HELP

[mrsmandycorish]

i really need help i live in a small town with no insurance and i to have had alot of problems it started with severve migrans and then moved to numbness in limbs my vision started blurring out when i would have pressure on my head. i thought it would just go away but it didnt and then after about a month of this going on it got worse for 3 weeks i couldnt even get out of bed everytime i sat up i thought i would faint. I finally went to the E.R and when i got there they noticed my blood pressure was high so they put me on an ekg well as i sat up in bed the machine started going off and a nurse ran in to find my blood pressure had gone up to 198/110 see made me lay back down and waited for it to return to a normal state. i layed there for three hours finally it was back to 138/98 so they sent me home saying i was just dehydrated. the next day i made sure i drank plenty of water and it still started happening so i return to the E.R where they do a x-ray of my lungs which came back normal. so they again send me home saying there is nothing they can do. I returned everynight for the next week and just get sent home as soon as my blood pressure was normal. One day it was soo bad i felt like i was really going to die so i return to the E.R and the doctor wouldnt even listen to me he just asked me what i wanted him to do about it. i began to cry and tell him that i didnt know i just wanted to feel normal agian. He then told me that i needed to see a phycologiest that it was all in my head and that i was causing this to happed. i cryed all the way home feeling helpless and even starting to think that i was going crazy.. the next day is worse so i return once agian just hoping for some answers finally a doctor took me serious and said that one of the problems was that i had ulcers in my throat. he told me about a clinic to go to since none of the doctors would see me with no insurance i went and they found a lump in my throat and told me i just needed to take anxiety medication and heart medication along with nexium for the acid reflux they did an mri on the lump and didnt find it to be cancerous. i went home and after a week of being on the meds i still felt sick so i asked my doctor if it could be lyme and she said it was possible but that they didnt want to have to do the test to determine so she would give me a course of the medication to get rid of it well after finishing it i felt better but still not complete they told me to just keep taking the anxiety medication but it doesnt help with all the problems im lost and confussed and would really like someone to share what they think i should do i have two kids and all i want is to be able to care for them the way i use to im 22yrs old and feel as though im 80 please someone help

[mrsmandycorish]

thank you so much for your help ill keep going even if i drive them all crazy lol they told me today that i have pressure on my brainstem so they are starting a new medication i hope this works!!!!!!

[ggreg]

Continue to go to the local clinic, so your blood pressure can be closely monitored.  See, your medications for your heart and anxiety have helped somewhat, but could be they need to adjust those periodically, so that's why I say keep going over to the clinic with regularity.  One thing I can tell you is, if you still have migraines, or if you're distracted a lot by discomfort in general, that can really wreck your day, so you might could use some pain medications, like Neurontin is good for the nerves and most docs will prescribe that quicker than they would opioid derivatives, but keep in mind that drug needs to be increased sometimes threefold in the first few months.

One other issue that may be at work here is maybe your thyroid is goofed up somehow.  This can cause your heart to jump all over the place the way yours has.  So, next time you go in to visit the clinic, suggest that to them, see will they do a little bloodwork on you and see how that gland is doing.  It regulates the heart and all sorts of things, which if it's not working right, it'll cause all sorts of misery.  There are medicines you can take for it, and it takes a few tries to get the dose right, plus the thyroid levels need to be watched regularly.  

I can give you some "bandaid" solutions to the way you're feeling.  I have a nervous condition that has disabled me, and I found out whenever I get this anxious "things aren't right" feeling, two things help me.  One is deep breathing, where you breathe in nice and deep, blow it out evenly, then breathe normally a few times.  Repeat this ten times, and you probably won't get to ten, because doing that lowers your heartrate and thus lowers any anxiety you may have.  The other thing is when you get spaced out, go outside in the yard or to a nearby park with your children, and just enjoy the fresh air and the "natural" trees and grass and birds, it will ground you.  Sometimes at night, I'll go out and lay flat down on the grass and look at the stars, you can almost feel the earth turning, very reassuring.

I'm glad you have that clinic to go to, it sounds like those folks are the only ones who have helped you!  They must have some good docs there.  Oh, and if you really freak out one day, first check your pulse, do the deep breathing to get it down below 100, and keep the Crisis Intervention phone number handy if you need to talk to somebody.  But be sure to have them check that thyroid thing, that could very well be what is causing all your symptoms.  And if your children get overwhelming for you, do call in help from friends and relatives, stop trying so hard to do everything.  It's okay, you're only human, and people do get sick now and then, so treat yourself accordingly until you can get this thing squared away.