Ok. I'm a 30 year old female with a
history of GERD, gastroparesis (not
diabetic) sinusitis, and anxiety. I have
had blood tests, EKGs, tilt table, heart
ultrasounds, Holter monitors. All were
normal (The heart monitor showed PVC's,
the doctor wasn't worried about it) Two
years ago, I had sinus surgery and it made
it WORSE instead of better. I feel as if
I'm in a constant foggy state for more
than 3 years now. I've tried different
medicines for my sinuses, multiple
antibiotics. But nothing works. It's
been so long since I felt normal, I don't
know what it is anymore.
Lately, I have been having spasms
throughout my body. My legs, arms, face,
stomach and head. If I feel it in my
stomach, I will take some mylanta and it
seems to get better for a small while.
But the spasms continue. Most of the time,
the spasms are like a quiver, like
something wiggling beneath my skin. Other
times, I feel my muscles get so tense that
it hurts (it's as if if I am a marionette
with a sadistic puppeteer) I feel these
pains mostly in my arms and legs and feet.
I feel as if my throat is tight too. My
thyroid levels were a little low, but the
doctor didn't think I needed treatment for
it. Sometimes, when the spasms start, I
feel as if I am short of breath but only
in the back part of my throat, where the
uvula is. If I breathe through my mouth,
I can clearly tell I am able to get air in
fully. Other times, I feel like I am
forced to sigh. Sometimes, the spasms
make me feel as if I am a scratched CD or
DVD and my brain 'skips' a few seconds.
When I stand up, my head feels as if it is
going to explode. Sometimes, after
eating, I break out in a sweat, no matter
what it is I ingest. After taking
something to alleviate the sinus pressure,
I feel a little better, but not by much. I
can be just sitting and my ears feel as if
they need to be popped, but I'm not in an
elevator. I have been seeing a therapist
for anxiety for over a year. My anxiety
attacks have dropped immensely, but I
wouldn't have them if my body wasn't so
defunct. When I try to explain my
symptoms to my doc, she just looks
baffled. It is quite frightening and I
feel as if I cannot concentrate. I spend
most of my day doing a mental body system
scan to check and see what hurts and feels
funny. Could mold cause these problems?
I recently found mold in my home and got
it cleaned and cleared away. My breathing
is better, yet these other symptoms
continue. I fear I may have nerve damage
(vagus nerve, perhaps?) I try to not
Google my symptoms, it makes my paranoia
take flight, but I don't know what else to
do.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-15-07 16:39pm
You need to have a glucose tolerance test.
Those symptoms were things I once
experienced. Read real quick about
hypoglycemia online (looking at a few
sites because many contradict each other).
Do you notice any differences depending
on eating?
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johnR
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Posted: 05-16-07 12:26pm
If you have had all those tests and they
are basically clear it sounds to me like
you are spending way too much time
concentrating on how you feel which will
produce anxiety and symptoms in anyone
that does that. Once you focus on normal
body sensations that everyone has, but are
under most people's radar, your focus will
perpetuate them to the point of fearing
the worst. This is a vicious cycle that if
it goes uninterrupted will get worse. You
need to learn how to stop worrying so much
and the best way to do this is through a
cbt group. It is hard work but it helped
me overcome my panic attacks, anxiety and
depression and I am feeling better all the
time. Life's too short to be ruled by
anxiety.
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Stan
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Posted: 05-16-07 13:59pm
Though that can be true I must emplore you
to not stop being tested until they've
cleared you for certain things. Sugar
problems should be one of them, you need a
gtt done. I did just what was suggested
there, only to find out two years later,
after months and weeks of agony and
suffering, that if I would have pushed the
issue and demanded more tests, I would
have figured out my problem was merely
physical and was corrected over time with
a simple diet plan. Don't just take this
'all in your head' crap, because based on
the diagonsis criteria of the dsm-iv,
rarely is it.