i am a corrections officer and have been
one for a while. About a month and a half
ago an inmate in our facility hanged
himself. He had been dead less than a
half hour when I found him. Myself and
another corrections officer cut him down
and began cpr. We did cpr for about 10
minutes until the medics arrived and
pronounced him dead. I felt fine for
about a month but then started having
symptoms.
At first I lost any and all appetite. I
could sleep all night and all day and
still feel tired and unmotivated. I
started feeling very dizzy and weak. I
would go to work and come home and sleep
12 hours and still not want to do
anything. Then I made the mistake of
googling my symptoms and it turns out that
I am a medical nightmare. Ms and als are
the biggies that scare me to death. Also,
I had muscle twitches all over my body
constantly during the initial episode.
After about a week those symptoms began to
subside the fatigue went away and I got my
appetite back. However my right leg began
to feel weak and the right side of my
bottom felt weak and tense. My leg felt
heavy and just odd in general. Even to
this day it feels the same and it's been
about 2 months. I feel a slight buzzing
in my calf and a tingling sensation when I
am at rest. I keep thinking there is
something bad wrong with me as i've never
had physical manifestations of anxiety
before. I had blood work done and all
came back normal. My job as a corrections
officer is also stressful and I don't
think that helps. Any thoughts, ideas,
input would be very much appreciated.
