Okay I’m 24 on the December 14th I started feeling slight lightheadedness and didn’t think much of it, I was even working out that week. ( I’ve working out with a person trainer since late October)Come December 21st a week later my lightheadedness was bothering me so I went back on my High Blood Pressure medication which I stopped taking late October.( Lisinopril and Hydrochlorothiazide.) The lightheadedness seemed to start when I’m moving around.
I started feeling nauseous that week and had trouble keeping my food down due to the lightheadedness. On December 24th I walking back from the front office of my apartment and my heart started beating fast and I started sweating and got really dizzy and throw up. So I went to the hospital they did blood test, an EKG and a urine test all came back fine and my blood pressure was also okay. So they diagnosed me with palpitations and gave me something for my nausea.
The next few days I was still feeling lightheadedness and nauseous, so on the December 26th I went back to the hospital because I was feeling like I was going to have a heart attack. So they did a blood test, an EKG and an X-ray of my chest. All came back fine. So they diagnosed me with anxiety and gave me 10 tablets of Ativan 1mg.
The whole next week the pills made me feel odd. (The label said take every 8 hours. And that’s what did starting Saturday the 28th to 29th.) I went to see my primary doctor and I told her that everything that’s happened and she told me that I’m in perfect health and that it’s all to do with my anxiety and that I should only take the Ativan ‘As Needed’ and that I should take it in portions. And she gave me some pills for my acid reflex. That day I was alright, my appetite was coming back (though I was eating little by little), but I was still feeling lightheaded. I took half an Ativan that night and I was out. The next day New Years Eve, I was still very tired. So I slept half of the day. The next 3 days I was still feeling so-so and I still had lightheadedness and it’s making feel nauseous. On Friday the 2th I had a small Anxiety attack and felt sick after the rest of the day. On Saturday I didn’t get much sleep cause my roommate and his friends were hanging out that night. So I only got 4 hours of sleep. And I felt sick that Sunday and didn’t eat anything because I got little sleep. That night I bent down to pickup something off the floor and I just got dizzy and felt like I was going to pass out so after that I was vomiting. The next few days I was feeling alright but again still had the lightheadedness.
Finally yesterday my next appointment with my doctor I told her everything again and she says that my lightheadedness was due to my High Blood Pressure medication and that it was giving me Low Blood Pressure. I told her I THOUGHT was having little vision problem. And because I said that that’s when she said I should have an MRI for a brain tumor. She really believes it’s not a brain tumor and that I should wait and see how the low doses in my medication works. But do to liability reasons she want me to get it checked out and in my anxious state of mind I want to make sure too. She performed a little eye exam on me with her figure and said I passed and that if I had a brain tumor I wouldn’t be able to. She really, really urged me to take something for my anxiety so she prescribed me with Citalopram or “Celexa” and she still ordered the MRI.
So many things are running through my head it’s hard to concentrate. I don’t know what to think.
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I understand what you’re going through, about two years ago I got really really sick and I though i had all kinds of things, brain tumor, cancer, I thought I was dying for sure, I felt so dizzy, nauseated, just plain sick! After many ER visits they concluded it was anxiety, gave me xanax and I got so much better! of course, I did have other things, I had diabetes and Celiac disease. If anything, more than an MRI I would recommend you have a Celiac test, it can show up at any age and cause a whole lot of symptoms, one is vomiting. It might be worth looking into.
Also, take your meds as your doctor prescribed, citalopram is not very good, i HATED it when they gave it to me, it made me so shaky, stomach felt bad, couldn’t eat on it. Until one day I got really really sick I was vomiting so I stopped it. Ask your doctor about clonazepam [klonopin] or alprazolam [xanax], they are much better for anxiety. Anxiety is a serious thing, it can make you feel really bad and sick and it is very easy to confuse with other disorders.
It’s okay baby~ It does sound like anxiety & panic… I had an uncle die from a Brain Tumor & My Niece was just diagnosed with one… If it were A Tumor, believe me, you would be alot sicker.. The symptoms of someone with a Tumor are… Excruciating Headaches, Blackouts, Seizures, Throwing Up, sometimes Facial Paralysis, very rarely dizziness, Mood Swings, etc… I hope this has helped you in some way… Take a Deep Breath & try to Relax Babe, you will drive yourself insane if you don’t stop worrying so much… Good Luck~
First thing you need to do is chill out. It’s probably NOT a brain tumor. Listen to your doctor. You might be a hypochondriac though, so you may want to see a psychiatrist about that.
Starrynight I think you might be right. I would say go and see a doctor, but it seems like you aare a bit hypochondric. Not a big problem though – better that having a brain tumour…
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