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Q: symptoms of anxity
asked by: neogeo on February 6th, 2008
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Hello,

Back about 2-3 years ago, I was diagnosed with having an anxiety disorder and was put on medication for about 1 1/2 years. I used to have full blown axiety attacks.

My concern right now is i'm reciving certain symptoms that i'm worried are not anxity this time. In november I started waking up in the morning and felt offbalance/light headed, and went away within an hour. After 1 week the offbalance/light headed feeling went away. Begining of January this feeling came back only after waking up in the mornings, then closer to the end of January it now has progresed to being off and on durring the day, I also now have constant plugged ears that I can keep poping. When I try to fall asleep I hear static and a faint ringing, but not durring the day uness everything is quite. I continue having trouble falling asleep and sometimes can go without sleep for a whole night, when I try to fall asleep i'm awakened by a Jolt, and if I do fall asleep and wake up I see flashing colors for about 3 seconds and lots of static vision for about 30 seconds. My vision durring the day doesn't seam as crisp as it was couple weeks ago. Any insite on this would be appreciated, i'm worried this is leading to a serious issue like brain cancer and don't want to just write it off as Anxiety. Doesn't anxiety symptoms come and go and arn't constint? Thanks
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mominashoe
replied on February 7th, 2008
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It is possible that some of these symptoms are anxiety, such as the ringing in your ears, since it only happens at night or when it is quiet, meaning that you are more focused on yourself than on anything else and have no distractions. Feeling off balance and light headed is a common anxiety symptom. Your vision impairment could also be paranoia or even the result of lack of sleep and worry....and even stress.

To rule out the possibility of it being serious, you can schedule an MRI and vision screening, but if the results come back clear, you must accept it for what it says, keep taking your medication, and try to relax a little more.
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CarolDiane
replied on February 7th, 2008
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Could possibilly be neurological in nature. All neruological problems are not life threatening. If you have a GP, that is the first and best place to start. Tell him/her what your symtoms are and ask where to go from there. I know (at least down here) you have to be refered by your GP to go to any specialist. Could be you just need a good ear cleaning and a vision check. Wax build up can do some crazy things ya know. And as we get older, our vision changes. Sometimes so sutle, we don't notice it untill it gets bad.

Carrie
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