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ok i am going to sound mad now, i will have to try and explain this as best i can. ever since i was a kid i have developed twitches and other strange things that i do with my body, and they just sort of start up for no apparent reason. the last one for example was to keep nodding my head, i go thru a phase where i just do it obsessively then i suddenly stop for no reason and a few months later i start another one. when i'm doing this it drives me mad and i want to stop but i just can't stop. the thing is my latest one is to bend my neck to one side and put pressure on it! and i am very worried i'm going to damage my neck or even break it! i know i sound insane and you must wonder why i don't just stop doing it but i can't stop! its scaring me. i think i need to see someone about this but i want that to be tonight, i can't go thru the night with this going on, its worrying me to death. Should i go to A&E. may seem drastic i know but i don't know what else to do?
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They can tell you what to do although it sounds psychological but in the absence of a qualified GP on DS, perhaps a trained nurse at the NHS Direct might be safer and more useful.
it is psychological and i've been doing it for years (different things though as i say this neck one is the latest)i just want to stop doing it, but i think its quite serious because to sit there and keep bending my neck, its obvously not a good thing to do.:(
thanks, thats really helpful
I appreciate that but you really need to call NHS Direct not DS, unless I'm mistaken there aren't any qualified GP's on here who can help you. Unless you can wait until the morning? If it's stress related or tired then you have to look at ways to relax until you can be consulted.
it could be an emergency though couldn't it if i cause serious damage to my neck? A&E have GP's on duty i think,
i wasn't saying there would be a GP on here and i know heres not the best place, i was just after some advice on what i should do. you've given me some advice so thanks:)
Sounds to me like you want one of us to tell you to go in which case just go! The least that they can do is turn you away but if you head off now before the drunken hours you might get seen relatively quickly.
I'm not sure you can go to A&E for something that might happen. I mean, I was chopping veg earlier but I wouldn't go to A&E with the knife, worried I might accidentally hack my head off.
Can you do something to relax this evening and see your GP first thing tomorrow?
If you've had this sort of problem since you were a child I think you'd be better just booking a drs appointment. I don't think you can cause yourself a significant injury by actually making a movement that you are controlling yourself, if you see what I mean.
You might get a sore neck from repeatedly making the movement, but I think your issues are deeper than anything an A&E dr can help with.
i don't think it, i know it. In the meantime i am having to go thru the worry about what i'm doing to my neck. anyway though as some have pointed out sitting on here talking about it isn't gonna do much about it.
Tomorrow, make an appointment with your GP or go to the drop-in centre if there's one nearby.
It sounds to me like you have a psychological tic / OCD traits, and only a referral to a specialist will be able to help you. Going to A&E will not - unless on a more practical level you need a neck brace - if so, try a thick scarf first.
Diversionary tactics can help with tics, find a pressure point to thumb when you feel the urge, or have a glass of water. Sounds daft but it might help.
I hope you get what you're looking for & sort it out once and for all.
well i'm really not one to turn up to A&E over every minor thing, i have always only gone in genuine emergencys. On this occasion i am just so worried that that is why i thought about A&E
I agree with this poster--all good advice..
Oddly enough i don't think it is stress related, its doing it that causes me to get stressed, i'm not necessarily always stressed when i start doing it. it just seems that once i begin to do it i can't stop.
I'm not sure you could do yourself any serious damage from bending your neck as you describe - the human body is a funny thing in that it tends to be quite difficult to seriously hurt yourself without the introduction of external objects/substances.
But I should point out I am by no means a trained medical professional.
You may be worrying but it wouldn't be classed as an a&e case. Best thing to do as someone else said is try and relax. Have you not got any family or friends that csn come over or you can go to in order to take your mind off it?
No A&E does not - it has A&E specialist doctors (as opposed to General Practitioners) on duty.
That's what I think too.