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Symptoms Of Anxiety And Panic Attacks. Hypochondriac. Advice?
For a long time I have had symptoms of anxiety & panic attacks, they were diagnosed after a few ER visits random with paranoia of stroke or heart attack symptoms which were dismissed as my being told I was low on magnesium had PTSD, paranoia, & my nervous system was stressed from internalizing.
However coinciding thru time...
-What I always thought was completely unrelated was many other simultaneous symptoms such as an ongoing ear infection that has been there for years even with prescription never went away. -Spacey empty headed feeling & kinda a jump in brain or eyes sometimes -Poor circulation or fuzzy -Feeling of knots in veins or tighteness -Chest pain -Seizure like feeling with many fast flashes like in a movie or chest pain -Recent I lactated without having been pregnant -I often wake not being able to open like a jar or something till later in the day & my hands are tightly wound balls curled -The biggest is my difficulty swallowing which has increased from moderate the last few years to complete discomfort in the last week (coinsiding with being head butted by my ex) -And my tongue is inflammed (which I showed the gyno to ask if it was std related & she said she didn't think so) -I have chronic back pain but I attribute that to my job which is a caregiver & strains back -I can be moody & extremely tempermental pre-menstrual more then the average person (which I have stressed to my doctor but he just says it has to do with my anxiety) -I have extremely extremely bloody periods that are very heavy (which my doctor just says is normal in some women)
I have considered the throat & bumps could be related to the fact that I have the HPV virus & spread thru oral but nothing seems to have spread in patches their just bumps in the back of my tongue that have coinciding gotten bigger with my swallowing problem. I don't usually get headaches but after the head butt I have felt head pain coinciding with my ears which tho usually infected have been mild but are felt now in correlation with each swallow.
I have had melanoma skin cancer stage 2.5 when I was 23 & 27 I am now 29. It was surgically removed in the effected spots & some lymph nodes. And a mild less then 1 case of cervical cancer at 26.
I just feel my whole body is telling me something but as I said other then my cancer diagnosis anytime I have had brief checks ups I get told I am having panic attacks, not heart problems or & it stresses my nervous system. They simply just tell me to take prozac & relax.
I have avoided medical care consistent because with all my previous health problems I don't have insurance based on affordability.
Insight & thoughts. Please tell me speculations I have been told by random family I am simply a hypochodriac & I don't think I have fibromyalgia I think its more, Maybe one thing maybe 5 but please insight?
To me it seems an endocrinological (hormonal ) problem considering: lactating without being pregnant, menstrual symptoms, empty headed feeling etc.
In addition you may have anxiety which may be primary (i.e psychological i.e because of your psychological reactions to multiple medications, or functional anxiety disorder) or may be secondary to hormonal problem
I would suggest first to consult an endocrinologist and a counselor who can try to understand unlike your "random family"
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Symptoms Of Anxiety And Panic Attacks. Hypochondriac. Advice?
To me it seems an endocrinological (hormonal ) problem considering: lactating without being pregnant, menstrual symptoms, empty headed feeling etc. In addition you may have anxiety which may be primary (i.e psychological i.e because of your psychological reactions to multiple medications, or functional anxiety disorder) or may be secondary to hormonal problem I would suggest first to consult an endocrinologist and a counselor who can try to understand unlike your random family