Numbness
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hi all. I had a baby 5 weeks ago. today I've noticed I'm numb down below slightly and it's scaring me. it happened during my pregnancy and I had an mri done to check for cauda.equina.syndrome. and thankfully it came back clear. what if I have that now ? my legs and feet are achy and numb. I had an epidural aswell during the labour so I'm not sure if that would have anything to do with it. maybe it's from the pregnancy? maybe I'm imagining it but it looks like my feet are a tiny bit swollen. I had an ecg on Tuesday and it was normal. because I was having heart palpitations. and now because my feet are like that I'm scared it's my heart or a blood clot or something. what am trying to ask is would an mri change like the results ? like from my pregnancy and now? if that makes sense ? I am terrified. it seems as if its something new everyday.... I'm terrified of heart problems, blood clots and cauda equina syndromeand I'm literally afraid of dying. maybe it's the weather? it's like 32 degrees here and it's very very hot. I'm scared. pls help
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tiffany38681 rachel_35350
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im scared too all day everyday it just wont go away. im back to fearing a blood clot after a 13.5 hour drive one way and 13.5 drive back in a matter of 3 days. im so sick of feeling like i am going to die. i have a gut wrenching feeling that something horrible is happening to me. i thought i was feeling better for a few days and now its back with a vengeance..
rachel_35350 tiffany38681
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it's just horrible I'm the exact same. constant worry. It's like one day we are ok. and then it's back to worry all the time. and it really does feel like something awful.is happening xx
tiffany38681 rachel_35350
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im scared too all day everyday it just wont go away. im back to fearing a blood clot after a 13.5 hour drive one way and 13.5 drive back in a matter of 3 days. im so sick of feeling like i am going to die. i have a gut wrenching feeling that something horrible is happening to me. i thought i was feeling better for a few days and now its back with a vengeance..
tiffany38681 rachel_35350
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mine started right after I had my baby. i feared a blood clot and or postpartum myopathy. i would get panic attacks to where i called 911. as soon as i called 911 the feeling and heartracing would pass. i would get them about 2x a month. at the end of may i had a panic attack and just could not shake the feeling of unwell after. went to er several times all say anxiety. every since that panic attack my anxiety has been pretty bad. i finally decided to take meds zoloft but it put me in a 24/7 anxious panic feeling for the entire 18 days i took it. I realized it was probably the zoloft making me feel worse and stopped taking it and went back to the pretty bad anxiety but not 24/7 for about a week after stopping now im back in the 24/7 anxiety feeling after taking a road trip and fearing i have blood clots. i dont know what to do. i wake up with gut wrenching doom. it lasts all day. does yours last all day
rachel_35350 tiffany38681
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mine was after my baby too. I know exactly how u feel. I feared the heart failure aswell. I now fearing blood clots aswell I get short of breath, dizziness, feeling if passing out all sorts. I will have days where it will last all day long. and panic attacks to where I can't shake the feeling either. it's very scary. I have meds to take but I'm terrified to take them incase it makes me worse. it's one thing after another. I really cannot shake the feeling of something bad happening to me and I hate it so much 😩
tiffany38681 rachel_35350
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me too im not ready to leave my precious babies and family. yet i feel like my end is near. I just started therapy on tues. of course it was first visit and mostly intake assuming its just anxiety but my brain tells me im terminal. I feel like the drs dont take me seriously. I been like this for 5 days now constant unable to shake the feeling. I can barely get out bed because im so lightheaded and dizzy when i stand and walk. I feel so hopeless. my baby is 7 months old.
rachel_35350 tiffany38681
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that's exactly it. I fear leaving my babies behind.a horrible feeling to think. and ur right the doctors don't listen sometimes. I had to push for an ecg to be done the other day. otherwise he wouldn't have done. I'm thankful it was normal but still. I don't think anyone understands what its like to be living inside the mind of people like us who suffer with extreme worry. it's a very scary place to be
tiffany38681 rachel_35350
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tonight is really bad. Ive been having sever leg pain since the road trip and fear the pain is caused by blood clots and am just waiting for it to be a pulmonary embolism. I litterally hate this worry. please god just take it away from me..
rachel_35350 tiffany38681
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omg I just put a post up about PE the other day. terrified of my life because I was having leg pain and couldn't breath. we are scared of the same things 😔