puglove
12-12-11, 13:44
Hi All...I`ve just joined today and am just looking for some advice or wisdom really. Been having some symptoms for afew months
I will just give abit of background, I am 27 just qualified from Uni last year and have spent the last year working in a well known "stressful" profession. Prior to this I have suffered with migraines and psoriosis since I was a child. Had a very severe migraine last year which resulted in me being admitted to hospital, everyone said to me oh maybe your stressed but I genuinely felt fine. Then earlier this year my hair started falling out, again people said itl be stress related, again I was adament I was fine and truely felt ok. However, when visiting my GP with this symptom, I was told "nothing really can be done, its one of those medical mysteries, it might grow back, it might all fall out its difficult to say!"
Following this I definately was not fine, and spent a couple of weeks very upset and tearful until I eventually went back to another GP and burst into tears over it all. He signed me off work for 2 weeks and said I was stressed. I tried to explain I wasnt before, these feelings were since I found my ever growing bald patch! But regardless he put it all down to stress. I perhaps stupidly didnt take the time off as I was in the middle of changing jobs and it was the worst timing in the world for me to be sick, especially with stress related issues. I was worried about my references and my new job withdrawing their offer. So I just plodded on.
Luckily, my hair started growing back awhile later and I felt alot better. Started my new job 7 months ago and felt fine. But for the last while I`ve had lots of strange feelings but I cant pinpoint anything thats bothering me. Every friday night I got strange tight feelings in my chest and I could feel my heart beating very fast, also seemed to have alot more headaches and just felt general strange and restless. I tended to have plans on fridays so would either be out with friends or have people round which would take my mind off it (im also sure the odd glass of wine helped aswell! :roflmao:) So it used to pass and I was able to just ignore it, Id start a new week and then the same would happen the following friday night. I went on like this for awhile until 3 weeks ago I woke up on a Sunday night with severe backpain in my lower back and chest pain. I couldnt work out if they both came on at once or i was getting worked up because of my back. I ended up awake all night and couldnt go into work the next day. Ive now ended up having a couple of weeks off work because my back is so sore but seem to be getting more and more anxiety symptoms to the point im struggling to sleep and just feel nervous about everything.
To scared to go see my Doctor as I dont know where to even start, ive been doing research into stress and anxiety and alot of the symptoms on sites such as this I seem to be experiencing but I`m so embarressed I havnt spoken to anyone about it at home but its really affecting my day to day routine now. I was originally off with a bad back but now these pains and anxiousness seem to be the same :shrug:
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Im just struggling that I genuinely felt fine (despite people telling me otherwise) and now feel so rubbish
x
I will just give abit of background, I am 27 just qualified from Uni last year and have spent the last year working in a well known "stressful" profession. Prior to this I have suffered with migraines and psoriosis since I was a child. Had a very severe migraine last year which resulted in me being admitted to hospital, everyone said to me oh maybe your stressed but I genuinely felt fine. Then earlier this year my hair started falling out, again people said itl be stress related, again I was adament I was fine and truely felt ok. However, when visiting my GP with this symptom, I was told "nothing really can be done, its one of those medical mysteries, it might grow back, it might all fall out its difficult to say!"
Following this I definately was not fine, and spent a couple of weeks very upset and tearful until I eventually went back to another GP and burst into tears over it all. He signed me off work for 2 weeks and said I was stressed. I tried to explain I wasnt before, these feelings were since I found my ever growing bald patch! But regardless he put it all down to stress. I perhaps stupidly didnt take the time off as I was in the middle of changing jobs and it was the worst timing in the world for me to be sick, especially with stress related issues. I was worried about my references and my new job withdrawing their offer. So I just plodded on.
Luckily, my hair started growing back awhile later and I felt alot better. Started my new job 7 months ago and felt fine. But for the last while I`ve had lots of strange feelings but I cant pinpoint anything thats bothering me. Every friday night I got strange tight feelings in my chest and I could feel my heart beating very fast, also seemed to have alot more headaches and just felt general strange and restless. I tended to have plans on fridays so would either be out with friends or have people round which would take my mind off it (im also sure the odd glass of wine helped aswell! :roflmao:) So it used to pass and I was able to just ignore it, Id start a new week and then the same would happen the following friday night. I went on like this for awhile until 3 weeks ago I woke up on a Sunday night with severe backpain in my lower back and chest pain. I couldnt work out if they both came on at once or i was getting worked up because of my back. I ended up awake all night and couldnt go into work the next day. Ive now ended up having a couple of weeks off work because my back is so sore but seem to be getting more and more anxiety symptoms to the point im struggling to sleep and just feel nervous about everything.
To scared to go see my Doctor as I dont know where to even start, ive been doing research into stress and anxiety and alot of the symptoms on sites such as this I seem to be experiencing but I`m so embarressed I havnt spoken to anyone about it at home but its really affecting my day to day routine now. I was originally off with a bad back but now these pains and anxiousness seem to be the same :shrug:
Anyway, sorry for the long post. Im just struggling that I genuinely felt fine (despite people telling me otherwise) and now feel so rubbish
x