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Hi i'm new here.   i've been on the depression forum and decided to try here.  I just wanted to mention a little of what i'm going through.  I have horrible nightmares and sometimes wake up with night sweats and confusion.  I have scary visions of bad things happening to my kids or husband.  The visions usually start or end with an anxiety attack...i guess...my chest gets tight and i feel like i can't breathe and i just feel out of sorts.  I cry a lot..and very easily.  I've always been really sensitive my whole life just now it seems so much worse.  I think i'm driving my husband and kids crazy because my moods change so often.  I sometimes get so upset i feel like throwing things or even hitting my head against the wall.  I've often wondered if it was more than just anxiety.  I just feel lost inside myself and feel like i have no way of explaining it......thanks for listening.

christina

Relax christina...all is not lost...anxiety in the night is horrible - have you spoken to your doctor about this? From experience, when I am not sleeping properly - I do not cope well during the day You are Not alone Take good care and plz keep posting.

Sista J.

I just wanted to add my two cents.  I notice when I am more caffeinated than usual, my dreams are worse.  Maybe it's that the caffeine keeps me up and I remember them more but who knows.  I also realized when I increased my meds, I have more vivid and odd dreams than normal.  Maybe I always have them but the med increase just makes me remember them.  Not sure how that works.

I have had the scary visions and my therapist told me it's my OCD causing the visions.  Sounds to me like you have more than one thing going on (maybe a little OCD, Panic, and GAD?).  Paxil helps me with panic attacks.  I honestly am not familiar with the meds you are on so I don't know if any of them are supposed to help with panic but I wonder if the right med combo would reduce some of the symptoms.

 

thank you everyone for your input. i sincerely appreciate it :)


christina