Scared of the thought of an oncoming stroke!!! :(

[Matthew1986]

i'm not quite sure how to explain this, i'm just feeling really worried and generally bothered by what i've noticed.

I cant stop looking at my face in the mirror, what i see is that my right eye and right side of my mouth (near the lips) looks drooped, like almost out of place!, people have noticed and asked do i have lazy eye or somethin. My right eye looks lower than the other, and the right side of the lips looks the same even when i smile its slightly at a direction.

I checked up online, probably shouldnt of, first things that popped up were "stroke,bells palsy,brain tumor etc etc", and now i'm stuck fretting and panicing, i'd hate the thought that a stroke would happen to me at my age.

i know i've always had a slight droop on my lip for years on end, and i suffered a squint and lazy eye when i was a kid but i'm just uncertain, i dont know what to think its not helping my attacks of panic and depression!

I'm still on 20mg of citalopram, get mild headaches from time to time and have some rickity moments of unsteadyness.

Help or advice!!

[Matthew1986]

very well said!, my therapy sessions have been helping me through that motion of thought its boggling how much a single thought can do that to you!.

i've got an appointment booked and will post up what i found out!

Thanks again Lydia, keep doing what you do, your a great help to many people on this site! :)

[RubyWitch]

Looking up things on symptom sites IS a bit of a "panic response." But what we are searching for is reassurance that we DON'T have whatever our "fear de jour" is. Unfortunately for those of us with anxiety/panic issues, even if we don't have a single symptom, we end up convincing ourselves we do, we just somehow "missed" that daily gushing nosebleed or regular fainting spells while we're driving or that we've totally lost the use of our hands. That is meant to be a bit funny, but because I've been there, I know the terrible power of our minds and what it can make us believe.
Take care and I WILL be watching for your post about what the docs say!
Peace
Greenlydia

[Matthew1986]

i knew it was a silly thing to go looking on symptom sites, but, sometimes i cant help it its a panic response thing for me to do. I'll check in again and post up what i find out, sooner the better is a good motto!, thanks lydia!!

[RubyWitch]

I suggest you see a neurologist as soon as possible. Considering your age, it's not very likely to be a stroke, but as the above poster stated, the earlier you have something diagnosed, the more they can do to correct it.
And please stay off the symptom sites!! The only "good" those damn sites do is make your doctors bank account even fatter.
Let us know what they find out, OK?
I'm sure you'll be fine, but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Peace
Greenlydia

[Matthew1986]

yeah, bells palsy seems to pop up alot, i'll have to get it looked at, thankyou!

[godisgood1981]

Hey I had the samething happen to me at age 20 &i found out that I had bells palsy. My wholeleft size of my face was droopy but after 2 weeks meds everything returned back to normal. Go to the doctor asap so whatever it is you can catch it from the beginning. God Bless