im just curious ive had some real werid feelings in my head i have constant dizziness and if i breathe out of my mouth i almost pass out my lips start tingling and my fingers and legs start tingling , i feel like im not here in my head half the time i really dont know where im at and what im doing , i see spots and feel nauseated quite often , and i have a constant ringing in my ears , i was diagnosed with panic disorders which im sure is partly true but feeling like im not here 24 /7 is not normal i think theres something wrong with my brain but everybody in my family tells me its all in my head , i smell funny smells and hear funny things sometimes and i just know im gonna diei cant work no more , i cant go out in public and do normal things like normal people do , im just worthless since ive stared feeling like this any ideas please let me know thanks

Panic disorder is a real illness caused by a real chemical deficiency in your brain. BUT, there good medications and therapy treatments to get it under control so you can have a normal life.

Don't torture yourself so, you need to see a psychiatric doctor for treatment. If there are any other problems, (which there probably aren't)you need to have this under control so the others can be isolated for treatment.

You tell your family that panic disorder is a REAL illness which is often rooted in a persons genetic inheritence. They should be very concerned about what happens to you because it may well happen to them next.

GET TREATMENT. IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE!

well im on xanax and risperdol for panic attacks i have been seeing a phychaitrist since i was a teenager and now im 27 bnut i fear ive done other damage to my brain because i was a meth user for 15 years . my head just doesnt feel right , and im not sure whats wrong but the medicationisnt helping and theyve tried me on several different types of medication still just isnt working , i think i should have a mri done on my brain to make sure theres nothing else wrong

Meth. can cause damage to your brain. What you may need is a neurological work up. To do that, you need to see a neurologist. Ask your doctor for a referal. I think that a PET scan might be the thing. It reads the electrical activity going on in your brain in real time. There's also a real time MRI that scans your brain while you do various thinking exercizes. I did it for a reseach group. The only thing I didn't like was being in that cramped little tube for two hours. I felt like the filling in a Twinkie.

yeah thats what im afraid of i freak when im in small places or in stores , ill leave my basket and everything to run out of a store if i freak out !but i guess ill never know unless i do something , thank you

Don't worry about your fear of small places. The doctor can give you medication that will keep you calm through the procedure. Just let them know what your needs are when your schedule the appointment.

I couldn't use the sedative when I was in the tube because I was being examined for a research project and I had to be fully awake.

Besides that I hear that some hospital have a new large tube MRI that has much more space. You might want to check around.

The PET scan unit looks like a CAT scan. Just a big donut. They just stick your head in the hole.

So don't worry. You'll make it through OK.

okay it sounds like i might need the pet scan or the cat scan then , instead of the mri whats the difference betwen the cat scan and pet scan and mri ? just curious thanks tasha

CAT scan stands for computer aided tomography. It uses Xrays to take a picture of thin cross section of your body. Like cutting one very thin slice out of a part of your body. They do not work in real time and they have certain resolution limitations which are ever improving as technology develops. There are also limitations because of Xray exposure.

MRI = Magnetic Resonance Imagine The part of the person being imaged is place in a power magnetic field and exposed to radio waves. The atoms which make up your body vibrate at different frequencies. The MRI measures these different frequencies and assembles them into an image using a powerful computer. But, an MRI can be viewed in real time because no dangerous Xrays are used. The MRI can scan multiple cross section and assemble into three dimensional inmages of your brain or bones or other body parts. It can show different material densities which allows it to "see" very small tumors and other abnormalities. It can also measure the blood flow in body part.

PET = Positron Emmision Topography = A PET scan measures the electical activity in your brain. It's not true imagining device. It measures the number of positrons driven of by the neurons and nerve connections. The electrons are created by and electrochemical process which also frees positrons.

The amount of electrical activity can be measured in any part of your brain and then mapped by a computer. A lack of electrical activity can indicate damage to the brain.


I think I just fried my brain recalling this information.

lol thats funny , yeah that was alot of information , but thanks that helps alot i think ill go with getting the pet scan or the mri thanks again youve really been alot of help tasha

Hi, Their is an open MRI now. Your are not closed in like the older ones. Like another post SD, if you tell them you can't take the small place, they will give you valum iv to get through it. What ever you do, please don't go on suffering. Their is help for you out their. You will be able to live a normal life, and enjoy all you try to do.Life is to short not to be able to enjoy it. It is sad your family has that attitude over your panic attacks. I used to have them. I was told once. Their is nothing to fear, but fear it's self. It made a lot of sence to me. I also did a lot of reading that helped me realize little things. When I thought everyone was looking at me, I was wrong! I learned to keep my eyes on where I was going, and my thoughts on the task at hand. It helped me a lot! After all I was told, who did I think I am that people were looking at me. It really made me think! Panic is a feeling that is followed by action in the body.My panic was so bad the sweat would drip from my hands! I am nearing 56 and I don't have them at all any more. I went to a a lot of therapy also.I don't think people who have never experience an illness acn understand it. Look for a support group in the news paper, and make some friends that DO understand. Good luck and I hope I helped a little bit. God bless you. kathryn2

i cant take medications at all not aspirin or antibiotics ive had infections and still do cause i wont take my antibiotics cause i thinkits gonna kill me everythingi take makes me feel weird , imean like im not here and likeim gonna die i cant stand it it drives me so crazy , i just wnat it all to go away and i want to live a normal life i want a job i want to go in public without thinking im gonna die in front of everyone and there gonna see me , i just want to be normal , without having to wake up every morning and feel like ive been on drugs for about a week and dont know where i am , thanks for your response though it makes me feel better to know theres someone out there besides me that feels like this , thanks again for all your responses tasha

i feel the exact same way, and i'm thinking it vould be a panic disorder. i lost my job recently and i'm constantly worrying about myself and have had these weird feelings for a few weeks now. i also thought something wrong with my brain.

im in the process of getting health insurance so i can go see a doctor :\

i hate feeling this way, and there is little motivation to lead a normal life like you said.

ok, so ive read the post on the panic attacks.ive had the same thing but i think ive gotton rid of them. but theres one thing thats now haunting me.now i cant sleep, as soon as i beging to sleep i wake up fast trying to grasp anthing,i feel like im grabbing for my last breath,and my body seems numb.Note i dont have any dreams when this happends.i no longer take medication for panic/anxity attacks and dont have any problems in the day. any ideas?

you sound just like me read my post.......by rainswirls"wierd feeling in my head" I to suffer panic attacks...I recently went to the ER and they gave me Ativan and My head Isnt feeling funny anymore.Im also scared to take any kind of medication.Im always scared Im going to die....you should come visit the panic disorder board so we can talk more.....It always helps having someone to talk to thats going through the same stuff as you.

ngates, you may be in tolerance withdrawal from the xanax you are on. Manyof the symptoms you describe can be associated with withdrawal from benzos. check out <www.benzo.org> for more information; NEVER stop the xanax suddenly though if you decide to get off of it, you have to go VERY VERY slowly.

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im just curious ive had some real werid feelings in my head i have constant dizziness and if i breathe out of my mouth i almost pass out my lips start tingling and my fingers and legs start tingling , i feel like im not here in my head half the time i really dont know where im at and what im doing , i see spots and feel nauseated quite often , and i have a constant ringing in my ears , i was diagnosed with panic disorders which im sure is partly true but feeling like im not here 24 /7 is not normal i think theres something wrong with my brain but everybody in my family tells me its all in my head , i smell funny smells and hear funny things sometimes and i just know im gonna diei cant work no more , i cant go out in public and do normal things like normal people do , im just worthless since ive stared feeling like this any ideas please let me know thanks