Various Symptoms/Sensations - New To This Forum - Your Input Appreciated

[MrChubbyMcLard]

Hello Everyone:

I've been experiencing a few things and was wanting to know if anyone has experienced the same or similar symptoms/sensations.

Within the last 4 months, I've had the following performed:

1. Brain CT Scan -Normal
2. CT Scan of abdomen & Pelvic (Only things doctor mentioned) lobulated kidneys (doctor said normal), diverticulosis with no evidence of diverticulitis, and mild atheromatous disease involving the aorta and branch vessels (mild build up). I'm 41 years old and the doctor said to change my eating habits and exercise.
3. CBC Blood Test - Normal
4. Comprehensive Metabolic Panel - Normal
5. D-Dimer Blood Test (check for blood clots) - Normal
6. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Blood Test (check for heart failure)- No heart failure
7. Chest X-ray - Normal
8. EKG- Normal
9. Renal Ultrasound - Normal
10. Thyroid Ultrasound - Few reactive nodes - Slightly thick nodes of left side, but normal.
11. Thyroid blood test - Normal
12. Troponin-I Blood Test - Normal
13. Urine Analysis - Normal
14. H. Pylori Test - Negative
15. HS CRP Blood Test - Normal

Now, let me tell you what I've been feeling.

1. Pain left side of neck and needles on left side when swallow - Gone
2. Sometimes lightheaded
3. Twitching on legs or feel a vibration
4. Stomach hurting sometimes - feel nauseous sometimes
5. Acid Reflux & Bloating
6. Ribs and neck feel sore
7. Sometimes just the middle, ring, and pinky fingers feeling tingly on both hands (interm)
8. Stools sometimes and black specks but no visible blood
9. ***Here comes some of the weirder things - I jump to the worst diagnosis when I feel bad
10. Sometimes I feel pressure in my head and my pulse slows a bit - Resting heart rate is 67 and it goes to 56 when I feel the pressure. It seems like when I focus on it, that’s when my pulse seems to lower a little
11. Also, my stomach would feel weird - When I would press underneath my ribcage, I would feel little relief
12. I would also feel winded at times when laying down and trying to go to sleep
13. I have a pulse ox machine to check my blood oxygen and it always above 95%, but when I have felt winded when laying down, it's gone to 86%
14. Last night I had the pulse ox machine and fell asleep. I woke up and looked at the machine, my pulse was at 43 beeps per minute and it instantly went up to the 60's beats per minute right after I woke up. That scared me. I read that the heart rate drops when we sleep. SO I don't know whether to be scared or what....
15. I get a lot of thoughts that I probably have a sickness that nobody knows about or that there's something wrong with my brain
16. Sometimes I feel like I hold my breath or maybe breath shallow. I start focusing on my breathing and sometimes feel like I have to focus on my breathing to be okay...I know, weird.

I do use a CPAP machine for obstructive sleep apnea. I've had some of these thoughts/sensations off and on throughout my life. I have periods where I'm great and don't struggle with any anxiety. My dad almost died in November of last year and I noticed that's kinda where I started feeling horrible. Also, I did pass a kidney stone in November, so I started worrying about that too.

Has anyone experienced any of these things before? Please state which you’ve experienced. I would been interested in chatting about these things. I don't drink medications and I just started seeing a therapist. I don't drink and have never done taken illicit drugs in my life.

 

[MakUSA]

Half of those symptoms that you mentioned I have as well. And like you, last year I had a lot of tests done and everything came back normal, I was told that I have anxiety and that I need to deal with it. I am on meds, Lexapro 10mg and I am doing rituals based on my own research, such as meditation, breading exercise, trying to relax, I start exercising more, watching movies, NOT GOOGLING anymore and stuff like that.

What did your therapist say?

I am thinking to go to therapy as well.

 

[MrChubbyMcLard]

Half of those symptoms that you mentioned I have as well. And like you, last year I had a lot of tests done and everything came back normal, I was told that I have anxiety and that I need to deal with it. I am on meds, Lexapro 10mg and I am doing rituals based on my own research, such as meditation, breading exercise, trying to relax, I start exercising more, watching movies, NOT GOOGLING anymore and stuff like that.

What did your therapist say?

I am thinking to go to therapy as well.

Hello,
My therapist said I have catastrophic thinking. I explained everything I’m feeling and all the tests they’ve performed and she thinks it’s anxiety.
I did a lot of googling and it freaked me out. Did you experience anything with your heart rate?

 

[MakUSA]

No really.

 

[Caecus]

Half of those symptoms that you mentioned I have as well. And like you, last year I had a lot of tests done and everything came back normal, I was told that I have anxiety and that I need to deal with it. I am on meds, Lexapro 10mg and I am doing rituals based on my own research, such as meditation, breading exercise, trying to relax, I start exercising more, watching movies, NOT GOOGLING anymore and stuff like that.

What did your therapist say?

I am thinking to go to therapy as well.

this is good approach.google for anxiety patients is the worse.you can find yourself in virtaully everything.
i started ******* myself with googling about ms and than chronic lyme ****** me for sure.i was having all the symptoms, you name it.

i wasn`t aware how cyberhypochondria is serious mental screw up.the mind is powerful, i am trying to reboot it with boosting dopamine in morning through suplement l-tyrosine and later through sport activities. i must be covered through day so cbd after lunch and at bedtime 5-htp for serotonin.
it works better than any ssri.

ofcourse i went to do all the tests that you can imagine.all private.i was in mri machine for two and half hours...send blood even to germany for that lyme bullshit.
good tests are for sure immunology like ana, rf, anti-ccp.but if you'r crp and sedimentation(se) are good this would probably also be fine.
checking b12 and vit.D....almost everybody is vit D deficit.

one of the best multinutrient for me is solgar multinutrient.really covers all godly.

 

[Ms.Honey]

I have most of those symptoms too and have had most of those tests. All normal, too. Diagnosis, frustratingly, is anxiety!

 

[MrChubbyMcLard]

I have most of those symptoms too and have had most of those tests. All normal, too. Diagnosis, frustratingly, is anxiety!

Hello,
Have you experienced the heart rate issue? Which have you experienced?

 

[Ms.Honey]

Hello,
Have you experienced the heart rate issue? Which have you experienced?

I definitely have heart rate stuff going on, I have for years.. but I'm trying really hard not to check my pulse or heart rate anymore. My resting heart rate at night is usually between 55-65, in the morning it can be as high as 85.. I get times more frequently than I would like, where my heart just seem to race like crazy for zero reason. I'm trying not to focus on it anymore (Its been a serious heart fear for a few months now) so its honestly a bit harder to talk about now. My ekgs have always been normal.

 

[Sarahmday88]

11 + 16 for the past week I can totally relate! I'm laying here at 5am as can't sleep because of that weird tense sensation in my stomach- like I don't get how that can be from being badly anxious? Just want to sleep