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I think I’m dying
This all started on the 13th of January My symptoms started with me thinking I was sick. I came back from my friends house and her siblings were sick so I thought I was sick..turns out I wasn’t, then I had my birthday party coming up I was stressed I was worried about everything. I started not to feel like myself on the 15th of January. I was like ah maybe it’s just because I’m stressed it’ll pass by after my birthday and it didn’t. I was scared thinking I was gonna die thinking I’m not ok feeling shaky everything I went to the ER for the first time on the 14th and I got an ECG they said it’s normal everything they tested my blood for idk what they said everything looks normal they said I’m gonna be okay and they gave me and anxiety med and it helped so much I felt so much better, then a day or two goes by and I’m just the same way again I’m how I was before I got the pill, I was scared again worrying everything. I didn’t know what to do because I thought I was fine and I thought it was just anxiety. Through the 13th-18th, I thought that I was just stressed and I thought that maybe it’s just my birthday party stressing me out and it turns out that it wasn’t. I gave it a couple days after my birthday party to see what was gonna happen and it got worse, I stayed with my mom for 3-4 days 2 weeks in a row and I had trouble breathing I was shaking went to the er for the second time, they said I was fine took my blood said everything is normal went home to her house and still felt the symptoms. But everything went away for a day or 2, then it all came back I was nervous I was calling my mom it got to the point where I couldn’t take it anymore. I got diagnosed for the 4th time going to the ER with GERD bc my stomach was swollen and it hurt and it hurt to touch and I got tested for GERD they said it could be GERD so I got proscribed pills for GERD and I haven’t taken them wich I should but yeah. That was my 4th time going to the ER. At some point I thought I was gonna have a stroke because there was numbness on one side of my body and I went it for that, my brain was numb on one side my arm and my leg were numb. I got a CT scan they said everything’s normal my brain’s normal that was my 3rd time going. I thought I was dying I still think I am I keep worrying I don’t feel like myself I feel confsued I feel like I lost myself I’m just scared and I don’t know what to do, I’ve never felt this way before. I don’t have the answers I need and I just need a second opinion other than my primary doctor I have no hope anymore and I’m at the point to where I don’t know what to do. I know I’m not myself I know there is something wrong with me because the only person who knows my own body is me. I think something is wrong with me and I just don’t know what to do anymore. One of my pupils will be slightly bigger than the other. I’ll have pain in my right eye like a cluster headache on one side but it’s has happend to both side at different times. Pain above and behind my right eye right eye is a bigger pupil, numbness on right side of face, I HAD chest pain felt like I pulled a muscle and it went away and it hurt and I thought something was wrong with my heart but doctors said I was fine. brining sensation above eye in forehead, shakiness, scared,rapid heart beat sometimes, diziness, tingling in hands, feeling like I’m gonna pass out,I have Pain above and behind one eye. I also have
* A dilated pupil.
* A change in vision or double vision.
* Numbness of one side of the face
I don’t know what to do and I just need to figure out what’s going on with me.
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It seems like it would be good to be seen by a neurologist for testing and an evaluation by a psychologist.
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Welcome to Mayo Connect. You definitely have had a rough month.
Do you have a primary provider you can go to for a full physical ?
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3 ReactionsHaving gone for medical evaluations and told that there's nothing wrong, have you considered the possibility that you might be having anxiety or panic attacks? Have any of your doctors suggested a small amount of medication to give you relief from the anxiety? The suggestion to get a full physical sounds like a perfect idea and if nothing is found, your doctor might want to consider giving you something for anxiety/panic attacks. Good luck finding the answer!
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5 ReactionsThank you will do, I do have medication that says only take when having anxiety. Not a full time medication tho!
Yes I do, I will defiently do that thank you!
Ok thank you so much
I've heard the "only take medication when having anxiety" and that's completely different from what my doctor has advised. I've been on Klonopin (a.k.a. Clonazepam) for YEARS -- 1/4 mg. twice a day -- and have never increased the dosage. I take the first 1/4 mg. late morning and the 2nd 1/4 mg. before going to bed. In my completely "unprofessional" opinion, I have found that my body needs the medication, I have never needed to increase the dosage, and I don't feel that it's any different than someone who needs insulin or any other medication on a regular basis. I've never understood why anxiety/panic attacks are frowned on any more than any other chemical imbalance.
Huh interesting…thanks for telling me
Could it be a migraine. They can appear in different parts of the body. Not necessarily called that in the body. A lot of your symptoms sounds like a migraine. I have had them for 50 years.
@mariahhsst16 I have spent many sleepless nights laying in bed with this feeling of dread that I was going to die. My chest will get tight. Heart will race, and I'll feel like I can't get a deep enough breath. My heart will feel like it's pounding out of my chest. I've also made several trips to the ER for what ultimately ended up being just an awful case of heartburn. I do have GERD and take medication for it. Ever so often I will get terrible heartburn, and honestly, so many of the symptoms resemble a heart attack. I just tend to think it's better to be safe than sorry. I have been prescribed 5mg of Valium at night, and I actually in most cases cut it in half. It has helped tremendously. Anxiety is no joke! I've had the same tingling and numbness that you mention. It all goes back to my anxiety. It might be something to look into, if you haven't already. Hopefully you can figure something out!
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