Numbness, fuzzy headed, dizzyness, disorientation, constant fear of death

[Rockchalk9189]

Hello I am a 21 year old male and I have been experiencing these symptoms for over a year now. It all started back in December of 2009, I was sitting in my apartment with my buddies and we were playing video games and we also smoked a joint. After taking a hit off the joint I felt a pain that shot from the back of my neck into my chest and my heart started racing incredibly fast, I then jumped up and felt my left arm go numb and immediately became disoriented. As you can imagine I started freaking out pretty majorly and went to the urgent care clinic near my apartment in fear of I was having a heart attack.

For about a month after this episode I was experiencing dizzyness, disorientation, and fuzzy headedness and then out of nowhere it completely stopped. It stopped for quite a while actually, 8 months to be exact.

Throughout the summer of 2010 I would notice that after I got off work I would have a "fuzzy" sensation up above my eyebrows just about everyday but played it off as just having been worn out from a days work.

September is when all hell broke lose. I was sleeping and out of nowhere I awoke to a feeling of like my heart had stopped or skipped a beat and I felt like I was going to black out. My entire head, upper chest, and arms were numb and I raced into the other room where my parents were and told them what was going on and my father took me out on a car ride and I eventually calmed down. Ever since then though I have been experiencing constant fuzzyheadedness, dizzyness, disorientation (rarely), and a constant fear of dying. I have gone to my Medical Doctor several times and he claims that it is just an anxiety disorder and he has me on Xanax and Lexapro for it, I am also seeing a Psychologist.

For some reason everytime I feel something happen within my body that I dont consider "normal" I immediately freak out and think I am going to die, and the senstaions in my head only make it worse. I just cant convince myself that the doctor's are right, I just feel like there is something more wrong with me. What should I do? Please help.

[missa86]

i was wondering if u could tell me why my mom is having dizziness and nausea.have only had 3 spells in the last 2 or 3 months. she is going through menopause and works 12 hour days doesnt get much rest.can u help me? she also has stress due to her being a conselor

[missa86]

i was wondering if u could tell me why my mom is having dizziness and nausea.have only had 3 spells in the last 2 or 3 months. she is going through menopause and works 12 hour days doesnt get much rest.can u help me? she also has stress due to her being a conselor

[lexiea2006]

you have anxiety its almost apparent without a doubt now you need to cope meditation is good and so cognitive behavioral therapy

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
In all probability it is an anxiety disorder precipitated by your smoking joint. You need to get examined to rule out a few things such as low blood pressure, postural hypotension, cervical spinal nerve compression, hypoglycemia, severe anemia, an underactive thyroid (called hypothyroidism), overactive thyroid (called hyperthyroidism), adrenal insufficiency (called Addison's disease), GERD, and internal ear infections.
Please consult your PCP for primary examination followed by proper referral. Take care!

[Rockchalk9189]

I also wanted to point out that I havent smoked since that one episode over a year ago and i exercise everyday and eat healthy