Hi everyone,
I am new here and apparently I have health anxiety. It all started when an acquaintance died of a brain tumour, same age as me so you can see how this would freak me out. I have always been a little anxious but this event totally put me over the edge. It started with nausea and diarrhea, then I got the heart palyps, I went to the er at least 7 times because my heart was racing, at one point it was 132 bpm which was scary. I had a high white count which has gone back down to normal range so I must of had a viral infection. Well since then I have had stomach upset which has subsided, severe muscle weakness in my legs, the tingling which has also subsided, my hands have cramped up on occasion when I am really anxious and I also have weird vision, which has also somewhat subsided however I recently noticed since I started taking Effexor and ativan one of my pupils is bigger than the other sometimes. I am still really anxious, have trouble sleeping, not at night as of lately but if I try to lay down in the day time I can't sleep because my mind won't stop racing. I don't know how to deal with this, I have a great life and a beautiful 2 year old daughter and lately all I can think about is myself. I have had lots of tests done and everything was normal. I haven't had an MRI or cat scan and I don't want to as my doctor is positive this is all anxiety. I just want to know if anyone else experiences the muscle weakness and shakes and how long it takes for meds to start working, I have only been taking them for 2.5 weeks. Thanks for any replies