QUERY:
Hello, I have had some discomfort for quite some time, I have always been a very apprehensive person., I think about it a lot and I know it takes its toll on me.
When I have been very stressed or had problems at work I felt so nervous I have even had alopecia areata in my beard. Two or so years ago I had to take Cipralex for 6 months due to problems at work, since then I have poor memory and lack of concentration.
10 months ago I was diagnosed with prostatitis. He thought about it a lot and then I started to get dizzyAt first I thought it was because of a prostate relaxer, but two or three months ago I stopped and I'm still getting dizzy.
There are days that are more pronounced, it is not a dizziness that makes me fall, it is as if I were seeing badly, I find it difficult to look at another person, sunlight often bothers me, there are moments when I have the need to blink and sometimes it is difficult for me to talk to someone. While I speak, I think without success how to continue the conversation, it is not like before when I had more ease with words.
The primary doctor doesn't send me anything at first because he says that what's happening to me is not very specific.
I also recently had my eyesight tested, so I've been wearing new glasses for a few months.
I don't know if it's anxiety or not, I know that I have gone through a period of head warming due to prostatitis but I don't feel stressed or nervous like other times, what do you think?
Thank you very much for your time.
ANSWER:
Hello:
I think the same as your GP., you have many somewhat diffuse symptoms, which does not mean that you feel bad.
I think you are apprehensive Or to be more specific, you may have a hypochondriac type disorder, which causes you to give too much importance to your symptoms and therefore suffer from them more.
If your family doctor has not referred you to a neurologist, it will be because he or she does not think it is appropriate. But sometimes a visit is better if that calms you down, so you don't give it any more thought.
From my point of view It is a short time that you took Cipralex, and I do not think that it is this medication that caused your lack of memory and concentration, but quite the opposite, stopping it may have caused that to you because they are medications that have to be stopped very little by little.
In any case, according to your personality, I think you should take an antidepressant for a long time, Cipralex or another that your psychiatrist prescribes, until you feel that you stop being so apprehensive.
Psychotherapy can help you a lot to understand that many times anxiety and fear produce unpleasant symptoms and diseases appear that are actually somatizations of your emotions. When one feels unconscious fears the body expresses itself, it is very annoying but that is how it is.
My suggestion: Make an appointment with a neurologist to have a clinical check-up and put your mind at ease.
After Make an appointment with a psychologist and start therapy. There you will see if it is necessary for you to resume treatment with antidepressants.
Luck.