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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys
Thanks Amanda, I really can't wait for this appointment. I'm really nervous but... Somethings gotta be figured out. He's a really busy guy and I know he wont want to sit in the office listening to me whine and moan about every little issue I've been having so I'm really trying to figure out which ones to bring to his attention since I wont have another appointment with him until April 25th. Hopefully I will have a t in between but some things worry me that they may be irreversible.
Like the constant dizziness, every time I stand up it seems (probably not every time but the majority) I get so incredibly dizzy. Everything goes black and my head spins. I have to grab onto the wall for support until it goes away. That worries me.
I've also been having trouble with my vision. I've been feeling a lot of pressure behind my eyes and twice now in the last year I have temporarily (for only about 5 seconds each time) lost vision in my right eye. Everything is just black where I should be able to see. When I can start to see again it takes me a few minutes to be able to focus. That alone isn't worrisome but now that also I've been feeling that pressure and it's causing me to not be able to focus on anything. Looking at people, things words, it's all out of focus and strange. This doesn't happen all day or anything, just a couple times a day and that lasts a few minutes.
Then the ear thing and asside from the audio hallucinations I've been getting pain in my ears and also have been hearing a strange noise kind of like guns being fired far in the distance. This happens frequently.
Then of course with all of these phsych things going on it worries me that I may become dilusional, I may go a little too far in this self exploring quest I'm on. I may dig a little too deep one day and go insane. Or I may just not realize I'm loosing it until it's already gone.
So pretty much, I wont be able to cover in depth all of these things that have been concerning me mentally and physically (also been having chronic abdominal pain for 2 weeks now) so I'm trying to figure out the priorities in speaking with him, perhaps just the physical part and put a hold on figuring the mental part until I have a set t. Thanks for your help Amanda, you're always very informative!
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What if you make a short list of the 10 most important issues and bring it with you when you see the Dr. Maybe he will take a look at the list to see if there is something he can assist you with immediately. Or maybe he can suggest some exams to find out if you have any health problems. I like using a list because when I am anxious I forget everything, than I remember it on my way home. I write stuff down now. I hope this helps.