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Posted 7/3/2015 12:06 AM (GMT 0)
I was reading a text and it was as though my mind couldnt process the words and I couldnt focus.

Has this happened to anyone else??
Posted 7/3/2015 12:21 AM (GMT 0)
This happens to me all the time, sometimes I need to read something 3 or 4 times before I get it. I know fibro causes this so I always just mark it up to fibro fog, but I'm sure anxiety can do the same thing. Makes alot of sense to me.
Posted 7/3/2015 12:29 AM (GMT 0)
Really?? Oh Lisa, it scared the living daylights out of me. I literally felt like I couldn't think straight.
Posted 7/3/2015 12:43 AM (GMT 0)
Lisa,

How do you get through that without fear? I was absolutely terrified.
Posted 7/3/2015 1:56 AM (GMT 0)
This has happened to me dozens of times. Sometimes you just have to take a deep breath and reset. Sometimes people read and don't pay attention. I do this all the time. Or I'll forget and have to read it a thousand times just to comprehend.
Posted 7/3/2015 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Mama. I feel bad that others have felt that crazy feeling, but a lot less alone knowing that others have experienced it. It freaked the heck out of me!
Posted 7/3/2015 3:02 AM (GMT 0)
P.,

Do you ever have migraines? I am wondering of this could be an aura symptom?

S.C.
Posted 7/3/2015 3:06 AM (GMT 0)
S.C.,

I do get migraines and we are experiencing a weather shift here in the Chicago area...unfortunately it's happened on and off throughout the evening and I'm inclined to think its panic related.

I've certainly been wrong a million times, but it seems to happen and while it's happening I also become quite short of breath, lightheaded, dizzy, scared, etc. In fact, just typing this sort of triggers it.

I'm having some rather extreme anxiety at the moment, so logic is pushing me towards panic, but I did have my first twinkly rainbow aura just a few months ago, so Lord knows you could be right.

Sigh. When do we just catch a freaking break?
Posted 7/3/2015 3:45 AM (GMT 0)
Oh gosh...that is confusing! ;(

...well whichever it is, I hope it goes away quickly, and that tomorrow is a calmer day for you!

S.C.
Posted 7/3/2015 8:24 AM (GMT 0)
Hi Park

Sorry to hear you are having these symptoms I hope you have a better day today.

Hibee
Posted 7/3/2015 11:41 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you...

I woke up feeling pretty awful.

My sinuses are terrible and my panic feels out of control. My thoughts are racing like never before.

Could this be from my zoloft increase? I only went from 25 to 37.5mg, but maybe it's causing this??
Posted 7/3/2015 1:18 PM (GMT 0)
It could be causing it, side effects from the increase, but they will wear off as they did before and you'll be feeling much better. Stick with it!

I'm sorry you woke up in a panic, I've done that too many times to count and it sure does ruin your day if you let it. Use your coping skills and remember to say a positive mantra, this is just anxiety and it will not ruin my day.

I hope you can turn things around.

As far as not comprehending what I hear or read, well it's just been this way for a few years now and I've gotten used to for the most part. It does suck to have to re-read things a few times to "get it". I do it on the forums a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have a clue what to say cause I don't remember what I just read, lol.
Posted 7/3/2015 3:06 PM (GMT 0)
Sorry to hear you're having a hard time. sad Not the same drug but I was on a high dose of Remeron and I could have crawled out of my skin. Once we dropped the dose I started to feel "normal" again. I ultimately went off Remeron. Thinking of you today. ((hugs))
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