about at the point

I'm about at the point where being optimistic is going to be thrown out the door.. i know I come on here and rant and complain, alot. So thank you all that read all of my nonsense. I'm getting to the point where I'm down right depressed over my anxiety... i can tell the lexapro is out of my system, the heart palpitations, the lump in the throat, occasional slight shortness of breath, etc. I know everyone here has experienced probably all of those. My palpitations are what drive my anxiety, almost 100%. I just truly feel like I'll never feel better, ever. I'm not trying to throw a pity party. I just wish I could rewind back 4 months, and stop my palpitations from ever happening and the anxiety, just everything.. i don't enjoy doing what I use to, playing with my kids just seems so exhausting and overwhelming. I feel as though I'm never going to find a medicine that works either. Plain old done with it...


Thanks for "listening" to my whining.

I'm sorry you are feeling so low, I for sure know how you feel. Although my anxiety is getting better with all the therapy I've been doing and the meds I take, I still have my bad days. Before I went to therapy though I was having multiple attacks a day and thought I was losing my mind.

Have you tried magnesium? I have heard and read from several places about how it helps with palpitations, you take like 400mg a day. If you haven't tried it you might want too and see if it helps. There are other supplements that are suppose to help too, but magnesium is the biggest one.

I feel really bad that I can't offer any for sure ways to get rid of it for you, I wish I could take them away for you. As hard as it is, try to remember to use your coping skills, use them even when you don't think you need them so when you are in the middle of an attack it is easier to remember them.

Hang in there, you will get thru this and come out the other side. We are here for you, so vent anytime you need too.

Hi,
I understand you completely! My anxiety is also 100 % due to palpitations. Too much adrenaline all the time. My cardiologist prescribed me a beta blocker which I take in minimum dose. It has been radical. No more panic attacks and occasional minimum anxiety. He saw in the Holter that I had adrenaline rushes even when I sleep, caused by too much stress and causing a vicious cycle. He said to take it for a month and allow the body/ system to slow down and rest properly. It does work very well with me.
Maybe worrh considering?
Best
S.

Thank you all, sorry for unloading all of my complaints here..

I appreciate everything you all do.

I've now got a slight fever and am more dizzy than I have been the last few days, which is sending my anxiety thru the roof..

Maybe I'll feel better some day.

Thanks. I checked my sugar, it was 155. Definitely thinking that's what the flushed / fever feeling was from.

I also have palpitations from anxiety. I take a beta blocker called atenolol. This helps! Its funny though, I have a problem with meds... I split pills into smaller doses. My doc knows I do this, and advises against it, but I feel that since I had a gastric bypass, I absorb differently than most people. I hate the drugged feeling, so I split doses and go up very slowly so I don't freak out. I hope that you feel that you can talk to your doc about the palpitations. THe beta blockers work really well! Good luck my friend!