So for those of you who havent seen my previous posts my symptoms have been choking feeling and breathlessness for about a month (gone now), then heart palpitations and high heart rate, then chest pain and discomfort, then low heart rate, then burning in my stomach and shaking, and now arm weakness and hand tingling and fatigue. I don't know what to do. I had several ECGs, a chest X-ray, and lots of blood work and they found nothing. I got an echo on my heart done yesterday and never got a call about it which my doctor said is a good sign so I'm trying not to worry about that. But I'm terrified of the new symptoms with weakness and tingling. I'm scared I have MS. I don't want to go back to the doctor because I feel like they're so sick of seeing me with my random symptoms all the time. The breathlessness has gone, I still have heart palps, my HR is all over the place, no more chest discomfort/pain, stomach burning and getting shaky when hungry still there, and of course the weakness thing. I can still excercise and pick things up so its not a real weakness? But then I'm so tired and my muscles feel so exhausted all the time mostly my arms. Sometimes it hits me like a wave over my whole body. I can feel it in my head too. Like I'm too tired to continue living. I get maybe 4-5 hours of sleep at night and I wake up frequently. But I've always been a bad sleeper so idk if that's it. I've also been so worried about my heart these last few weeks that maybe I'm more exhausted and stressed than I thought? I'm so scared right now any words of advice would be nice.
No creo que seas el único que va al médico con todo esto en absoluto. Es uno de cada cinco personas que caminan con algún tipo de trastorno de ansiedad. Tienes todo el derecho a revisar todo tu cuerpo y ellos también lo saben. Este trastorno tiene una forma de exagerar cualquier síntoma, especialmente los nuevos, incluso si son una dolencia. Lo veo como un matón intenso personalmente. Ni siquiera voy a aceptarlo como parte de mi personalidad o como yo exagerando porque a veces tengo que decir que no estoy en eso. No quiero estarlo, no quiero sentirme así y no quiero jugar con eso... así que es un matón para mí. Creo que todos sabemos lo que tenemos que hacer, todos sabemos hablarnos para calmarlo, respirar para calmarlo, rezar para calmarlo y no temer los síntomas... y algunos pueden ser tan malditamente raros. Y sabe cómo hacernos un gesto obsceno y seguir con lo suyo. La respuesta real no es tenerle miedo. Estoy lidiando con algo de disfunción del tubo de Eustaquio y escucho ruidos de zumbido extraños y simplemente apreciaría que todo desapareciera, se detuviera. Pero como este matón parece observar y esperar, desencadena ataques de ansiedad como si todo no fuera lo suficientemente miserable. Solo espero estar aquí para ver el día en que esto se resuelva para entonces poder hacerle un gesto obsceno a todo esto. Hay aspectos de esto que podemos controlar y algunos que no podemos y solo podemos manejar. Así que no te sientas culpable o avergonzado de querer que te revisen completamente los médicos, es tu derecho. Todas las etiquetas necesitan ser cambiadas porque este es un trastorno horrible y decir que es ansiedad ni siquiera rasca la superficie de lo que puede hacerle a una persona. Ya lo sabemos. Todos tenemos que continuar en este viaje. Así que descarta cualquier otra opción alternativa. Creo que cruza cada línea de nuestras mentes de vez en cuando, ¿cómo no podría ser así? Pero luego vienen esos buenos días y esos buenos momentos y todo está bien. Estoy esperando mis buenos momentos ahora.
Lisa,
You always have the kindest most uplifting things to say! Thank you for all your kindness on this website. I know others are thankful for your presence as well. This is the worst part of anxiety. Knowing that no matter what you overcome it will throw something else at you. Just when you think you're strong enough to overcome the disorder it reminds you who's boss. I'm returning to therapy next week and hoping to maybe try some anti anxiety meds and sleeping meds to get myself back on track. I'm also going to go to urgent care tonight see what they say about it. Btw I had an ear issue a while back myself. Ringing in one ear at a time randomly throughout the day and then buzzing when I would lay down at night. It was horribly annoying and scary but turned out to be a side effect of my wisdom teeth growing in sideways. I've heard though that the buzzing and ringing isn't really dangerous just annoying so I hope that is relieved for you asap! Not a fun symptom at all and def exacerbated by anxiety. Thanks again Lisa for lifting my spirits as always.
stop worrying and get checked out Mandie.
Hi Mandie,
Did you get checked for mono? (also called glandular fever depending what country you're in). Your symptoms could definitely be anxiety related but just wanted to say that i have experienced all of those symptoms since being diagnosed with this virus. I never had typical symptoms of sore throat etc. Just something to keep in mind. You'd be surprised at how many people get really strange symptoms for this virus.
How did they diagnose you?
It was a blood test
Oh ok thanks. What symptoms did you have if you don't mind
My first symptoms were IBS, limb weakness (which scared the crap out of me), a feeling of off-balance, general weakness on and off and a constant feeling of malaise or something not quite being right, then the tingling and goosebumps feelings started and i would get them on my legs and sometimes on my arms and scalp. It's crazy how common these symptoms are with viruses but they're not well known.
Oh also brain fog and feeling distant/disconnected from reality, and of course bad anxiety.
I have all that too. Obviously the symptoms could be a lot of things but I won't rule virus out. Thanks a lot
Another common symptoms is breathlessness by the way. The ehealth website has a helpful mononucleosis forum where people talk about breathlessness. Also with the burning pain in your stomach, whereabouts would you say it's located? Your spleen is located under your left rib and often causes pain during mono .
No worries!
I'll look into that! It's my whole stomach really and then my chest on the left side. Hard to pinpoint it really.
Good luck with it all. I hope you find some answers!
Ustedes están en algo. Hay una gran teoría que dice que los trastornos de ansiedad pueden originarse en el virus de Epstein-Barr, incluso si no hay pruebas de sangre que lo demuestren. Eso sería culpa de la ciencia. Cuando está muy activo, como en el caso de la mononucleosis, es fácil de probar... pero después de la fase activa, puede esconderse en tu cuerpo y las pruebas ya no son precisas. Se disfraza. Un neurooftalmólogo me explicó esto y culpó al palidez de mi nervio óptico a esa teoría. Incluso después de recuperarse, ya sea que sepas que lo tenías o no, puede adentrarse más y llegar a cualquier parte del cuerpo. Todavía no se sabe cómo destruirlo permanentemente, pero creo que en octubre o noviembre saldrá un libro sobre alimentos para matar el virus de Epstein-Barr. Todos aquí deberían investigar sobre alimentos o suplementos para eso. ¿No sería un golpe para todos nosotros? Todavía es solo una teoría, pero muchos médicos lo mencionan... en áreas especializadas.
Thank you!!
Yes exactly! I've been through hell with this virus and i don't put that lightly. It's been the worst time of my life. I think EBV causes so much illness in this world but it can be hard to detect because 95% of adults have antibodies.
In the US they check your titers though, and most doctors will happily diagnose EBV infection if your titers are over a certain amount. I'm from Australia and we don't do it that way here, but my IGM IGG and IGA are all positive which indicates current of very recent infection. I think if all of your blood work is normal except for EBV then it's safe to say it's the virus causing your problems. I feel so sorry for all of the people out there experiencing horrible but invisible symptoms and just being brushed off by doctors as having anxiety or depression. These symptoms are real and debilitating!
Sorry for hijacking your thread Mandie. If i can help anyone by getting to the bottom of their anxiety and health issues i'd be so happy!
Creo que ha sido secuestrado. Pero informativo. ¿Quieres que te envíe los nombres del libro... y el nuevo que va a salir? He preguntado a algunos especialistas cómo matarlo, pero no lo saben. Donde vivo, lo mencionan. Sería cómo matarlo... aún teorías. ¿Quieres que te envíe la información por mensaje privado sobre el libro del que estoy hablando y el nuevo que va a salir? Es frustrante, por supuesto, y si alguna vez resulta ser cierto, seguirá siendo frustrante.
No need to apologize! I learn a lot from people on this site. New ideas new coping techniques new angles to explore with my doctor. It's also great to hear from people who are going through the same thing. So thanks