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Question: Hi,
Here are the symptoms I have been facing from past few days:
• Feel that body is shaking/oscillating
• When I jog, I feel I am going to fall although I will be jogging normally
• Sudden tremors/shivers in the entire body
• Sudden dizziness, which after few seconds results in continuous headache
• Pain in the bones/muscles/body, which increases when I cough/sneeze
• Body Tiredness
• Continuous Headache, dizziness, light-headedness
• Feel sleepy in day time, but not able to sleep – Sleeplessness / disturbed sleep
• Wake up many times while sleeping and again can’t go back to sleep, takes a lot of time
• Difficulty to concentrate
• Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms
• Obvious memory loss – Sometimes can’t remember what I said few seconds back. In a conversation, I tend to forget what the topic of discussion was. Difficult to even remember short codes / short numbers. Can’t remember what I study.
• When I get stressed, Buzzing sensation / numbness mainly in the face
• Also facing vision problems recently
• Sometime, feel that the cup I am holding is about to fall or turn upside down
• Breathing problems – Get tired with minor activities
• Feel like jumping onto the track when I see a train track
• I avoid heights, since it makes me feel that I will jump without my knowledge
• I am feeling agitated
• I am feeling lost, sometimes not reacting when people speak to me
• Feel dizzy when collecting luggage in airport on the luggage belts
• Feel short of breath in closed environments or even thoughts of closed areas
• My T-shirt makes me feel choked and I keep on pulling the t-shirt to ease uncomfortable feeling
• Cold Water head bath usually eases headache for sometime
• I don’t remember even some basics like color of my brush, if something is missing obviously in vehicle and so on
• I avoid picking up phone calls, but do not know the reason why I don’t pick calls
• Beginning to stammer nowadays along with swapping of words
Previous History:
• Born with a Single Kidney
• Had Bronchitis, but after a course of Ayurveda treatment, hasn’t returned back from almost 10 years
• On medications for D3 deficiency
Regards,
XXXX
Here are the symptoms I have been facing from past few days:
• Feel that body is shaking/oscillating
• When I jog, I feel I am going to fall although I will be jogging normally
• Sudden tremors/shivers in the entire body
• Sudden dizziness, which after few seconds results in continuous headache
• Pain in the bones/muscles/body, which increases when I cough/sneeze
• Body Tiredness
• Continuous Headache, dizziness, light-headedness
• Feel sleepy in day time, but not able to sleep – Sleeplessness / disturbed sleep
• Wake up many times while sleeping and again can’t go back to sleep, takes a lot of time
• Difficulty to concentrate
• Irritable bowel syndrome symptoms
• Obvious memory loss – Sometimes can’t remember what I said few seconds back. In a conversation, I tend to forget what the topic of discussion was. Difficult to even remember short codes / short numbers. Can’t remember what I study.
• When I get stressed, Buzzing sensation / numbness mainly in the face
• Also facing vision problems recently
• Sometime, feel that the cup I am holding is about to fall or turn upside down
• Breathing problems – Get tired with minor activities
• Feel like jumping onto the track when I see a train track
• I avoid heights, since it makes me feel that I will jump without my knowledge
• I am feeling agitated
• I am feeling lost, sometimes not reacting when people speak to me
• Feel dizzy when collecting luggage in airport on the luggage belts
• Feel short of breath in closed environments or even thoughts of closed areas
• My T-shirt makes me feel choked and I keep on pulling the t-shirt to ease uncomfortable feeling
• Cold Water head bath usually eases headache for sometime
• I don’t remember even some basics like color of my brush, if something is missing obviously in vehicle and so on
• I avoid picking up phone calls, but do not know the reason why I don’t pick calls
• Beginning to stammer nowadays along with swapping of words
Previous History:
• Born with a Single Kidney
• Had Bronchitis, but after a course of Ayurveda treatment, hasn’t returned back from almost 10 years
• On medications for D3 deficiency
Regards,
XXXX
Brief Answer:
complaints suggestive of depression
Detailed Answer:
dear,
Welcome to HCM
I an understand the amount of distress that you are going through at present.
After going through the description of complaints you have presented here, I could gather following information
1) persistence sense of worry and restlessness.
2) persistent bad mood.
3) Difficullty in maintaining concentration, amounting to memory problems.
4) somatic complaints of headache, general bodyache.
5) decreased energy levels, extreme tiredness.
6) reduced interest in routine activities.
7) sleep disturbances.
well, these symptoms are suggestive of depression (severe). They have caused significant impairment in your functioning.
There are few symptoms suggestive of panic attacks, that is abrupt onset of fear associated with palpitations, dizziness and tremors.
I could guess few stressors to be present such as
con current Medical issues, etc.
my questions are
1) have you ever been reffered to a psychiatrist in past?
2) since how long have you been experiencing these symptoms?
3) are there thoughts about ending your life coming to your mind?
4) Are you consuming any substance, alcohol? are you on any medications?
answer to these will help me have a better idea.
Considering all this,
I would suggest
1) Good part is your condition is curable and with the help of regular medications and follow up you can lead to a normal life like others.
2) not so good part is that the medications needs to be taken for bit long duration may be for year long.
3) I suggest you to see a local psychiatrist soon as possible. He will run you through certain battery of verbal questions and gather elaborative history on the above complaints. depending he will start with some medications.
you can discuss your queries here in future.
regards,
complaints suggestive of depression
Detailed Answer:
dear,
Welcome to HCM
I an understand the amount of distress that you are going through at present.
After going through the description of complaints you have presented here, I could gather following information
1) persistence sense of worry and restlessness.
2) persistent bad mood.
3) Difficullty in maintaining concentration, amounting to memory problems.
4) somatic complaints of headache, general bodyache.
5) decreased energy levels, extreme tiredness.
6) reduced interest in routine activities.
7) sleep disturbances.
well, these symptoms are suggestive of depression (severe). They have caused significant impairment in your functioning.
There are few symptoms suggestive of panic attacks, that is abrupt onset of fear associated with palpitations, dizziness and tremors.
I could guess few stressors to be present such as
con current Medical issues, etc.
my questions are
1) have you ever been reffered to a psychiatrist in past?
2) since how long have you been experiencing these symptoms?
3) are there thoughts about ending your life coming to your mind?
4) Are you consuming any substance, alcohol? are you on any medications?
answer to these will help me have a better idea.
Considering all this,
I would suggest
1) Good part is your condition is curable and with the help of regular medications and follow up you can lead to a normal life like others.
2) not so good part is that the medications needs to be taken for bit long duration may be for year long.
3) I suggest you to see a local psychiatrist soon as possible. He will run you through certain battery of verbal questions and gather elaborative history on the above complaints. depending he will start with some medications.
you can discuss your queries here in future.
regards,
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