It's very difficult for me to put the disorders happening to me in words, they almost feel unreal but here goes: I have been feeling out of touch with my environment for over 10 years a condition I've come to know as depersonalization -- but that's not the problem as I've come to live with it. What's bothering me to the point that I literally can't think straight is I suddenly feel my entire body get weak especially in the knees, the feeling is accompanied by lightheadedness, extreme depersonalization, feeling of pressure in my head and gaseous in my stomach which makes me burp, slightly blurry vision and constant testicle movement . My suspicion is anxiety but the symptoms feel too vital for just anxiety especially that I'm not stressed or have a sense of fear beyond what I usually feel before this symptoms started recurring. Can anyone relate and assist in anyway? Is it anxiety? Is it my gases in my stomach?
Hello,
If this helps at all I have been experiencing simlar symptoms of head pressure (not painful like a headache, more like a fuzziness or tightness - very difficult to describe), lightheaded, dizzy, off-balance and also that feeling of constantly needing to burp. I went to see my Doctor, a neurologist and had an MRI scan - all came back clear and could not find anything physically wrong.
I have since been prescribed with meds for anxiety / stress / depression which seems to have reduced the head pressure (it is still there however) it was very re-assuring that my MRI scan came back as normal. If you are concerned please do have yourself checked out, it is hard to believe how much our mental state can have such an effect on how you feel - but I belive it is the brain/minds way of dealing with enviroments in where you are not happy. There are many similar posts on this forum of people reporting the same problems.
I would say to see your Dr. if you haven't already, just in case. But it sounds most likely to be anxiety related. As far as your thoughts of "you don't feel stressed" and the "symptoms feel too vital for just anxiety", I can tell you from my own personal experience (for 10 years) both of those don't matter whatsoever. There r so many times I have physical symptoms of anxiety without the mental ones, they don't always go hand in hand. It's like a subconscious anxiety that you can get sometimes where you don't even realize you are feeling anxious but your body clearly does. And as for "symptoms feel too vital for just anxiety", my friend is an EMT and said sooo many visits of ppl at the ER for heart attacks actually turn out to be just panic attacks. That tells you how severe anxiety attacks and it's physical symptoms can be! It's amazing what your mind is capable of, in good ways and in bad though, too.
Seems there's so many people going through similiar sufferings but with no answers. I suspect mine started due to a 10+ days of antibiotics. If there was a way or a discussion to have everyone narrow down their suspicions we'd surely come to a conclusion. Many are pointing to Lyme disease but I've ruled it out because there's no Lyme or the species of deer ticks in my continent's region (Sub-Saharan Africa). What do you think triggered this condition for you?
I have had all possible culprit tests done, and looking online seems most people have taken even a step further with their tests but to no avail. I am now certain it's anxiety but do not know what triggered this disorder. I suspect antibiotics. What would be the top 3 suspicions for yours?
I believe it is 1. genetics... For example, my parents both suffer from anxiety issues and my grandma suffered from depression. I actually never knew any of this though until I spoke to them about my anxiety and then I found out they all had the same kind of thoughts/worries, etc. haha. And 2. I think incidents can trigger it to pop up. For example again, I have had generalized anxiety for a while. But I didn't suffer from health anxiety and health worries until a loved one of mine passed away from cancer last year. Now all of a sudden I am constantly worrying about being sick and something wrong with me and I know it is definitely related to last year. I guess you can think of this with soldiers and PTSD also. My 3rd suspicion is environment, if you are super stressed at work, or you are around someone who causes you stress a lot - those things can definitely trigger anxiety.
Wow. That's a lot to pour out and I appreciate so much. I believe we all have anxiety and expression as humans, but the "disorder" aspect is the cause of concern. From your three suspicions I would side with your mostly on the side of "an incident" especially one that relates to a particular fear we have. After a particular incident triggers it, it then branches into all sorts of other worries. Just my conclusion thus far. For genetics I would not agree much because no one in my family tree that i know off has had it this bad.
Hm does anyone in your family have any sort of mental issues in general? My sister doesn't have anxiety at all, even tho my parents do. But she has struggled with eating disorders in the past which is a mental disorder also. And my cousin does not have any anxiety but he has a learning disability. I feel like it's all related, it's all part of a mental imbalance or something.
None at all. I will agree genetics is a possible cause but just not for me. If it makes readers feel better, what we are all going through is something called Somatic Symptom Disorder and could take as long as a year to clear. Scary but also reassuring that prolonged symptoms do not necessarily imply fatality