Posted: 06-13-08 22:20pm
We never know if it is mental or physical.
Continue going to a doctor who will
listen to you and you feel comfortable
with. Then, you will feel trust in their
decision. You might need an
anxiety/depression medication such as
Lexapro or Effexor or you could have a
physical condition - just continue to
rule out the physical aspect.
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jobles
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Joined: 13 Jun 2008 Posts: 6
Posted: 06-13-08 22:29pm
well... i cant bring myself to even
beleive what the doctor said... i just...
cant bring myself to it... no matter what
they say i still worry about the thing
they ruled out... like i still am afraid
of having a tumor everyday, even though
they told me my head scan came out
completely normal... my perspective on
everything has changed... and i will calm
down for moments... but it will kick back
in and start all over again for hours on
end... i get more iratable... is that
normal in anxiety???
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khiggler
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Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-14-08 13:35pm
hey jobles,
I'd bet you have something that's very
simple to fix.
A physical ailment hyperventilation
syndrome that leads to mental anxiety
(panic).
Breathe 4x per minute for a day and see
what happens. Don't exercise (it makes it
worse).
It's only a day but you'll see changes in
less than 2 hours.
Just try it and let me know what happens.
Kevin
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Britbrat308
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Joined: 12 Jun 2008 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-15-08 00:08am
yes it is anxiety i have had ever test
there is ran on me after my grandmother
died with cancer thinking that i had a
tumer, may i suggest a therapist in stead
of a doctor the doctors are good at
certain things but most of the time they
just want to give you a pill and make
everything seem to go away therapy fond
the problem and slowly begins to relive
it, i have also found that if i drink
achocol it makes my anxiety ten times
worse and it last for days the blurred
vision, shaking, and feeling like i am in
another world, it is an awful feeling and
can cost you a fortune in doctor and er
visit thats why i finally decided on
therapy and it is really helping me alot
if i can answer any thing else just let me
know and sorry you have to go through this
just remember your not the only one and
there is always someone to talk to with
the close to same symptoms as you. GOD
BLESS
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eeyore46
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Posted: 06-16-08 23:36pm
Is your anxiety worse while your are
drinking the alcohol or the next day? I
am so sorry you are suffering with this.
Hopefully, you can soon get back to
yourself again.
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dog-tim
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anxiety Posted: 06-19-08 02:25am
the best thing to do in situations like
this if its not nothing physical is to
educate yourself on anxiety, stress ,post
tramatic stress,fear ocd and shyness. The
reason being is because if you have more
knowledge it will relieve some of your
fears and you maybe able to find the cause
of your problem usually something triggers
it of but that is not necessary the cause
of your problem. My advise is to spend
alittle time on the internet,in the
library or any other form of finding out
facts about these topics.Sometimes in life
if we understand something we cant always
fix it but we can use methods to control
or help it.
