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What Could Be Wrong With Me? I'm Getting Increasingly Worried
What could be wrong with me?
I'm getting increasingly worried about my health. It all started about a month ago when I was suffering with tooth ache of my upper right wisdom tooth coming through. I had an extremely swollen and infected gum and the dentist prescribed me antibiotics to help clear it up. I've been back several times since as I've been suffering with facial pain and numbness/tingling. The dentist has said it's too early to remove the tooth as its too far in the bone. I also visited the doctor but they weren't much help.
As my face was feeling very strange I started to google symptoms and causes on the Internet and I was terrified that facial numbness and pain can be one of the first early signs of MS. I'm now convinced I have it because I have since been experiencing muscle spasms in my arms and legs (mainly my legs) on and off and I've also been getting a lot of muscle pain in my legs that comes and goes. The pain is worse when resting but can also be very painful when I'm standing. It feels like cramp and sometimes my legs burn but are not hot to touch. I also get it in my feet. I've also been going through spells of feeling dizzy and nauseous and I'm just terrified I have a disease as these symptoms are coming and going every day now.
I recently went on holiday from England to Canada and felt dizzy the whole holiday on and off. It's not like the room is spinning but more of a sea sickness motion. I also had chest pain on and off but I have mild asthma. The spasms improved a bit on holiday but this could of been because I did a LOT of walking and my mind was occupied. As soon as j returned home the spasms and pain returned and I came down with a bad cold/chesty cough as well as having bad diarrhoea nearly every day since I've been home. I'm also off my food I just have no appetite and am constantly worrying I'm going to get very ill. My sleep is also disturbed nearly every night, I find it hard to fall asleep and randomly wake up in the early hours and just lay there.
I've googled all of this several times which I know I shouldn't do but I'm just so terrified I either have MS or another terrible disease, a blood clot or cancer. I'm so scared. I've told my mum about how I'm feeling and she is worried but also said maybe it's hypochondria. I think I should go to a doctor but I'm worried they will either just laugh at me or find some bad news for me. I'm just constantly worried about this and want to cry as I think I'm going to suffer and die.
I'm a 26 year old woman who does not smoke or drink and I'm of a normal healthy weight. I have not had any children. I was told I have pcos and so was prescribed metformin to take daily. The past few months I haven't been taking this drug though as it was to help control my weight and now I am a healthy weight I don't need to take this so often. The only other medication I take is the Yasmin contraceptive pill which I have been taking for about 6 months since I had the contraceptive implant removed as it gave me terrible acne. I have been prescribed Roaccutane to help get rid of the acne but since being on this pill my acne has improved and also I do not want to take this medication as it can cause muscle aches!
Please could you advise me what you think might be wrong with me? And what I should do.
I had a blood test recently for the Roaccutane drug to be administered if this helps and they didn't find anything in my blood for this.
I just want to feel better and myself again but I'm just constantly worrying and feel detached from everyone else. I can't ever relax or enjoy things anymore.
Thank you.
I'm getting increasingly worried about my health. It all started about a month ago when I was suffering with tooth ache of my upper right wisdom tooth coming through. I had an extremely swollen and infected gum and the dentist prescribed me antibiotics to help clear it up. I've been back several times since as I've been suffering with facial pain and numbness/tingling. The dentist has said it's too early to remove the tooth as its too far in the bone. I also visited the doctor but they weren't much help.
As my face was feeling very strange I started to google symptoms and causes on the Internet and I was terrified that facial numbness and pain can be one of the first early signs of MS. I'm now convinced I have it because I have since been experiencing muscle spasms in my arms and legs (mainly my legs) on and off and I've also been getting a lot of muscle pain in my legs that comes and goes. The pain is worse when resting but can also be very painful when I'm standing. It feels like cramp and sometimes my legs burn but are not hot to touch. I also get it in my feet. I've also been going through spells of feeling dizzy and nauseous and I'm just terrified I have a disease as these symptoms are coming and going every day now.
I recently went on holiday from England to Canada and felt dizzy the whole holiday on and off. It's not like the room is spinning but more of a sea sickness motion. I also had chest pain on and off but I have mild asthma. The spasms improved a bit on holiday but this could of been because I did a LOT of walking and my mind was occupied. As soon as j returned home the spasms and pain returned and I came down with a bad cold/chesty cough as well as having bad diarrhoea nearly every day since I've been home. I'm also off my food I just have no appetite and am constantly worrying I'm going to get very ill. My sleep is also disturbed nearly every night, I find it hard to fall asleep and randomly wake up in the early hours and just lay there.
I've googled all of this several times which I know I shouldn't do but I'm just so terrified I either have MS or another terrible disease, a blood clot or cancer. I'm so scared. I've told my mum about how I'm feeling and she is worried but also said maybe it's hypochondria. I think I should go to a doctor but I'm worried they will either just laugh at me or find some bad news for me. I'm just constantly worried about this and want to cry as I think I'm going to suffer and die.
I'm a 26 year old woman who does not smoke or drink and I'm of a normal healthy weight. I have not had any children. I was told I have pcos and so was prescribed metformin to take daily. The past few months I haven't been taking this drug though as it was to help control my weight and now I am a healthy weight I don't need to take this so often. The only other medication I take is the Yasmin contraceptive pill which I have been taking for about 6 months since I had the contraceptive implant removed as it gave me terrible acne. I have been prescribed Roaccutane to help get rid of the acne but since being on this pill my acne has improved and also I do not want to take this medication as it can cause muscle aches!
Please could you advise me what you think might be wrong with me? And what I should do.
I had a blood test recently for the Roaccutane drug to be administered if this helps and they didn't find anything in my blood for this.
I just want to feel better and myself again but I'm just constantly worrying and feel detached from everyone else. I can't ever relax or enjoy things anymore.
Thank you.
