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What Causes Confusion And Anxiety?

Posted on Tue, 16 Sep 2014

Question: I have been experiencing slight confusion mostly while driving for the last 3 years. Not got any worse. I have bad anxiety and worry a lot no other symptoms could this be a brain tumor

Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
not a possibility

Detailed Answer:
Hi, welcome to HCM.
Chronic symptoms dating to 3 years which do not progress are unlikely to be due to malignancies.
A brain tumor would produce other symptoms like headache, seizures, weakness of hand and leg on one side and vomitings.
As you mentioned that you have anxiety, it itself explains the cause of confusion, especially while driving where you need pinpoint concentration.
Try to have good sleep, try meditation and yoga and see the difference. If you don't improve, you may consult your doctor.
All the best.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (39 hours later)

Thank you also I can lay in bed and sometimes feel like I'm not really at my house. I know where everything is but I feel disiriented. And get lost gif words in the middle of my sentence. Could anxiety cause all of these

Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
yes

Detailed Answer:
Possible.
There is a thin margin of difference between stress related word deficit and psychosomatic problems. Either of the two is a possibility here.
Some neurological diseases also present this way but is not likely to be the cause in your case.
Try the above tips and see if they work for you. If not, you may consult a neurologist to rule out an organic cause.
All the best.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (21 hours later)

What do you mean but organic cause? I can be riding down the road and I feel like I ? Myself where am I then I feel disiriented out if no where. Then a few hours later I snap out of it

Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (9 hours later)

Brief Answer:
structural

Detailed Answer:
Organic cause means any structural problem in the brain. A CT scan of brain will rule out the organic problem.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (5 hours later)

Does it sound like probably stress anxiety and hypochondria

Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
stress..yes

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
stress and anxietyare symptoms whereas hypochondriasis is a disease
if there is frequent suspicions of having multiple diseases without any symptoms then the possibility of hypochondriasis cannot be ruled out.
Anyways, in the present situation, it is wise to believe that a neurologist consultation will help you in attaining proper diagnosis.
All the best.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (23 hours later)

Do you think it could be alziemers or stroke? Something life threatening just want piece of mind till I get to the doc. I think it's anxiety related where I have had it 3 years with no change

Answered by Dr. Vaddadi Suresh (11 hours later)

Brief Answer:
no.

Detailed Answer:
Alzeimers is a disease cthat occurs in people more than 70 s. Your age doesn't qualify for alzeimers!!
Stroke results in various symptoms like paralysis, facial deviation etc..
So neither is a possibility. Mostly it is Anxiety or stress related.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar