werid feelings in my head - Brain & Nervous System Disorders Message Board

ngates · 07-01-2001, 12:18 PM

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

Robert2 · 07-02-2001, 02:51 AM

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!

ngates · 07-02-2001, 08:11 AM

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

Robert2 · 07-02-2001, 10:42 AM

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.

ngates · 07-02-2001, 11:13 AM

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