Anxiety and panic disorders Posted: 05-21-08 05:05am
Whats wrong with me?
The symptoms are as follows:
I feel like breathing is just not doing
what it is supposed to
body tingles like it's almost vibrating
arms are fatigued like I've held a 50
pound weight for 10 mins
face tingles
tonight i raised up in the bed and saw
blood vessels in my eyes
my head hurts kind of but not like a
headache
my chest gets tight but no pain
i get nervous and i shake from being
scared
My upper body gets HOT not like a burning
sensation on the skin but deep within my
body like heat and it radiates outward
down my arms and up through my head
This always happens when I'm in bed.I have
to get up and sit and wait for it to go
away.My DR diagnosed me with anxiety and
panic disorder.I'm not on any meds for
this.I disagree with this diagnosis.I had
an EKG about 3 mos ago and was normal and
didn't show any signs of anything
whatsoever.Thank you
Rita
If you need more info rcrabtre
e@yahoo.com
Thank you.
Have been told it is anxiety and panic
disorder....i don't agree with this
diagnosis
When someone feels certain symptoms, the
doctor’s task is to check them. For
example: if you “feel like breathing is
just not doing what it is supposed to”
doctor will check your respiratory system
to see what is wrong. He will auscultate
you, first, and then if he assumes
something, he will make additional
diagnostic procedures like a chest X-ray,
lung functional tests, oximetry, ECG,
provocation tests etc. The type of
diagnostic procedures depends upon the
type of reported symptoms. If examinations
do not confirm your subjective symptoms
(everything is OK) then the problem is
probably in your mind not in the lungs,
heart, muscles, or elsewhere.
People usually find it difficult to accept
that they don’t have a real organic
disease but only mental problem. There is
a type of anxiety disorder called
somatoform disorder or hypochondria where
the patient feels symptoms of various
diseases without really having them. That
is the nature of their mental illness –
asking for a disease. So they visit many
doctors searching for a disease. The cause
of such a mental disorder is placed deeply
in their personality and
sub-consciousness. Panic disorder is
another type of neurotic disorder where
the patient feels symptoms of non-existing
diseases (usually a severe one like a
heart attack or stroke) and react on them
very dramatically.
You can ask for a second opinion to
confirm or exclude if you really had an
organic disorder or not. If the result is
the same (everything OK) you can ask for
help from a mental health doctor.
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