Hi John, sorry to hear your nervous about trying another medication. I take 20 mg of Citropram a day, it was my starting dose and since I don't like meds, I'm going to try NOT to up it at all. I try...
Hi again! I had taken some time off to see about getting myself better. It still remains a work in progress, even though I feel I have made some headway. For those who haven't been aware of my...
Yes, take care of YOU first :) You're there enough for us all to deserve some R&R time. Glad to hear you have good news. <3...
Hi Midnight, welcome to HA first of all. :) I was diagnosed with both of the things you have as well. And I have to say, when I'm having one of my Panic attacks I stand up and pace because I worry...
Trying to keep in good spirits. Second day on Celexa. ((Citropram is the easier way to remember what it is for me. xD)) Yesterday was the first day in a long time I didn't have the shortness of...
Well, Had a meeting with a new doctor, since they wanted too much money for copays and such and to be treated at this new place, Ihave to be re diagnosed. As if they don't trust what the other doctor...
Hi Panda! I hear ya so much on this! I have a constant like Overstimulation/constantly tense feeling all the time and I have to say, it bothers me incredibly too. BUT....you do need to schedule some...
Hello, Voice. I just wanted to add that I too have Gerd, and was diagnosed with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. I have had shortness of breath alot. Lately, it's been one attack a day for a long...
Yes, Andwes. I do have health anxiety as well. Think what I have now is mostly anxiety. Hopefully. The tightness when I try to breath, tight chest, dry throat..probably cause I'm hyperventilating...
Wow Miss JE! That would be alot on anyone's "Plate." Be proud of yourself for managing what you have so well! I also sometimes get the dizziness and the trouble concentrating. Wish the symptoms would...
I had a late dinner last night, ate around 8-9, went to bed at midnight. Woke up at 5 am with nauseous feeling (didn't throw up, thankfully), immensely sour stomach and intestines wringing...
This is what I need to figure out as well myself, Soul. I find it funny that I never had anxiety until I was a stay at home mom. ((I worked the whole time after I graduated till up to 6-7 years...
Well, I hope it gets better for you, Lacey. Personally, I went to sleep at 9 pm, last night, hoping to wake up anxiety free and to get enough sleep. My week has been pretty much a disaster like...
I hear ya, Jewells. I suffer from the same things, which made me look into a condition my husband stumbled across called (Hsps) or Highly sensitive people. I just got the work book today and I...
Thanks, Weary. Wish you all the best as well. :) Think it was just the cell phone, the lighting, the noise...the fact they were blocking the aisles to clear the tables...and my kids. xD I love them...
It's called "The Highly Sensitive Person's Workbook" lol Plain as day aye? Written by someone called Elaine Aron. She also has a website. Don't know if I can post it or not. But if you do a search on...
I can't wait to get this book in the mail, but every day the mail comes and I don't get it, it seems I get worse. xD I think this workbook will help me most definately. And maybe it will help me...
Hello, Misty! I just wanted to add that I too have the problem with really cold weather. As well as tingling face and fingers. I also can be under like three warm blankets and my hands are still...
Hello all! I haven't been on here for awhile after my colonoscopy because I'm still waiting for my results of the biopsies. And that's making me a wreck. And then my husband had been sick, for amost...
My husband came across something that made me in happy tears tonight. Something I have never heard of, but apparently it's being researched. It's called HSP? (Highly sensitive People?) Has anyone...
Hi Sc. Spent most of the day cleaning. Trying to keep my mind off of things. Which is both a bad and good thing I guess. I have a tendency to avoid what I'm afraid of and that counts for even...
Spent all night pretty much crying and feeling sorry, worrying, etc. Hating myself for being so afraid to look after it. I left it go for so long, because I didn't have pain, didn't seem to have...
Colonscopy done. Was pretty good. The waiting was the hardest part. Slept through it all. Problem is I let my health go for too long, and there's some inflammation where I had my last colon...
Second part of prep done at 5 am. Wasn't as bad as the night before, maybe because I took it soon as I woke up. Also had it chilling all night. That, I imagine, helped a big deal. The weather is...
Sorry to hear you're having to undergo so much, Soul. I certainly know where you're coming from as I too have a major health anxiety which I'm trying to learn to make peace with. hence why I'm having...
Update one: Went to the party. That was torture. They had pizza, and chicken and cake and potato salad...And just Yeah..no fun. xD But it was for my son. So it was worth it. Got us out of the house...
They're still having the party, stkitt, thanks for the reply and the info :) My mother in law is braving the elements to come get us and drop us off, dreading the food they're going to have there....
Started my Clear liquid diet. Stomach already hates me. lol It's like "where's the good stuff!" Chicken Broth just does not help an empty stomach. But anyways, Had to call my doc, because I lost what...
Thanks Guys for replying. I went out and got my supplies for the colonoscopy prep days. Got some white cranberry juice with peach, (Sounds really good actually!), my chicken broth, and some glacial...
Omg, Labyrinth is one of my fave all time movies growing up! <3 If they ever remake the movie, I am so going to protest. Hard! And it's good to hear date two went well. :) Just remember to be...
Well, So far, so good. I start my split prep for my colonscopy tomorrow. After getting alot of feed back and reading past threads, I think I've garnered more strength and courage to be able to do...
What I usually do when I have trouble breathing, is go wet a paper towel. Dab it with cool water. Put it on your forehead and the back of the neck. Sometimes, getting up from a desk can help. Walk...
Thanks for the Suggestion, SC! I shall try it, maybe tomorrow. Starting to calm down abit. Helped that there was a Crohns Disease forum here too. So getting input from a bunch of people helps. xD...
Good to hear you're in remission, Fantasia! Not so good you spent alot of time in the hospital. I honestly shouldn't have let my Crohns go as long as I did, but when I found out, I was sort of in...
... Once a month, Ashley? Eesh. I can't even imagine, but I'm sure that once you have it done enough, it becomes almost "routine" and you get used to it. Thanks for telling me though, it's helping...
I'm trying not to, Dianne. :) It's just my anxiety talking, I'm sure. tewcute, Omg about the wisdom teeth!! But I did the same thing! I'm going to be the big 4-0 coming up in June...and that's...
Thank you for answering, Minnie. This helps some. I was thinking of asking them to use a Pediatric one, I read that sometimes if you think you have a weak intestinal wall, it might be a thing to...
Hello, Misty. And yes, I have had the tingling in my hands and face, and the tiredness as well as the problem sleeping and eating and even swallowing. It's like sometimes, from the time I get up,...
I don't normally like to share, but I have been a nervous wreck for about a week now. I have a colonoscopy scheduled for Monday and reading the side effects and having the hospital call me and tell...
I was diagnosed with Crohns Disease years ago, but because I hadn't any medical insurance, the doctor said "as long as it was letting me alone, we'd leave it alone."Because I've had some new...
Hi, Melz. I have low potassium, Magnesium and b vitamin problems (due to Crohns Disease), and I can also attest to you shouldn't take anything without doctor approval. Too much or too low magnesium...
Take care SOIA! Do whats most important for YOU! And my thoughts and prayers are with you and your son. May you find anxiety free, hopefully some stress free days ahead to come. :)...
YES! I am right there with you, Mother. I am going to be 40 and it's getting worse and worse. So you have the trouble breathing thing too? See, I was given Abutirol but I'm so afraid to use the...
Hey, don't be so hard on yourself, hon. It took me SO many times to quit smoking. It is NO WHERE as easy to quit smoking as Non smokers think. Someday, you will be successful, just hang in there. :)...
I quit two years ago, with the help of a free online video thing hosted by Joel Spitzer. I won't link it here, but if you do a google search for one last puff or his name, it will come up. And it...
Just wanted to add, if it is only striking intelligent people, I'd offer to be "dumbed down" no problem. xD lol :yeah:...
Yeah I have, Sc! I try the mindfulness breathing one alot. I've also tried Moodgym. Altering the way I think is my problem. I am a very negative pessimistic person these days. Course, having a...
Yes, sometimes I feel that way. But it's the times I'm having a good time and feeling ok and then it just hits me that worries me, Sunshine. Course, I'm reading this module about Health Anxiety that...
Does anyone have them from like the time they get up to the time they go to sleep? This whole weekend and today were terrible, not enough to need medicine yet, thankfully, but enough where I'm well...
Hi Welder, Welcome to Healing Well! Just wanted to say I, for one, always have some symptoms of panic, either shortness of breath, restlessness, the whole feeling of doom thing...I was diagnosed with...