Does anyone find that after a day of drinking their anxiety is really bad? I generally feel pretty good, but if I get drunk the next day is rough with anxiety?...
From my experience, Cymbalta is the one for me. I am taking 60 mg and it has helped me greatly. It just makes me really tired for the first month, but that goes away....
Does anyone with anxiety find that they are very tired? I don't know if my tiredness is caused by anxiety or the medication I am on or both. I have been trying to get past my anxiety for about a year...
I just wanted to post here as a way to help those who are suffering with anxiety/panic/depression. I am finally coming out of a 1 1/2 year of being sick mentally and physically with anxiety. I just...
Does anyone taking antidepressant meds have a strange deep trance like sleep? I am on Cymbalta now for 2 weeks. It is helping, but I am sleeping ALOT which I hope goes away. When I am sleeping I am...
I have been on Cymbalta for 2 weeks. I tried to drink last weekend and it was horrible. I have always had a bit of a problem with drinking, but it is soooo much worse on this med. I only had a few...
I definitley see some similarities between you and I. I got really sick 1 1/2 years ago. I am fortunate to say, I feel like I am coming out of it. I thought my life was fine, but then I got hit with...
I thought I was doing good with my anxiety and then bamm... two really bad days. I just feel so sick physically. I have severe tension which makes my shoulders and neck ache, and I just feel tired,...
I have struggled with anxiety for about the last year, but I have really been getting better. I actually forgot my password for healingwell- so that is a good sign. But all of a sudden out of nowhere...
Does anyone find themselves clenching the muscles in their jaw? I find myself doing this and frowning. Very uncomfortable....
I was wondering if anyone can relate. I am doing soooo much better with my anxiety, but it is wierd because I feel tired and crappy all day and very moody- I can't stand to go out with other...
I was taking 3 mg XR for about 9 months before bed every night. As of about 2 weeks ago I went down to 2 mg Xr The first 2 days I felt really bad, but now I am feeling normal. I am going to do...
Has anyone experienced withdrawal symptoms when trying to ween off of Xanax? I have been taking 3 mg XR for about 8 months. I just went to 2 mg XR and I feel horrible. Has anyone experienced this?...
Thanks for your reply Hopeful. How long have you suffered with anxiety and its painful symptoms? This has been about 1 year 3 months for me. I was really really bad in the beginning, but I feel like...
I have been doing a lot better with my anxiety disorder, but I am in such pain in my back, shoulders, and neck. It has been months like this. It is horrible. I am in pain all day. When I go to get a...
Does anyone find that their anxiety is far worse at night- after work, or after the day is over? I am somewhat calm during the day, but at around 8 p.m., I feel my anxiety getting really bad. I am...
You will be comforted to know that I have this too. I have had it for a long time- even before I had anxiety. I asked the doctor about it and he said it was just a gland. Mine moves around when I...
Thanks Junebug, you are right- they are just dreams- not reality!! Thanks!...
I was just wondering if anyone with anxiety has bad dreams all the time. I dream almost every night that my fiance is cheating on me, some times right in front of me, telling me he doesn't want to be...
Thank you all for your replies. I am so lost and confused and frustrated, but somehow it helps when other people have had the same thing. I have tested negative for Lyme 8 times and I have had...
I am still trying to figure out what is wrong with me. I have been sick for 1 year and 3 months. I have had horrific symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, sore muscles, sore throats, weakness, dark...
I don't think that you will go crazy and commit the acts that are in your head. I have been through a lot of therapy, and therapists and psychiatrists do not think you are going to actually do...
I had pressure in my head awhile ago, and I believe it was due to anxiety. I have had a brain MRI and cat scans and been to three neurologists(I was very very dizzy for a long time as well) They...
When my anxiety was really bad- I had the same thing. It was horrible. Horrible thoughts. I thought I actually might want to act on them. I could be eating dinner and have the thought of stabbing...
I am very determined to beat my anxiety disorder, which was at one time awhile ago very very severe. I had the worst of it- horrible thoughts, feeling of going crazy, racing thoughts, panic attacks,...
My shoulders are like a ball of tension, I have huge knots in my shoulders and up into my neck. It gets worse as the day goes on. I feel myself tensing them- yet I cannot relax myself. I have been on...
Chilula- If you looked back in the posts here on healingwell you would see I posted the same topic as you "fear of going crazy" a few times. I went through that awful stage. It was horrible. I felt...
I have improved soooo much with my anxiety disorder- which was at one point a few months ago- severe and horrible. The worst thing that I have left is painful knots and tension in my shoulders. I...
I know one thing that I finally learned to tell myself. I was scared to death about what people would think of me if I passed out. I finally came to realize that first of all- I am not going to pass...
Does anyone who has anxiety or panic disorders struggle with irritability? I hate being grouchy and not myself. It has gotten better over the past few months but it is still there. I also have knots...
I know exactly what you are talking about . I get the same way. I really feel like I am going to black out. Usually I get really hot first. My legs start feeling weak, then the feeling of fainting....
Sparker- no worries!! How long have you been sick? I still have social anxiety when I am in groups- but it is getting better. I am so sick sometimes I feel like I am in another dimension- but I still...
I was afraid some people might take my post negatively. I didn't mean it that way. I have been suffering for over a year- this illness is more thanfatigue- my symptoms have been so severe that at...
I have been sick for over a year now- the only diagnoses is CFS. In the beginning it was so bad I was so dizzy I couldn't drive for six months. I can't even explain how sick i was. I am still sick...
This may sound strange to everyone here, but I have been sick for over a year. All of my tests have come back normal. I have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. This has been a year of...
Orion, could you share your wife's recovery story with us? It would be so uplifting to hear that someone recovered. I know Cher claims she suffered with CFS and was bedridden for 2 years with it. But...
I am so sorry for that you are suffering in this way. I have had some of your symptoms- not nearly all of them though. I can work (real estate agent), I can show houses all day, but I just have a...
Tania- When you say you have had CFS for 10 years what does that mean? What are your symptoms? Are you able to enjoy a normal life? Can you work out? I just can't accept that I am going to be sick...
Roxy Bird, Are you leading a pretty normal active life? Do you work? Let me know about the Cymbalta, I was thinking about taking it for my pain....
Princess Jezz- or anyone- Is anybody getting any better?????? I need to hear postitive things. The doctor I am going to now says he has only seen CFS last for 3 years at the longest!!...
I have been sick 1 year 1 month. It came on out of the blue- I just got really dizzy and felt like I was starting to pass out. A few days went by and I felt o.k. then the dizziness again. I felt so...
Roxy-bird- I went back to the doctor again today. He basically said he is not sure if I have CFS because I am losing weight and CFS patients usually gain weight. He is running a few more...
Can you describe the rotten feeling you have? I am 28 and I have been sick for over a year. The strange thing is, fatigue isn't the main symptom. I just feel really sick and horrible all over. I have...
Hi, I have been sick for over a year. I have had so many terrible symptoms- extensive medical tests all come back negative. I seem to improve a little each month- but I still feel really bad. My...
Orion, where did you get the saliva test? Is it confirmed by a doctor? I went to a doctor today and he said I should see and endocrinologist to check for adrenal inefficiancy. He said they do a test...
I have been on 300 mg of Wellbutrin XL since March. It was prescribed because I had severe anxiety/depression. My anxiety has gotten better but I still feel depressed. I have lost 15 pounds since...
I was just curious if anyone taking Wellbutrin has had extreme weight loss? I have been on 300 mg since March and I have lost 15 pounds since then, I am very skeletol now. My anxiety has gotten...
Actually the mental part is getting better. I just still feel a lingering sickness. I had severe anxiety for awhile- that was horrific. I am getting past that with the help of meds, therapy, and of...
Alfers, would I be getting better without treatment though? I have to admit I am getting progressivly better month by month- I just still feel so awful though- but nothing like the first 6 months....
Alfers, Thanks for your reply. Is this very ill disgusting sick feeling consistent with Lyme disease? I am thinking of going back to the doctor to run some more Lyme tests- Qbowen and there is one...