How can I cope with this...?So, I'll try to make this as short as possible. I went to the doctor a few weeks ago because
I thought that I was having heart problems...after waking up one morning and having another "attack",
I decided that I had to do something. I've been going through this for years but my mom has never taken me seriously until she got sick of hearing me complain. I was also having palpitations on and off, so they gave me an EKG, urine test (found ketones) and everything came back normal, except that they claim that my weight went down to 97 and that I was dehydrated. Sent me for bloodwork... I got that done 2 weeks ago. Results came back, said that my potassium was low (at 3.5, should be 3.8). I am 18 years old and have very bad anxiety and worry about my health a lot.
They told me to eat bananas and drink orange juice. I almost passed out while taking blood...they kept telling me it was my nerves, but it wasn't. Now, I keep getting that feeling like I will pass out. I am also more worried about my heart than ever because I read about how low potassium can eventually stop your heart/lungs and that bananas and orange juice don't reall help much. I am terrified and for the past few weeks, I have not been able to keep myself together, not knowing if I'll just collapse and my heart will stop...it's driving me crazy and I can't deal anymore. Even worse, my mother gets angry at me when I express concern or tell her my symptoms...and she told me that I need to schedule my own cardiology appointment if I want to go. Then, she tries to act like she cares and says she made me an appointment but I don't want to go, I want to schedule my own appointment because she's really hurting my feelings. So, I have no one to talk to about what's going on... I just don't want to live if I run the risk of just falling out unexpectantly...I just can't deal with it, not knowing if my potassium is low or not.. and I will never be able to take the blood test again because it made me feel horrible, so I really don't know what to do anymore :( I can't even take a shower because I'm so scared.
DnT51708
I hate when people call me a hypochondriac because like you i always worry about my health and have been experiencing unexplainable health problems of my own. I dont want to call you something that I hate people calling me, and although what you are feeling may actually be there, I think constantly worrying about physced you out a bit. Sometimes if we think baout pain long enough we can actually strat to feel it. Do you have low blood pressure? That can be why you feel so faint. Next time try to eat something sweet like a peice of chocolate or something and see how that makes you feel, it usually works for my low bp. As far as low potassium, i have that too. Just take multivitamins. If you take them daily, during your next blood test, if you choose to get one the levels should stabalize. I understand you being scared because i feel the same way about my health, but trust me trying to keep your mind off of it definatly makes a difference.
cheztom1
Prozac , or some other antidepressant is what you need. Your only 18, and you acting like your 80. You need to focus on living your young life.
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