[Guest]

OK I am getting a tad fed up at the moment, of nobody taking my symptoms seriously, I think I have worked so hard to convince myself that I am physically OK, and that the physical symptoms are caused by Stress/Anxiety (all I do is read the net, look at all the symptoms, and try and feel the relief that it CAN be Anxiety/Stress, and that it is not definitely something BAD) that I have convinced everybody else as well, nobody is taking my symptoms seriously, I mean last night I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling like I was restricting the blood flow to my brain, or trapping the blood up there or something, hard to explain how it felt, but it was no imaginary panic attack, I don't really have panic attacks since I read about them, I was asleep and woke up feeling pressure in my head, and the whites of my eyes were really red, bloodshot, it felt like I was being slowly choked, not of oxygen but cutting the blood flow off from my Brain, if you get somebody to choke you out with a choke hold, u will find the same feeling, and eyes will go bloodshot, and feel kind alike they are bulging or popping out (I know because I am into Mixed Martial Arts, and I have let people practice the hold on me) This is the feeling I have allot of the day, pressure, tightness in the head, pressure in the back of my eyes, kinda like they are bulging, or puffing out, its hard to explain, and the response I am getting? "TENSION" HAHA OH FOR FUX SAKE! whatever the cause if I am getting tension in my neck muscles so bad to make me feel so much pressure in my head face and eyes, and sometimes ears, surely, something is VERY wrong, I just don't know what to do, I am worried I am doing myself brain damage if it IS tension, and that if it is not something is really wrong with me, I have been to the doctor about 4 times in the last month trying to find out what is wrong with me (before then it had been years) they must be sick of me now, I am confused and not sure what to do anymore, but I am SO NOT RIGHT! I have been myself for 30 years, I know what I should feel like, and this is VERY WRONG, my head feels SO WRONG, and pressured.

 

[Sojourner]

The next time you go to the doctor, do this:

DO NOT LEAVE UNTIL YOU BELIEVE WHAT THEY TELL YOU

 

[Guest]

Sombodyelse...i went through a full medical check-up, heart, lungs, catscan, ect... because i was having breathing problems, feeling like i wasnt getting enough air, so i would wake up at night and have to breath for myself... this i felt was a real symptom and it was....but it was all anxiety induced.. i was focusing soooooo much on this one thing that it kept getting worse... for a long time i really believed that something was wrong with me because i had had a pulmonary embolism just 1 year ago...but now i know different, i had to change the way i looked at certain body symptoms i was having and trust myself enough to relize what was anxiety and what was real fear... im not saying yours isnt real and you should get checked out untill you feel satisfyed.. Doug