Today, I finally got to talk to a doctor about what I have been feeling lately. It's a long story, so I'll just try to summarize. Overall, I thought the experience was really good. I liked my doctor, young like me. Good listener, etc. At the end of the day, she thinks it's linked to worry and anxiety. She even did a little reflex/neuro exam and she said nothing stood out to her. She said my legs seemed maybe a tad bit over sensitive to the reflexes, but she did not seem concerned. She gave me a small dosage of Zoloft (not sure that I want to take it) and also is referring me to therapy (willing to do this.) when I initially left, I felt so much better! Now as the evening has gone, I am feeling more worried again...
I talked to her for a long time, about many things, but a couple things weren't addressed in as much detail as I would of liked, and now it makes me wonder if that would change everything. Like my back pain... I know that's really common with anxiety, but I get nervous that I missed that detail. I have read that this can be part of the cycle, feeling when you forget one thing, that it changes everything that was discussed.
Also, now that I am home, I feel as though I am starting to analyze all her words, maybe a bit too deeply. Like the reflex thing. Now to me, it feels like my left leg is like weaker..my anxiety gets worse in the evening a lot, and that's when it's really started feeling that way. I feel like I am focussing a lot on that leg in particular. It seems like many times my symptoms will jump around, sometimes just within an hour or so. If I focussing on my leg more, it seems worse... If I am focussing on my back etc many times that feels worse.
My doctor sat down and looked me in the eyes and said that she did not believe there really is anything wrong. She also wanted blood work done, overall and thyroid and it's almost already all come back and so far it's been good. My left leg has had some tingling/numbness at night, and she thinks it's just how I am sleeping at night many times.
I guess overall I am having trouble wrapping my mind around the fact that anxiety really can cause so many sensations and feelings... Right now though my leg feels so weird! Earlier in the evening though it was more the back pain, and other little things... Like I said, it seems to jump around sometimes. This is one thing I focus on a lot though. so in some ways I feel more reassured, but in a few ways I feel really apprehensive!
How did y'all get through this? I have heard that people have felt similarity about their Dr experiences.