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Offline Pumpkin36

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need reassurance this isnt a brain tumor. losing my mind.
« on: January 14, 2013, 04:27:24 PM »
let me start by apologizing for the length of this post. i really appreciate anyone who takes the time to read it and respond. i feel like im running out of options. ill try to keep it as simple as possible. im 26 years old, 8 months pregnant and otherwise healthy as far as i know. i obviously have extreme health anxiety. for a lot of my pregnancy ive been getting weird vision problems. i started having migraine auras without the pain which freaked me out at first but im over that now cause my doctor convinced me its just a silent migraine. i also had a little episode that i convinced myself i had a TIA (mini stroke). it happened once. i was sitting in a chair watching tv when suddenly the vision in just my right eye got unfocused and blurry and it looked like i was losing my peripheral vision. i put my head back and closed my eyes, panicking. got slightly dizzy. this whole episode lasted under 10 seconds and then i was normal the rest of the day. hasnt happened since. im still worried that was a TIA. thats one of my issues. but what i'm really worried about right now is hard to explain. i'd say its been about 2 weeks, maybe 1.5 weeks that the vision in my right eye seems odd. i dont know how to describe it. i dont think im having loss of vision because when i close my left eye and look just out of my right i can see everything. and when both eyes are open i can still see everything but its like i feel a presence about my right eye. i can feel that its there. i guess the best way to describe it is maybe saying i feel pressure although that still doesnt seem right. i almost get the feeling that at any moment i could lose vision in my right eye. i wouldnt even say its blurrier than the left. i went to the eye doctor and he thoroughly examined my eyes. he didnt see anything wrong. he said my prescription changed slightly in my right eye so that could be whats causing it. he ordered me a new contact so im waiting for that to come in to see if it helps. i have no pain or swelling or anything like that. i just feel like its maybe not as clear as my left eye. so im worried this is a brain tumor or an effect of having a TIA. although ive read having a TIA doesnt cause lasting symptoms, a full blown stroke does. but i dont think i could have had a real stroke as the whole episode lasted under 10 seconds. im just trying to see if anyone has ever experienced something like this, if you have any input, do you think it could be a brain tumor? do you think the eye doctor would have spotted something serious? any reply would be so appreciated as i feel like im going out of my mind. thanks in advance.
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Offline jax79

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Re: need reassurance this isnt a brain tumor. losing my mind.
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2013, 05:11:32 PM »
I understand completely what your going through! I have EXTREME healthy anxiety and I honestly don't know how it started and why it got worse :/ I'm scared to be alone because I feel something bad (healthy wise) will happen and my poor daughter will be alone with me while im dying! How ridiculous does that sound? I'm healthy from what I know but I still want to find ways to make myself crazy. I swear I have an anyurism and everytime I get a headache my anxiety goes threw the roof or any little pain I have in my head. So I totally know what your going through. Remember what we think our mind and body thinks it's real which will cause the pains and aches. I would tell your doc about what's going on and see what he says from there. Honestly since your pregnant those effects could be because of that to get reassurance ask for a catscan. I would ask for one to see if I have an anyurism but I know it's my health anxiety so I try to fight it. Good Luck!
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