Health Anxiety ruining my life!

[Kmac5]

Hello. So I had my 2nd beautiful baby 9 months ago. Ever since the labour I have had severe health anxiety. I have had issues with various body parts but most recently it’s my brain and I am convinced something serious is wrong. I have been experiencing eye pain and twitching, nystagmus in a morning (only started in July) that literally lasts a couple of seconds but can even feel them move with my eyes shut. Also been getting mild headaches but not always I’m not sure what this is. Also been dizzy, like I’m on a boat. I have been to urgent care, GP X2 who says vertigo is normal?? And opticians who say my eyes are fine.

I am really trying not to Google. I am also trying not to think of the worst case scenario but feel nobody is listening or taking me seriously.

Has anyone experienced this? Did it go away? Did you have any investigations.

Thanks

KT x

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get extensivd med workup post partum hormonses and metablism all over the place after delivery......who knows what going on but thats one guess....

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Just wondering how much sleep you're getting, with two kids, one of whom is 9 months old. Lack of sleep can cause the symptoms you're describing, plus make it really hard to put things in perspective. Is someone helping you with the middle-of-the night or 5 am needs? Take good care of yourself, Mama!

[Gingerspice18x]

I honestly relate so much to this! my health anxiety started after my heart went into SVT during my c section with my son, my heart has never been the same since. I was prescribed fluoxetine which was my absolute life saver up until I stopped it as I’m pregnant again, of course my health anxiety is really bad again and heart palpitations are so so bad after eating which people keep saying is just from pregnancy but very hard to believe when that wasn’t the case during my c section. However this time I’m very anxious about cancer and I’m sure I have it everywhere I have lumps in my jaw one on each side and one small hard one beside my chin on jawline and I have had a dark spot appear below my nipple and doctors just laugh at me at this point. Most of this health anxiety stems from the thought of dying and leaving my son and it’s awful. Also want to add that this is such an expensive anxiety as well because no matter what what doctors say you won’t believe them so you spend money on private scans and private consultations with specialists it’s so bad🤦‍♀️

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This is clearly a late response, but struck me as my life! I now have three kids, but after my second, I was a mess. The first two were only 13 months apart and I now realize what sleep deprivation is and what can happen. I hope you have solved by now, but the symptoms you list happened twice in my life: after my second born and after not sleeping on high dose prednisone. To see your eye twitch is scary. I was so tired I was arguing all of the time or I was crying or I was super happy right after my daily dose. I had a doctor accidentally leave me on high dose and I went nuts due to lack of sleep. Everyone's point of tolerance is different. I am a person that without any issues/illness that really does function best on 8 hours of rest. Friends of mine are good with 6 and some with 10. When a new baby or a new health issue percolate and keep you up, you may become more and more sleep deprived over time and not realize it. You just keep going. Eventually the body shuts down.

Gingerspice - you hang in there too. I was not expecting a second child so soon and had a tough time caring for the other while pregnant. When my second was born, I had horrible intrusive thoughts about her. I thought she was stealing time for her older sister to bond right. She had colic so sleeping was next to none. My doctors allowed me to stay on Prozac with all pregnancies. With my first one, ambien was the choice drug for pregnant women on what to expect when your are expecting. Clearly, that changed! Before I had my third, we made a plan to start Prozac about a week before my C date. Son came early, but was finally ready to know how to have a baby and keep it together!