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jean255
jean255

hope someone can give me advice i feel like ive got bleeding on brain feel dizzy heavy head when i move my head cant sleep well at night cant concentrate 

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  • Phoebe604
    Phoebe604 jean255

    Posted

    Sound like anxiety but needs checking out by a doctor.  How long have you had this? Have you seen a doctor?
    • jean255
      jean255 Phoebe604

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      yes had it for 8 weeks she says its anxiety but so hard to believe she put my citalarpram up to 40 about a week tomorrow and gave dizapram take when needed.
    • Phoebe604
      Phoebe604 jean255

      Posted

      Unfortunately anxiety can take on so many different forms.  The more you concentrate on one particular area the worse it will become.  I know how difficult it is.  Your mind can play terrible tricks
    • jean255
      jean255 Phoebe604

      Posted

      its a terrible feeling,just wished it would go away.
    • Phoebe604
      Phoebe604 jean255

      Posted

      I know how you are suffering.  Can you think of a trigger that could have started this offi
    • jean255
      jean255 Phoebe604

      Posted

      loads lost my mum last september,then my childrens other nan died in march,then our dog died in april,my sons had a lot of mental health problems hes now away stay with a family to get better so probably all these stressfull things.

       

  • Phoebe604
    Phoebe604 jean255

    Posted

    It probably is but best to get it looked at and then at least you will be reassured.  I am not a doctor but a neurologist will make suggestions even if it is anxiety
  • papote53
    papote53 jean255

    Posted

    Hi,

    Question, does the medication take away the dizzy heavy head?  I'm light headed and  24/7 and run out of air when I feel stressed.  So they gave me Alplazolam 0.5 and now they changed to Alplazolam Xr which is the same but last 12 hours instead of 6.  It does take away the heavy breathing but not doing much for the light headed.  The light headed started after I stopped taking Lyrika/Gabapentin for nerve damage which for some reason I no longer need after 4 months. I took Citalapran as well but had side effects so they stopped.

    • jean255
      jean255 papote53

      Posted

      saw nurse today said to her i feel dizzy took blood pressure was fine she said anxiety is terrible could be the way im breathing but think im breathing normally,but its always on mymind just generally a worry bags,but citalapran doesnt take away the heavy feeling in head.
  • jmcg2014
    jmcg2014 jean255

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    It does sound like anxiety,and if your doc says so too then I'd say it's a safe bet. The problem with health anxiety (which I suffer too) is that seeking a lot of additional medical reassurance doesn't actually give us any relief, we then.just move on to.something else,I know that's what I do. All I can say is once the root anxiety is dealt with,this symptom is also,whatever method be it meds or therapy.  Its a horrible thing to go through,I am going through health and at the moment too,it's unbearable 
    • jean255
      jean255 jmcg2014

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      what kind of symptons do you have with yours.Have you had any brain mri or brain ct i havent because my doctor says its anxiety and stress.I had blood pressure done today and nurse said its fine.

       

    • jmcg2014
      jmcg2014 jean255

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      The focus of my health anxiety is different, for me I fixate on things like swallowing etc and worrying I have other life threatening things. A doctor will not.encourage our obsessions, if we are not symptomatic of a condition then they will not send.is for tests. To be honest they are right to do this, we are not symptomatic of the things we imagine we have, the reassurance would just change our focus to another imagined problem.  Also health anxiety is a very very common effect of anxiety, so doctors know that the real.issue is the anxiety in general and not our current fixation. Its a terrible thing to deal with, but if you can change your focus to the anxiety itself and not the health side, things can get better 
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