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Can my anxiety disorder cause chest discomfort?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 36-year-old woman with family history of heart disease. For a couple of days, I have been feeling discomfort in my chest, like my heart gets squeezed and I have chest discomfort on the left top part of my chest, like six fingers down my clavicle. I also have a lot of fatigue, ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Classical cardiac chest pain is a sensation as if an elephant is sitting on your chest. It lasts from a few seconds to minutes and could be provoked by exertion. What you are feeling is classified as atypical chest pain but you also have palpitations. Do you have a w... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, I am 25 years old. I am suffering from high blood pressure. Now I am going through a severe headache, full of anxiety, and I cannot concentrate on anything properly. My ears sound like a beep. My ECG and sugar levels are normal. My blood pressure is normally 140/90 mm of Hg, sometimes ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have read your query and understand your concern. Your headaches are due to uncontrolled high blood pressure, so we have to fix that. If you are not taking any medications, you must take them. You mentioned that “ I was taking these medications “ when did y... Read Full »
I have nausea and brain fog along with psychosis. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor,I am a 26-year-old woman who is five feet two inches and weigh 137 pounds, but last year I weighed 170 pounds. This is going to be a rather long story, but I feel as though all of the information is pertinent. For the ease of telling my story, as well as the ease of understanding it, I ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. I agree it does feel organic in origin, especially if you are responding to a gluten-free diet. I have a few more questions. Do you have any morning stiffness in any of your joints? If yes, how long does it last? P... Read Full »
I had tightness in my chest and was unable to breathe despite using an inhaler. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I have both anxiety and asthma. I understand that stress can trigger asthma as well as anxiety. Last night my chest began feeling tight and felt hard to breathe. I have taken my anxiety medication and have been using my inhaler, but not much relief. I am having asthma-like symptoms bec... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. To differentiate the symptoms I need to know if you are having wheezing or not. Vistaril is an H1 receptor blocker it is actually an antihistamine thing similar to Benadryl so it is not actually a strong anti-anxiety medication. I would sug... Read Full »
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 60 year old male. My height is 5.9 feet and my weight 150 lbs. Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years ago at 140 lbs weight. I went on with Metformin 2 x 1000 mg per day. It worked well for a while, but not good enough. Then I opted Insulin and gained some weight of about 4 lbs... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The most important point to remember is that diabetes is a well known cause of weight loss .I would also suggest to obtain age appropriate cancer screening, which would be a prostate exam plus PSA (prostate specific antigen) and colonoscopy in your case. I want to hig... Read Full »