Anxietys or neurological problem

[karank]

Hi, I am a 17 year old male. My height is 5’6″ and weight 48 kg. Over the past few weeks I dont know whats going on. This is my last year in school and I should be worrying to get into a good college but I’ve wasted the past month. Okay so from the beginning. On April 18th I went to the doctor complaining of a pain inn my chest. He told me it was Vitamin D and gave me supplements. 3 days later I again visited another doctor as the pain had increased. However, in those three days I had googled symptoms of Lung cancer, heart attack, tumor etc. The other doctor said it might be gas or something else but nothing to worry about. However on my request he ordered for ECG, Echo, Ultrasound, CBCetc. Everything was fine except Vit D which was 16 ng/ml. However somehow I read about brain tumor on the internet and was convinced I had one. Was very worried. So got a CT scan Brain done and all was fine. But I constantly thought somethiing was wrong with me. One morning I had a drop of blood in my cough and went mad. My parents and doctor told me it was a normal thing which happens with anyone. After 2-3 days I experienced heaviness in one of my leg I googled and saw it might be a symptom of ALS. After two days I started having pins and needles all over my body and then twitching all over which added to my body. Again went to the GP who told me that nothing was wrong except Vitamin D. So finally my parents decided to take me to a psychiatrist so told me it was just anxiety and nothing else. Two days after that my twitching and pins and needles has gone. However sometimes I do have breathlessness. My right hand and legs feel heavy and have tingling on my legs. My fingers also feel heavy and painful(which my GP said was because of Vit D and Calcium and has given me pills for it). However I am still not convinced this is anxiety. But I have myself noted that if I don’t pay attention to these syptoms I forget them. Is this actually anxiety or could it be a neurological problem?

[essdipity]

Hi. Immi has given you a perfect answer. If one of your friends told you this exact story, what would you think?

We get a great many people here posting much like you have. That's because they google their symptoms and MS comes up as a match. And that in turn is because there are so many *possible* symptoms of MS, nearly all of which can be caused by lots of other conditions as well. None of the people have ever reported back that they do in fact have MS, by medical diagnosis. Meanwhile, some are truly ruining their lives by refusing to get help for their crippling anxiety.

Please don't let that happen to you. You have a wonderful, healthy life ahead, and you have this one pressing problem that's not your fault. But you need help with it, and help is available. Good wishes.

[karank]

Thanks a lot! Even I feel I should get off the internet. Yes the psychiatrist has given me medicines and I'll go him after one week. Hope this is just anxiety. Thanks