This might be long but im desperate for answers and want to lay out all my issues. About 5 months ago I started getting tension type headaches and issues with my vision, I also became excessively anxious, I think because of the headaches but I thought nothing of it because they were probably being caused by anxiety. Over the next months I started to feel worse, headaches but not like a traditional pain, more like vertigo where my vision would go blurry, and I would find it hard to focus. This was getting worse and was effecting my university work, I couldn't find relief from it. I went through periods of thinking it was some sort of spinal issue, it was linked and effected by my anxiety but im certain that its the cause of anxiety and not the product of. Anyway over some time I started to cough up blood, pink phlegm, the doctors put this down to me coughing too much and bursting blood vessels, but I know my body and its happened around 5 times now, where i feel like i need to clear something from my chest, i do cough quite violently but i dont think its a burst vessel. Since ive been living with this issue for a while, ive tried to understand it more, its become the bane of my life with repeated doctors visits resulting in anxiety diagnosis and me feeling like no one is listening to me. I have come to realise recently that there is this feeling of something behind my left lung and I can alter my breathing by tensing my abs and pushing forward, to avoid it almost. Now it seems crazy and im aprehensive to visit the GP again because i seem like a hypochondriac, but im having bowel and sexual function issues connected to the left side, im very gassy, i feel as if i havent emptied my bowels, and when i masturbate, unless i tense up my abs and push my left side slightly forward, i get the headache/vertigo feeling and i have retrogade ejaculation or my semen is weirdly lumpy. Ive had these masturbation issues my whole life, and its always felt wrong for me, i could never explain it and thought i was just doing it wrong, but as i have come to realise, its all related. I had this one experience in which i was playing sports and i felt extremely weak but in a nice way, relaxed, i sat down and my breathing felt like it had cleared up like ive never before felt in my life, a wave came over me of all white, like an orgasm and i masturbated shortly after and had an actual orgasm for the first time in my life. In this experience it felt like something had moved around in my left abdomen and repositioned into a correct position. The issues im having are worse in the morning and get better as the day goes on, and if im sitting, they get slowly worse when im lying down but i know how to alter my breathing to release the pressure around my head. I know it sounds crazy but i think my whole life ive been living with something out of place on my left side, im starting to think maybe some kind of diaphragm hernia? I have been through a lot and ive convinced myself its anxiety at times but i know that thats not the cause of this, it may be a symptom or separate but these issues are constant. I just need help, im desperate, its ruining my life and i dont know what to do. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read
You need to see your doctor again or even ask to be referred to a specialist. You are more likely to a get a diagnosis and treatment that way. You have a lot of things going on and tests will help to get an accurate picture of what is causing your symptoms.
Hi , let me tell you , everything you describe ,even to the hacking cough is a vitamin D deficiency .. A vitamin D test is NOT in the labs protocol . YOU must request it be done . Have yours tested and GET YOUR LIFE BACK ! Update us on your results !!