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Posted 1/21/2012 1:42 PM (GMT 0)
I have been spiraling down hill in full blown panic. My anxiety is all health driven and I just can't get through it right now. I absolutely know that everything I'm feeling is anxiety-the numbness,tingling, rapid heart rate, fuzzy thoughts,aches and pains,etc. but even though I know this is what I am feeling I can't pull myself out of the panic stage. I feel like I can't breath. I sometimes drink wine to help with the anxious feeling and last night I over did it and my anxiety is on overload. I just pray and read this site for relief. I used to take Prozac and klonopin but they made me emotionless. I don't know how to get through this...the past few days seem like constant panic 24 hours a day.
Posted 1/21/2012 4:51 PM (GMT 0)
Oh, that must be awful. I have anxiety too, I know what your talking about with the numbness, tingling, heartbeat, and aches and pains. Maybe one thing you could do is try to breathe deep and calm yourself down, to keep yourself from hyperventalating. My mom has breathing problems sometimes and she's said something about how when she feels like she can't breathe and then she's like oh oh no I can't breathe, then she panics.
Hold on!!!I know holding on is tough. But it's the best thing. I'm on Prozac too but I'm going off of it and on to another med.
I've been having panic attacks probably everyday too.
Posted 1/21/2012 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Hi

good to meet you. Sorry to here you are having high anxiety at the moment I have health anxiety to so can relate on that one. I would go and visit your doctor and see if they could refer you to a clinical phycologist for some talk therapy such as CBT which gets good results a lot of the members here have done CBT. Check out www.moodgym.com.

Keep posting here and I am sure you will get good support and advise. I tend to take things one step at a time and try my best to stay in the moment. take Care

Hibee
Posted 1/23/2012 4:21 AM (GMT 0)
I also suffer from health anxiety and feel a lot of the same symptoms when I am anxious...sometimes I can talk myself out of it or distract myself for a little while and I feel perfectly fine but then something happens and the anxiety comes right back.

I went in once last week to talk to a "therapist" for the first time and it really helped, for that day but then the next day it was right back.

I am sorry that you had such an issue with your meds, that is why I am scared to be put on meds because I don't wanna feel emotionless/like a zombie/real zoned out...but there are other meds that you can try that hopefully won't make you feel that way.

Hopefully we can all find some solutions to our panic and anxiety!
Posted 1/23/2012 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
I ended up at urgent care yesterday and they gave me klonopin and Prozac which I have taken before. I just really don't want to be back on meds again. I can talk myself off the "panic edge" but lately it's like I run and jump just straight into full blown panic.
This blog has been a real help just to read that others are going through the same things seem to really help me feel not so "unique"
Posted 1/23/2012 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Hi

I hope the medication helps with your symptoms. Do keep posting we are always here to listen.

Hibee
Posted 1/23/2012 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Why don't you just try to go the benzo (klonopin) way for now until you get a handle on it again? Or perhaps if you don't like that, try xanax or ativan, they don't last as long as klonopin, and from what I understand, by talking to other people that have taken them all, they don't all make you feel the same way.

I have never taken Klonopin myself, but I have taken Ativan, and I am taking xanax right now on a daily basis.
You can take them short term until you can get your anxiety under control and then wean off when you're ready.... Just a suggestion.
In my personal experience, Prozac only added to my anxiety and made it worse, but everyone is different.

I was in the same position last year, with the health anxiety. I had everything you have listed in your post, from the palps to the tingling. It is not fun to have anxiety and panic attacks all day, every day!

I ended up in the ER twice last year, within two months, because of the severe panic attacks I was having. I was convinced that I was either having a heart attack or a stroke because of my heart rate and the tingling. But after two EKG's and bloodwork, everything checked out fine, and I was STILL convinced that they missed something. LOL!

Anxiety and panic can play some pretty evil tricks on the body and mind. I truly hope you find some relief from all of it. Hang in there, it'll get better! Fox
Posted 1/23/2012 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
Yeah I thought about just using the klonopin for now and seeing what happens. I only took a half so far today and feel pretty calm. I think a lot of this has come back PTS-my dad almost died in November and now he is finally stable and doing well and all this panic has set it. I guess I stayed strong through the rough part and my body is playing catch up. They did see something mild on my EKG yesterday and are going to send me for a stress test just to be sure. So I will be doing that soon.
This is a very tricky, sneaky, conniving issue! Ugh I just hate it!
But I have gotten through it before and can do it again!! :)
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