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Please help
by ckelly22, Nov 27, 2008 03:34PM
Where to begin?
I don't know what's up with me. I'm 22 and I think I'm a hypochondriac. I never used to worry about my health but since this happened I'm a paranoid wreck. It all started with a sore eye. It's only sore when i look in a certain direction, and its not sore all the time. I've had them examined 3 times, nothing wrong with them apparently. Next thing was what the doctor called 'sinusitis'. Had extreme pressure behind my nose and dizziness. I don't know that I would call it dizziness, but it's like a feeling that everything is a bit surreal, and feeling kinda spaced out. And I feel like this ALL the time, maybe for a few seconds or minutes a day, I'll feel normal again, then it comes back. The doc gave me doxycycline tablets and I got worse. One night I ended up at the out of hours emergency doctors coz I felt so horrible. I felt as though my heart was racing and my eye just felt sore constantly and I was getting shooting pains in my head (coming from my eye and going through my jaw and teeth) The doctor checked my eyes (said they were healthy looking) checked my heart and blood pressure, said my heart was a little fast but that was because I was unwell anyway and panicking. Blood pressure was normal. He gave me ibuprofen and sent me home and tried to reassure me. Next day I went back to the opticians (this was my 3rd eye examination) coz I was so worried. She said they were healthy looking enough and if there was anything untoward she would see it. She tried to reassure me and told me your sinuses are all throughout your head and behind your eyes etc. I hadnt eaten much for a few days so I went home had something to eat, took an ibuprofen and went to sleep. My dad even stayed off work to look after me. It got so I was scared to be left alone (still am) Next day had diahrrea and was terrified coz it looked weird and gloopy. This in turn made me panic. I even had my mum examining it to reassure me. So... one night my mum MADE me eat my dinner and after that, I started eating more and getting steadily better. Even though I was feeling better, the paranoia that there was something seriously wrong with me was eating me up. I started having palpitations and feeling as though I had to force myself to breathe and panicking. My mum was doing her best to reassure me and explaining what palpitations were and telling me all about my dad's coz he gets them too. She said I was making them worse by sitting around concentrating on them. I cant help it though. I got blood tests done, came back everything normal apart from low vitamin b12, so i have to have injections to top it up. But im so paranoid about my heart, I keep thinking theres something up with it and checking it all the time. I also made the mistake of researching things on the internet. Now every little twinge I get I think 'what IS that?' then my chest tightens and i get the 'forcing myself to breathe' sensation and palpitations. I'm still dizzy all the time, but I've just caught a cold aswell and my sinuses are still blocked too. I've been using a nasal spray (oxymetazoline) and it seems to work temporarily as in unblocking my nose, but the dizziness remains. And I've been having occasional shooting pains in my left arm and breast but I've got a sore back too and everything is going through my head. Is this deferred pain from my back? I've driven my mum mad with all my worrying but I can't control it. Thats THAT part.
Now there's something else. I've noticed I have certain habits, and this whole nonsense has made them worse. I don't know if theres a name for it. Im not sure if its OCD or Generalised Anxiety Disorder or something. It's basically like this. I can't make a simple decision for fear that my choice will result in something terrible happening to me or someone I love. It sounds stupid, but even the smallest thing like choosing which top or pair of socks to put on in the morning can take me 15 minutes because I'm scared. 'No you can't put that on, if you do something will happen.' It doesnt stop there. I to and fro between several items before finally selecting one. Then theres this thing I do aswell, only touching certain things like my mobile phone or cutlery with my right hand. And my right hand has to be the last hand to touch it or something bad will happen. If I touch it with my left, I then have to touch it with my right to counteract it. It sounds crazy, but this is what's going on in my head. Other things include not listening to certain songs that contain certain words, putting a certain shoe on first, or dressing my bottom half before my top half.
If anyone is still reading this and I haven't driven you mad... what do you think? :(
Any help greatly appreciated. :)
I don't know what's up with me. I'm 22 and I think I'm a hypochondriac. I never used to worry about my health but since this happened I'm a paranoid wreck. It all started with a sore eye. It's only sore when i look in a certain direction, and its not sore all the time. I've had them examined 3 times, nothing wrong with them apparently. Next thing was what the doctor called 'sinusitis'. Had extreme pressure behind my nose and dizziness. I don't know that I would call it dizziness, but it's like a feeling that everything is a bit surreal, and feeling kinda spaced out. And I feel like this ALL the time, maybe for a few seconds or minutes a day, I'll feel normal again, then it comes back. The doc gave me doxycycline tablets and I got worse. One night I ended up at the out of hours emergency doctors coz I felt so horrible. I felt as though my heart was racing and my eye just felt sore constantly and I was getting shooting pains in my head (coming from my eye and going through my jaw and teeth) The doctor checked my eyes (said they were healthy looking) checked my heart and blood pressure, said my heart was a little fast but that was because I was unwell anyway and panicking. Blood pressure was normal. He gave me ibuprofen and sent me home and tried to reassure me. Next day I went back to the opticians (this was my 3rd eye examination) coz I was so worried. She said they were healthy looking enough and if there was anything untoward she would see it. She tried to reassure me and told me your sinuses are all throughout your head and behind your eyes etc. I hadnt eaten much for a few days so I went home had something to eat, took an ibuprofen and went to sleep. My dad even stayed off work to look after me. It got so I was scared to be left alone (still am) Next day had diahrrea and was terrified coz it looked weird and gloopy. This in turn made me panic. I even had my mum examining it to reassure me. So... one night my mum MADE me eat my dinner and after that, I started eating more and getting steadily better. Even though I was feeling better, the paranoia that there was something seriously wrong with me was eating me up. I started having palpitations and feeling as though I had to force myself to breathe and panicking. My mum was doing her best to reassure me and explaining what palpitations were and telling me all about my dad's coz he gets them too. She said I was making them worse by sitting around concentrating on them. I cant help it though. I got blood tests done, came back everything normal apart from low vitamin b12, so i have to have injections to top it up. But im so paranoid about my heart, I keep thinking theres something up with it and checking it all the time. I also made the mistake of researching things on the internet. Now every little twinge I get I think 'what IS that?' then my chest tightens and i get the 'forcing myself to breathe' sensation and palpitations. I'm still dizzy all the time, but I've just caught a cold aswell and my sinuses are still blocked too. I've been using a nasal spray (oxymetazoline) and it seems to work temporarily as in unblocking my nose, but the dizziness remains. And I've been having occasional shooting pains in my left arm and breast but I've got a sore back too and everything is going through my head. Is this deferred pain from my back? I've driven my mum mad with all my worrying but I can't control it. Thats THAT part.
Now there's something else. I've noticed I have certain habits, and this whole nonsense has made them worse. I don't know if theres a name for it. Im not sure if its OCD or Generalised Anxiety Disorder or something. It's basically like this. I can't make a simple decision for fear that my choice will result in something terrible happening to me or someone I love. It sounds stupid, but even the smallest thing like choosing which top or pair of socks to put on in the morning can take me 15 minutes because I'm scared. 'No you can't put that on, if you do something will happen.' It doesnt stop there. I to and fro between several items before finally selecting one. Then theres this thing I do aswell, only touching certain things like my mobile phone or cutlery with my right hand. And my right hand has to be the last hand to touch it or something bad will happen. If I touch it with my left, I then have to touch it with my right to counteract it. It sounds crazy, but this is what's going on in my head. Other things include not listening to certain songs that contain certain words, putting a certain shoe on first, or dressing my bottom half before my top half.
If anyone is still reading this and I haven't driven you mad... what do you think? :(
Any help greatly appreciated. :)
Member Comments (1)
by ILADVOCATE, Dec 21, 2008 12:20AM
To: ckelly22
It could be a combination of ocd and anxiety disorder. I would suggest speaking to a psychiatrist.
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