struggled with anxiety about 8 years ago. Was on citalopram until last October and decided to stop. I moved across country, got married and had a baby and now my anxiety is through the roof. The thought of not seeing my baby grow up is enough to make me not want to get out of bed most days. Had blood work done and my cholesterol was high along with thyroid numbers off and slightly high blood glucose. After losing 10-15 lbs the last couple months my thyroid and glucose are back to normal. My doctor prescribed me Zoloft about 2 weeks ago. Now that my health is at the forefront of my mind I find a different ailment everyday that scares the hell out of me. My chin has been feeling numb every now and then and that’s what I’m obsessing over at the moment. I’ve diagnosed myself with several ailments lately and once one gets explained I move on to another symptom. I feel like I’m losing my mind and just wanted to get these thoughts out of my head and somewhere productive.
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Hi @KyleML222 so glad that you have found the forum, welcome
It must be hard as a young mother to go through this, but it certainly sound like health anxiety. Trigger points can be manifold and it seems in your case it seems to be motherhood. May I ask how long ago did you have your little one - your baby?
Postnatal depression and anxiety are very common but not talked about.
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Hi Kyle! May I also ask, how does your chin numb? Is it constant numbness, or numbness that comes and goes? I have experienced the later, so perhaps it is something similar.
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I have also experienced facial numbness, chin/jaw/cheek, as well as spotty numbness and other nerve related issues a few years ago. Drove myself mad trying to figure it out. Countless tests, new doctors, meds, hospitals... it took a lucky find by a relatively new doctor to figure it out, it was a central nervous system infection. Didn't even know something like that existed.
The diagnosis, as well as some actual treatment instead of the guessing game carousel (treatment was a couple weeks of IV), the relief I got can not be described.
Just a thought. Hope you feel better soon.
The diagnosis, as well as some actual treatment instead of the guessing game carousel (treatment was a couple weeks of IV), the relief I got can not be described.
Just a thought. Hope you feel better soon.
Baby is 10 months. I should have made myself more clear. I didn’t HAVE the baby. My wife did. LolHi @KyleML222 so glad that you have found the forum, welcome
It must be hard as a young mother to go through this, but it certainly sound like health anxiety. Trigger points can be manifold and it seems in your case it seems to be motherhood. May I ask how long ago did you have your little one - your baby?
Postnatal depression and anxiety are very common but not talked about.
It comes and goes. It’s like I only notice it when I think about it. Sometimes the chin/jaw and sometimes more in the cheek
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Oh I have experienced the same thing before. Cheek as in below the cheek bones? I have experienced it on my scalp too. Still haven't figured out what it was but it's been gone for a long time now. Returned once. But it is probably nothing.
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Oops
oh dear, sorry about that.