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Please help me? Need opinions- Severe Anxiety.
A few months ago, I was diagnosed with vertigo because I felt like I was on boat all the time. That made me extremely anxious and it started to make me unwell. I went on holiday a few weeks ago and became anxious and my hands and legs on the right side started tingling and I started feeling my vertigo come back again. After I came back off holiday, I felt fine for about a week, a few stresses with school but that was about it. All of a sudden, I started getting weird sensations on my right side of my head, usually in the same two places- it feels like someone is putting their hand on it and pressuring. It comes and goes but it occurs everyday. If I'm distracted I don't seem to notice it. However, I had a panic attack a week ago today and ever since, the weird head sensations are back, and there's on and off tingling in my right hand and foot- not all over, just on the palm of my hand and bottom of my foot. My vertigo has also come back but again, I don't seem to notice these things unless I'm sat down and focused on the problem. What's worrying me is the fact it's all on one side, the head sensations, the tingling are never on the left side and just the right and its making the right side of my body feel really odd. Has anyone been experiencing the same things as this? My doctor's done bloods and tests for numbness and they came back fine. I'm being sent for counselling soon. Please put my mind at rest, is this anxiety and will it go away? Any help would be much appreciated, I'm only 16. Thank you
I have had this stuff all my life,at age 50 I finally found out what is was and what to do about it!! I was sent ton a -physciatrist and through talk therepy and medicine I finally got it under control, First you could go to the drug store and purchase ( arm bands ) for your vertigo! I wear mine when ever I feel it coming on! It is made for sea,car,airplane sickness!And it works great costs areound $10 for 1 pair,I suggest buying 2 pair so you always know where 1 pair are, I keep the second pair in my purse!For anxity I have to take clonzapam! It works good and you can get a perscription at your physciatrist.I did a lot of 1on1 talk theray and then with the med's and arm bands I feel great!
HI there sweetie!
I'm sorry you're going through this!
My opinion is that a LOT of your symptoms sound anxiety related, especially considering this:
"My vertigo has also come back but again, I don't seem to notice these things unless I'm sat down and focused on the problem."
That usually indicates anxiety. When we're busy and distracted, we don't notice the sensations, but when we have time to sit and think, we become hyper focused on them. I'm sure there is a portion of your symptoms that are physiological in nature....but I would be willing to bet that the majority of them are psychosomatic at this point. It's kind of similar to a PTSD thing. The anxiety and panic attacks make a HUGE impression, and they stick with us...it's traumatizing.
Vertigo is a cruddy thing. While it's typically harmless, it's a terrible sensation that causes secondary anxiety in a lot of people as a result. So, then it becomes a vicious cycle....vertigo and related symptoms------>anxiety-------->increase in vertigo sensations------>more anxiety.
Just try to keep yourself busy....stay engaged in life, doing the things you would normally be doing, and then some. I know it's not easy, but until you see the therapist (which is a great idea, so glad you've got that scheduled!), it will help.
Try not to give the anxiety more power than necessary....try to just accept that what you're experiencing is pretty normal (because it really is). It's a normal reaction to an unnerving feeling. The less you feed into the anxiety, the better you will feel, and the quicker you will hopefully move past this. The more you sit and worry, the worse the anxiety will be...and the longer it will hang around.
I know that's all easier said than done, believe me...but if you push yourself, it will work to an extent. A good saying is "fake it til you make it"...meaning basically to dismiss the anxiety...poo poo it away. The mind is a powerful thing, and if YOU send the message that this is NO big deal, it will help convince your mind that it really isn't.
Keep us posted hon, okay? You're doing everything you should be doing at the moment. With some time and patience, you'll start feeling better.
I'm sorry you're going through this!
My opinion is that a LOT of your symptoms sound anxiety related, especially considering this:
"My vertigo has also come back but again, I don't seem to notice these things unless I'm sat down and focused on the problem."
That usually indicates anxiety. When we're busy and distracted, we don't notice the sensations, but when we have time to sit and think, we become hyper focused on them. I'm sure there is a portion of your symptoms that are physiological in nature....but I would be willing to bet that the majority of them are psychosomatic at this point. It's kind of similar to a PTSD thing. The anxiety and panic attacks make a HUGE impression, and they stick with us...it's traumatizing.
Vertigo is a cruddy thing. While it's typically harmless, it's a terrible sensation that causes secondary anxiety in a lot of people as a result. So, then it becomes a vicious cycle....vertigo and related symptoms------>anxiety-------->increase in vertigo sensations------>more anxiety.
Just try to keep yourself busy....stay engaged in life, doing the things you would normally be doing, and then some. I know it's not easy, but until you see the therapist (which is a great idea, so glad you've got that scheduled!), it will help.
Try not to give the anxiety more power than necessary....try to just accept that what you're experiencing is pretty normal (because it really is). It's a normal reaction to an unnerving feeling. The less you feed into the anxiety, the better you will feel, and the quicker you will hopefully move past this. The more you sit and worry, the worse the anxiety will be...and the longer it will hang around.
I know that's all easier said than done, believe me...but if you push yourself, it will work to an extent. A good saying is "fake it til you make it"...meaning basically to dismiss the anxiety...poo poo it away. The mind is a powerful thing, and if YOU send the message that this is NO big deal, it will help convince your mind that it really isn't.
Keep us posted hon, okay? You're doing everything you should be doing at the moment. With some time and patience, you'll start feeling better.
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