Suggest Treatment For Anxiety, Stress, Throat Pain And Swallowing Difficulty

Posted on Sun, 22 Apr 2018

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Question : Dear Doctor, I am 29 years old. From January I have anxiety and stress. I lost my sleep due because of them. I felt like I'm dying and feeling crawling feeling in my neck, face and scalp. I feel like i'm going to get stroke. But I had throat pain too. After meeting doctor and self control, i had little bit sleep but not relaxed sleep. Again its started from past one week. My right side tonsils is swollen and both side of neck is paining. When swallowing saliva, neck is paining. My tounge is decoloured to light brown. I feel like stongly I am going to die soon. My scalp is keeps on itching and feeling crawling as well. It's been 5 months I slept peacfully for eight hours. Even after going to bed early, i am keeps on waking up by 1 or 1 at night. Sometimes 4.30 is the time on every day or that's my bed time. Please help me. I need a peaceful life. I want to achieve many things. I feel like I have symptoms of stroke and heart attack. After getting two or three time tongue colored black on morning, i googled and found the result as HIV patients getting their tongue coloured like this. So after that I became more stressed. Please help me.....

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Stroke and heart attack are unlikely

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir

I can certainly understand your concern and have worked through your attached query in detail.

As per your symptoms you seem to have excessive preoccupation with your health and undue fear. This is causing marked distress and Anxiety.

Heart attack and stroke are extremely unlikely for your age. You can get your blood pressure monitored and an ECG done to rule these out.

Your current symptoms are suggestive of tonsillar Infection. This require tonsillectomy ( surgical removal of tonsills) for effective cure.

HIV is a sexually transmitted infection and is not the case in you.

I generally prescribe a short course of antibiotics to combat Infection and a longer courses of oral anxiolytic Medication to treat Anxiety in my patients with such symptoms.

Please check with your physician if he shares my view and if can prescribe these medications to improve your symptoms.

It's advisable not to resort to googling health related conditions on web as it might provoke undue Anxiety.

Post your further queries if any
Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Suresh Heijebu (37 minutes later)

Thank you doctor. I would like to know why the tonsils on one side alone getting swelling and another side is normal. Why I am feeling that crawling feel? I can feel both side of my forehead nerves are getting stuffed or vibrating? How can I control my anxiety? Please help me to get out from this thing which is killing my mental health and physical too. For a week I'm getting pain above the right ancle and heel pain also. I request you to kindly consider my request and help me

Answered by Dr. Suresh Heijebu (20 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Tonsillar Infection and enlargement can be unilateral or bilateral

Detailed Answer:
Hello Sir

Many of your symptoms are directly related to anxiety.

It's important to consider anti-anxiety medications at the earliest to control your symptoms.

Symptoms in the tonsills are related to Infection and require antibiotic therapy and subsequent tonsillectomy.

Tonsill enlargement can be unilateral or bilateral.

Right ankle and heel pain require oral analgesics.

Consultation with a psychiatrist and initiation of anti-anxiety medications should take place at the earliest.

Post your further queries if any
Thank you

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana