Fatigue and groggyness - Anxiety or head injury? Posted: 02-11-08 06:41am
Around 3 months ago I had a drunken fall
onto a concrete floor, hitting my forehead
hard and splitting the skin open. A day
later I started getting vertigo. Every
time I sat up from lying down or
vice-versa, the room would spin really
badly. This recovered after about a week,
but i still had other symptoms that
remained until a month after the fall such
as feeling disconnected, brain-fog,
groggyness.
My doctor put me on Prochlorperazine for a
week as he said I had 'mild residual
vertigo' and a day after coming off the
tablets I felt back to normal for a day.
That evening I took a Diazepam for a crick
in my neck that had developed during the
day and the next day I woke up feeling
fatigued.
The fatigue has continued since then
(about 2 months) but along with it I have
a groggy feeling like being slightly tipsy
and a kind of brain fog where I don't feel
completely with it. I also get occasional
fellings of falling or shifting that last
for a second or two about 5 or 6 times a
day. On top of this I have a tension at my
temples which feels like someone is
pressing on them constantly. My eyes also
feel like the cannot focus properly too.
The symptoms vary in severity but the
brain-fog; groggyness and tiredness are
always there to some degree. When I am in
a situation with lots going on (for
example looking for something specific in
a large; busy; unfamilier shop) They
symptoms get worse and I feel overwhelmed
and as if I am drunk.
I have been to my GP had a CT scan and
blood tests which have all come back
clear. I have also seen a consultant
neurologist who told me that there was
nothing wrong with me; that it was brought
on by anxiety and that I sould stop
worrying so much.
I don't thin it is anxiety as the nly
times I feel anxious are when I think
about my symptoms. The anxiety may be
making things worse, but I think it is
brought on the by the presence of the
symptoms.
My co-ordination, memory etc all seem
unaffected, which make it difficult for
the doctors to understand what I am
feeling
Does anyone know if this could be related
to the head injury or if it is likely to
be something else and the timing is just
co-incidental?
It doesn't seem to be debilitating in any
physical way, but it's absolutely
horrible, and the reaction I have to busy
places has made me somewhat reclusive.
Thanks loads.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 02-12-08 17:51pm
Normally I'd say no way is that anxiety
because you fell and stuff...
BUT if you got checked out and they all
say you're fine, well that leaves anxiety.
Panic attacks are often brought on by the
symptoms- for instance, someone feels
their heart rate go up (which was just a
random occurance) so they start to get
anxious that they are getting another
panic attack, and their anxiety about
getting another panic attack causes it.
In that sense, it seems likely that panic
attacks are your problem. Try looking up
panic disorder.
