*not really looking for a response just 2022 been odd for me*
I get told to not try and understand any of this but 2022 has just been a strange year I know we all have had weird years and such but dang. Now that we’re over halfway thru I just never thought I’d go so long unemployed. Then getting told I have Chiari malformation yesterday was just the icing on the cake though I’m not even sure some of my symptoms are even from that a lot of these weird pins around my body and the weird right side of my head headaches/tingling came on when I was taking BUSPAR. I wish I would’ve went with my gut and never took it but I was struggling with the panic attacks and weird sensations really bad. Yes this all started when I was under a lot of stress from being transferred to a job I didn’t like then leaving that job trying to go back to a customer Serivce job I didn’t like and having that weird tingling down my arm and tunnel vision that’s when my weird panic attacks started but I had that one and called the ambulance and I was okay then I continued to have stress trying to find a job and such and just went down hill physically/mentally id honestly say it was from stress and then just focusing on health anxiety and such just made everything worse then the buspar making me feel even more funky like before I started taking it I started feeling somewhat normal but then that ruined it. So how am I to know for sure what’s causing these random weird symptoms like is it the Chiari malformation or a combination of so many things. I hope I’m able to get through this I’m trying to not lose hope but even just sitting here typing this remembering how I was/am feeling I’m feeling tingling and anxiety around my body ugh. I don’t do well having to much time to think then I start scanning my body. Still waiting to schedule the neurosurgeon appointment. And now I convinced myself I have some horrible diagnosis and it’s gonna kill me though on a positive the mri did say that the rest of my brain and such looked normal and that I guess they diagnose Chiari malformation if you have a cerebellum tonsil being lower than 3mm my left one was 5mm and the right one is minimal. And since this diagnosis I now notice like a squealing gas bubbling in the like back of throat/neck I noticed it randomly growing up but of course going to notice every thing I feel around my neck and freak myself out.
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Adam, only your surgeon or consultant has the knowledge and experience to give you an accurate diagnosis as to whether your individual symptoms are health anxiety or Chiari.
It could be that many of your symptoms are caused by it - or it could be that none of them are caused by it. But one thing is for sure, non medics like us are not going to make a reliable diagnosis of your symptoms.
So stay positive and wait for the surgeon to tell you what's what, put yourself completely in his or her hands.
I would add two things to what Jeff has posted: 1) make surgeon app't as soon as you can, and 2) keep in mind that as I understand it Chiari malformation is treatable.
It is summer. A couple times in my life I have laid off for longer than I would like. I seem to be hit by every big recession. Pick morning or afternoon and schedule "you time". Go outside. Sit in the shade or the sun. Read some fiction. Listen to a good podcast (love true crime) or music. For at least 2 hours. Then go back to job or career hunting or worrying or whatever gives you stress. But for those 2 hours find peace.
Did I come off as complaining? Not intended. Scheduling a couple hours (sometimes more) is how I turn unemployment into something worthwhile. You are 21 with a girlfriend. I have faith you will get through this. And when you do you will have to get your ass to work like the rest of us. So my point is to enjoy that freedom while you have it. You don’t need money to get a little tan.
One minute at a time like I have been doing I do seem to be dealing with some of the sensations I’ve been getting better took some time today and sat outside I really hope they call me soon to schedule the neurosurgeon appointment to actually get answers
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