Posted by 4WD on May 9, 2005, at 12:57:26
I guess this is a long shot but has anyone here ever had anxiety that turned out to be from a physical cause? I just feel intuitively that the anxiety I'm experiencing now is at least in part from something physical. There is little rumination, I can't think what I'm scared of, yet my stomach is clenched, my muscles feel weak, my heart beats faster and I often get to where I can't stop crying. It feel like physical fear, not really anxiety as such although it can sure set off a mental anxiety state.
I've been to an endocrinologist. MY cortisol level is 174 (normal 20-90). Metanephrines are normal. I do have a pituitary tumor but the endocrinologist doesn't think it's responsible for the severe anxiety. My dexamethasone suppression test was borderline. I'm going to have another test soon but if it's not the pituitary thing what else could it be?
Any ideas at all?
Marsha
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