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ANXIETY ? LET'S MAKE A LIST OF SYMPTOMS AND TESTS TAKEN TO HELP EVERYONE.

by Lightwise, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
Tags: Anxiety
Reading everyone's concerns on this message board (along with my concerns) I thought it might be a good experiment(and a helpful reference guide for everyone) to list ALL the symptoms they have had and ALL the tests that have come back normal and ALL the specialists they have seen that have concluded that it was all anxiety. If you can put it in a LIST FORM with no back story so it is easy to reference that would be great. The idea here is that we can help eachother by revealing the range of symptoms that anxiety can produce ... this might ease all of our minds and help us get back to the life we were intended to live ... HAPPY and HEALTHY : )

Here is my list:



SYMPTOMS:

FATIGUE

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

FOGGY HEAD, CONCENTRATION PROBLEMS

FREQUENT URINATION

PINS AND NEEDLES FEELING

IMBALANCE WHILE WALKING

HEAVY HEAD

PAIN BEHIND THE EYES

COLD TOES/COLD FINGERS

PALPITATIONS

SOME SHAKINESS/CLUMSINESS

FLOATERS IN VISION



TESTS TAKEN THAT CAME BACK NORMAL:

ECHOCARDIOGRAM

EKG

BRAIN MRI

EYE EXAM

EAR EXAM

EMERGENCY ROOM EKG

4 BLOOD TESTS

STANDARD PHYSICAL



DOCTORS/SPECIALISTS I'VE SEEN WHO SAY IT'S ALL ANXIETY RELATED:

MY PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR

NEUROLOGIST

NUTRITIONIST

THERAPIST

CARDIOLOGIST

EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR

PSYCHIATRIST (FRIEND)





Member Comments (76)

by rasticle, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
Here is my list:



Symptoms:

Palpatations

Tightness in Chest

Dizzyness(Vertigo)

IBS

Hypertension

Insomnia

Fatigue

Brain Fog

Trouble Consentrating



Tests:

Chest X-ray

Echocardiogram

EKG

Holter Monitor

Abdominal Ultrasound

Blood Studies

Urine metanephrine assay

MRI of Brain

Liver Biopsy



Doctors:

Endocrinologist

Cardiologist

Interist

Psyciatrist

Gastroenterologist

Counselor



This all means Anxiety = $$



by PlateletGal, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM


Do you have anxiety ?



by rasticle, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
I have anxiety and hypertension.

by tanns, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
SYMPTOMS:



nausea

chest pain

shortness of breath

dizziness

palpitations

horrible headaches



TESTS DONE:



EKG (4)

ER visit (2)/test for lung clot, EKG, blood workup,

Echocardiogram(3)

CT-Angiogram

Stress Test

Nuclear Stress Test

HIDA Scan

Small bowel series

Endoscopy

Colonoscopy



DOCTORS WHO THINK ANXIETY



Cardiologist(3)

Family Practitioner(3)

Gastro

ER docs



Unfortunately, after a year of tests and a small fortune, I still am unable to completely accept anxiety as my diagnosis.  



My chest pain is too real and happens BEFORE the anxiety starts.  



by Lightwise, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
To: tanns
Is your dizziness all the time or just when you panic ?

by tanns, Dec 06, 2006 12:00AM
To: Lightwise
It doesn't seem to be related to anxiety or panic attacks.  It just will happen.  For no apparent reason.  It's just another reason why I can't accept the anxiety diagnosis.  Also, I have shortness of breath that happens out of the blue.  For example, I was just brushing my teeth and started to feel so out of breath.  This is crazy.  I was just brushing teeth, not stressed about anything or feeling any anxiety.  But once the shortness of breath happened my mind goes nuts.

by rasticle, Dec 07, 2006 12:00AM
The scary thing about anxiety is that you can have symptoms anytime anywhere.  They can all happen independly and seem unassociated.  Thats what was happening to me... but realizing its just anxiety and taking meds really helped me out a ton!

by baskets145, Dec 08, 2006 12:00AM
I have anxiety attacks.  I saw a therapist to help me find out what causes them and found out that most times it is a chemical imbalance.  I found out I had 3 times the testostrone in my body.  Also, ended up having a dermoid on my ovary.   The therapist helped me to manage the attacks.  Also, since I have leveled my testostrone levels and had the dermoid removed I have done better.  Anxiety is when your body gets too much of the chemical that causes your fight or flight senses.  I also realized that there were some things in my past that also triggered them.  Please continue to seek help.  I now take Zoloft and spirotalactin (sp) and it has helped me so much.  



Good luck.

by Inkognito, Dec 09, 2006 12:00AM
http://www.panicend.com/

by Aruba417, Dec 14, 2006 12:00AM
Symptoms:



PALPITATIONS

HEART "THOMPING"

FAST HEARTRATE

HEADACHES

NAUSEA

JAW TIGHTNESS/ACHINESS

ACHES IN BACK/CHEST/SHOULDER (LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE)

TINGLING IN FACE/EYES

TINGLING IN ARMS/LEGS

CHILLS

TREMBLING

FEELING LIKE I'M ABOUT TO DIE

RESTLESSNESS



Normal tests:

EKG

ECHOCARDIOGRAM

HOLTER MONITOR - 2 WEEKS

STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM

BLOOD WORK

MRI

CT