is this anxiety?!?!?!

[Ash126]

Hi everyone I am new to this forum and I just wanted to share my story and get everyone thoughts and opinions.... sorry if this is lengthy...


About 5 months ago is when this all started.. i was very close to graduating college and just finishing up doing my practicum for teaching. When i started to get random dizzy spells. At this time I did not think to much of it.. until one day i got the random dizzy spell with my heart pounding the chills and diarrhea   :sick0002: after that my life has changed for good... since then i have had a huge amounts of tests ( i will list my tests below) i also have had many many many symptoms which i will also list below. i have been experiencing panic attacks and i CONSTANTLY worry :dazed: of course i fear the worst such as a brain aneurysm, MS, cancer, stroke, that i have POTS disorder. Lyme disease ...basically anything i worry about having.... if i haven't mentioned i am a 20 year old female who previously to this was very healthy and played sports for 9 years... Please someone help!!

.... basically I just want to know if this could be anxiety and if anxiety can really cause all of this since all the doctors and er people seem to think it is..??





Tests i have had done:

CT scan of head
sonogram of neck
CT scan of neck with contrast
Chest Xray
CT scan of chest with contrast  
4 OR 5 ekg's
echocardigram
24 hr holter monitor
sonogram of my  pancreas
sonogram of my gallbladder
2 pelvic sonograms
multiple rounds of blood work to check thyroid, complete blood count, electrolytes, kidney function, and a lot of other things.    
I have had  urine test and stool cultures and probably other test i am forgetting...


Symptoms:
headaches (one migraine like headache the rest either pressure or tension)
dizzy/light headed
off balance
floaters in eye
seeing flashes in eyes
blurry vision
sensitivity to light especially in Walmart
seeing black spots (not floaters)
colored streaks
tunnel vision
hot flashes
chills
tight throat
tight chest/chest pain
palpitations/ tachycardia
upset stomach
diarrhea
nausea
numbness in face and head
tingles in hands feet and face (mostly tip of nose)
tremor
weakness
racing thoughts
weight loss
weight gain
Frequent yawning
Feeling I'm not getting enough air
Frequent hiccups
and more....





I have been to the eye doctor twice, pcp many times, er 5 times, ent, and a cardiologist. So i just would like to know if anyone has had any of these and is this anxiety!?!?!?!!?!?

[Ash126]

Have you had any testing done?

[stheart]

I have almost all of the same symptoms as you and they started about 1 1/2 months ago. What's scary was how the symptoms snowballed one after another. Like one symptom passed and boom, another one comes in and it makes you even more scared and afraid and paranoid.

My symptom came first about 5 years ago which were headpains which come and go every few months. And then 2 years later in the form of a dizzy spell which lasted only one night. Now suddenly all these random symptoms come and it terrifies me! I'd like to think that if i had a serious condition, the symptoms would get worse and not come and go? And i'd probably be dead by now? Please help!

[Ash126]

yes i am currently talking to a therapist

[cj29]

Anxiety and panic can be quite powerful when you first experience it in my opinion.  For many of us, it seems to hit us out of the blue and it is very frightening and confusing.  When I first experienced anxiety, I went to the ER because I thought something was wrong with me.  Over the next couple of months, I had a myriad of tests and every doctor came to the same conclusion which of course was anxiety.  I spent months fighting this and pretyy much had myself convinced that I had almost every disease or disorder that I knew of.

Once I finally decided to entertain the possiblity that it might be anxiety, I went and saw a counselor to talk about it.  Once I started to learn about it, I was able to confront it and deal with it.

Do you have access to therapy?